PANAJI
Siddiqui Suleman Khan, booked in several cases across three states and accused of escaping from SIT (Goa Police) custody last year, has been taken to Delhi under heavy security even as the High Court of Bombay at Goa is hearing a petition challenging his illegal detention.
Khan is accused in at least eight cases across Goa, Delhi and Hyderabad, including murder, attempted murder, criminal conspiracy and land grab.
Sources told The Goan that Delhi police arrived in Goa earlier this week seeking his custody, but were advised by Goa Police to return with additional personnel, citing his past escape from SIT custody in December 2024.
"The Delhi police were also told that Khan had previously disguised himself, once as a woman, to evade arrest. Delhi police thereafter brought additional staff, after which they obtained a transfer warrant from the local court and escorted him to Delhi on Saturday," the source said.
Meanwhile, the High Court is hearing Khan’s criminal writ petition in which he has challenged his arrest, alleging it was carried out to distract attention from major issues in the State.
Khan had escaped from the custody last December while under arrest in a land grab investigation, before being re-arrested in Hubli two weeks later. The SIT described him as a “hardened criminal”.
Earlier this year, the High Court dismissed his request to transfer the probe into his escape from Old Goa police to the CBI.
