Accused held for five years, caught

AURANGABAD: The crime branch of the city police has nabbed a criminal on police record for the past five years.

For the past five years a case was registered against him under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The accused is also said to have a standing warrant against him for quite a while. Around 10 months back, he was held accused in a murder case registered by the Buldhana district police.

The arrested accused has been identified as

Murid Khan Shamsher Khan

(33), a resident of

Savitribai Phulenagar

in Padegaon area.

The police control room on Thursday received a call informing about that a criminal on record has been causing nuisance in

Osmanpura

surrounding railway track. He was threatening commoners who are not budging to his demand for extortion money.

Following the information, a team headed by crime branch

PSI Prashant Awhare

swung in to action and he was caught wandering in the area.