‘Dawood Ibrahim being treated in UAE’

Notorious Indian underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is alive and under treatment at a hospital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mubashir Ahmed, a close relative of Ibrahim, told Pakistan Today on Sunday. Mubashir, who is a foster son of Ibrahim working in the UAE, rejected as baseless all reports of Ibrahim’s death in the Indian media. “[Ibrahim] is still alive and will be better soon, he is under treatment in hospital,” Mubashir said, but refused to give the name of the hospital. When Pakistan Today asked him about the presence of the don in Pakistan, as claimed by the Indian media, he denied that Ibrahim was in Pakistan. In reply to a question about the location of the hospital where Dawood was under treatment, Mubashir said: “[He] can move freely everywhere in India, UAE and other countries. The Indian government cannot bind him so he might be in India or UAE or anywhere else, but not in Pakistan. “He survived two heart attacks and now he is under treatment in critical condition,” he added. He said Ibrahim had attended the wedding of Mubashir’s sister in the UAE in October 2010 and was “in contact with my family and I”, said Mubashir. When asked about Ibrahim’s wish to be buried in India, Mubashir replied: “Such talk is premature right now.” Indian media had earlier reported that Ibrahim has died in a hospital in Pakistan. Ibrahim, also known as Sheikh Dawood Hassan, was born on December 27, 1955. He is the head of the organised crime syndicate ‘D-Company’ in Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for organised crime and counterfeiting.