Mumbai: Fugitive gangster Dawood
Ibrahim`s brother Iqbal Kaskar and his family members have
moved Bombay High Court, seeking to remove an `observation` on
their passports that restricts their travel abroad.
Ministry of External Affairs had made observation
recently that passports are "valid to travel between UAE and
India only".
As a result, the family, currently settled in Dubai
(UAE), cannot visit other countries.
The petition was filed last week by Iqbal (45), his
wife Rizwana, daughters Hafsa and Kaniz Fatima, sons - Mohammed
Rizwan, Aiman Iqbal Hasan, and Mohammed Aaban.
As per the petition, when Kaskars sought removal of
the restriction, MEA told them that they should seek order to
that effect from the court.
Iqbal was deported from Dubai in 2003, but he was
later acquitted in a murder case, and discharged in
Sara-Sahara illegal construction case.
The petition mentions that currently no case is
pending against him.
Court early this week asked MEA to file reply in two
weeks.
Bureau Report
