Dawood in talks with BJP for his return: Raj Thackeray

Mumbai: Terror don Dawood Ibrahim is in talks with the Centre for a return to India, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has claimed in a sensational debut on Facebook.

Thackeray also alleged that the ruling BJP wanted to portray the "return" of the 1993 Bombay blasts accused as a victory for the party.

Dawood, who is accused of ordering the serial blasts which killed 257 people, is believed to be hiding in Karachi from where he keeps a tab on his global crime syndicate spread across a dozen countries spanning three continents.

Thackeray made the claim shortly after he debuted on the social networking site. He also took other potshots at the BJP, saying EVMs were rigged and that there was no point in standing for polls "when every vote goes to the lotus (BJP symbol)".

In his first post in Marathi, Thackeray told his followers that his Facebook debut was an attempt to connect with the masses. Within hours of his debut, Thackeray's profile got over 4.39 lakh likes and 4.43 lakh followers.

Last week, reacting to reporters' questions on the news that Dawood Ibrahim's properties in the UK have been seized, Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh had commented cryptically that "things are happening".

"We will not talk about Dawood at all. Certain things are happening. We can't let the cat be out of the bag," Singh had told reporters in Kerala.