Mumbai: Intel reports suggest that abandonment mafia don Dawood Ibrahim and his long-time supporter Chhota Shakeel have torn their association.

As per the sources of The Times of India, in India's intelligence agencies informed that Shakeel has also moved from Karachi's Clifton area to a mysterious spot.

The Key reason for their cracking is said to be Anees Ibrahim, the younger brother of 1993 Mumbai blasts instigator Dawood Ibrahim. Reports say Shakeel in recent times had hot talks with Dawood over Anees' alleged meddling in the activities of the gang.

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Anees dwells with Dawood in Pakistan, while his second brother Iqbal lives in Mumbai, India.

TOI has cited a gangster; expatriated from Dubai, as informing that it was "next to impossible" that Shakeel would part ways with Dawood. "Even Dawood's brothers might ditch him, but not Shakeel. He has been loyal to Dawood all his life. And if there are some differences between them, it could only be because of Anees."

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Intelligence Bureau sources suggest that Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence is working on a patch-up between Dawood and Shakeel as it fears the fallout would hamper its activities against India.

In recent times The Maharashtra Police had filed its charge sheet in opposition to Dawood's brother Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar in the extortion case of a Thane builder.