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Mumbai: Man Wanted In 1992 Riot Case Apprehended From Malad

🎶 Police in Mumbai has arrested a 47-year-old man wanted in connection with a 1992 riot case.

🅺Mumbai: Man Wanted In 1992 Riot Case Apprehended From Malad
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🎶The Mumbai police have arrested a 47-year-old man wanted in connection with a riot case of 1992, an official said on Sunday. 

ཧBased on technical inputs, the police laid a trap and apprehended the accused from the Dindoshi bus depot in the western suburb of Malad on Friday, the official said.

🔴The accused was wanted in a case of rioting that occurred in the jurisdiction of Dindoshi police in 1992, he said. 

𓆏The police had named nine accused in the first information report (FIR) registered at the time and filed a charge sheet. Two of the accused were acquitted and one had died, the official said. 

ꦉThe remaining six accused did not appear before the court and were declared absconding and a warrant was issued against them in 2004, he said.

🃏The arrested accused had been living in various places in the suburbs by changing his identity for the last 18 years, the official said, adding that further probe is underway.

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