"My Conversations With Dawood Ibrahim" continues...

After this initial mind game, he went on to say the following:
Soon after the bomb blasts, when his name started appearing in the media as being one of the prime accused, he had expressed his desire to the then Commissioner of Police, Bombay to present his side of the story. But, regrettably, as claimed by Dawood, the then CP, Bombay refused to talk to him.

He admitted that he had met Dawood Taklya and Tiger Memon (the two main accused in the
serial blasts). However, that was in connection with a dispute between Tiger Memon and the
smuggling syndicate of Haji Ahmed, Salim Sarang and Aslam Patni. As per Dawood Ibrahim,
Dawood Taklya used to work for Tiger Memon but, of late, had started working for Haji
Ahmed’s syndicate, which had led to several disputes. He (Dawood) heard both sides and ruled that Taklya should resume working for Tiger, his first employer. He explained the reason to
Taklya and Tiger behind his verdict: Taklya had worked with Tiger for long before he came in
contact with Haji Ahmed. Therefore, it was only appropriate that he (Taklya) continued to work
for his first boss (Tiger). After this decision, Tiger Memon had, in Taklya’s presence, informed
D that Taklya was extremely ‘majhabi’ (religious) and could do anything for the sake of Islam. D
then patted Taklya on the back and told him to keep his religious fervor alive. As stated by
Dawood Ibrahim, he was not in the least aware that Tiger Memon was going to use Dawood
Taklya for sending arms, ammunition and explosives for subversive activities in Bombay.

When I asked Dawood if he could deny Anees sending weapons to Sanjay Dutt, he confirmed
that it was true that the film star had been sent arms by his younger brother.However, that had
nothing to do with the blasts.

To be continued...