The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been conducting raids at 20 locations in Mumbai and adjoining areas since Monday morning in connection with a case registered against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates.
An official said the raids were going on at multiple locations linked to the drug trafficking suspects and hawala operators in Bandra , Santa Cruz , Goregaon, Malad, Borivali , Nagpada , Grant Road Parel , and Mahim. Searches were being carried out at the residential premises and offices of people involved in hawala operations.
NIA registered a case in February under the Unlawful activity (Prevention) Act against Ibrahim and his brother Anees , their close associate Chhota
Shakeel , Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon alias Tiger Memon , and Javed Patel.
NIA has questioned over 50 people in Mumbai and Thane over their alleged association with Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim’s illegal activities.
The FIR invokes the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) .The NIA is monitoring and probing the entire gamut of criminal and terrorist acts commited by members of the underworld network run by Don Dawood Ibrahim from his safe haven in Karachi , Pakistan.
D company under Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and his associates , has established a special unit for striking terror in the people of India by attacking eminent personalities in India including political leaders , businessmen , and others by using explosives , National Investigation Agency (NIA) firearms and other lethal weapons and is planning to instigate and trigger incidents which may lead to onset of violence in various parts of India , including National Capital Region , Mumbai and other major cities of India.
Dawood Ibrahim was designated as a global terrorist in 2003Â by India and the United States with a reward of US & 25 million on his head for his alleged role in the 1993 bombings. He is also accused in multiple cases of extortion , murder and smuggling.
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