Thane, April 27: The Thane Anti-Extortion Cell headed by Senior Inspector Pradeep Sharma arrested Dawood Ibrahim's aide Tariq Parveen from Mumbra, Thane on Friday as per ANI. Tariq was wanted in connection with the Sara Sahara illegal shopping complex case of South Mumbai. He was also involved in a 1998 double murder case.

Tariq was imprisoned in the year 2000 after he was involved in the illegal construction of the Sara-Sahara Shopping Complex in South Bombay’s Crawford Market. It's been claimed that the complex was allegedly built by Dawood’s younger brother Iqbal Kaskar.

Thane police wanted to arrest him, but he managed to escape from police eyes every time, however, this time they managed to nab him. Tariq 's arrest is considered to be a huge achievement as Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar and Farooq Takla are also behind the bars.

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