Non-bailable warrant against gutkha chiefs

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court has issued non-bailable warrants against businessmen J M Joshi and Rasiklal Dhariwal, proprietors of Goa and Manikchand brands of gutkha (chewing tobacco products) respectively, in a case relating to their alleged underworld links.

Dhariwal has denied any underworld link A warrant has also been issued against Anis Ibrahim Kaskar, brother of Pakistan-based Indian crime lord, Dawood Ibrahim, and one other person.

Meanwhile, Mumbai police officials are waiting for Joshi and Dhariwal to return to the country so that they can be questioned about their links with Dawood Ibrahim and Anis Ibrahim Kaskar.

The two, who are in Dubai right now, allegedly helped Ibrahim set up a gutkha manufacturing company in Karachi.