Working in coordination with Mango police, Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested Abdul Majid Kutti, a detailed aide of dreaded underworld don Dawood Ibrahim from an arms-checking level at Mango-Pardih Road, on Friday night.
The police remained tight-lipped in regards to the arrest. They broke the information to the media at 3 pm immediately, solely after the dreaded legal was shifted to Ahmedabad.
Kutti (58), a resident of Kerala, was wished by the Gujarat ATS since 1998. He has been accused of supplying an enormous variety of pistols, ammunition, and explosives to the members of Dawood’s gang throughout that interval.
The fugitive, underneath an assumed identify – Kamal, had been residing together with his household at a rented duplex in Sahara City, a residential colony in Mango, for over one-and-a-half yr.
OC, Mango thana, Vinay Kumar confirmed the information of Dawood’s henchman Abdul Majid Kutti being arrested from Mango on Friday late night.
A staff of Gujarat ATS had the details about Kutti’s whereabouts in Mango, the staff in cooperation with Mango police had laid a entice within the guise of arms checking. Kutti was strolling down the Mango-Pardih Road and was ultimately arrested on the checking level close to the Mango thana at about 8 pm on Friday. He was wished by the Gujarat police for over 20 years,” mentioned Kumar whereas speaking to The Telegraph Online.
He additional added that Kutti after being arrested had been saved on the Mango thana until Saturday evening. On Sunday, Gujarat ATS whisked him away on transit remand to Ahmedabad.
A police official posted at Mango thana maintained that they’d been tight-lipped about Kutti’s arrest due to safety causes. He mentioned that they’d disclosed the matter on Sunday afternoon solely after Gujarat ATS reached Ahmedabad.
The members of the family of Kutti weren’t conscious of his arrest until Saturday night.
“We do not know why the police arrested Kutti. We came to know about it on Saturday evening only,” mentioned a girl, (in all probability Kutti’s spouse), whereas answering to newsmen from her duplex.