Who is Haseena Parkar? Dawood Ibrahim’s sister’s name crops up in Fadnavis’ allegations

In a stunning revelation, ex-Maharashtra CM Devendra Fnavis on Tuesday alleged that NCP minister Nawab Malik's son was involved in an alleged land deal with Salim Patel who h links to Dawood Ibrahim. He furr alleged that Malik's son Faraz Malik h bought a 2.8-acre land which was owned by Sardar Shah Wali Khan - a convict of 1993 Mumbai blast case, during Malik's tenure as minister in 2005. He claimed that Salim Patel and Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar ran a land-grabbing racket. However, all of allegations were denied by Nawab Malik. 

" first character is Sardar Shah Wali Khan who is a convict of 1993 blast who was working with Tiger Memon. He is currently serving life imprisonment. Anor character is Salim Patel who was Haseena Parker (Dawood's sister)’s frontman, bodyguard, driver, and was arrested along with her in 2007. All land grabbing was done in Parkar's name after Dawood fled India, for which Patel h power of attorney," he said. In light of allegations me by ex-Maharashtra CM, let’s have a look at Haseena Parkar's life.

Who was Haseena Parkar?

Haseena Parkar was Dawood Ibrahim’s younger sister. In a total of 12 siblings, Haseena was seventh child and Dawood Ibrahim is third. Born in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, Haseena’s far Ibrahim Kaskar was a he constable in Mumbai Police Department and her mor Amina Bi, was a housewife. Haseena got involved in underworld after her husband Ibrahim Parkar was shot de by Arun Gawli gang in 1991.

Following Ibrahim’s death, Dawood Ibrahim carried out infamous JJ Hospital shootout to avenge death of his bror-in-law. After incident, Haseena shifted to Gordon Hall Apartments in Nagpa, which in turn became home to her crime syndicate. Haseena became a big name in underworld and is said to have been contacted by builders to help m get “permission” from slum dwellers to redevelop ir plot under SRA schemes. Parkar was also involved in negotiating overseas rights of Bollywood films, especially in Central Russia and Gulf countries.

During Mumbai police’s searches of Dawood, after he left for Dubai, she declared to courts that she wasn’t in touch with her bror. However, she took over Mumbai business for him and reportedly held Rs. 5,000 crores of undeclared assets under her name. She became most trailed member of Dawood Ibrahim’s family and was often under police watch. Haseena h 88 cases to her name, however, she has appeared before court only once. She died on July 6, 2014, after suffering a heart attack, at age of 55.

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