New Delhi | New pictures of operatives associated with the Dawood Ibrahim gang have surfaced. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released new photographs of Dawood’s close friend Chhota Shakeel, Dawood’s brother Anees Ibrahim, Javed Chikna and 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Tiger Memon. NIA has announced a reward of Rs 25 lakh on the most wanted terrorist and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Rs 20 lakh on Chhota Shakeel. Similarly, a reward of Rs 15 lakh each has been placed on Anees Ibrahim, Javed Chikna and Tiger Memon. Along with declaring the reward, the agency has also released new and old photographs of the key operatives of D gang simultaneously. However, only the old picture of Dawood Ibrahim is available with the investigating agencies.
The NIA has also put forth the complete details of the members of the D gang. Dawood Ibrahim is at number one. Shakeel Sheikh alias Chhota Shakeel is at number two, Haji Anees alias Anees Ibrahim, brother of Dawood Ibrahim, is at number three. Javed Patel aka Javed Chikna is present at number four. At number five is Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon aka Tiger Memon. Tiger Memon is seen with a long beard in the new picture.
While declaring photographs and rewards, NIA has said that Dawood and his henchmen are involved in terrorist activities for a long time. These include crimes like arms smuggling, drug smuggling, hawala and terror funding. Dawood Ibrahim has also been declared a global terrorist by the United Nations.
The NIA has informed that Dawood and his gang are working closely with terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Al Qaeda and Jaish-e-Mohammed. This is the reason why the government wants to put a complete ban on their activities.
