Kochi: India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and his D Company may have links to the Kerala gold smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Kochi on Wednesday.
The NIA informed the court that during interrogation Ramees confessed about his attempts to set up a diamond business in Tanzania. The NIA added that Ramees also tried to obtain a gold mining license in Tanzania and brought gold from there. Ramees later sold the gold which he had bought from Tanzania.
The accused, Rameez and Sharafuddeen, had smuggled gold from Tanzania to the UAE and from there to India. The Dawood gang is active in both Tanzania and the UAE.
“Recent news reports have also specifically mentioned the diamond business of Dawood Ibrahim in Tanzania, managed to by his associate Feroz, considered to be a south Indian by the agencies,” the NIA said.
Elaborating its point, the NIA said accused KT Ramees and M Sharafuddin had visited Tanzania a number of times and met Dawood’s contact Feroz and discussed ways to smuggle firearms into the country.
It may be recalled that Ramees was apprehended in November 2019 by Customs at the Cochin International Airport. He was named as main accused in a case registered against him for importing firearms without a valid licence.
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