“Connected To Dawood”: Unknown Caller Spooks Uddhav Thackeray’s Residence

Mumbai:

Safety at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s official residence, “Matoshree”, has been elevated, after a telephone name from an unidentified man who claimed to be calling from Dubai on behalf of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

The telephone name, dismissed as a doable hoax by Shiv Sena chief Anil Parab, was made late Saturday evening – round 10.30 PM – in line with information company PTI.

“Yesterday one name was obtained at Matoshree. The caller stated, ‘I’m related to the Dawood gang and need to speak to the CM. But it surely wasn’t any risk name. The police will examine whether or not it’s hoax or what,” Mr Parab stated Sunday night.

An unnamed official from the Chief Minister’s residence was quoted by PTI as saying the “hoax” caller rang up the “Matoshree” quantity twice and stated Dawood Ibrahim needed to talk to Chief Minister Thackeray.

“Nonetheless, the phone operator didn’t switch the decision to the Chief Minister,” the official stated, including, “The caller didn’t reveal his identification, however solely stated that he was calling from Dubai on behalf of Dawood Ibrahim”.

Native police have been knowledgeable concerning the calls, following which further safety was deployed outdoors Uddhav Thackeray’s bungalow, the official additionally stated.

The cops advised PTI they have been additionally making an attempt to confirm the supply of the calls; the caller had claimed to be calling from Dubai.

Dawood Ibrahim, who heads an unlimited and multifaceted unlawful enterprise empire, emerged as India’s most needed terrorist after the 1993 Mumbai bombings wherein 257 individuals have been killed and 700 have been injured.

Moreover the Mumbai blasts, the 59-year-old don can be accused of masterminding different terror assaults and faces a number of prices of cash laundering and extortion. India and the US additionally accuse Dawood of financing terror teams together with al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Final month the Pakistan authorities, after years of denying that it was sheltering him, admitted that Dawood Ibrahim lives in Karachi. The admission was in an inventory of 88 banned terror teams disclosed as a part of its efforts to wriggle out of the specter of powerful monetary sanctions for serving to terrorists.

Based on Pakistani authorities, Dawood Ibrahim’s deal with is “White Home, Close to Saudi Mosque, Clifton” in Karachi, Pakistan.

With enter from PTI