When the ‘Pathan’ gang killed Sabir, one of Dawood’s brothers, all hell broke loose. The famous gang war between the ‘Haji Mastan’ gang and the ‘Pathan’ gang turned him into a feared entity. His aspirations to become an underworld leader had him indulge in mild scuffles with his gang members. The Beginningsīy the time he was in his late teens, the ‘Karim Lala’ gang and the ‘Haji Mastan’ gang had become highly infamous, which led a young Dawood to join hands with them. He kept indulging in such petty crimes till his late teens. Many complaints were registered against him. He targeted the busy ‘Crawford Market’ in Mumbai and sold cheap duplicate watches, fooling people with their fake price tags. He worked as a mechanic and also drove a rickshaw to earn his living, but this did not satisfy him.īy the time he reached his teens, he had started getting involved in petty crimes and frauds. Not very interested in academics, he dropped out of school and started earning at a very young age. Raised in a lower middle-class family, Dawood had bigger dreams ever since he was a kid. The family moved to Dongri, a Muslim-dominated locality in Mumbai. His father, Ibrahim Kaskar, worked as a head constable with the ‘Mumbai Police’ and his mother, Amina, was a housewife. Famous Criminalsĭawood Ibrahim Kaskar was born on December 27, 1955, in Khed, a small town in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. One of the most-chased terrorists in Indian history, Dawood has been on the ‘Most Wanted’ list of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a very long time. He was declared a “global terrorist” by both the US and the Indian governments and is currently said to be residing in Karachi, Pakistan.
Somehow, what brought him nationwide recognition was his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, which he had planned with Tiger Memon. The syndicate indulges in ‘hawala’ illegal drug trade, and arms trafficking in more than 25 countries around the globe. As a result of his famous fall-out with the ‘Haji Mastan’ gang, he formed his own gang, the infamous ‘D-Company,’ in the 70s. He is also said to have worked with the ‘Karim Lala’ gang. He began his criminal activities in his late teens, after being associated with the ‘Haji Mastan’ gang. Initially, he worked petty jobs, such as repairing cars and driving rickshaws. Born to a constable of ‘Mumbai Police,’ he grew up in Dongri, Mumbai. Dawood Ibrahim is a notorious Indian gangster and a designated terrorist, who is the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts.