Dawood’s wife travelled to Dubai to meet Kaskar family

Iqbal Kaskar’s questioning in the extortion case against him by the Thane crime branch revealed that fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s wife Mehzabeen had travelled to Dubai in 2016 from Pakistan to meet his family. This contradicts Pakistan’s claims that Mehzabeen and Dawood were not residing in Pakistan. The Thane police had arrested Kaskar and two of his aides on Monday in an alleged extortion probe.

Commenting on reports doing the rounds that Mehzabeen had allegedly visited India to attend her father’s funeral on her Pakistani passport, Thane city police commissioner Param Bir Singh said, “It is not true that she had visited India. As per the information that we have, she had travelled to Dubai to meet Kaskar’s family.”

Meanwhile, a team of crime branch’s anti extortion cell, including senior inspector Pradeep Sharma, left for Delhi on Friday. The team has gone there to meet senior officers of the Delhi police and as well as to brief key ministers in the centre about Kaskar and his revelations. However, senior police officials have downplayed the visit, saying that it is “personal”.

Kaskar’s family, including his wife and five children, reside in Dubai, officials said. The family meeting took place despite pressure building up against Dawood, officials said. “Kaskar has started answering more questions than before. He has spoken about Mehzabeen’s Dubai visit,” said Abhishek Trimukhe. .