The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches in Mumbai and nearby areas in connection with a recently registered case against fugitive underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim. According to the sources, a politician from Maharashtra is also under the scanner in a money laundering case being investigated by the ED. ED officials also reached the residence of Late Haseena Parkar, Dawood Ibrahim’s sister, in connection with the raids.
Dawood Ibrahim is believed to have set up a vast business empire since he fled India in the 1980s. Recently, the presence of D-Company (the Mumbai underworld organized crime syndicate controlled by Dawood Ibrahim) was found in Punjab, indicating that Pakistan’s ISI has started using the underworld to spread terror in Punjab.
Dawood Ibrahim is the son of a police constable who was with the Mumbai police. He started his crime life with gang wars in the Dongri area of Mumbai. In Dongri, he got in touch with gang members of Haji Mastan and his gang war started. In the 1980s, he was first arrested for a robbery case and later his criminal records increased. Dawood became more powerful and dangerous due to the fights between the Haji and the Pathan gangs, composed mostly of migrants from Afghanistan.
On 8th February NIA spokesperson Sanyukta Parashar confirmed to ANI that a case has been registered against Dawood and others.
