Iqbal Kaskar, the fifth sibling of underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim was arrested by Mumbai Police following a complaint of extortion and assault filed by a real estate businessman Salim Sheikh.
Dawood Ibrahim
The incident took place at Pakmodia Street in south Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazar area, and an FIR was registered yesterday at Byculla police station. Later the case was transferred to JJ Marg police station due to jurisdictional matters.
Kaskar had been deported to India from the United Arab Emirates in 2003 over a murder and an illegal construction charges.
This is not the first time that Dawood’s aides have been arrested by Police. Last month Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a close side of Dawood Tariq Parveen allegedly involved in a 1999 criminal case. He was also a co-accused in case of illegal construction of Sara-Sahara shopping complex along with Iqbal Kaskar.