The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested five people associated with fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim’s D company in connection with an extortion case.
The arrests by the crime branch’s Anti Extortion Cell come days after the Crime Branch held his close aide, Salim Fruit.
Salim Fruit is also a close associate of the gangsters Chhota Shakeel and Riyaz Bhati.
The Mumbai Crime Branch on 1 October took Salim Fruit, an accused in Rs 62 lakh extortion case and a relative of Chhota Shakeel, into its custody from jail after a court sent him to Crime Branch custody till 6 October.
Salim Fruit is the brother-in-law of Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Chhota Shakeel, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in August.
The arrest was made in a case relating to the activities of D Company. The case was filed suo moto on 3 February, pertaining to terrorist or criminal activities.
On 26 September, an alleged aide of Dawood Ibrahim, Riyaz Bhati, was arrested by the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch.
