Dawood Ibrahim wanted to surrender but CBI was unwilling to assure his safety, claims former DIG

New Delhi: In a startling revelation, former Deputy Inspector General of Central Bureau of Investigation Neeraj Kumar claimed that one of India most wanted terrorist and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was once ready to surrender. Kumar in his book said he spoke to Dawood thrice in June 1994 and he was toying with idea of surrendering. Kumar claimed that the investigating agency refused Dawood's offer to surrender as the CBI was unwilling to guarantee Dawood's safety. The IPS officer lead the probe in 1993 Mumbai blasts and later on became the Delhi Police Commissioner. But former CBI chief Vijay Rama Rao refuted the claims made by Neeraj Kumar in the book. Rao said no such offer came from Dawood of his surrender or on his behalf. "We have made huge efforts to arrest him and at no stage such offer came to my knowledge. If such offer would have came, the Government of India and CBI would not have left it. During my entire tenure, I have tried a lot to catch him and I have never stopped senior officer to take any action in this regard." CBI sources said there are no file notings to show that any offer of surrender was made by Dawood.   CNN-IBN