**Pune: Look Out Circular Issued Against Gangster Nilesh Ghaywal Amid Fresh Criminal Charges**
A Look Out Circular (LOC) has been issued against gangster Nilesh Ghaywal, suspected to have fled abroad while facing fresh criminal charges in a road rage case, Pune police officials said on Friday. In the incident, a man was shot at by five to six associates of Ghaywal.
Authorities are also investigating how Ghaywal managed to retain or obtain a passport despite a court order to surrender it, and how he secured a visa to leave the country, the police added.
Ghaywal, who is in his late 40s, has over a dozen serious offenses registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, and extortion. According to police, earlier this month, members of his gang allegedly fired shots at a 36-year-old man and assaulted a teenager in Kothrud following a road rage incident.
“We have credible inputs that the gangster recently left the country. After verification, we issued a Look Out Circular. We are also probing how he managed to retain or obtain a passport despite a court order to surrender it and how he secured a visa,” said a police official.
An LOC is a legal mechanism used to alert immigration authorities when a person wanted in criminal cases attempts to enter or exit India. It is routed through the state CID to the Bureau of Immigration and may be followed by stronger measures such as a Red Corner Notice.
Once a close aide of gangster Gaja Marne in the early 2000s, Ghaywal later broke away, triggering violent gang rivalries in Pune. He has previously been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and detained under the MPDA Act, according to police records.
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