THE NIA on Saturday filed a chargesheet in opposition to 5 accused — three arrested and two wished — in a case associated to wished accused and “world terrorist” Dawood Ibrahim.
Ibrahim and his associates are alleged to be operating a worldwide terrorist community and a transnational organised crime syndicate, particularly D-Firm, which is concerned in numerous terrorist/prison actions in India.
The FIR within the case was registered on February 3, 2022, by NIA underneath sections of the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, Maharashtra Management of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and the Indian Penal Code.
The accused have been recognized as Arif Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijaan, Shabbir Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit. The 2 wished accused, embody Dawood Ibrahim and Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel.
An NIA official stated that investigations have established that the accused individuals, who’re members of the D-Firm, a terrorist gang and an organised crime syndicate, had conspired to additional the prison actions of the gang by finishing up numerous forms of illegal actions.
It’s alleged that they raised, collected and extorted big quantities of cash by threatening and by placing particular person(s) in worry of demise or grievous damage for the D-Firm/for the advantage of a person terrorist within the immediate case, and to threaten the safety of India and create terror within the minds of most of the people, the official added.
It has additionally been established that the arrested accused individuals acquired big quantities of cash by hawala channels, from the absconding/ wished accused primarily based overseas, meant for triggering sensational terrorist/prison acts in Mumbai and different elements of India to create terror within the minds of individuals, the official additional stated.
Publish the arrest of Fruit and Bhaijaan by the NIA, the Mumbai Police additionally registered a minimum of 4 FIRs in opposition to the accused in reference to extortion instances. The duo are brother-in-laws of Chhota Shakeel and had been dealing with actions of D Firm within the metropolis.