Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is neither poisoned nor dead, intelligence sources told India Today on Monday.
Terrorist Dawood Ibrahim Poisoned In Pakistan?
Amid reports of alleged poisoning of India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, internet is abuzz with several developments from Pakistan. From internet blackout to glitch in social media, news related to India’s terror blacklist is doing the rounds with sensational claims and counter-claims.
A screenshot went viral after the news of Dawood’s alleged poisoning broke in the morning today. This showed an apparent message by none other than Anwar ul Haq Kakar, who is the caretaker PM of Pakistan. The viral message in the X (formerly Twitter) screenshot said, “The Messiah of humanity, dear to every Pakistani heart, our beloved His Excellency Dawood Ibrahim passed away due to poisoned by unknown. He breathed his last in a hospital in Karachi. May Allah grant him the highest position in Jannat. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.”
DRFAC said that the fake tweet has the wrong spelling of the Pak PM’s name. The screenshot spells his surname as ‘Kakkar’, whereas the Pak PM spells his name as Anwar ul Haq Kakar. Also, the last post by Kakar was on December 16, as per the official X handle.
Dawood Ibrahim
The 65-year-old most wanted global terrorist has lived in Karachi under the protection of Pakistan’s notorious spook agency ISI for many years while evading RAW and other law enforcement agencies around the world. Dawood Ibrahim, one of India’s most wanted criminals, is linked to various criminal activities including organized crime, terrorism and drug trafficking. He is the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, which claimed more than 250 lives and injured thousands. Dawood Ibrahim is an Indian mob boss, drug lord, and terrorist from Dongri, Mumbai, who is wanted by the Indian government. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s.
On March 12, 1993, Mumbai (then Bombay) was rocked by a series of bomb blasts which killed 257 persons, injured more than 700 persons and destroyed property worth approximately ₹ 27 crore. The case was handed over to the CBI on the request of Maharashtra government.
THE PRIME SUSPECTS OF MUMBAI BLASTS:
Five years ago, in June 2017, a special court had found six prime suspects guilty for planning these attacks and they are:
Abu Salem: He was found guilty of arms and ammunitions distribution
Mustafa Dossa: He was accused of bringing arms and explosives into the country. He was also charged with conspiracy and for directing people to Pakistan for training
Tahir Merchant: He was charged for making the travel arrangements for other offenders to Pakistan
Riyaz Siddiqui: He was found guilty of shipping explosives used in the blast
Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan: He was charged for receiving the ammunition when they reached Mumbai
Karimullah Sheikh: He was charged for smuggling arms into the country.
