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Mumbai: It was Karachi’smost high-profile wedding,but one that never made it tothe newspapers or societymagazines. On February 4,the second daughter of un-derworld don Dawood Ibra-him Kaskar, Mahreen, mar-ried a Pakistan-born USnational, Ayub, in a hush-hush wedding, followed by areception on February 5 atthe gangster’s palatial bunga-low in the exclusive and up-scale Karachi neighborhoodof Clifton, aid sources. Theonly thing that gave it waywas the fleet of expensivecars that were lined outsidethe bungalow. The husband isbelieved to the son of promi-nent US-based Pakistanibusinessman.
TOI has learned that theguestlist included a few Pa-kistani army officers, InterService Intelligence (ISI)agents, and businessmenfrom Dubai. The gangster’sfriend and in-law Javed Mian-dad and his family memberswere also allegedly presentfor the wedding ceremony.Miandad’s son Junaid is mar-ried to Dawood’s daughterMahrukh. Their weddingtook place at the Hyatt, Du-bai, in July 2005. Mahreen’swedding, however, was morelow-key, said sources Da-wood’s brothers and his lieu-tenant Chhota Shakeel werepresent along with the rest ofDawood’s relatives.
“The marriage was sched-uled to be held in May, butthen a few months ago, Da-wood suffered from a massiveheart attack. He recovered,but after that insisted thatMahreen tie the knot as soonas possible,” a well-connectedgang member from Mumbaitold TOI. He added that thegroom, too, was keen on re-turning to the US. “Dawooddoes not want his son-in-lawto come under the police scan-ner,” the source said.
The ceremony and wed-
ding reception were allegedlyheld indoors to avoid the pry-ing eyes of the press and theintelligence agencies.
The D gang is suspected tohave performed a recce andprovided logistical support tothe 26/11 terror attack exe-cuted by the Lashkar-e-Taibaat the instance of the ISI withwhich Dawood has extremelyclose links. According tosources, Dawood has not vis-ited Dubai for many yearsnow, especially after the 9/11attacks in the US.
Dawood’s daughterties knot in Karachi
She Married Pak-Born US National On February 4
LOW-KEY WEDDING� Dawood Ibrahim, son
of former police
constable Ibrahim
Kaskar, has three
daughters and one son.
His fourth daughter
passed away eight to
10 years ago
� In 2005, his daughter
Mahrukh married Pakistani
cricketer Javed Miandad’s
son Junaid � On February 4, 2011, his
second daughter Mahreen
married the son of a US-
based Pakistani businessman
The marriage was scheduled to be held inMay, but then a few months ago, Dawoodsuffered from a massive heart attack. He
recovered, but after that insisted that Mahreen tie the
knot as soon as possible
File picture of the don’s first
daughter’s wedding to cricketer
Javed Miandad’s son
File picture of Dawood Ibrahim and his wife
S Ahmed Ali TNN
Mumbai: A special Maha-rashtra Control of Orga-nized Crime Act (MCOCA)court on Monday extendedthe police custody of 2008Malegaon blast suspect Pra-veen Venkatesh Takalkialias Praveen Mutalik to February 21.
Mutalik (32), who holds adiploma in mechanical engi-neering, was arrested on Ja-nuary 31, after being un-traceable for two years.Booked under MCOCA, hewas picked up from outsidehis sim card shop at Gokaktown in Belgaum district,Karnataka.
With this, the number ofarrests in the case has goneup to 12. The others arrestedinclude key accused SadhviPragya Singh Thakur and LtColonel Shrikant Prasad Pu-rohit. Seven people werekilled in the blast on Septem-ber 29, 2008, in Malegaon. TNN
2008 Malegaonblast: Mutalik’spolice custody
is extended
Thane: The Thane police ar-rested a conman for blackmail-ing and sexually abusing atleast 50 women and one minorover the last two months bypretending to be an assistantcommissioner of police withthe Mahanagar Telephone Ni-gam Ltd (MTNL)—a non exist-ent post. Under the guise of apolice official, BhupendraVerma (35) allegedly called uphis intended victims, and in-formed them that a male mem-ber of their family, a husbandor father, had been caught in-dulging in phone sex during atelephone surveillance oper-ation. He would demand cash,gold jewellery and even sexualfavours from the women prom-ising to protect the “guilty hus-bands”, said the police, wholaid a trap for the conman onFebruary 10.
Thane police commission-er K P Raghuvanshi said: “Ver-ma would pick his targets ran-domly by calling them on thephone from different loca-tions. If the call was answeredby a male he would hang up. If awomen replied he would an-nounce that he was an ACPwith MTNL and that the resi-dential phone was under sur-veillance for obscene calls.’’Most of the women were frommiddleclass families. One ofthem, Pamela Dante (namechanged) was a teacher. He told
her that MTNL had recordedconversations between herhusband and another womanand that he was liable to be ar-rested. He warned Dante not tocall her husband as her phonewas tapped. “He asked theteacher to meet him at a loca-tion with money and jewellery.He also abused her sexually,’’said Dattatrey Karale, deputycommissioner of police(crime). Another victim paidup to protect her father.
A official added: “Theywould agree to his demandsthinking they were saving thefamily’s honour.” One of hisvictims is allegedly a 12-year-old girl who thought she wascoming to the rescue of her ol-der brother. “Verma made thegirl pose nude and took pic-tures of her,” the official said.The matter came to light lastweek, when one victim con-fronted the police. They laid atrap for Verma. While Karalewas DCP in Mumbai, he hadarrested Verma on a similarcharge. The conman has beenbooked for cheating and underprovisions of the IT Act.
Fake ACP heldfor blackmail
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ACTIVISTS UP IN ARMS AGAINST PLAN TO RELOCATESTRAY DOGS FROM NHAVA SHEVA TO KHANDALA | 5
Mumbai: The Sewri sessionscourt on Monday granted bail tothe 23-year-old site supervisor ofLa Sonarisa building in Matunga.Dhanraj Yadav had been arrestedon January 13 and booked for caus-ing death due to negligence, aftersix labourers were killed when thebuilding’s service lift crashed in
January. He was granted bail on acash bond of Rs 30,000.
In the bail application, defencelawyer Laxman Kanal said: “Theincident occurred due to the negli-gence of the victims themselves asthey were not allowed to use thesaid lift.”
The court has ordered Yadav toreport to the police station on thefirst and 15th of every month.
Court grants bail to supervisor ofbuilding where 6 people died in lift
Rebecca Samervel TNN
Patient HadPre-ExistingDisease:Insurance Co
Told Women Targets That HusbandsWere Being Probed For Phone Sex
Nitin Yeshwantrao TNN
Mumbai: The Mumbai Suburban Dis-trict Consumer Disputes Redressal Fo-
rum on Thursday ordered an insur-ance company to pay Rs 1.1 lakh to a
Khar resident for repudiating hisclaim on the grounds that he wassuffering from hypertension
and that it was a ‘pre-existingdisease’. The
hospital dis-charge cardincorrectly
mentionedthat the patient,
ShewakramDawra, hadbeen sufferingfrom hyper-
tension for twoto three years
when the complainant actually contract-ed the condition two to three months ago.
“There is no material on record toprove that the complainant (Dawra) wassuffering from Ischemic Heart Disease, aheart ailment, before hospitalization.Barring entry in the admission note dat-ed January 9, 2006, there is no material onrecord to show that the he was ever suffer-ing from hypertension,” the forum held.Dawra had taken a mediclaim policy fromBajaj Allianz General Insurance Compa-ny Ltd in 2004 for an assured sum of Rs 5lakh and renewed it for the period fromMay 2005-2006. The company met his firstclaim of Rs 50,000 in 2005. But the secondtime, when he was hospitalized on Janu-ary 9, 2006 for chest discomfort andbreathlessness, the insurance repudiatedhis claim saying had that been sufferingfrom hypertension before he signed up.The company said that the “indoor case-
sheet” stated that Dawra had hyperten-sion since two-three years. Two monthsafter his discharge, Dawra sent a letter tothe company stating that he began suffer-ing from hypertension recently. He had acertificate issued by Dr J P Jadwani, a car-diologist who had been treating him.
In July 2006, Dawra turned to the con-sumer forum and demanded that the com-pany pay his medical expenses of Rs79,680. The company said the hospital’sdischarge card specifically mentionedthat Dawra had been suffering from hy-pertension for two to three years. It addedthat Jadwani had tried to shield the com-plainant. But the forum observed that hy-pertension could be attributed to severalfactors, particularly Ischemic Heart Dis-ease, and also related to blood pressure.The company should not have consideredthe entry in the admission note, said theforum.
Consumer forum sides with patient:
AWARDS ̀̀ 1.1 LAKHRebecca Samervel TNN
Illustration: Ram