A team of the Delhi police's special branch arrested him on Sunday evening between Sanoli and Gorakhpur.
Musharraf, Aziz give Dawood reception a miss
India on Thursday asked Pakistan to hand over Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim, who also figures in the country's most wanted list, to it if the neighbouring country is serious about fighting terrorism.
Efforts were on to bring Dawood Ibrahim, prime accused in the 1993 Bombay serial bomb blast case, to India, CBI Director Ashiwini Kumar said on Saturday.
India has been asking Pakistan to hand over 42 fugitives including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but Islamabad has refused to cooperate, Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
They have admitted their complicity and asked for leniency.
The Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested a Dawood gang member in connection with three cases of fake currency.
The eight-member team will also put Chhota Rajan, Chhota Shakeel, Abu Salem and other underworld dons under the scanner.
The paramilitary Rangers, which were called in to maintain law and order in the disputed region, came under attack while moving out of the region, the Dawn newspaper reported.
The application will be heard Tuesday as the prosecution has sought time to seek instructions.
Shetty was shot dead by two alleged members of Rajan's gang on the hotel's first floor on May 4, 2001.
Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, however, did not give a timeframe for the completition of the investigations.
Some Indians living in Karachi were willing to work with the Lashkar-e-Tayiba to carry out terror attacks in India, David Headley has said, apparently referring to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is based in the port city of Pakistan.
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Fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's aide Abbas Mohammed Sameeza, who allegedly facilitated landing of arms and ammunition off the Gujarat coast prior to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has been arrested in Mumbai, the police said on Wednesday. Sameeza, who had been staying in suburban Andheri for many years by changing his appearance, was arrested from his residence on Tuesday. Based on specific information, police zeroed-in on Sameeza.
A Dawood Ibrahim aide, who is a key accused in the 1993 serial blasts and absconding for the past 15 years, was on Thursday arrested from neighbouring Thane and he claimed that the underwold don continued to live in Karachi.
Dawood's arrest will not only put an end to his terror operations in Pakistan but also reveal the name of those bigwigs in India who have assisted him in his nefarious activities, says Vicky Nanjappa
The agency officials said they are studying the judgment and an appeal would soon be filed in the Supreme Court.
Romesh Sharma, the alleged front-man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was on Monday sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment in a 12-year-old tax evasion case. Besides the sentence, Additional Chief metropolitan Magistrate Kanwaljeet Arora also imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh on Sharma.
Younger brother Iqbal Hassan Ibrahim Shaikh has been charged in a case of alleged extortion and land grabbing.
Another court remanded one of the primary accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Ejaz Pathan, to CBI custody till February 27.
The National Investigation Agency is busy taking apart each and every possible lead connected to the Patna serial blasts after the suspects held in connection with the terror strike revealed some shocking details to sleuths of the probe agency.
'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.' 'I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was retribution.'
Rival gangster Chhota Rajan is believed to be behind the attack.
Complainant Vinod Avlani had alleged that co-accused Shukla brothers were paid Rs one crore and failed to return Rs 30 lakh out of the amount after the deal went sour.
Pakistan today rejected India's demand to hand over three terrorists and criminals, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, saying that action would be taken against individuals found involved in terrorist activities under Pakistani law.
India on Wednesday said Pakistan has not responded to its consistent demand for handing over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others fugitives."We have consistently asked Pakistan to hand over Ibrahim and others to us. The demand has been made in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.... But, unfortunately there has been no response from Pakistan so far," Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said in the Lok Sabha.
Assistant Commissioner Kiran Acharekar has been arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
The meeting will also focus on formation of a SAARCPOL (Police cooperation among SAARC countries) to tackle trans-border crimes on the pattern of the one in Europe.
Iqbal Mirchi, drug lord and aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was released on bail in London on October 20. And India's chase of Mirchi continues 17 years after he fled the nation. However, not all hope is lost. There's a possibility of him being deported some time next year. Toral Varia reports
The disputed region witnessed clashes on Saturday between the police and activists of a rights movement, leaving at least one police official dead and injuring over 100 people, mostly policemen.
Referring to Narendra Modi's speech targeting the prime minister on the Independence Day, Shiv Sena on Saturday said it hoped that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, when he takes the top post, would "drag" fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim to India and hang him.
Terrorism, Kashmir and funding of non-profit organsinations dominate Home Minister Rajnath Singh's first IB briefing. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Romesh Sharma, alleged frontman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,was on Monday given life imprisonment in fashion designer Kunjum Budhiraja murder case.
Uttar Pradesh's powerful minister Azam Khan will host a gala event on the occasion of Samajwadi Party founder and president Mulayam Singh Yadav's 75th birthday in Rampur on Friday and Saturday.
Seeking to wriggle out of the FATF's grey list, Pakistan has imposed tough financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, by ordering the seizure of all of their properties and freezing of bank accounts, a media report said.
The ISI demanded that the mafia transport weapons and explosives into India in return for the use of Pakistani waters, sources said.
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, speedy trial of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and capture of a Pakistani terrorist in Udhampur are some of the key issues to be raised by India at the forthcoming NSA-level talks with Pakistan.
Besides Shakeel's brother, his brother-in-law Arif Bhaijan and Qayoom are also understood to have been detained.
India has never sought Dawood's extradition, the Pak high commissioner has said.
