1993-Mumbai blasts conspirator and fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Chhota Shakeel has estranged him, as per intelligence inputs.
The 55-year-old underworld don was arrested in Bali on the basis of a Red Corner Notice from Interpol and following a tip off by Australian authorities to the police in Indonesia.
Jethmalani said Dawood told him that he was not involved in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and was willing to return to India to face trial but feared threat to his life. Jethmalani added that he informed then Maharashtra chief minister Sharad Pawar about Dawood's willingness to return.
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Three persons who were detained in connection with the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey here, have been let off, police said Thursday.