New Delhi: Gangster Dawood Ibrahim used to live in Karachi near Ghazi Shah Peer Mazaar, and Chota Shakeel used to work for him, the latter's brother-in-law and gang member Saleem told the Enforcement Directorate during an interrogation on Tuesday, news agency Asian News International reported.
The agency, which is probing a money laundering case against the gangster, questioned several aides of Dawood Ibrahim. During interrogation, Salim revealed that Chota Shakeel is in Karachi, ANI reported.
Salim was earlier quizzed by the enforcement agency for nine hours in February this year in connection with the case.
The matter pertains to a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and an FIR booked against Dawood Ibrahim and his associates in February this year under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for spreading terror and planning to disturb religious harmony, as per media reports.
The agency suspects that Salim Qureshi aka Salim Fruit has visited Pakistan several times and works for Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Shakeel in Mumbai. ED has gathered information about his bank accounts and assets.
Earlier this year, around 70 ED officials had searched 10 premises including residences of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar, Chota Shakeel’s brother-in-law Salim Qureshi, and Dawood’s sister Haseena Parkar’s son over the money laundering case in connection with the don, news agency PTI had reported.
As per the report, these people are suspected by the ED to have deposited illegal money obtained through drug trafficking, extortion, sale of real estate in different areas of Mumbai, and other unlawful activities. The agency further suspects that this money was being used for terrorist and anti-national activities.