Dawood Associate Dola Brought to Mumbai After Turkey Deportation

Notorious drug trafficker Mohammad Salim Dola, a 59-year-old close associate of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, was brought to Mumbai from Delhi by the Narcotics Control Bureau on Wednesday evening after his deportation from Turkey.

Officials said a team from the NCB's Mumbai unit escorted Dola, who landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and was taken to the agency's office in south Mumbai. He is scheduled to appear in a local court on Thursday. Earlier, a Delhi court granted the NCB a two-day transit remand on Tuesday to facilitate the transfer.

Dola, born December 31, 1966, and originally from Mumbai's Dongri or Byculla areas, was arrested in Istanbul's Beylikduzu district earlier this month by Turkish authorities, including the National Intelligence Organization and Istanbul Police Department's Narcotics Crimes Division. The detention followed an Interpol Red Notice issued at India's request in March 2024. He had been living under an alias, using fake UAE identity documents, and had evaded capture for nearly a decade after fleeing India while on bail.

Upon arrival at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport early Tuesday, Dola was taken into custody...