Dawood, Chhota Shakeel ensured maximum crowd at Yakub's funeral: Report

August 08, 2015 14:06

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim ensured maximum crowd at 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's funeral, who was executed at Nagpur Central Prison on July 30, a newspaper report said on Saturday.

According to the Times Of India report, Dawood, 1993 Mumbai bomb blast accused, had ordered his supporters to be present at Yakub's funeral.

Quoting some police sources the newspaper stated that Dawood and his close aide Chhota Shakel had telephoned all their loyalists in Mumbai asking them to be present at Yakub's funeral to show solidarity.

Police sources say Dawood's diktat was the main reason behind 10,000 strong crowd gathering at Marine Lines graveyard for the Mumbai blasts convict's last rites.

Over 30,000 personnel of Mumbai police, under the supervision of senior officers including City Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria, had been deployed both at Mahim and the Marine Lines graveyard.

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