The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken possession of the flat in 'Neopolis' tower in Thane of Iqbal Kaskar, brother of notorious Dawood Ibrahim. In April 2022, ED had seized this flat in a money laundering case. ED is investigating on the basis of extortion cases filed against Kaskar in 2017 at Kasarwadvali police station in Thane.
The case was then transferred to the Thane Anti-Extortion Squad. Kaskar, his accomplices Mumtaz Shaikh and Israr Ali Jamil took advantage of Dawood Ibrahim's name to extort property and cash from builder Suresh Mehta. T. Also transactions of INR 10 lakh were shown through forged cheques. The flat, worth around INR 75 lakh, was forcibly transferred to Sheikh's name
The ED had started investigation in this case on the basis of two offences. In it, the case filed by the National Investigation Agency (NRA) against Dawood Ibrahim, Anees Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel, Tiger Memon and others and another case against Iqbal Kaskar and his associates for accepting extortion was filed by the Thane police.
In the investigation, ED revealed transactions to hide the source of ill-gotten wealth. The officials interrogated Kaskar in February 2022. In it, he gave information about Dawood's criminal activities in India. A charge sheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was filed with the evidence of the Thane police report dated April 2022 after raids were conducted at the houses of the accused. This included relevant sections on extortion and conspiracy under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MoCCA) and the Indian Penal Code.
Iqbal Kaskar, who was deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2003, started intimidation in the name of Dawood Ibrahim in India. Dawood, who resides in Karachi, is believed to have links with international terror groups and intelligence agencies, making the case more important from a legal and security perspective. Apart from this, NIA also took action across the country in connection with various activities of Dawood.
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