New Delhi: Five aides of Pakistan-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim have reportedly been detained by authorities in Dubai, informed sources said on February 3 night.

Although it was not immediately clear as to who the five were, reports indicate that they could include Mohammad Dosa, a brother of Ibrahim, and Aftab Bhatti.

Both Dosa and Bhatti are accused in the 1993 Mumbai blast cases.

PTI