Digital Desk: Gangster Dawood Ibrahim converts into money the drugs that come to Pakistan, where he enjoys immunity, from Afghanistan through his mules as well as containers, a newly released book has claimed.
In his book titled ‘The Reverse Swing- Colonialism to Cooperation’, Ashok Tandon, former media advisor to late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has also mentioned that the nexus between Pakistan Army and its intelligence agency ISI is believed to be fully immersed in the drug money.
“It is opium and heroin entering from Pakistan that comes through many border areas where the old drug network still operates,” he said.
This is part of the chapter on ‘Indian Black Money Tracked’.
“This drug money, at least a good part of it, is generated in this area, with the help of Dawood Ibrahim, who works overtime on behalf of his masters and runs his operations through Pakistan.
“Drugs come by means of Dawood’s ‘mules’ protected by the ISI, with the connivance of some other agencies, and in containers which carry equipment sent to Pakistan for ‘repair’ from Kandahar and elsewhere in southern Afghanistan,” the book said.
Further, Tandon claimed that the drugs are converted into cash by Dawood Ibrahim who enjoys immunity in Pakistan.
The book has been widely discussed in the media and has sparked a debate about the role of the Pakistan Army and the ISI in the drug trade. The book has also raised concerns about the impact of the drug trade on Pakistan’s security and its economy.