The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has filed a cost sheet towards fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, his shut aide Chhota Shakeel and three different members of the ‘D Firm’ – a reputation used for Ibrahim’s transnational organised felony syndicate – in reference to its probe into elevating funds to hold out sensational terror actions in Mumbai and different areas, the company mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
Other than Ibrahim, a UN-designated world terrorist and Shakeel (each hiding in Pakistan), three different associates arrested by the NIA not too long ago named within the cost sheet are Arif Abubakar Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijaan, Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit.
“Investigations have established that the accused individuals who’re members of the D-Firm, a terrorist gang and an organized crime syndicate, had conspired to additional the felony actions of the gang by finishing up varied sorts of illegal actions. In furtherance of the mentioned conspiracy, they raised, collected and extorted big quantities of cash by threatening and by placing particular person(s) in concern of demise or grievous harm, for the D-Firm, for the good thing about a person terrorist (Dawood Ibrahim) within the on the spot case, and with the intention to threaten the safety of India and create terror within the minds of most of the people,” mentioned an NIA spokesperson in an announcement.
“It has additionally been established that the arrested accused individuals obtained big quantities of cash via hawala channels, from the absconding/needed accused primarily based overseas, meant for triggering sensational terrorist/felony acts) in Mumbai and different elements of India to create terror within the minds of individuals. The accused individuals have been holding/in possession of the mentioned ‘proceeds of terrorism’,” the assertion added.
The federal anti-terror company had introduced a reward of ₹25 lakh on Ibrahim in August.
Primarily based in Karachi, Pakistan, and needed for a number of terror actions in India together with 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, Ibrahim additionally has a bounty of $25 million on his head introduced by the United Nations Safety Council in 2003.
He’s amongst India’s most needed males together with LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, Hizbul Mujahideen boss Syed Salahuddin and JeM quantity 2 Abdul Rauf Asghar.
The NIA registered a contemporary case towards Ibrahim and his aides in February this yr after receiving data that the ‘D’ Firm had established a particular unit in India with the assistance of the opposite terror teams and Pakistani spy company – ISI – to focus on outstanding political leaders, businessmen in addition to help the fear and sleeper cells of LeT, JeM and AQ in Indian cities to hold out strikes.
As a part of the probe, the NIA raided 29 places and a number of other people, together with Suhail Khandwani, a trustee of Haji Ali Dargah and Mahim Dargah; Samir Hingora, a convict in March 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai; Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit, the brother-in-law of Shakeel Shaikh aka Chhota Shakeel; Guddu Pathan, a relative of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar and Qayyum Shaikh, a resident of Bhiwandi, in Might this yr.