Interpol issues tough notice on Dawood

The notice sent to all 184 member countries places the Indian crime boss, Dawood Ibrahim, on the same list as al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and seeks freezing of his assets, ban on travel and an arms embargo.

The notice on www.interpol.int also gave two of his possible addresses in Pakistan, which seemingly backs India's long-standing charge that Ibrahim is hiding in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.

Islamabad denies he is in Pakistan.

US Misra, Interpol's vice-president for Asia and former chief of India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said the notice issued last week would create pressure on Pakistan.

"All member countries, including Pakistan, will have to give priority in tracing him as per the UN Security Council guidelines." Misra was quoted as saying in The Times of India.

"It's a kind of notice issued against terrorists associated with the al-Qaeda organisation."

CBI officials could not be contacted for comment.

The tough new notice gives details of Ibrahim's 11 passports issued in India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, 17 aliases and also the countries from which he is known to operate.