Mumbai: Chhota Shakeel’s brother-in-law Arif Bhaijaan dies in JJ Hospital

He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2022 in connection with a terror funding case registered against Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and some of his close aides

Arif Abubakar Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijaan, brother-in-law of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel and an accused in a terror-funding case, died on Friday evening at the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai.

He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2022 in connection with a terror funding case registered against Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and some of his close aides.

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Arif Abubakar Shaikh, in a D-company case, died in JJ Hospital on Friday evening.

He was admitted to JJ Hospital from Arthur Road jail.

Arif Bhaijaan is named Bhaijaan as he is the brother-in-law of Gangster Chotta Shakeel.

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