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CBI to quiz gutka baron Dhariwal on Monday


NEW DELHI, APRIL 03, 2005

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will on Monday quiz Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal, one of the two gutka barons alleged to have links with the underworld.

The CBI is investigating the alleged nexus of Dhariwal, owner of the Manikchand gutka (chewing tobacco) brand, and Goa gutka's J.M. Joshi with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

"We hope the case gains some momentum now and we are able to arrive at something tangible after all these months," a CBI official said.

Dhariwal and Joshi were business partners in the early 1990s but had a bitter falling out. They are alleged to have approached Dawood to mediate in the settlement of dues in exchange for setting up a gutka business for his younger brother Anees Ibrahim.

Both Dhariwal and Joshi are Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). They had been evading interrogation, claiming they would lose their NRI statu
Joshi returned to India from the United Arab Emirates Feb 25 after a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court issued non-bailable warrants in January and handed over the case to the CBI.

When a similar warrant was issued against Dhariwal, his lawyers gave an undertaking in the Supreme Court that he will appear before the CBI April 4.

The CBI has questioned Joshi four times and conducted a lie-detector test.

"Joshi denies all the charges, but the idea is to get both (the gutka barons) together," the official said.

Dhariwal was in the spotlight last year when he gifted his daughter Jahnavi a Maybach worth $1.2 million on her 21st birthday. IANS



 

 

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