Mumbai :- Amid rising chatter about a possible second surgical strike on Pakistan, India’s security agencies are urging the Centre to first dismantle Dawood Ibrahim’s criminal syndicate in Mumbai—an operation seen as a key extension of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Though the Dawood gang has largely avoided overt violence in recent years, its underworld network remains deeply entrenched in Mumbai, say police sources. The recent attempt to extort Rs 10 crore from former MLA Zeeshan Siddique has raised fresh alarms.
Zeeshan’s father, Baba Siddique, was recently gunned down—allegedly by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. However, suspicion also surrounds a prominent builder with known links to Dawood. Despite these allegations, the builder has reportedly not even been questioned by authorities.
D-Company continues to hold significant interests in Mumbai’s booming real estate market, stock trading, bullion, and commodities—alongside illicit operations like drug trafficking. Intelligence sources claim to possess recordings of a phone call between this same builder and a Lashkar-e-Taiba leader based in Muridke, Pakistan, further reinforcing concerns about the ISI link.
Notably, over 300 kilograms of methamphetamine seized off the Gujarat coast was allegedly sent from Karachi by the Dawood syndicate. Intelligence suggests that Dawood, operating closely with top ISI operatives, is at the heart of a massive international drug network. Key figures like Jabir Motiwala and Mohd Asif Hafeez—active in the UK and US—have long been affiliated with this nexus.
Names like Kailash Rajput and Vicky Goswami also surface frequently in connection with D-Company’s global narcotics empire, which spans the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
Despite having a concrete action plan ready for years, officials claim it remains stuck in bureaucratic limbo within the Union Home Ministry. “We’re still waiting for the green light from North Block,” a senior police official said.
Now, with the government adopting a tougher stance on Islamabad, security agencies are hopeful that they’ll finally get the go-ahead to initiate a full-scale operation against Dawood’s Mumbai network.
