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New Delhi: After 29 years of manhunt, Indian security agencies have successfully apprehended the 1993 Mumbai serial blast accused and Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Abu Bakar in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
As per the reports, the process of Bakar’s extradition, one of India’s most wanted terrorists, has been initiated.
One of the prime conspirators of the 1993 blasts, Bakar had been residing in UAE and Pakistan and a ‘Red Corner Notice’ was issued against him in 1997.
Abu Bakar, whose full name is Abu Bakar Abdul Gafur Shaikh, was involved in the smuggling of gold, clothing and electronics from Gulf countries to Mumbai with Mohammad and Mustafa Dossa – key lieutenants of Dawood Ibrahim.