The issue was raised during Zero Hour by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad who said the enquiry in 1993 Bombay blasts had established that Dawood was the culprit and sought a statement from the Home Minister on the matter.
Several other members including Ritabrata Banerjee, Tapan Kumar Sen, Sitaram Yechury (all CPI-M) and Pavan Kumar Verma (JD-U) associated themselves with the issue raised by Azad and sought a statement by the Home Minister on it.
Naqvi said the Home Minister would come to the House and he would urge him to provide detailed information on the issue.
Azad said the stand of successive governments over the last 20-22 years, whether that of Atal Bihari Vajpayee or the Congress or any other party, has been that Dawood lives in Pakistan and operates from there.
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"Our intelligence agencies which work the world over, also know about his residence and location ... Pakistan government has been asked to hand him over to India so that action could be taken. We expect the same for this government also...
He said Dawood was a "dangerous person" and India has been asking Pakistan to hand him over to India.
"The Home Minister should come to the House and make a statement," Azad said while demanding a clarification.
In a written statement in Lok Sabha yesterday, the Centre had said the location of Dawood Ibrahim was not known to the government and once he is located, his extradition process will be initiated.
Later, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said the underworld don lives in Pakistan and the Centre would continue to pursue the case very seriously.