New Delhi, Dec 18 : Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was involved in the assassination of Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, according to a website politicsparty. com.

According to the website, Dawood Gang was desperate to kill the ATS team, as they were ''completely neutralised'' by the ATS squad of Hemant Karkare, which had detained dozens of Dawood''s shooters and killed as many in encounters. The Dawood gang had readied itself for the arrival of the Pakistan terrorists in Mumbai and had pointed out the ATS team to them.

Amir Kasav and Abu Dera Ismael Khan were supposedly hidden in the bushes near the Cama Hospital when the police Qualis arrived. They opened fire on the police team, which did not even have the time to draw their weapons.

After killing the ATS team the terrorists got into the Qualis and fled the scene, according to the website. (ANI)