Mumbai: A day after fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar was arrested in an extortion case, the murky politician-underworld nexus was exposed yet again.
According to the Thane police, which is investigating the case, one of the arrested accused has mentioned the names of three corporators, one of whom is from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The NCP has, however, denied the allegations and demanded a fair investigation into the case.
Thane police commissioner Param Bir Singh said, “We cannot reveal the particulars of the investigation at this juncture. But it is true that names of more than one politician have emerged. They are of the level of corporator and above.”
Dawood’s name was use to issue threats
Mr Singh, however, refused to disclose the names of the corporators or their parties. Police said, one of the two corporators was earlier arrested in connection with the case related to the suicide of a Thane-based builder in 2015.
Mr Singh said that the builder had already given four flats and '30 lakh in cash to Kaskar. However, he was still being threatened in the name of Ibrahim.
