Police had arrested a local politician and his aides for allegedly kidnapping and extorting money from a builder. Mohammad Khalid Shaikh alias Guddu, the Bhiwandi unit president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) and his 3 aides were arrested by the police.
Police raided the house of Shaikh after getting a tip-off and rescued the builder. The accused were arrested under IPC sections related to kidnapping and extortion, and also provisions of the Arms Act.
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Shaikh faces several criminal cases, including kidnapping, extortion and attempt to murder, in Bhiwandi, Pune, Mumbai, Raigad and also Gujarat.
He was earlier a corporator and in the 2019 assembly polls in Maharashtra, had filed his nomination from the Bhiwandi West constituency as the AIMIM candidate, but his papers were rejected during scrutiny.
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