Mumbai: The N M Joshi Marg police made a significant breakthrough by arresting a fugitive accused of fraud who had been on the run for 20 years. The arrested individual, identified as Khalid Latif Thakur (60), was apprehended on Palm Beach Road, Sector 19, in Navi Mumbai. According to the police, the accused had been hiding in Navi Mumbai since he went into hiding.
According to the N M Joshi police station, a fraud case was registered against Thakur in 2005 when he was residing in the Mazgaon area. Despite court orders, he repeatedly failed to appear for hearings, which led the court to declare him a fugitive. Meanwhile, the police began searching for him. During the investigation, confidential sources provided information about his hiding location in Navi Mumbai, which enabled the police to track him down and arrest him.
According Police official, A fraud case was registered against Khalid Latif Thakur in 2005. Following the registration of the case, Thakur was arrested and spent some time in jail before being granted bail by the court. After securing bail, he lived in the Mazgaon area of Mumbai but quietly changed his residence after some time. During court proceedings related to the case, Thakur stopped appearing in court. Despite being ordered by the court to present himself, he continued to remain absent, leading the court to declare him an absconder.
Once the court declared him absconding, the police began efforts to trace him. The responsibility for tracking down Thakur was given to API Somnath Deshmane. During the investigation, Deshmane and his team received information from confidential sources indicating that Thakur was hiding in Navi Mumbai. Acting on this tip, the police tracked his whereabouts and arrested him from Navi Mumbai.