According to unconfirmed reports, Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted gangster with $5 million FBI bounty on his head and an interpol red corner notice against him, is said to be put on ventilator after a paralysis attack. Dawood, according to another unverified report, had a heart stroke and was admitted to a hospital in Karachi in critical condition. The report says that he has been put on a ventilator after a failed operation and is under intensive monitoring.
Sources in Mumbai police said that Dawood had undergone a surgery in the Karachi hospital on the 22 April, but the surgery didn't succeed. Hence, he has been kept on ventilator. The updates on his health have been shared with his family members in Mumbai, but they have not yet confirmed the same. Meanwhile, Chhota Shakeel, Dawood's most trusted aide, reportedly talked to some Indian newspapers and said, “Dawood bhai is fit and fine. Can you not guess this from my voice and the way I am talking?”
The gangster is wanted for the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai which had killed over 250. He had to shift his base from Dubai to Karachi after that and has been running his illegal business of drugs and fake currency from Pakistan. Although Pakistan has always denied Dawood's presence there, Indian and international agencies have kept a close watch on him. A Forbes report, quoting US government had said, “Dawood Ibrahim shares smuggling routes with Al-Qaeda and has collaborated with both Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba, its south asian affiliate which pulled off the 26/11 attack in Mumbai.” Dawood is on the fourth position of the Forbe's most wanted list.
