Kaskar firing case: Two men from Chhota Rajan gang arrested

MUMBAI: Two members of the Chhota Rajan gang have been arrested for their alleged role in the firing that killed the driver of Iqbal Kaskar, brother of fugitive mob boss Dawood Ibrahim, police said on Friday.

Umed Ul Rehman (27), a sharpshooter and active member of Rajan's gang, and his associate Aasid Jaan Mohammed Shaikh (41) were apprehended from Arambol beach area in Goa yesterday and were brought to the city today and subsequently placed under arrest, said Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy.

Eleven mobiles were seized from the two, who were hiding in the coastal state since the firing, police said, adding that Rehman was constantly in touch with Rajan.

"Rehman played an active role in the conspiracy that led to the firing," Roy said, refusing to elaborate his role.

"Rehman also had plans for some more targets. With his arrest, we prevented major crimes," Roy said.

With this, the number of arrests in the case rose to six.

Two gunmen had fired outside Kaksar's residence on Pakmodia street in South Mumbai on May 17, killing Kaskar's bodyguard-cum-driver Arif Syed Abu Bukha. Kaskar was not present at the site when the incident happened.

Two shooters Syyed Ali (29), a resident of Mumbai, and Indra Khatri (27), possibly from Nepal, had earlier been arrested from near J J Hospital.

On May 25, two more accused, Abdul Rashad Shaikh (21) and Adnan Idaayad Sayyed (21), who had allegedly shown the target -- Kaskar's driver Bukha -- to the two shooters, were arrested.