Mumbai Police on Friday arrested sharpshooter Sunil Gaikwad who fired at filmmaker and actor Rakesh Roshan back in 2000. Sunil was one of the two involved in attacking Roshan was out on parole that ended in July. However, Gaikwad jumped his parole and was finally arrested by the Mumbai Police from Parsik Circle in Kalwa at around 9 pm on Friday after three months of search.
Senior Inspector of Central Crime Unit Anil Honrao revealed, "We had received a tip-off that Gaikwad is coming to Parsik Circle area. Accordingly, we laid a trap and caught him. The accused has 11 cases of murder and seven cases of attempt to murder registered against him. One of these includes an attempt on Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan's life in 2000."
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Gaikwad has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case he was put at the Nashik Central Jail. He was out on 28-day parole that began on June 26. However, after completion of his parol period, Gaikwad did not return to jail and went into hiding.
Gaikwad was associated with the gangs of Ali Budesh and Subhash Singh Thakur.