Dilshad Beg, with a finger in sundry crimes, is the key to an ISI network. But he's safe in Nepal.
A serious effort or just another gimmick? Even as the government for the first time initiates a move to get Mirza Dilshad Beg, Nepal's former minister and a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim, extradited from his adopted country, there are apprehensions that the exercise might turn out to be yet another damp squib.
Given the money power and heavy clout that Beg enjoys in the political circles of Nepal, India's request to extradite him is likely to fall on deaf ears. Even officials involved in the extradition process are not too sure about the outcome. Says one top official: "Mirza Dilshad Beg holds the key to government formation in Nepal. He can buy any number of MPs. But at least the government has decided to go on record that the man is wanted here."
Interestingly, the government's effort to get Mirza extradited coincides with the VHP workers' recent meeting with L.K. Advani. The VHP reportedly briefed the home minister about a "sudden increase in the number of madrassas" on the Indo-Nepal border and requested him to take steps to check the activities of the Inter-Service Intelligence 'agents' in the area. The VHP is planning to take out yatras on both sides of the border to highlight the issue.
However, these apprehensions notwithstanding, the government has asked the departments concerned to prepare a case to initiate the extradition proceedings. The Central Bureau of Investigation, in consultation with the Uttar Pradesh police, is busy preparing a dossier on Dilshad Beg, detailing his criminal activities in India. Since all cases against Beg are registered in UP, the request to initiate extradition proceedings will have to come from that state government. It will then be processed by the ministry of external affairs and finally be put before the Nepal government. As a first step, Neeraj Kumar, the CBI DIG, recently had a detailed discussion with UP police officials.
Details of intelligence reports on Dilshad Beg available with 바카라 show that apart from his role in patronising international criminals and providing them logistical support, the don is also associated with ISI activities in a big way. The reports say that Beg is "suspected to be involved in virtually every sphere of ISI-sponsored activity". Top intelligence sources reveal that when Beg and his family went for Haj pilgrimage recently, the entire expenditure was borne by the Pakistani intelligence agency. According to the report Beg "is known to be in touch with criminals and some politicians of UP with criminal backgrounds".
바카라 웹사이트An Indian by birth, Beg originally hails from village Bhelani of Deoria district in eastern UP. He started his career as a petty criminal but later shifted to Nepal as a big-time gangster. After being thrown out of the Nepal Sadbhavna Party, Beg joined the Rashtriya Prajatantrik Party and twice became a minister. An MP from Krishna Nagar area on the Indo-Nepal border, Beg is reported "to provide safe passage to criminals, especially of the Dawood gang, into India through Krishna Nagar". This involvement with D-company came to light when many of the Bombay blast accused fled India via Kathmandu. They were provided all necessary help and a safe passage to Dubai.
바카라 웹사이트Government agencies are aware that major illegal arms trafficking—75 per cent of the illegal arms flow into India—is done through Krishna Nagar, Mirza's hometown. Bhakka bhai, an active member of the D-company and a known gun-runner, allegedly works under Mirza's patronage. His patronage to notorious criminals became obvious a few years ago when he opposed the attempt made by the Delhi Police to arrest Babloo Srivastava saying the latter was a Nepalese subject. Babloo and his gang members were provided logistical support in Kathmandu by Mirza. Babloo's gang member Virendra Pant told 바카라 that the accused in the L.D. Arora murder case were also given shelter by Mirza in Kathmandu.
In addition, the UP police has a long list of crimes committed by Mirza in the state. Irfan alias Gama, a notorious criminal of eastern UP and an associate of Mirza, was involved in the Menaka talkies blast on January 26, 1993. Gama later told the police that the bomb was provided by Mirza. Auto-lifting is another major 'business' run by Mirza. According to a rough estimate, around 60 to 65 per cent of auto lifting in northern India is done by the Mirza syndicate. Maruti cars and vans lifted from Delhi and UP can be seen lined up in front of Mirza's house in Krishna Nagar.
Officials say in such cases extradition requests ultimately become a routine affair. For the last so many years the government has been religiously sending requests to Dubai for Dawood Ibrahim's extradition, but despite an Interpol warrant, there has been no concrete result.
The BJP, meanwhile, is hoping for definite political mileage out of the exercise. The political fallout of the move will be more than favourable for the party as it has always raised the issue—at times to counter political rivals like Mulayam Singh Yadav—of a vast ISI network across the country. Could Mirza Dilshad Beg just provide the key to that shadowy network?