India | Updated Aug 23, 2008 at 11:39am IST

D-Gang under ISI protection: 93 blast accused

Toral Varia, Yogita LimayeCNN-IBN

Mumbai: Ninety three blasts accused Karimullah Khan tells CBI that Dawood Ibrahim, his brother Anees and the prime accused in the '93 blasts case, Tiger Memon are in Pakistan and are being protected by the ISI.

Karimullah Sheikh, who was once an absconder for the deadly 1993 serial bombings is in CBI's custody.

Former personal assistant to Dawood's younger brother Anees Ibrahim, Karimullah confirmed what the Mumbai police has been claiming all along that Dawood not only resides in Karachi, but also enjoys the protection of the ISI

“Some intelligence agency is providing for his security, said Karimullah,” says Additional Commissioner of Police, Deven Bharati.

He told the investigators, that Dawood and his brothers have heavily invested in Pakistan’s real estate businesses and share market, besides providing refuge to a number of 1993 blast absconders in Karachi.

He also revealed to the Mumbai crime sleuths that, Dawood and his brothers stay together in near by bungalows in Karachi's plush Clifton area, while the second rung of the D-gang has set up base in the adjoining Defence colony.

While Dawood rarely leaves his residence, his brother Anees handles the fake currency, and drug cartels apart from real estates and share market investments. A number of Pakistani diplomats and ISI officers regularly meet Dawood.

Tiger Memon is also in Karachi and has grown to become an established builder in Pakistan and Dubai.

Karimullah also claims that he returned to India as he was being sidelined in the gang and was not paid his dues.

While his confession will help Mumbai Police's case against Dawood, these revelations are sure to affect the D company to some degree.

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