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Mumbai: 3 arrested for defrauding gangster Chhota Shakeel’s close aide

Mumbai police arrested three people on Monday for defrauding gangster Chhota Shakeel’s close aide Salim Fruit of Rs 50 lakh.

New Delhi: Mumbai police arrested three people on Monday for defrauding gangster Chhota Shakeel’s close aide Salim Fruit of Rs 50 lakh. The police added that they cheated him by pretending to save him from the NIA investigation.

The arrested accused have been identified as Vishal Devraj Singh, Jafar Usmani, and Pawan Durijeja, according to the police.

This came just two days after underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s close associate Salim Qureshi aka Salim Fruit who is associated with detained gangster Chota Shakeel.

Notably, NIA detained Quarashi on May 14 and also interrogated him in connection with the land dealings made by him and other associates of Dawood Ibrahim.

It is reported that Shakeel flew to Pakistan in 1995-96  and living in the country ever since.