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UK court grants bail to Mirchi

He was granted bail by the Red Bridge Magistrate Court on Tuesday

Iqbal Mirchi,an aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and one of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts,has been released on bail by a London Court.

Mirchi,61,who is said to manage Dawood’s drug business,is wanted by India in multiple cases of murder and extortion. He was granted bail by the Red Bridge Magistrate Court on Tuesday. He was released shortly after getting the bail.

After his arrest from Romford in Essex on October 13,he was remanded to judicial custody till October 20. The Metropolitan police have charged him with threatening to kill his 41-year-old associate Nadeem Kader. According to reports,Kader had called off the marriage between his daughter and Mirchi’s son.

A higher court will hear the case on November 10.

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