Episode 2421
Dawood Ibrahim
Tue, 2023-Dec-19 01:58 UTC
Length - 2:24
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With 308,514 views on Monday, 18 December 2023 our article of the day is Dawood Ibrahim.
Dawood Ibrahim ( ; born 26 December 1955) is an Indian underwold don, drug lord, and terrorist from Dongri, Mumbai, who is wanted by the Indian government. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on charges including murder, extortion, targeted killing, drug trafficking, and terrorism.
He was designated a global terrorist by India and the United States in 2003, with a reward of US$25 million on his head for his suspected role in the 1993 Bombay bombings. In 2011, he was named number three on "The World's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives" by the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Forbes. Recently, the Pakistani government listed Dawood and 87 others in its sanction list in order to avoid FATF sanctions. He has been reported to live in Karachi, Pakistan, though the government of Pakistan denies it. In 2020, the Indian government sold off Dawood's six properties in his ancestral village in Ratnagiri district in coastal Konkan in Maharashtra. The government organized the e-auction of his properties under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEMA), 1976. In November 2017, Dawood's three properties, including the famous Rounaq Afroz Restaurant, also known as Delhi Zaika, were auctioned off by the government.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:58 UTC on Tuesday, 19 December 2023.
For the full current version of the article, see Dawood Ibrahim on Wikipedia.
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