A Thailand court has ruled in favour of India’s request for extraditing gangster Chhota Shakeel’s close aide Mudassar Hussain Sayyed alias Munna Zingada, whom Pakistan was trying to claim as its national, an official said here on Thursday.
While Zingada tried to prove that he was a Pakistani national, strong proofs like DNA samples of his kin, his finger print details, ration card, voter identity card etc. submitted by Indian authorities nailed the gangster’s lie in the court, he said.
In an attempt to prove himself as a Pakistani national to avoid law in India, Zingada had submitted before the court the birth certificate of his son and related documents, the crime branch official said.
The order passed by a court in Bangkok yesterday is in Thai language, he said, terming it as a “victory” for the Mumbai Crime Branch in an international court.
The court’s ruling is being seen as a setback for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, as Zingada’s extradition could help India’s claim about Ibrahim’s presence in Pakistan.
The court has given one-month time to Zingada to challenge the order, and in the meantime authorities at the Indian embassy in Thailand will issue a warrant against him to start his extradition process, he said.
Another official said the documents produced in the court by Zingada, 50, were created in Pakistan.