Pune-based gangster Nilesh Ghaywal is in London, confirms UK High Commission

The British High Commission in India has confirmed that fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal is in London on a visitor visa and also informed the UK authorities back home about the revocation of his passport police said reported news agency PTIThe Pune police had suspected that citybased Ghaywal wanted in multiple cases including murder and extortion was in the United Kingdom Hence they contacted the British High Commission seeking his detention and deportationThe gangster is believed to have fled India by fraudulently obtaining a passportThe Pune police have already issued a lookout notice for Ghaywal and sought a blue corner notice through Interpol reported PTIWe have received a reply from the High Commission They have confirmed that Ghaywal is in London and is currently on a visitor visa They also confirmed that he is in London to see his son Deputy Commissioner of Police Sambhaji Kadam said on Wednesday reported PTIThe High Commission has also told us in the mail that they have informed the department concerned in the UK that Ghaywals passport has been revoked by Indian agencies he added reported PTIA few days before he disappeared a case had been registered against Ghaywal in Pune after his associates allegedly shot and injured a person in the Kothrud area here following a road rage incident on September 18 Following his escape the Pune police registered multiple cases against him including for obtaining the passport illegallyEarlier a police official on Tuesday said We believe that Ghaywal has gone to the UK as his son lives there We have now written to the British High Commission in India and sought information about how he managed to obtain a visa how long he has been staying in the UK what type of visa he has obtained and the expiry date of the permit reported PTIThe city police had also sought details about Ghaywals location in the UK in which university his son is studying and who is financing his education he saidEarlier Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that he has instructed the Pune police to take the strongest possible action over the illegal acquisition of a passport by fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal reported news agency PTII have given clear instructions to the Pune police commissioner to take the strongest action against those who try to violate the rules and take the law into their own hands Pawar said responding to the row over the fugitive gangster reported PTIWith inputs from PTI