NIA Raids Location Linked with Dawood’s Associates in Mumbai

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Khushi Gupta

Published on: May 10, 2022 at 15:36 IST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted raids at 29 Locations in Mumbai and in adjoining Thane District against associates of fugitive underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim.

The searches were held in connection with a Case, registered against hawala operators and drug peddlers who were associated with Dawood, in February this year, the agency said in a statement.

Salim Qureshi, brother-in-law of detained gangster Chhota Shakeel, Guddu Pathan, a relative of Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar, Qayyum Shaikh, Sohail Khandwani, the trustee of the Haji Ali Dargah and Mahim Dargam and Samir Hingora, a Convict in the 1993 Mumbai Serial Bombings Case, were among 21 people whose premises were raided.

The team also questioned a number of people, including Khandwani, in the Case.

“During the searches conducted today at premises of the suspected associates of Dawood Ibrahim, various incriminating materials, including electronic devices, documents of investments in real estate, cash and firearms, were seized,” the National Investigation Agency said in its Statement.

On February 3, the Probe agency had registered a Case against Dawood, his brother Anees and Chhota Shakeel among others for their alleged involvement in Arms Smuggling, Narco-Terrorism, Money Laundering, Circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes and in unauthorised possession or involvement in acquisition of assets for raising terror funds and working in active collaboration with international terrorist organization like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Al Qaeda (AQ).

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