The life and crimes of Dakait
August 11, 2009
Karachi
Abdul Rehman Baloch, who was later became Rehman Dakait, was born in 1980 to the house of Dad Mohammaed. Back then, their family lived in a house situated on Islam Road near Ali Hotel in Kalakot. He studied in Habiba Academy School located on Jamshed Road, but dropped out of school after class six.
Dakait’s father, also known as Daddal, was friends with Haji Lalu, the father of Arshad Pappu. The relationship between the two families was such that Dakait spent many of his formative years living at Lalu’s house. During his teenage, he became friends with a boy named Arif, also a resident of the same locality, and subsequently, the two started selling drugs in Lyari from 1992 to 1995.
During their exploits in Lyari, the teenaged Dakait enter into a dispute with a man, whom he stabbed to death. In 1992, Arif and Dakait killed two drug pushers, Ameen Nadeem and Nanoon, over a petty matter. During 1992-93, Babu Dakait, also known as Robin Hood in Lyari, killed Dakait’s uncle, the younger brother of Daddal. Subsequently, Rehman Dakait killed Babu Dakait while he was going to City Courts.
On May 18, 1995, Dakait killed his mother, Khatija, over suspicions that had become a police informer, and secretly buried her in Mewa Shah Graveyard. Khatija’s corpse was later exhumed and an FIR registered against Dakait at the Kalakot police station.
The Rangers did manage to arrest Dakait in 1995, and handed him over to Orangi Town police. He was booked in a drug and arms case along with accomplices Ali Irani and Hanif, and consequently, he was sent to jail for two years. When he was produced before the court in 1997, he managed to escape and fled to his house in Hub Chowki. Dakait then expanded his drug business, and later also opened a gambling den in Hub Chowki, allegedly in connivance with some police personnel. The seeds of the gang wars in Lyari were sown in 2001-02 after Arshad Pappu killed Dakait’s friend Faiz Mohammed.
The origions of the conflict lay in a dispute between the two men, when Dakait removed one of Pappu’s friend, a man named Mehran, from the presidency of a transport union operated by Haji Lalu. This situation enraged Pappu, who urged Dakait to restore Mehran as the president of transport union.
Dakait, however, refused, and as a reaction, Pappu killed Faiz Mohammed alias Mama Faizo. After the incident, Haji Lalu directed his men to kill Dakait’s men, and this triggered a gang-war between from Jahanabad area. Rehman secured the support of Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla, Zahid Ladla, Sharif Keecho, Faisal Pathan, Arif Malik, Shahzad alias Charlie, Zahid Aga, Amjad and others during the gang war. He also managed to expand his drugs and arms businesses in Malir, Kalakot and Hub Chowki.
According to sources, Rehman used to smuggle arms and drugs from Mandh and Hub through Sabir Langra and Mohammed Khan. His extortion business was managed by Baba alias Orangzeb, Hamayun and Ata Irani, Sohail Baloch, Nazeer and Shahnawaz. Dakait’s gang was also notorious as hired-guns. They would receive their payments, eliminate their target, and flee from Karachi to Hub.
According to police and intelligence reports, Dakait owned land and property in Iran, including eight shops, one house and a 150-acre plot of farming land in Sarbaz. He was also a major stake-holder in Iranian diesel smuggling from Hub to Karachi.
Since 1993, over 200 FIRs were registered against Dakait. He leaves behind three widows and 13 children. —SBP
Abdul Rehman Baloch, who was later became Rehman Dakait, was born in 1980 to the house of Dad Mohammaed. Back then, their family lived in a house situated on Islam Road near Ali Hotel in Kalakot. He studied in Habiba Academy School located on Jamshed Road, but dropped out of school after class six.
Dakait’s father, also known as Daddal, was friends with Haji Lalu, the father of Arshad Pappu. The relationship between the two families was such that Dakait spent many of his formative years living at Lalu’s house. During his teenage, he became friends with a boy named Arif, also a resident of the same locality, and subsequently, the two started selling drugs in Lyari from 1992 to 1995.
During their exploits in Lyari, the teenaged Dakait enter into a dispute with a man, whom he stabbed to death. In 1992, Arif and Dakait killed two drug pushers, Ameen Nadeem and Nanoon, over a petty matter. During 1992-93, Babu Dakait, also known as Robin Hood in Lyari, killed Dakait’s uncle, the younger brother of Daddal. Subsequently, Rehman Dakait killed Babu Dakait while he was going to City Courts.
On May 18, 1995, Dakait killed his mother, Khatija, over suspicions that had become a police informer, and secretly buried her in Mewa Shah Graveyard. Khatija’s corpse was later exhumed and an FIR registered against Dakait at the Kalakot police station.
The Rangers did manage to arrest Dakait in 1995, and handed him over to Orangi Town police. He was booked in a drug and arms case along with accomplices Ali Irani and Hanif, and consequently, he was sent to jail for two years. When he was produced before the court in 1997, he managed to escape and fled to his house in Hub Chowki. Dakait then expanded his drug business, and later also opened a gambling den in Hub Chowki, allegedly in connivance with some police personnel. The seeds of the gang wars in Lyari were sown in 2001-02 after Arshad Pappu killed Dakait’s friend Faiz Mohammed.
The origions of the conflict lay in a dispute between the two men, when Dakait removed one of Pappu’s friend, a man named Mehran, from the presidency of a transport union operated by Haji Lalu. This situation enraged Pappu, who urged Dakait to restore Mehran as the president of transport union.
Dakait, however, refused, and as a reaction, Pappu killed Faiz Mohammed alias Mama Faizo. After the incident, Haji Lalu directed his men to kill Dakait’s men, and this triggered a gang-war between from Jahanabad area. Rehman secured the support of Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla, Zahid Ladla, Sharif Keecho, Faisal Pathan, Arif Malik, Shahzad alias Charlie, Zahid Aga, Amjad and others during the gang war. He also managed to expand his drugs and arms businesses in Malir, Kalakot and Hub Chowki.
According to sources, Rehman used to smuggle arms and drugs from Mandh and Hub through Sabir Langra and Mohammed Khan. His extortion business was managed by Baba alias Orangzeb, Hamayun and Ata Irani, Sohail Baloch, Nazeer and Shahnawaz. Dakait’s gang was also notorious as hired-guns. They would receive their payments, eliminate their target, and flee from Karachi to Hub.
According to police and intelligence reports, Dakait owned land and property in Iran, including eight shops, one house and a 150-acre plot of farming land in Sarbaz. He was also a major stake-holder in Iranian diesel smuggling from Hub to Karachi.
Since 1993, over 200 FIRs were registered against Dakait. He leaves behind three widows and 13 children. —SBP
