Gorakhpur: Former Bollywood actress-turned-spiritual preacher Mamta Kulkarni has stirred a major controversy by giving a clean chit to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Speaking at a press conference in Gorakhpur, she claimed that Dawood was not involved in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts and was not a terrorist.
“Dawood Ibrahim is not a terrorist. He never carried out any bomb blasts in Mumbai,” Kulkarni said, adding that he had been wrongly portrayed over the years.
"Daud Ibrahim is not a Terrorist,
He never did a Bomb Blast in Mumbai..." –Mamta Kulkarni pic.twitter.com/wcr4Tf6f3j — Niharika Choudhary Commentary (@Niharikasm_) October 30, 2025
After her controversial statement created storm, the former actress also clarified that she had never met Dawood personally but insisted

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