The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said it has filed a chargesheet against fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and his close associate Chhota Shakeel and three arrested accused in case of fugitive ‘Global Terrorist’ Dawood Ibrahim, and his associates ,who are running a global terrorist network and a transnational Organised Criminal Syndicate, namely D-Company, which is involved in various terrorist/criminal activities in India.
The case was registered as FIR No. RC-01/2022/NIA/Mum dated February 3 at Police Station NIA Mumbai under various Sections of the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act besides the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
The charge-sheeted accused are Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar alias Shaikh Dawood Hassan and Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel, both wanted accused in the case and the three arrested accused---Arif Abubakar Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijaan, Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh alias Shabbir and Mohammad Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit.
“Investigations have established that the accused persons who are members of the D-Company, a terrorist gang and an organized crime syndicate, had conspired to further the criminal activities of the gang by carrying out various types of unlawful activities. In furtherance of the said conspiracy, they raised, collected and extorted huge amounts of money by threatening and by putting person(s) in fear of death or grievous hurt, for the D-Company / for the benefit of an individual terrorist in the instant case, and with the intention to threaten the security of India and create terror in the minds of the general public,” the NIA said in a statement.
It has also been established that the arrested accused persons received huge amounts of money through hawala channels, from the absconding/wanted accused based abroad, meant for triggering sensational terrorist/criminal acts in Mumbai and other parts of India to create terror in the minds of people. The accused persons were holding/in possession of the said ‘proceeds of terrorism’, it said adding, further investigations in the case are in progress.