Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most wanted terrorist, has been living somewhere in India’s neighbourhood, according to Interpol, but he has managed to escape the global organisation as the country of his current residence is not cooperating.

Dawood, an underworld don from Mumbai who is the main accused behind the 1993 Mumbai serial bombing case, lives in a neighbouring country of India, Interpol secretary general Ronald K Noble told Governance Now.

He has been living in one of the south and west Asian countries, most probably Pakistan, UAE, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, he said, adding that some of India’s neighbours are not cooperating in the investigations.

Still, Noble said, Interpol was looking forward to arrest Dawood Ibrahim very soon. The global body with 190 member nations has already issued several notices on the terror mastermind including a red corner notice.

Noble was in the capital to deliver the 13th DP Kohli memorial lecture organised by the central bureau of investigation (CBI) last week. [Read the transcript of his lecture: http://www.cbi.nic.in/speech/13thdpkohli_20120330_rnoble.pdf]