The British government on Monday (21) announced that it will continue financial sanctions on fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in India for various acts of crime and terrorism, including the 1993 serial Mumbai blasts. Dawood remains as the only “Indian national” on an updated list of financial sanctions released by the UK which also listed 21 aliases for the underworld don.
The mafia boss is on the UK Treasury department’s ‘Çonsolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets’ in the UK which was updated on Monday. In the list, Dawood has three addresses from Pakistan, where he is reportedly based.
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar who left Mumbai almost three decades ago is living in Pakistan after the serial 1993 Mumbai blasts. Prior to 1993, Dawood had set up his base in Dubai from where he operated his gang.
Dawood is recorded to have lived at: White House, Near Saudi Mosque, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan; House No 37, 30th Street – Defence Housing Authority, Karachi; and Noorabad, Karachi, Pakistan (Palatial bungalow in the hilly area).
Last year the investigating agency also found the address of House no 29, Margalla Road, F 6/2 Street no 22, Karachi, Pakistan, but it is no longer a part of the records of UK government.
Dawood Ibrahim is the main accused in the 1993 serial bomb blast case in Mumbai in which around 260 people were killed and over 700 were injured. Several reports claimed that he has taken refuge in Pakistan but the neighbouring country has repeatedly denied his presence in the country.
Dawood was born in Kher, Ratnagiri and his nationality is listed as “Indian” with a recorded Indian passport which was later revoked by the Ministry of Home Affairs in India.
The listing also records 21 aliases used by Dawood: Abdul, Abdul Hamid; Abdul Rehman, Shaikh, Shaikh, Mohd; Bhai, Bada; Bhai, Dawood; Bhai, Iqbal; Dilip, Aziz; Ebrahim, Dawood; Farooqi, Shaikh, Ismail; Abdul Aziz, Sheikh; Hassan, Dawood; Mohd, Ismail; Hasan, Kaskar, Dawood; Anis, Ibrahim, Kaskar, Daud, Hasan, Shaikh, Ibrahim; Ibrahim, Dowood, Hassan, Shaikh; Ibrahim, Anis; Kaskar, Daud, Ibrahim, Memon; Sabri, Dawood; Sahab, Haji; Kaskar, Dawood, Hasan, Ibrahim; Memon, Dawood, Ibrahim; and Seth, Bada.
The financial sanction list also included the names of terror outfits like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Hizbul Mujahideen and Khalistan Zindabad Force. A number of affiliates of international terror outfits like Al-Qaida and the ISIS are also recorded on the list.
Financial sanctions can be applied on individuals, organisations, entities and governments who may be a resident in the UK or abroad.
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