Mission Istanbul: Who is Salim Dola – the ‘Dawood aide’ brought back to India?
- Jayanta KalitaRajesh Sharma
- TIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: May 01, 2026, 12:31 IST IST
In a tightly coordinated international operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) secured the return of Mohammad Salim Dola, a 59-year-old fugitive long suspected of anchoring one of western India’s most elusive drug networks.
For investigators who had tracked his movements across continents for nearly a decade, Dola’s arrival from Istanbul marked more than an arrest — it signalled a shift in how India is pursuing organised crime in an increasingly borderless world.
For investigators who had tracked his movements across continents for nearly a decade, Dola’s arrival from Istanbul marked more than an arrest — it signalled a shift in how India is pursuing organised crime in an increasingly borderless world.
