Ahmedabad ATS arrests notorious gangster Dawood Lala wanted in Rajasthan

Ahmedabad: The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police has nabbed a notorious criminal of neighbouring Rajasthan, who was cousin of an old hand of notorious gangster and bootlegger of Ahmedabad Abdul Lateef, from Muslim dominated Juhapura locality of Ahmedabad.

IG ATS J K Bhatta and PI of ATS Nikhil Brahmbhatt, who was in the ATS team that nabbed Dawood Lala (37) over whom the Rajasthan police had also declared a cash reward, today said that Lala and three of his brothers had opened fired on two brothers Farooq and Farid in their home-town of Nimbahera in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan on March 11 last. Farooq died in the incident while Farid was critically injured.

Lala, son of the maternal uncle of Sharif Khan, an erstwhile member of Ahmedabad based bootlegger Abdul Lateef’s gang who is believed to have fled to Pakistan in 1990 after Lateef’s encounter to supposedly join his super-boss Dawood Ibrahim, was also earlier jailed for seven years in connection with another murder case. He was wanted in several criminal cases including that of attempt to murder, extortion etc.

On a tip off Lala was nabbed from Juhapura where he had arrived yesterday only. No arms or any other objectionable thing has been recovered from his possession, Mr Bhatt said.

He would be handed over to the Chittorgarh police, the IG said.

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