Dawood’s sister Haseena dies of heart attack in Mumbai hospital

MUMBAI: Haseena Parkar (51), sister of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, passed away in a Dongri hospital on Sunday afternoon following a massive heart attack. She was buried at Bada Qabrastan in Marine Lines at 12.30am on Monday.
Known as Haseena Aapa, she lived in a spacious, well-guarded first-floor apartment in Gorden Hall building at Nagpada. Media vehicles were not allowed outside Gorden Hall by personnel from the Nagpada police station and crime intelligence unit.
“Dawoodbhai has been informed of her demise. He is very sad,” said a source close to the family. Haseena was in touch with Dawood, which she confirmed in a media interview a few years ago.
Sources close to the family said Haseena, who was observing Ramzan fast, was rushed to Dongri’s Habib Hospital at 2.30pm, after she complained of acute chest pain. She was kept under observation and was declared dead at 3.15pm. Her body was taken back to her house by 4.30pm. She is survived by daughters Qudsiya and Humaira and son Ali Shah. Her other son, Danish, died in a road accident near Mahad while returning from Ajmer Dargah in 2006.
Her younger brother, Iqbal Kaskar, who lives with his family near JJ Hospital, was by her side at the hospital. Kaskar was deported from the UAE in 2003, as he faced two criminal cases in Mumbai—a murder and illegal construction of Sara-Sahara market. He was acquitted in both cases and released in 2007.
Married to Ismail Parkar, a film junior artist, Haseena lived in a 10x10ft room in Feetwala chawl on Jairaj Lane in Grant Road. Ismail, who owned Qadri Hotel on Shuklaji Lane, used to “settle” business disputes along with a mechanic for a commission. But he got into trouble after he “hijacked a deal” from the Arun Gawli gang in 1991. Four Gawli shooters barged into Ismail’s restaurant and shot him dead.
After spending four-and-a-half months of Iddat (when a widow does not step out of her house), Haseena moved into Gordan Hall with her children.
Her name came into police records in 2007, when realty broker Vinod Avlani filed an extortion case against her and five others. Avlani told police that whenever he asked Haseena to return his Rs 1 crore, she would threaten him. Her lawyer argued in court that it was a case of cheating, and not extortion, and she got anticipatory bail. The case is still pending.
Sources said that she had bought Good Luck Lodge on Peer Khan Street in Nagpada and stated it as her source of income. She also owned a guest house on Pakmodia Street, but it was registered in someone else’s name. The Kaskar siblings grew up in a 10x10ft room in a chawl on Pakmodia Street.