Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim ( Urdu داوود ابراهيم; Born on December 26, 1955 in Ratnagiri District , Maharashtra , India , as Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar ) is an influential Indian gang leader of the D-Company with connections to Islamist circles, who is currently wanted by Interpol for organized crime and counterfeiting. He was ranked 59th on Forbes' The World's Most Powerful People list in 2011 . He is seen in security circles as an arms dealer, smuggler, smuggler, extortionist, money launderer and counterfeiter, contract killer, financier of the Bollywood film world and is referred to as the “drug king of India” and “godfather of Mumbai”.
Ibrahim is suspected of being the main mastermind behind the Bombay bombings in 1993 , in which 257 people died and 713 were injured.
Ibrahim is said to have helped organize the alleged smuggling of Islamist fighters into Germany in autumn 2010.
literature
- Gilbert King: The most dangerous man in the world: Dawood Ibrahim . Chamberlain Brothers 2004, ISBN 978-1-59609-001-9
Web links
- The fugitive gangster, Dawood Ibrahim, is India's most wanted man - profile on the BBC website
Individual evidence
- ↑ In pictures: 1993 Mumbai blasts. BBC News, September 12, 2006, accessed August 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Hasnain Kazim: Germany in sight - the trail of terror leads to the Mumbai mafia patron. In: Spiegel Online. November 23, 2010, accessed October 23, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ibrahim, Dawood |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaskar, Dawood Ibrahim (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian gang boss |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratnagiri District , Maharashtra , India |