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Dawood Merchant extradited to India
 [Dhaka Tribune] Notorious gangster Abdul Rauf Merchant, commonly known as Dawood Merchant, was deported to India last week, following his release from Dhaka Central Jail on November 6, reports The Hindu.Dawood Merchant was flown to Mumbai on Thursday morning and produced in the Bombay High Court. Merchant, a former aide of top Mumbai-based criminal cartel boss Dawood Ibrahim, was convicted for the 1997 murder of singer and founder of record label T-Series Gulshan Kumar in 2002 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He jumped parole in 2009 and reportedly moved into hiding in Bangladesh. He was incarcerated Please don't kill me! in Brahmanbaria in November 2009 for trespassing and possessing a fake Bangladeshi passport and was sent to Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. In November 2014, he was sent to Dhaka Central Jail after he was arrested ‐ only four days after being released on bail ‐ under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which gives police the right to arrest anyone under suspicion. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-12 |
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