Dawood actively running ops, carrying out extortion activities in India: Sources on ED probe against him
India Today
Dawood Ibrahim is very active and running operations in carrying out terror extortion activities in India, sources privy to the probe by the ED against the underworld don and his aides in a money laundering case said.
Sources privy to the investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aides in a money laundering case said that Ibrahim is very active and running operations, carrying out terror extortion activities in India.
Betting remains the major operation of the gang in India and the Middle East, sources said, adding that hawala channels are being run from India and ill-gotten money of the gang is being pumped outside India to the Middle East.
The gang has "interests" in real estate projects in the country, sources said.
Some members of the gang are running operations in the country on the behest of Dawood Ibrahim, sources added.
The ED will question Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, his aides and gang members. According to sources, ED officials could take Kaskar into custody and would question him regarding the operations of his brother's aides.
The money laundering case against Ibrahim and his aides pertains to their involvement in financing terror activities and disrupting law and order situation across the country.
Kaskar will be taken into custody following court approval of the application filed by the ED. Kaskar is presently in judicial custody after being charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), following three cases of extortion registered against him by the Thane Police Crime Branch in 2017.
