Armed with hurriedly-prepared extradition documents, Indian police have rushed to Thailand to lay claim on underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide, who is set to be freed soon upon completion of his sentence in a murder case, a move aimed at thwarting Pakistan's claim that gangster was their national. Mumbai police have been camping in Thailand since the last two days, to seek extradition of Dawood's aide Muzakkir Mudassar Hussain Sayyed alias Munna Zingada, who has been behind bars in Bangkok in a firing case in 2001, in which, rival gang leader Chhota Rajan was injured and latter's right hand man Rohit Verma was killed. Police sources said that Indian embassy in Thailand had informed the Delhi authorities, stating that Pakistan had already moved documents seeking Munna Zingada's extradition saying that his real name is Mohammed Saleem and that he was a Pakistani national. "Some time back, Pakistani authorities have submitted forged documents to prove their claim. We have prepared a stronger case, giving all the details of Zingada mentioning his criminal antecedents. Six Non Bailable Warrants have been issued against him and a Red Corner Notice had also been issued against the 43-year-old wanted accused," said a senior police official. In 2001, Zingada along with his associates had opened fire on Rajan in Bangkok. Rajan's right hand man Rohit Verma was killed, while Rajan survived. On Monday, city police were instructed by the Ministry of Home Affairs that a detailed report, seeking extradition of Zingada, to be prepared, mentioning the crimes carried out by him in Mumbai. Carrying all the details, a two-member team of the city police rushed to Delhi, from where, they flew to Thailand on Wednesday, after completing rest of the formalities for the extradition in the national capital. "It appears that our objective to prove that Zingada is an Indian national has been achieved," Himanshu Roy, Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) said. He however refused to divulge any other details. In a few days, Zingada is expected to complete his sentence in the Bangkok jail, sources said adding that he has been in jail since over a decade. "Now the Thailand authorities would go through both the claims, before taking a decision on whom to hand over the hardcore criminal," said a source. On September 4, 2001, Zingada was smuggled into Bangkok. Ten days later, he shot at Rajan, while the latter was partying, sources added. Zingada's initiation into crime took place in 1990, when he stabbed a fellow student to death over an eve-teasing incident outside his college at Jogeshwari (E). His ruthless nature soon caught the eye of Ismail Malbari, a close associate of mafia boss Chhota Shakeel, a right hand of Dawood, police said. A resident of Jogeshwari (E), Zingada finally graduated to the rank of a shooter, when he was assigned the task of killing a person at Shakeel's behest at Bandra, police said. Zingada's first big hit came on October 1997, when he shot dead an important member of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli's party- Akhil Bharatiya Sena. Zingada's killing streak finally skid to halt, when he was apprehended with a mini-arsenal in his possession at Santacruz in 1997. Granted bail in 1999, Zingada flew the coup and landed in Karachi. Even before Zingada could settle down in the Pakistani city, Shakeel was assembling a death squad that would confront his own arch enemy.
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