Latest Dawood Ibrahim News & Updates

New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Pakistan has unleashed a lethal combination comprising Dawood Ibrahim aide, Munna Jhingada and ISI asset Shahzad Bhatti to carry out coordinated attacks in India.On Saturday, the Special Cell of the Delhi police busted a Dawood-backed module and arrested nine people.Investigations reveal that the ISI has been pushing the underworld hard to carry out attacks in India.In a bid to do so, the network that the D-Syndicate already has in India has come in handy to carry out te…

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Special Cell of the Delhi Police, which arrested nine persons in connection with a Dawood Ibrahim–ISI connected network, has found a Shehzad Bhatti link. Bhatti has been active for several months and has been tasked by this network to work extensively on India-related operations. Officials said that Bhatti had instructed the accused to conduct reconnaissance of major areas in both Delhi and Mumbai.In Mumbai, the targets were bridges that people use to commute daily…

New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Delhi Police Special Cell on Saturday arrested nine individuals allegedly operating at the behest of a Pakistan-based ISI-Mumbai underworld network and has detained several others for questioning. Investigators have identified nearly 600 individuals across the country who were allegedly in contact with Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti through various channels, primarily social media platforms.As part of the operation, Sajid Mehboob Sheikh, alias Arbaz Khan, was arre…

Bengaluru/Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Mumbai Crime Branch is preparing to take the custody of alleged drug mafia operative Salim Dola in connection with the Mysuru drug factory case. Officials from the Crime Branch Unit 2 are expected to seek his custody from Arthur Road Jail for further investigation.The “Mysuru drug factory case” refers to major narcotics syndicates that set up clandestine synthetic drug laboratories in and around Mysuru, Karnataka.There have been multiple high-profile raids and…

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s ISI and its stooges have been making a massive push to flood the Indian markets with fake currency, the agencies have learnt.The key areas of concern remain the Tripura-Bangladesh border and Punjab.While couriers are being used to push fake currency into the Indian market along the Bangladesh border, in Punjab, the menace is rising due to the use of drones.It is a two-pronged strategy that the ISI has adopted when it comes to fake Indian currency. On one han…

Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who is known for his controversial opinions, has now said that he doesn’t feel that the internationally designated terrorist and the leader of organised crime, Dawood Ibrahim was fully involved in the Mumbai serial blasts of 1993. The filmmaker recently spoke with author and crime journalist S. Hussain Zaidi on his podcast, and shared his controversial opinion claiming that although there is material evidence or circumstantial evidence against D…

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday took custody of Salim Dola, an alleged close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, for further interrogation in connection with the 2024 Sangli MD drug manufacturing case valued at approximately Rs 253 crore. Salim Dola is scheduled to be produced before a court on Wednesday, following the Crime Branch’s plea seeking his custody for further investigation into the narcotics racket.According to officials, in March 2024, investigators raided…

Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) The Mumbai Crime Branch has filed an application in a special NDPS court seeking custody of Salim Dola, a close associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, officials said on Tuesday. Dola is currently in the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) until May 8, where he is being interrogated in connection with drug-related cases.The Mumbai Crime Branch will be able to take him into custody only after the court grants approval and his present remand with the NCB conclude…

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The arrest of Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide, Salim Dola, was a major shot in the arm for the Indian intelligence agencies, for not only will his questioning help them unravel his vast network, but also help in controlling the menace of mephedrone smuggling into India.Over the years, mephedrone, also known as 4-methylmethcathinone, 4-MMC, and 4-methylephedron, has been flooding the Indian markets in huge quantities. The drug, also known as white magic, meow-meow and bubble…

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the deportation of Salim Dola marks a major breakthrough in the Modi government’s mission to dismantle drug cartels, and showcases the Centre’s “zero tolerance against Narco syndicate”. Dola, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested in Turkey and deported to India on Tuesday. He was brought to New Delhi in a special aircraft and handed over to the Central Intelligence officials. In a post on X, HM Shah said, “Zero …