Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, May 9: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) On Monday carried out raids in Mumbai on accomplices of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. The counter-terror agency’s raids included a few hawala operators, according to ANI sources.
According to reports, the anti-terror agency was raiding the homes of Ibrahim’s aides in Bandra, Santacruz, and Borivali in the western suburbs, as well as Nagpada and Parel in south Mumbai.
“Several hawala operators and drug peddlers were associated with Ibrahim and the NIA had registered (a case) in this regard in February. Raids began today,” statement from the federal agency was cited by ANI.
Notably, the NIA filed a case in February this year alleging that top D-Company leadership and operatives, many of whom were stationed abroad, were involved in terror activities, organised crime, and acts intended to cause disturbance in India.
The Unlawful Activities Prevention Act is mentioned in the FIR (UAPA). The NIA is investigating a wide range of criminal and terrorist crimes carried out by members of don Dawood Ibrahim’s underworld network, which is based in Karachi, Pakistan.
