Dawood Ibrahim wanted to surrender, after Mumbai bomb blast
New Delhi : India’s most wanted gangster and a prime accused in 1993 Mumbai bomb blast, Dawood Ibrahim wanted to surrender after around a year after the blast, former CBI DIG Neeraj Kumar said.
“I spoke to a jittery Dawood three times in June 1994… He seemed to be toying with the idea of surrendering but had one worry — his rival gangs could finish him off if he returned to India. I told him his safety would be the responsibility of the CBI,” Kumar said.
He added that Dawood sought for his safety as he was afraid of being killed by his rival gangs.
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani also claimed that Dawood called him up and made an offer about surrender by putting up a condition that he would not be tortured by Mumbai Police.
“I spoke to a jittery Dawood three times in June 1994… He seemed to be toying with the idea of surrendering but had one worry — his rival gangs could finish him off if he returned to India. I told him his safety would be the responsibility of the CBI,” Kumar said.
He added that Dawood sought for his safety as he was afraid of being killed by his rival gangs.
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani also claimed that Dawood called him up and made an offer about surrender by putting up a condition that he would not be tortured by Mumbai Police.