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Updated: Jan 17, 2020 04:02 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 17 (ANI) Amid the controversy triggered over Sanjay Raut's statement that former Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi met underworld don Karim Lala, the adopted son of don Haji Mastan Sundar Shekhar on Thursday claimed that the Shiv
Sena leader was right."Sanjay Raut is right
Indira Gandhi used to meet him [Karim Lala]
Many other leaders also used to visit
Haji Mastan was a businessman
Balasaheb Thackeray too was a good friend of Haji Mastan," Shekhar told ANI.The Shiv Sena leader on Wednesday claimed that Indira Gandhi
used to go and meet Karim Lala in Mumbai."There was a time when Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Shakeel, Sharad Shetty used to decide who would be
Police Commissioner of Mumbai and who would sit in the 'Mantralaya'
Indira Gandhi used to go and meet Karim Lala
We've seen that underworld, now it's just 'chillar'," Raut had said here on Wednesday.However, he retracted his remarks on Thursday saying
if someone feels that his statement had hurt the image of Indira Gandhiji or hurt feelings, he takes back his remarks.Lala was involved in
smuggling, narcotics, gambling, forced property evictions, and extortion rackets in Mumbai for over two decades
He died in 2002 at the age of 90
