Underworld dons Chhota Shakeel and Anees Ibrahim tell Headlines Today that India's most wanted man is happily partying at his son’s gala wedding in Karachi, Pakistan.
New Delhi: India's most wanted -- Dawood Ibrahim -- has been staying in Karachi, Headlines Today has found. The latest about the underworld don is that he is playing host at his son's wedding in the Pakistani city.
India has maintained for years that Dawood, aided by Pakistani authorities, has been living there, but Islamabad has always denied the charge vehemently.
However, in a telephonic conversation, the don's closest aides -- Chhota Shakeel and brother Anees Ibrahim -- confirmed to Headlines Today that he was present in Karachi.
Shakeel made it clear that Dawood was not in hiding, but playing host at his son Moin Ibrahim's grand wedding.
Excerpts:
Headlines Today: We heard that Moin Ibrahim, Dawood Ibrahim's son, is married. Is this true?
Chhota Shakeel: Yes, it is absolutely true. The wedding did happen.
Headlines Today: Had everyone attended the wedding, including Dawood bhai?
Chhota Shakeel: Wouldn't he attend his own son's wedding?
For the son of a man in hiding, the wedding between Moin and Saniya was a rather grand affair. It was held at the don's palatial bungalow, aptly nicknamed the White House in Karachi's posh Clifton area.
The guest list included the who's who of Pakistan's elite, including some senior members of its spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Sharpshooter Shakeel, who has been busy with the wedding preparations himself, gave some details about the marriage.
Excerpts:
Headlines Today: Several rumours regarding the wedding have been doing the rounds since April, May...
Chhota Shakeel: That is not correct, the wedding date was fixed and the wedding took place on that date.
Headlines Today: When did the nikaah take place and when was the reception?
Chhota Shakeel: 23rd September, Friday...
Headlines Today: What was the date of the nikaah?
Chhota Shakeel: 25th September, Sunday...
Headlines Today: Sunday was the dawat-e-walima?
Chhota Shakeel: Yes.
Even as the wedding and the reception got over, Dawood now plans to throw a gala reception.
Headlines Today: There are reports that you are planning a big reception?
Chhota Shakeel: We have not decided yet. If we do have one, we will let you know. In fact, we will send you an invitation.
Headlines Today: Will there be a reception or has the reception already taken place?
Anees Ibrahim: Reception is yet to take place.
Headlines Today: Will you hold the reception in London or in Dubai?
Anees Ibrahim: Delhi, Dubai or Nepal.
This is not the first time that Dawood's Karachi connection has been confirmed. In 2003, a news report in Pakistan had suggested that Dawood was hiding in Karachi. Two years later, Dawood's daughter Mahrukh got married to former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad's son Junaid, confirming the don's presence in the country.
Mahrukh's wedding took place at Dubai's Grand Hyatt hotel. Since the news of the wedding had already been made public, Dawood had to skip the function. However, with his son Moin, the don did not commit the same mistake. The wedding was kept under wraps and the date was not revealed.
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