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Maharashtra: State escalates efforts to arrest serial parole jumper
Updated On: 14 May, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Killer Azam Aslam Butt evades justice, Home Ministry cancels surety as hunt intensifies
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Butt (second from left) in police custody in 2022. File pic
The Maharashtra Home Ministry`s Prison Department has begun its action against serial parole jumpers who failed to return to their respective jails after completing parole. Murder convict Azam Aslam Butt, who was serving time in Nagpur Jail, has jumped parole for the fourth time and hasn`t returned to jail since 2023. The Home Ministry has also cancelled Butt`s surety and informed Unit 9 Crime Branch and Zone 9 DCP to arrest him immediately.
Azam Aslam Butt, serving a life sentence at Nagpur Jail for killing property dealer Kashinath Gharat in 2005, is involved in over 13 cases including murder, extortion, assault, threatening, and cheating across various locations. mid-day reported a series of stories detailing how Butt managed to obtain parole from different jails and was even seen partying with jail cops during parole. Butt also misled the high court, claiming he was in Nagpur jail and filed a writ petition to get a three-month parole under the new parole law. According to the notice issued by the Maharashtra Home Ministry (Prison) Department.
"The accused Azam Aslam Butt was released for 28 days on April 7, 2023, and was supposed to return to jail on May 6, 2023. However, he didn`t return and jumped parole. An FIR was registered against him at Kalamna police station in Nagpur under IPC section 224 on 8 May 2023. Due to his failure to return, the witness Ajijul Mustasak Shaikh Haidar, who provided surety, had to cancel the bond and submit it to the court. With this letter, we are informing Zone 9 DCP and Unit 9 Crime Branch to arrest him as soon as possible." Butt is a serial parole jumper who has jumped parole four times. During the Lok Sabha election 2024, the Maharashtra state prison began taking action against several serious offenders involved in multiple serious offences like murder.
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