Pune: A Pune court has declared fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal a proclaimed offender in a cheating case.

Ghaywal, who is believed to be in the UK, has more than 25 cases registered against him, including 10 filed since September 17 this year when his associates allegedly shot a man in the city in a road rage incident.

The proclamation order paves the way for police to seize his property if he does not appear before the court, said an official here.

Chief Judicial Magistrate K P Jain-Desarada issued the proclamation order, observing that Ghaywal had committed an offence pertaining to obtaining SIM cards fraudulently, and since he can not be traced, it was clear that he was absconding. Read Also Mumbai: Viral Video Shows 'Group Of Transgenders' Assaulting Sleeping Youth At Railway S

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