Date:15/12/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/12/15/stories/2002121504360100.htm

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Anees Ibrahim whisked away to Pakistan?

By Atul Aneja

MANAMA (BAHRAIN) Dec. 14 . Anees Ibrahim, wanted by India for his alleged involvement in the Mumbai bomb blasts, appears to have been whisked away to Pakistan from Dubai and has not been legally deported.

According to highly-placed sources, the mandatory immigration procedures that have to be fulfilled for deportation have been side-stepped in Ibrahim's case. The details of what seems to be a "clandestine operation" are still being pieced together.

The name of Anees Ibrahim, brother of the Karachi-based underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim, is on the list of 20 fugitives whose return India has been seeking from Pakistan since the December 13 attack on Parliament last year.