‘Shahid Balwa is a Dawood associate’

Maharashtra’s director general of police
D Sivanandan has said that Shahid Balwa is an associate of Pakistan-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. This is a fact that is widely known in Mumbai, Sivanandan has said. In an interview to the Tamil bi-weekly magazine JuniorVikatan, Sivanandan further said that it is also widely believed that Balwa has the patronage and blessings of powerful politicians.