Gutka
Case
Court
permits gutka king Dhariwal to travel abroad
MUMBAI, AUG 31, 2005
PTI
A special court hearing the case of alleged nexus
between gutka barons and the underworld today allowed
Manikchand Gutka owner Rasiklal Dhariwal to travel
abroad, except UAE and Pakistan.
Hearing Dhariwal's plea, designated judge A P Bhangale
also ordered police to return his passport to enable
Dhariwal, a suspect in the case, to undertake foreign
trip.
The court, however, restrained Dhariwal from going
to Abu Dhabi and Karachi and directed police to return
his passport in exchange for a deed of his property
worth Rs one crore.
The court also asked Dhariwal to provide all details
regarding his travel to the investigation officer.
He should come to India immediately if the probe agency
wanted so.
Dhariwal's lawyer Rajendra Shirodkar pleaded that
he had to go abroad to maintain his Non-Resident Indian
(NRI) status.
The Bombay High Court had earlier granted an interim
stay on a special court's order seeking to make Dhariwal
an accused in the case of alleged nexus with underworld.
The local court had held that there was "prima
facie" evidence to show that Dhariwal and another
gutka baron J M Joshi had links with underworld don
Dawood Ibrahim.
It had also issued notices to Dhariwal and Joshi
asking them why they should not be named as accused
for allegedly helping Dawood in gutka business
