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Senior officials in the Crime Branch say that India's most wanted lives in the constant shadow of the Pakistani inter-service intelligence
Infamy, clout and money power notwithstanding, Karachi-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is no better than a golden goose in Pakistan, officers in Mumbai feel.
Dawood, whose property and business empire in India and Pakistan is touted to be anywhere close to Rs. 1,000 crore, virtually lives the life of a prisoner in Karachi. Sometime ago, reports from Pakistan suggested that Dawood lives in a constant shadow of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and has rare or occasional public appearance. His movement was further curtailed after the 9/11 WTC carnage, when India started mounting pressure on the Pakistani government for his deportation. However, Pakistani authorities have steadfastly denied his presence until recently.
"As per our reports, he has no freedom to move in Pakistan on his own. And, if that's the case, what can his money and power be for," opines Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Dr. Satyapal Singh. Dr. Singh says that Dawood's status would, however, make no difference to his criminal records in Mumbai. "He's the most wanted accused in the serial blasts of 1992-'93. Moreover, he's also overtly and covertly involved in several underworld crimes ranging from extortion to contract/revenge killings," Dr. Singh adds. A former Mumbai police commissioner, instrumental in curbing the activities of the D' company during his tenure in the recent past, also agreed that Dawood has become a prisoner in the Pakistan government's hand. "The ISI had, in the past and even now, effectively making use of Dawood for their subversive plans in India. He has well served their purpose in waging a proxy war on the country. And, in the process has become their golden goose," the Commissioner observes. About a de facto minister of Sind confirming Dawood's presence in Pakistand, the former commissioner with extensive experience in the Research and Analysis Wing comments, "By making an appearance, they show as if they want to kill the goose. In all likelihood, it smacks of a well thought out game plan of his (Dawood's) mentors."
He cites the example of the deportation
of several of his gangmen recently to support his views. "Those men came
back after so many years. Where have the cases against them disappeared?
And, that compels one to think that this might have inspired Dawood to
try and make a come-back."
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