India, Oct. 27 -- A city doctor and two businessmen have told a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court that they received WhatsApp calls from fugitive gangster Javed Patel alias Javed Chikna, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar. One of the businessmen alleged that Chikna threatened to kill him if he failed to pay money, as witnesses testified in the 2021 Thane fake currency case allegedly linked to the D-Company.

The NIA has alleged that the accused were in contact with a Pakistan-based handler known as "Uncle", whom the agency later identified as Chikna. Investigators have alleged that the accused acted on his instructions in a counterfeit currency racket.

Dr Akhtar Amir Ansari, 61, told the court on Monday ...