Mumbai police have taken custody of Ali Danish, an aide of 1993 blast mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, after he was deported by the United States, police said. Sources said that Danish was arrested along with Ibrahim's nephew Sohail Kaskar, who is also wanted in several cases in Mumbai, adding that attempts are afoot to get him deported too.

Danish's father is said to work at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. He has two brothers, one of whom is a doctor in Russia and the other a senior Supreme Court advocate. Sources said Danish left India in 2001 and went to Dubai, where he met Kaskar. They worked together for two to three years when Kaskar roped Danish into diamond smuggling.