New Delhi, Jun 11 (Agencies) : India’s most wanted underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel have been summoned by Delhi’s Patiala House Court. According to a public proclamation that appeared in the Mumbai edition of a national daily, Dawood and Shakeel’s presence is required in the court to answer the complaint on or before June 16.
This proclamation brings back into focus the extradition of the two gangsters from Pakistan.
The proclamation however is issued in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match fixing case and not the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.
The advertisement published in several dailies is a “Proclamation Requiring The Appearance Of Accused Persons... on or before 16.08.2014”, issued by the Patiala House Court. This proclamation was issued under Section 82/83 Cr.P.C and declares the two, who are among the most feared underworld gangsters in India if not the world, as being absconding in the FIR No. 20/2013 dated 09.05.2013.
Notably, the ad mentioned Dawood’s former address – Dongri in Mumbai.
He is wanted in several cases by Indian security agencies, including the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. Dawood is a key accused in the Mumbai blasts case which became one of the most high-profile cases which headed to nowhere. An INTERPOL red corner notice is still pending against him.
Pakistan has outrightly denied claims of housing Dawood.
According to the US, Dawood maintains close links with terror outfit Al-Qaeda. As a result, the US declared him a "global terrorist" and pursued the matter before the United Nations in an attempt to freeze his assets across the world and crack down on his operations.