Guess what! Hindu Mahasabha bids for Dawood Ibrahim's property

Zee Media Bureau

Mumbai: Former city based journalist S Balakrishnan, a Delhi-based lawyer Ajay Shrivastava and president of Hindu Mahasabha Swami Chakrapani are among the bidders who have shown interest a property owned by Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

The eatery –Delhi Zaika –earlier  hotel Rounak Afroz, is priced at Rs 1.18 crore. This eatery is located at a stone's throw distance from Dawood's house in Dambarwala building where his younger brother Iqbal Kaskar resides.

The restaurant in Pakmodia Street, Bhendi Bazaar, was seized by CBI after the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings.

The government agency has appointed a private firm to hold the auction under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Properties) Act, 1976.

The auction will take place in Hotel Diplomat in South Mumbai.

Assests on auction also include tenancy rights of a room in a building at Matunga. The room, which belongs to the gangster, is situated in Mahavir Building in Matunga. The base price for the 32.77 sq metre room has been fixed at Rs 50.44 lakh.