The first criminal case against him was registered in the early 1990s, and by 2020 he had over 60 criminal cases against his name. He had been connected to the killing of a Minister of State and in another incident was the main accused in the killing of eight policemen during an attempted arrest. He was finally arrested on 9 July 2020 in Ujjain. He was killed on 10 July 2020, aged 56.