Haribhai Chaudhary rejects smokescreen over whereabouts of Dawood, politicos react
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New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary on Wednesday rebuffed any confusion over the whereabouts of India's most-wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government ran into trouble on Tuesday when Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told Parliament that it has no idea on whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim. He said that the underworld don's location is not known to the government and once he is located, his extradition process will be initiated. Contradicting the government's earlier stand, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiran Rijiju later said that Dawood was in Pakistan and accused Pakistani agencies of not cooperating with New Delhi. Chaudhary's statement even today drew angry protests from opposition parties. A senior leader of India's opposition Congress party, Mallikarjun Kharge, accused the government of taking U-turns. Another leader of the regional Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Majid Memon, sought an apology from the government over the remark.
