Fehmida Arif Shaikh, sister of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel, died here on Wednesday, a senior police official said.
Fehmida Arif Shaikh, who was married to Arif Abu Bakr Shaikh alias Arif Bhaijan, died after brief illness, he said. There are also unconfirmed reports that she had developed pneumonia and she twice underwent Covid test which came negative.
Arif Shaikh allegedly headed Shakeel’s operations in India before being arrested in 2018 by the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai crime branch.