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Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai police has arrested a man who has been absconding for 32 years since the December 1992-January 1993 communal riots that took place post the 6 December 1992 demolition of the Babri structure in Ayodhya.
The accused, Arif Ali Hashmulla Khan (54), was wanted in connection with the January 1993 communal riots.
The accused hails from Uttar Pradesh and was arrested from the Wadala area of Mumbai.
"After the communal riots of 1993, a case was registered at Wadala police station under Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to attempt to murder, unlawful assembly and other offences against Khan, who was later declared an absconder by a local court,” Mumbai police officials said adding that some information about him police activated its network.
A police team went to his native Uttar Pradesh to gather details.
On the leads we got there as well as a specific tip off, the police nabbed Khan from Deen Bandhu Nagar in Wadala East on Saturday after which a magistrate’s court sent him to judicial custody.