Mumbai, May 30: Riyaz Siddiqui and Rajkumar Sharma, alleged members of the Dawood Ibrahim gang, arrested last night on deportation from Dubai, were today produced before a city magistrate who remanded them to police custody till June 13. The two were arrested by Mumbai police on their arrival at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 10.05 pm yesterday.

Crime branch officials claimed that both the gangsters were close associates of the underworld don. They had fled to Dubai and helped Dawood in managing the underworld operations.

Both were wanted in cases of murder, attempt to murder and other serious crimes. Various courts in Mumbai had issued red corner notices against them and these were handed over to the Interpol.

Six Dawood gangsters have been deported in the recent past. They are Majnu Mustafa, Ejaz Pathan, Imran Rehman Khan, Iqbal Kaskar, Mohammed Altaf and Anil Parab.

Pathan and Mustafa were involved in 1993 serial bomb blast case and facing trial under Tada, while Khan and Altaf are booked under Pota in connection with Ghatkopar blast case.

Iqbal Kaskar is facing charges of extortion and land grabbing, while Anil Parab is charged with murder of his own wife and a builder.

Bureau Report