Rashid Malbari Claims Threat to Life in Mangalore Jail
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/SB)
Mangalore, Jun 15: Key shooter from Chota Shakeel gang, Rashid Malbari, who was brought to court for hearing here on Wednesday June 15 alleged that Sharan who is in judicial custody in Mangalore Jail assaulted him at jail premises in the morning at 9.45 am and expressed threat to his life. Sharan is in jail in connection to the murder case of administrative officer of K V G Medical College, Sullia, A S Ramakrishna.
Speaking to media persons in the court premises after his hearing, Rashid also alleged that there were weapons in Mangalore Jail and that the jail superintendent has not taken any action in this regard. After a few days of being lodged in Mangalore Jail, it is expected that he will be shifted to Bellary Jail for security reasons.
Rashid Malbari launched himself into the upper echelons of the Mumbai underworld in September 2000, when he opened fire on rival gangster Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan in Bangkok, injuring him seriously. Four years later, Malbari killed Rajan's second-in-command Balu Dokre in Malaysia. Malbari is also believed to have been assigned the task of eliminating encounter specialists Vijay Salaskar and Daya Nayak. His crime history dates back to 1996 when he carried out his first murder. Rashid along with Mastan shot dead Vilas an associate of Mohan Kotiyan.
Rashid Malbari became active in Mumbai after Raja Gore, a frontline Chhota Rajan shooter, killed Malbari's elder brother Ismail outside Vikhroli Court in 2007. Shortly after, Malbari fled the country and began operating from Karachi and Bangkok after the Crime Branch began baying for his blood. He was nabbed in a joint operation of the local police with help from state and police intelligence on March 2009.