Hyderabad, July 15 -- A rowdy-sheeter wanted in a murder case, who had gone underground and disguised himself as a "Peer Baba" to evade arrest, was held by the police on Tuesday, July 14.

The accused, 33-year-old Mohd Shaik Javed, a listed rowdy-sheeter of Lake Police Station, had been absconding since June 5, 2025, and was evading a non-bailable warrant issued against him in a murder case registered at Saifabad Police Station, an official said.

Sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force, Khairtabad zone, acting on a tip-off, apprehended Javed near Pool Bagh in Saifabad with the help of the local police.

Investigators said Javed had been living in Sangareddy district under the guise of a "Peer Baba," working as a priest at a dargah to co...