NIA announces Rs 25L reward for info on Dawood, Rs 20L for Chhota Shakeel | India News

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency, which had registered a case earlier this year against 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and other members of his international terror syndicate D-Company, has declared a Rs 25 lakh cash reward for any person who shares information leading to his arrest.
In a notice dated August 18, 2022, the NIA also announced cash rewards for information leading to arrest of Dawood’s four key associates – Rs 20 lakh for Shakeel Shaikh alias Chhota Shakeel, and Rs 15 lakh each for Haji Anees alias Anees Ibrahim Shaikh, Javed Patel alias Javed Chikna and Ibrahim Mushtaq Abdul Razzaq Memon alias Tiger Memon.
The NIA cash award for the arrest of India’s “most-wanted” underworld don – who reportedly resides in Pakistan under ISI’s protection and is now working closely with Pakistan-based terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammed and al-Qaida – comes 29 years after he executed the 1993 Mumbai blasts. Interestingly, it is not the highest cash reward declared by the NIA. Of the eight absconding accused carrying a bounty above Rs 10 lakh, information on CPI (Maoist) top leader Nambala Keshava Rao commands the highest reward of Rs 50 lakh; that on dreaded Maoist commander Hidma Rs 25 lakh and on Sikhs For Justice mastermind Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Rs 20 lakh.