Dawood Ibrahim (born Sheikh Dawood Ibrahim Kasher), also known as Dawood Ebrahim and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, is the head of the Indian organized crime syndicate D-company in Mumbai.He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for orgaised crime and counterfeiting.He was No.4 on the Forbes' World's Top 10 most dreaded criminals list of 2008.He is ranked at no. 57 Forbes list of 'The world's Most Powerful People'
Ibrahim Kaskar, the son of a constable Ali khan,was born in Mumkaa village in Ratnagiri in the state of Maharashtra on December 27, 1955.He is of Konkani desent. He is said to have begun his career in Mumbai working for the Karim Lala gang exploting the repaid expansion in the Bombay(now Mumbai)textiles industry to his advantage.He soon moved residence to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates where he has bussiness interests alongside India.
Ibrahim is widely believed to have masterminded the March 1993 Bombay Bomabings.In 2003, the Indian and United States governments declared Ibrahim a "Global Terrorist". The then Deputy Prime Minister, described it as a major development and that India stands "vindicated". Ibrahim is currently on India's "Most wanted List".
In a major blow to Ibrahim, ten members of his gang were arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch on November 21, 2006. They were extradited United Arab Emirates,from where they had been deported.
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