Taking advantage of the Unique Identification Number, Delhi police's special cell trapped 25-year-old Junaid Chaudhary, the henchman of underworld don Chhota Shakeel, who after his release on bail was plotting to kill Canadian-Pakistani writer Tarik Fateh and others who've angered Dawood Ibrahim.

The chargesheet filed by the special cell under the Arms Act reveals that Junaid had been planning illegal activities in the Capital. According to the special cell, Junaid used his Aadhaar number to withdraw money allegedly sent by Chhota Shakeel to carry out killings.

Junaid was already on bail when he was plotting the killings. He was granted bail by a Delhi court for his alleged involvement in planning the murders of Chhota Rajan and Hindu Mahasabha chief Swami Chakrapani.

The special cell received inputs that Junaid was active in east Delhi and was re-organising a gang after his release from jail. He was collecting funds through foreign remittance and other modes.

Junaid was recently granted interim bail for Eid. Shakeel had been plotting to kill Chhota Rajan, Swami Chakrapani, Tarek Fetah and ex-Bajrang Dal member Robin Sharma.

The special cell said he had chosen Junaid and three others to carry out the task, but they were caught after their conversation was traced by the cell.

Shakeel had sent money to Junaid through western union money transfer. The money was withdrawn using an Aadhaar number, the chargesheet says.

BEGINNINGS

In his statement, Junaid said he'd learned to use the Internet when he was in class 9, and that he was immediately drawn towards the life of Dawood.

"I started searching for people with the name Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar on social networking sites and sent them friend requests," he told police. Eventually, he started talking to someone with the profile name 'D Company' who told him how Chhota Rajan had betrayed Dawood.

"I was also told about Swami Chakrapani who burnt Dawood's car after buying it at an auction in Mumbai."

Police intercepted conversations between Shakeel and his henchman. Four people, including Junaid, were arrested.

Junaid was nabbed on the intervening night of June 7 and 8 from Wazirabad road in northeast Delhi. He thought the killing of Fatah would land him in Tihar jail where he would kill Chhota Rajan, once a right-hand man of Dawood and now his arch rival, police sources said.

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