Most wanted ganglord and 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, is still in Pakistan claimed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
"We have inputs that Dawood is still present in Pakistan though he kept changing his locations frequently to dodge the security agencies”, revealed Singh while replying to a query on Dawood whereabouts particularly a photograph of the underworld don and intelligence agencies claims that 1993 serial blast mastermind is presently located in Karachi.
However, Singh refused to make any comment on the picture, claiming that he could do so until they would verify it. He also refused to say anything on the news item. "I don't want to comment on any news," he said. On Dawood allegedly having three passports, union home minister said that, "Such people often possess a number of passports and I have said this even in Parliament. It can be possible. There is nothing new in it."
India is looking for Dawood Ibrahim for his role in 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed and nearly a thousand injured. He is also accused of masterminding other terror attacks and of money laundering and extortion. There is also an Interpol red corner notice against Dawood for his role in the 1993 blasts. In 2003, the US designated him as a global terrorist with links to terror groups al Qaeda and lashkar-e-Taiba.
Meanwhile Rajnath Singh said that there has been a steep decline in the number of naxal attacks in the country. "There has been a steep decline in such incidents," Singh told reporters when asked about attack in insurgency-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh in which an STF officer was killed and a jawan injured on Saturday. The attack occurred in the wee hours of Saturday when a contingent of Special Task Force (STF) was out for an operational task on NH30 in Darbha region of Bastar district. The location of the ambush is close to Jeeram Ghati area of Bastar where the top Congress leadership of the state was wiped out by Maoists in May, 2013, killing 31 people. Assistant Platoon Commandant (APC), STF Krishna Pal Singh was killed while a constable Santosh Yadav sustained minor injuries in the incident. Asked about Bihar elections, Singh exuded confidence about BJP performing well and forming government in the state.