Salim Qureshi, a member of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim’s gang who was detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly supporting the group’s terrorist activities, was denied bail by a special court here on September 18.
Salim Qureshi, also known as Salim “Fruit,” was an important member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang and a close associate of wanted gangster Chhota Shakeel. Special NIA judge B D Shelke denied Salim’s request for bail.
According to the federal investigation agency, Qureshi actively participated in extorting sizable sums of money in Shakeel’s name from property transactions and dispute resolutions in order to raise “terror funds in furtherance of terrorist activities of D-company.”
On February 3, 2022, the agency registered a case involving “terrorist and criminal activities” by fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates, including smuggling, narco-terrorism, money laundering, circulation of fake currency, raising terror funds, and working in active collaboration with international terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Al Qaeda. ARU PTI AVI.
NIA stands for the National Investigation Agency. The NIA is a federal agency in India responsible for investigating and combating terrorism and other national security-related matters. It was established in 2009.