Author: Rajnish Sharma
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: July 8, 2006
Pakistan might deny that Dawood Ibrahim has
found shelter on its soil but India is ready to prove otherwise. The CBI will
soon provide more evidence to Interpol, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) and the US Treasury Department about the don's activities and network
in Pakistan.
Pakistan had recently asked Interpol to remove
Karachi as Dawood's address in the special notice issued against him by the
agency Interpol, which issued the special notice against Dawood in April this
year, has asked the CBI to clarify its position since the notice was issued
on the address provided by the Indian investigating agency.
Sources said CBI chief Vijay Shanker - who
briefed Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Home Secretary V. K. Duggal on Friday
on the contentious issue - will soon be writing to his Pakistani counterpart
Tariq Parvez, Director-General, FIA, with detailed evidence on Dawood's presence
in Pakistan. Shanker has been directed to reiterate India's position to Interpol
more aggressively.
Shanker, sources added, will provide details
of Dawood's movements in Pakistan - tracked by Indian intelligence agencies
with the help of the various satellite phones the don has been using.
The evidence collected through technical surveillance
will also be sent to the Interpol headquarters in Lyon and the US Treasury
Department, which declared Dawood a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
in 2003. The evidence suggests Dawood travelled frequently between Karachi,
Islamabad and frontier areas of Pakistan adjoining the Afghan border from
the late 1990s. "It is only after Interpol was convinced about the proof
given by us that it issued the special notice against Dawood giving his Karachi
address. But Dawood has since moved out of his Clifton Mansion and Defence
Housing Authority in Karachi, the two addresses given in the special notice,"
a senior official said.
Intelligence officials claimed Dawood's links
with the ISI forced FIA to register a protest with Interpol.
Meanwhile, intelligence agencies have been
asked to get more details on Dawood's latest passport. Information provided
to Interpol is that the don has been travelling on a Pakistani passport G-866537
issued in August 1991.