Thane (Maharashtra): Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is reportedly suffering from bouts of depression owing to a family hurdle, which, despite his money and power, he is unable to resolve.
The problem apparently is his third child - and only son - Moin Nawaz D. Kaskar. The 31-year-old has reportedly turned his back on the 'family business' and has chosen to become a Maulana, or a cleric-cum-religious teacher.
"Moin is understood to be against his father's illegal activities which have given the entire family a notorious reputation worldwide and made many of them wanted fugitives," Thane anti-extortion cell head Pradeep Sharma told IANS.
He said this and other nuggets of an internal strife in the family tumbled out in bits and pieces during the ongoing interrogation of Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, Dawood's younger brother, who was nabbed by the Thane AEC.
Iqbal Kaskar has informed the investigators that Dawood is worried over who would look after and handle his vast underworld empire in the future. There is reportedly no reliable close relative to take over the reins of the empire – Dawood's older brother is not in good health and his other brothers have died.
"His son is practically estranged from the family and all its businesses for the past few years, but it is not clear if he is on speaking terms with his father," said Sharma, a former 'encounter specialist' dreaded by the mafia, with many scalps of dreaded criminals under his belt.
Iqbal Kaskar told the investigators that his nephew Moin is now a respected and qualified Maulana.
Moin has also sacrificed the comforts of the family's palatial bungalow in the fashionable Clifton area in the posh Saddar suburb of Karachi and opted to live a mendicant's life in a mosque adjacent to their home. However, his wife Saniya and three children have not abandoned him and are living with him in a small quarters.
"It's clear that Moin, who could have inherited his father's vast legal and illegal business empires, ironically, has decided to become a man of God and completely shunned a life of luxury which was at his command," Sharma said.
Moin, who is a business management graduate, used to help out his father in some of his line of works, but gradually drifted away.
A handsome young man, Moin settled down in life and married a wealthy Karchi businessman's daughter, Saniya Shaikh, in September 2011.
Moin's sister Mahrukh got married in 2006 to Junaid, son of Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad, and another sister Mahreen tied the knot with a US-based businessman's son in 2011.
Earlier, Iqbal Kaskar had revealed that Dawood is in excellent health and living in Karachi under the protective eyes of the Pakistani agencies, dismissing all speculation on his physical well-being.
The investigators are hopeful that in the coming days, he may reveal more information about the mafia don.
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