NIA files chargesheet in terror funding case against D-gang

MUMBAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed an 8,500-page chargesheet in the terror funding case registered against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and some of his close aides.

The agency on Saturday afternoon submitted the chargesheet before the special NIA court. The counsel for the federal agency urged the court to protect the identity of the 13 witnesses, as they may face threats from the accused and the gang members. The court allowed the plea and ordered the names and other details of the witnesses to be masked. The agency has cited 137 witnesses against the three accused arrested in the case Arif Abubakar Shaikh, Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh and Mohammed

Salim Iqbal Qureshi alias Salim Fruit.

The federal agency on February 3 registered a case against fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, his brother Anees and their close aide Shakeel Babu Shaikh aka Chhota Shakeel among others for their alleged involvement in arms smuggling, narco-terrorism, money laundering, circulation of fake Indian currency notes among other charges.