Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most wanted underworld don, has allegedly been hospitalized in Karachi, Pakistan, due to a major health issue. According to many sources, the 67-year-old was rushed to the hospital after being poisoned. However, no official confirmation has been provided. According to reports citing sources, he had been in the hospital for two days as of Monday.

Dawood, the suspected mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bombings, has supposedly resided in Pakistan for several decades. More than 250 people were killed and at least 1,400 injured in a series of bombs in the capital of Maharashtra years ago, in one of the bloodiest terrorist assaults in history.

Don’s treatment in a Karachi hospital

According to reports, Ibrahim is being kept under strict security at a hospital in Karachi. While the underworld don is said to be the sole patient on his floor, only close family members and senior hospital officials have access to it. Back in India, the Mumbai Police are apparently seeking to obtain further information on Ibrahim’s hospitalization from relatives such as Sajid Wagle and Alishah Parkar. Both are his nephews.

Alishah notified the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in January that Ibrahim had been residing in Karachi. He further disclosed that the fugitive don married for the second time in Pakistan, as the son of Ibrahim’s sister, Haseena Parker. Separately, in its chargesheet against Ibrahim, the Indian counter-terrorism law enforcement agency stated that he and his senior aides control the Karachi airport.

Ibrahim’s illegal acts and ties with terrorism

According to the 10th edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) published this year, Ibrahim and his D-Company continue to conduct a variety of criminal activities in Mumbai. Among these include the trafficking of weaponry and narcotics, as well as the fraud of cultural items. Furthermore, the study said that the criminal organization has deep contacts with worldwide terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, and that it has built up a specific section to instill fear in Indians by assaulting famous figures.