NIA cracks down on Dawood, raids associates in Mumbai in terror cases | Exclusive
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting multiple raids on associates of Dawood Ibrahim as part of its probe into the UAPA case against the underworld don.
In a major crackdown on the D-Company, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting multiple raids on associates of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim across 20 locations in Mumbai.
Raids are being carried out in Bandra, Nagpada, Borivali, Goregaon, Parel, Santacruz against sharpshooters, drug traffickers, hawala operators, real estate managers of Dawood Ibrahim, and other key players in the criminal syndicate.
In February this year, the NIA registered a case pertaining to the involvement of top leadership and operatives of D-Company, many of them based abroad, in terror activities, organised crime and acts aimed at creating unrest in India.
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The FIR invokes the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The NIA is monitoring and probing the entire gamut of criminal and terrorist acts committed by members of the underworld network run by don Dawood Ibrahim from his safe haven in Karachi, Pakistan.
Dawood Ibrahim was designated as a global terrorist in 2003 by India and the United States, with a reward of US$25 million on his head for his alleged role in the 1993 Bombay bombings.
More recently, the Pakistan government sanctioned Dawood Ibrahim and 87 others for terror-related activities to evade being put on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.
