A major controversy erupted in Pune last month after the police received information that dreaded gangster Nilesh Bansilal Ghaywal, 49, left India using an illegally procured passport.

Ghaywal, whose residential address is listed as Sant Dnyaneshwar Colony in Shastri Nagar, which falls in Pune ’s Kothrud area, is currently accused in around 22 criminal cases, including murder and extortion, the police said. He originally hails from Sonegaon village in Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district.

On police records since 1999

Ghaywal initially focused on his studies and completed MCom. He had good knowledge of financial issues but still got involved with criminal elements, the police said. As per their records, he was first arrested in an extortion case at Kothrud police station in 1999. By 2001

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