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| ISI to Dawood Ibrahim: Act or perish |
| 2004-10-19 |
| Amidst growing pressure to check underworld don Dawood Ibrahim who has been declared 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' (SDGT) by the US, his ISI masters in Pakistan have directed him to carry out attacks in India or support would be extended to a new group led by his detractors. According to intelligence inputs and statements of some underworld members arrested in the country recently, his masters in Karachi have asked Dawood to set his house in order and step up violent attacks in India. ISI has already readied a group led by Anwar, brother of Chota Shakeel, comprising Syed Muzzafar alias Munna Jhingda and Yusuf Ghodrawala to substitute Dawood, official sources said quoting the reports. While Anwar is in Dubai, the other two shuttle between Thailand and Pakistan. The sources said that the new group, in order to prove its credentials to their masters could carry out some attacks in Mumbai. Dawood, meanwhile, has made a separate base in another Gulf country besides Dubai and also purchased shares in a super market chain, the sources said adding that he was helped by brother of a senior Pakistani politician in doing so. Another factor worrying Dawood is that his younger brother Humayun's name has been linked with the bombing of a Shiite mosque in Karachi in May this year, the sources said. Following this, a series of meetings were held between Dawood and his handlers in ISI during which the underworld don was conveyed clearly to set his house in order. Chota Shakeel, who is believed to have been distancing himself from Dawood, has also agreed to support the substitute group, in case ISI decided to dump Dawood, the sources said. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #1 Is his wife's name "Bondie"? I just had to ask. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-19 2:14:46 PM |