Aslam alias Bodio Haidermiya Sheikh, the fugitive mastermind of the Bicchu gang was nabbed by the Vadodara Crime Branch at Chuchhapura Dargah in Bodeli in Chhotaudepur district. His associate Soebali alias Bapu Yusuf Ali Syed was also arrested by the police. An offense was registered under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act (GujCTOC), a law with stringent provisions, against Aslam Bodio and his gang involved in cases of extortion and land grabbing cases in Vadodara. Police have arrested his gang members and in search of absconding Aslam Bodio. The crime branch team had received information that the absconding Aslam Bodio was taking shelter at Chuchhapura Dargah. On the basis of which the team of Vadodara Crime Branch raided the place and caught him. So far, 17 accused have been arrested in the GujCTOC case against the Bicchu gang. Aslam Bodio, who lives behind Bhathuji temple in Navapura Mahbubpura, has sought remand by the police to get details of where he took

Author-Shlok Talati