Mumbai: Notorious underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar has been detained here for questioning in connection with a case of extortion.
Kaskar was picked up from his south Mumbai residence by a team of Thane Anti-Extortion Cell personnel headed by former ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma.
The action follows a complaint by a city businessman alleging he had been getting extortion calls from some mafia gangsters owing allegiance to Iqbal Kaskar.
Acting on the complaint, Sharma picked up Kaskar, who is presently being questioned by sleuths, the sources said.
Kaskar was deported to India from the United Arab Emirates way back in 2003. He was reportedly wanted in a murder case, as well as his alleged role in the controversial Sara Sahara case, where a building came up illegally on government land. In 2007, a court had acquitted him in both cases.
Agencies