Mumbai: Hard-partying parole jumper escapes again!

Murder convict Azam Aslam Butt 47 a Santacruz resident arrested for killing a 25yearold man in 2005 has jumped parole again He has been absconding since last month A team of the Nagpur police has been camping in Mumbai to arrest him Nagpurrsquos Kalmana police have registered an FIR midday has done a series of stories on how Butt secures parole using his contacts in Nagpur jail and then jumps itHe has more than 13 criminal serious offences of cheating jumping parole extortion assault and many more against him at Oshiwara Santacruz Kherwadi Porvorim in Goa Shivaji Nagar Nalasopara JMFC in Nagpur and Juhu police stationsVishwanath Gharat with his mother and sisterHe is serving life imprisonment at Nagpur Jail in connection with the murder of property dealer Kashinath Gharat a resident of Santacruz This is the fourth time Butt has jumped parole in this caseReleased on paroleButt was released from the Nagpur Jail on parole on April 7 for 28 days and should have returned to the jail before 5 pm on May 6 However he hasnrsquot returned to the jail The Nagpur jail authorities informed the Kalamna police and registered an FIR against ButtAlso Read Mumbai Crime Man who assaulted robbed woman on train heldKashinath GharatAn officer from Kalamna police station said ldquoAzam Butt is prisoner number C9589 at Nagpur jail and he didnrsquot return after his parole period was over On May 8 we received a letter from the Nagpur Jail regarding this We checked his records and registered the FIR against him under Section 224 of the IPC Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehensionrdquoldquoOur team is in Mumbai hunting Butt He has been sentenced to life imprisonment We will arrest him soonrdquo a police officer further saidButt allegedly threatened the family of Gharat In January he was found partying with three Nagpur policemen in a Mumbai hotel and also picnicking at Matheran and Mahabaleshwar Butt also posed for photographs outside the Juhu police station paying tribute to the cops who lost their lives in the 2611 terror attacks which midday reportedBefore his conviction in the Gharat murder case Butt repeatedly got bail in the cases registered against him He apparently forged witness documents and got them verified by a Nalasopara cop His lie was exposed after the Bombay High Court asked the Oshiwara police to verify the witness documents The Oshiwara police found the document to be fake and registered a case against Butt two cops from the Nalasopara police station and an unknown person However the Nalasopara police never took any action against the cops or ButtlsquoA big threatrsquoGharatrsquos brother Vishwanath told midday ldquoSomeone from Nagpur prison helps Butt to secure parole and he comes out of the jail Itrsquos a big threat to me and my family I want Butt to spend his entire life in jail as he killed my brother I called the jail a thousand times to not to give him parole but Jail authorities never understood this and are endangering my life I wrote a letter to the jail which got no reply I also wrote to them urging them to take action against the three constables who helped Butt get parole and were seen partying with him Butt killed my brother and was sentenced to life imprisonment He should be in jailrdquoldquoNow Butt is in Mumbai but he is trying to leave India as I found from my sources The police should arrest him before he fleesrdquo Gharat further saidOn June 21 2014 Butt was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Kashinath Gharat in 2005 Butt was supposed to return R14 lakh to Kashinath but only returned Rs 10 lakh When the victim demanded the rest of the money Butt and his friends killed him in Oshiwara and burnt his body and threw it into a nullah to destroy the evidence