
The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions against Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides, Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon, for their role in drug trafficking in the region. ...

09:46 AM, May 16, 2012

Washington: The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides, Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon, for their role in drug trafficking in the region. The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim 'Tiger' Memon as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for their roles as part of...

03:02 AM, May 16, 2012

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is excited to essay underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in 'Shootout At Wadala', and he is doing his bit to carry off the role perfectly. "I am super excited to play Dawood Ibrahim. My homework is on. I am reading about him and doing research on him. I am all set to play the role," Sonu told IANS. Sonu says "Shootout At Wadala", based on the...

07:53 PM, Apr 18, 2012

Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood, who essays the role of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in 'Shootout at Wadala', says doing so was a huge burden for him. "We talk about power. I remember watching his images in the stadium during cricket matches. In fact, now that you are playing the same character, you feel a heavy burden on your shoulders as you are playing such an important role and it's such...

01:22 PM, Mar 21, 2012

Mumbai: The presence of the underworld may soon be seen in the local civic body office in Mumbai. The dreaded Mumbai underworld may no longer be the dominant presence as it once was but when the stakes are high the dons aren't too far behind. In the battle for the country's richest civic body the mafia influence goes beyond just hawala money or muscle power. Aiding the underworld in its...

06:48 AM, Feb 03, 2012

Meerut: A case has been registered in a local court in Meerut against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly saying that terror activities are on the rise due to influx of north Indians. Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena leader Amit Jani filed the case in the court of Additional Sessions Judge AK Mishra. The next hearing for the case is scheduled on February 3. Thackeray had attacked north...

11:35 PM, Jan 28, 2012

New Delhi: Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has said that although he can't confirm gangster Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Pakistan, the suspected mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai multiple bombings, is being held in "high esteem" by many in his country making his extradition "complicated". In an interview to a news channel, Musharraf, who is in exile in London, reiterated he was close to sealing a deal on Sir Creek and...

04:38 AM, Nov 17, 2011

London: British prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Iqbal Mirchi in connection with a case in which he was accused of threatening to kill a man, citing lack of evidence. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday that it has decided to discontinue the charges against Muhammed Iqbal Memon, also known as Iqbal Mirchi, who is wanted in India in connection with the 1993...

10:36 PM, Nov 15, 2011

New Delhi: The trial of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's aide Iqbal Mirchi is set to begin in a British court on Thursday. Mirchi has been charged with threatening to kill 41-year-old Nadeem Kader. Last month, a lower court, granted him conditional bail. India's efforts to extradite him have been in vain. The government attempted Mirchi's extradition in 1995 but was unsuccessful. CBI sources told CNN-IBN, "We have to see if...

08:26 AM, Nov 10, 2011

New Delhi: A few days after news came in of the arrest of Iqbal Mirchi, Dawood Ibrahim's right-hand man in London, a CNN-IBN's exclusive report has exposed the latest modus operandi and routes to push fake currency to India. A detailed intelligence report shows how Hyderabad is emerging as the latest transit hub for fake currency. Dawood's key men - Aftab Bhakti and Babu Gaithan- are believed to be running...

06:30 PM, Oct 17, 2011

Mumbai: City police probing the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on Sunday said that the reporter might have had met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's key aide Iqbal Mirchi in April in London. After the reporter's murder, police initially had parried questions whether Dey had met Iqbal Memon alias Iqbal Mirchi in London during his visit there. The police did not even confirm Memon's presence in London. However, with the...

12:35 PM, Oct 16, 2011

London: Iqbal Mirchi, the right hand man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was on Thursday remanded to judicial custody by a British court after he was charged with threatening to kill a man, police sources said. 61-year-old Mirchi, who was arrested from Romford in Essex on Tuesday, was produced at Red Bridge Magistrate Court here today and remanded to judicial custody,...

10:48 PM, Oct 13, 2011

Ministry of External Affairs has said that it has formally started work on the process of extraditing Iqbal Mirchi from the UK. ...

08:43 AM, Oct 13, 2011

Bhopal: Gangster Iqbal Mirchi, who was arrested in London, owns a sprawling bungalow on the banks of the Upper Lake in the city and its estimated market value is close to Rs 10 crore. The bungalow is known as the "Angrezan Bungalow" is located on plot No. 18 in the Nadir Colony in an area of 10,000 square feet. It has been lying desolate for the last couple of years....

04:20 PM, Oct 12, 2011

New Delhi: Iqbal Mirchi, a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang was arrested in London on Tuesday, CBI said. Mirchi handles Dawood's drug trade and and is wanted in India for his alleged role in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts. CBI sources told CNN-IBN, "We have to see if we can demand Mirchi's extradition once again now because we could not extradite him the last time." There is a red...

08:04 AM, Oct 12, 2011