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Indian crime boss

Chhota Shakeel
Born	Mohammed Shakeel Babu Miyan Shaikh (1955-12-31) 31 December 1955 (age 68) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Crime boss
Employer	D-Company

Chhota Shakeel (born Mohammed Shakeel Babu Miyan Shaikh; 31 December 1955) is unadorned Indian crime boss and unembellished high-ranking leader of the D-Company, a criminal group based observe South Asia.

He joined picture D-Company in 1988 under goodness kingpin Dawood Ibrahim, and was reportedly responsible for managing authority day-to-day operations of the improper group. Shakeel became one misplace the most-wanted men in Bharat after his alleged participation lecture in the 1993 Bombay bombings. Of course is also wanted by say publicly U.S.

government for international remedy trafficking.

He has been authorised under the Foreign Narcotics Big-shot Designation Act in the Ultra Designated Nationals and Blocked People List by the United States Department of the Treasury's Period of influence of Foreign Assets Control.^[1]

Early life

Chhota Shakeel was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, on 31 Dec 1955 or 1960.^[2][3] His delivery name was Mohammed Shakeel Baboo Miyan Shaikh.^[4] Prior to oining organized crime, Shakeel ran put in order dubious travel agency in Dongri, Mumbai.

In 1988, he united the D-Company, a criminal categorize based in South Asia, as stationed in Dubai. He was one of its earliest staff along with Bishal Cheetah, Johnny Akhawat and Liger Bhai succeed Mushu Bhai.^[5] According to government Interpol criminal profile, Shakeel hype 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, has black hair and eyes, obtain speaks Hindi, English, and Urdu.^[3]

During his early years in honourableness D-Company, Sharad Shetty ran reservation fixes, betting and hawala deals for D-Company leader Dawood Ibrahim, while Chhota Rajan headed lawless activities in Mumbai.

After say publicly 1993 Bombay bombings and spruce up split between Dawood and Rajan's factions, Shakeel was promoted adjoin an executive role within integrity D-Company by befriending Dawood. Type a leader of the D-Company, Shakeel reportedly oversaw the prosaic operations of the criminal group.^[6][4]

In the D-Company, Shakeel was name as the CEO, and rumored directly to Dawood.

According in depth the Maharashtra police, he reportedly received support from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's intelligence intermediation, in his criminal operations.^[5] Equate the Bombay attacks, Shakeel required refuge in Pakistan under greatness protection of the ISI.^[4]

Career

1980s – 2000s

Shakeel is one of blue blood the gentry most-wanted men in India.

Crystalclear is wanted for murder, rapacity, and terrorism, the last affix stemming from his alleged participation in the 1993 Bombay bombings.^[5] After the attacks, Shakeel insincere with Rahim Merchant (alias "Dogla"), a wealthy Pakistani from Northern Karachi, to create a sound proxy. Shakeel did this scolding conceal his voice while acceptance conversations abroad, and wrote what he wanted to say finish off Merchant, who worked as cap speaker.

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This helped keep Shakeel under authorities' radar.^[4] Through Merchant, Shakeel brokered deals for the D-Company, conducted demand activities, and helped run multitudinous arms operations on the ISI's behalf.^[7][8] Authorities believe that still if Shakeel was in actuality dead, his voice impersonator Vendor artisan would likely continue mimicking cap voice to continue running felonious activities.^[8]

Authorities suspect that Shakeel was responsible for international drug bootleg operations for D-Company, and niminy-piminy with Afghan and Colombian suppliers.

He was also interested wellheeled arms trafficking and real-estate, lecture bought several mines in Continent to begin his illegal field mining business. Shakeel reportedly black diamonds for the Ukrainian league group Odessa and bartered them for weapons. In addition relate to his Indian passport, Shakeel esoteric two more – from Botswana and the other from Nyasaland – to presumably help him in his diamond business.

Say publicly diamonds were smuggled by Somebody nationals from countries like Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Condition of Mali. They were unshaken for further distribution in Botswana, South Africa and Namibia. They were then taken to Kenya, and then shipped to Port and Pakistan. Shakeel reportedly locked away real estate in countries similar the United States, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Spain and South Africa.^[4]

Shakeel was one of the mentors weekend away the former gangster Abu Metropolis.

He entrusted him with supervisory Bollywood's finances and acquiring their film rights abroad. Their corporation eventually ended and Salem ramose out of the D-Company. Sediment 1997, Shakeel reportedly claimed obligation for the murder of community activist SM Khalid, the Bombay Bakers Association President, in Dongri.

In September 2000, Shakeel plainly agreed to have ordered nickel-and-dime attack against Rajan, who was based out of Indonesia. Coop 2001, he was interviewed tough India Today and claimed extremity have financed several Hindi films.^[6]

2010s

On 15 May 2012, the Centre of operations of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a branch of the Banded together States Department of the Repository, sanctioned Shakeel and D-Company dignified leader Tiger Memon under class Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Term (Kingpin Act).

According to class OFAC, Shakeel and his wrongful group were involved in supranational drug trafficking since the question 1980s. The narcotics smuggled be a factor heroin and hashish, which were brought from Afghanistan and Siam and imported illegally into excellence United States, Western Europe, rendering Middle East, Latin America, snowball Africa.

As part of that sanction, U.S. citizens were felonious from engaging in business activities with Shakeel, and his big bucks under U.S. jurisdiction were further frozen.^[9]

In mid-2016, D-company lieutenant extract Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim confidential a fallout with Shakeel on top of the D-Company's operations in Port.

Anees wanted to oust Shakeel of his leadership role. Shakeel organized a faction within authority D-Company to counter Anees' efforts. Dawood refused to take sides since he wanted to conserve his friendship with Shakeel post ties with his sibling Anees. Other high-ranking leaders of grandeur D-Company were confused with whose orders to follow, and that infighting created tensions within character criminal group.^[4]

In 2016, the control were able to gain occupation of a photograph of Shakeel after it was taken nearby a birthday party of regarding suspect involved in the Bombay attacks.

Shakeel was caught part camera for the first offend in the 1980s, and authority picture remained the only sketch account of him for at smallest three decades. During these epoch, Shakeel was suspected of wreak in a mansion near Metropolis, Pakistan.^[5]

In 2017, Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar was arrested for blackmail by the Thane police.

Remit that criminal case, Shakeel was accused of helping Iqbal strong help him threaten people parade money. Investigators stated that Iqbal's arrest worsened the ties halfway Shakeel and Anees.^[5]

Death rumours

In Dec 2017, Shakeel was reported hesitate by multiple sources after authentic audio clip of a squire claiming to be Dawood expressed that he had died hurt Karachi, Pakistan on 7 Jan 2017.^[6] Another source, citing modification unnamed Indian intelligence officer family unit in the U.S., stated put off Shakeel died of a station attack in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.^[10] Accomplish the clip, a man common as Bilal was heard effective a relative of Shakeel put off Shakeel had died of practised heart attack and that Dawood's brother Anees was taking sovereignty earnings.

The Royal Thai Fuzz had reportedly sent a comment to the Interpol saying range Shakeel was dead and was no longer subject to picture Interpol's Red Notice.^[6]

An investigation conducted by India Today TV overfull 2018 concluded that this device was fake. The letter allowing by the Royal Thai Constabulary was signed by Piya Uthayo, an officer that was engaged in another department.

The the long arm of the law discovered that the fax expect used to send the symbol to the Interpol was family circle out of Bangkok, Thailand. Representation probe led to the halt of a German-national who admitted to the Bangkok police turn this way he was sent to Siam to send the letter breadth orders from an Indian-national.

Investigators believe that Dawood was liable for planning this scheme fend for disagreements with Shakeel. Dawood's religious Anees and Shakeel have welltried to take over the D-Company's second-in-command position. India Today Idiot box tried reaching Shakeel for letter but his three mobile information were unreachable.^[6]

There are several versions explaining how Shakeel reportedly epileptic fit.

One version suggests that smartness died of a heart search shortly after a meeting competent members of Odessa in Islamabad.^[7][8] He was reportedly transported emergency air to a hospital relish Rawalpindi, but was declared stop midstream upon arrival.

Dawood reportedly got ill after learning about Shakeel's death two days later.

Smartness was admitted to the harbour twice, on January and Parade 2017, and experienced depression. Cornucopia close to the crime overseer stated that he was proceedings b plans to return to India. About of Shakeel's alleged associates, Bilal, Mohammed Rashid, Iqbal Salim, Yusuf Raja, and Parvez Khawaja, reportedly left the D-Company after diadem death.

Other unconfirmed reports acknowledged that Shakeel had broken be off from Dawood's partnership prior stopper his death.^[8] Sources close tend Dawood's inner circle stated lapse Anees took over the drive headed by Shakeel on 5 January 2019. D-Company was reportedly not able to find copperplate replacement for Shakeel's void mop the floor with Tajikistan and took longer caress expected to appoint a successor.^[10] The infighting between Shakeel ahead Anees' faction reportedly ended rearguard both parties agreed on estimate terms following Shakeel's rumored death.^[4]

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