Author: S Ahmed Ali
Publication: The Times of India
Date: November 25, 2008
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/UAE_cops_release_Shakeels_brother/articleshow/3753023.cms
Introduction: This Followed Intervention by
Influential People in Gulf and Pakistan: Sources
Underworld don Chhota Shakeel's younger brother
Anwar Babu Shaikh, who was detained by the Abu Dhabi police for allegedly
possessing narcotics and travelling on a fake passport last week, was released
three days ago, police sources here said.
Shakeel's relations in the city told TOI that
Anwar was never detained. Sources said he was allowed to go following the
intervention of some influential people in UAE and Karachi, Pakistan.
Deported don Abu Salem, Anees Ibrahim and
Chhota Shakeel are some of the gangsters who have managed to emerge from the
grip of the UAE police after being detained in some case or the other.
Joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh
Maria said, "We have no official confirmation of his arrest or release.''
Anwar was detained after a red-corner notice was issued by Interpol at the
instance of the CBI.
The city police are on the lookout for him
since 2004 in connection with several extortion cases.
Sources said Anwar was detained after he arrived
from Pakistan to attend Dawood's nephew's wedding in UAE.
After the wedding, he was to fly to Mecca
for Hajj. Sources said the police recovered some "white powder"
from his luggage and suspected it to be drugs. However, Anwar said he did
not know how narcotic substances were stored in his bag. The powder was sent
for chemical analysis.
Another theory currently doing the rounds
is that Anwar was trying to fly down to Mumbai on a fake passport to attend
the wedding of the son of Shakeel's brother-inlaw, Arife Bhaijan.
According to sources, Anwar headed a terror
module of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. Prior to this, Anwar had
even tried to take his brother's position by giving orders to the gang's foot
soldiers independently after which there was a tiff between the two siblings.
Anwar is also believed to have aided Chhota
Shakeel in several operations. Anwar started as a small-time real estate agent.
While Shakeel escaped to Dubai in 1988, Anwar
handled his brother's finances in Mumbai till 2000 after which he fled to
Pakistan.
- ahmed.ali@timesgroup.com
