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Assets worth Rs 3.78 cr of drug kingpin, aide frozen under SAFEMA and NDPS Act
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Mumbai, Apr 30 (PTI) Assets worth Rs 3.78 crore belonging to drug kingpin Danish Merchant, a key associate of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, and his key aide were frozen under the SAFEMA and NDPS Act, an official said on Thursday.
These include five bank accounts, one immovable property, cash, jewellery and two vehicles, totalling Rs 3,78,24,124, he said.
“These are linked to Danish Merchant alias Danish Chikna and his associate Henna S. The action follows the seizure of 502 grams of mephedrone from one Nitin G in Pune on September 18 last year. During follow-up, 839 grams of the drug was recovered from the house of Henna S and associate M Z Shaikh was arrested,” the Narcotics Control Bureau said in a statement.
Danish Merchant and Henna S had gone underground, frequently changing locations across states to evade arrest, but were nabbed from a holiday resort in Goa in October 2025 after intensive surveillance, the release said.
In a recent development, another key associate HA Shaikh alias Danish Pipi, handling drug distribution in Mumbai’s Byculla, Dongri and Nagpada areas, was arrested on April 25 while attempting to enter the city, the official statement said. PTI DC BNM
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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