Dawood Ibrahim, 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind, 'poisoned' in Pakistan, kept in Karachi hospital

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has reportedly been hospitalised in Pakistan’s Karachi after he was allegedly poisoned.  As per reports, the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts has been kept under tight security at the hospital.

Dawood Ibrahim was reportedly hospitalised two days ago, however, there has been no confirmation from Pakistan authorities about the matter.

Reports further said Dawood Ibrahim is the only patient on the floor of the hospital in which he has been admitted. Only senior authorities of the hospital and the underworld don’s close family members have the access to the floor.

Indian authorities have often said they believe Dawood Ibrahim lives in Karachi’s upmarket Clifton area. But, Pakistan, for decades, has been refuting of sheltering the wanted underworld don and denying his presence in their country.

In January 2023, his nephew Alishah Parkar told National Investigation Agency (NIA), that Dawood Ibrahim had remarried in Pakistan and, lives with his family in Karachi.

“Dawood Ibrahim has a second wife, a Pakistani Pathan. Her name is Maizabin. He has three daughters Marukh (married to Junaid, son of Javed Miandad), Mehrin (married), and Maziya (unmarried), and one son Mohin Nawaz (married),” Alishah Parkar, son of Dawood’s sister Haseena Parkar, said in the statement, which is part of the charge sheet filed by the NIA in the case in November last year.

Dawood Ibrahim in the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts in which more than 250 people were killed and over thousands were left injured.

In 2003, the governments of India and the US had declared Dawood Ibrahum a “global terrorist”.

Dawood Ibrahim and his infamous D-Company has established a special unit to strike terror in the people of India by attacking eminent personalities, including political leaders and businesspersons, NIA had said

As per the 10th edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GIT), Dawood Ibrahim and his D-company still control several criminal activities in Mumbai, including trafficking drugs, arms, counterfeiting. The report also cited that the criminal outfit has strong links with global terrorist groups, including al-Qaida.

With inputs from agencies