Sara-Sahara case verdict likely tomorrow

Mumbai, June 10 (UNI) The MCOCA court here is likely to pronounce its judgement tomorrow on the infamous twin illegal Sara-Sahara shopping complexes that allegedly belong to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar.

MCOCA court judge Mridula Bhatkar is likely to pronounce the judgement. There are a total of eleven accused in the case of whom nine have been arrested including Iqbal Kaskar, Dawood's younger brother, and four BMC officials. The two wanted accused are Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Shaikh Babu Chhota who are presently residing in Pakistan.

Apart from Iqbal Kaskar, the other eight who have been arrested are Abdul Rehman Shaikh, Abdul Sattar, Narendra Rajbhar, Gulam Nabi Tanwar, Hasmukh Shah, Kiran Achrekar, Shirish Salvekar and Tariq Parveen.

The earlier MCOCA court judge Ashok Bhangale, who is now the City Civil and Session court judge, had framed charges against the nine on February 9, 2006 for allegedly constructing the twin complexes illegally at Crawford Market in South Mumbai.

The Sara and Sahara commercial complexes, allegedly owned by Dawood Ibrahim, was built illegally on a land belong to the CPWD, which was reserved for a municipal school and garage. The accused have been charged with conniving with BMC officials and constructing 380 shops and 70 storage rooms in the twin complexes illegally.

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