| 1. Riyaz Bhati has been serving as the Managing Director of Indian Sports Academy Pvt Ltd in Mumbai since February 2017. |
| 2. He is the proprietor of a Mumbai-based construction firm called 'S A Bhati and Sons'. |
| 3. Riyaz is deeply passionate about sports and is dedicated to advancing sports culture in India. |
| 4. He has been identified among the 'most wanted underworld figures in India'. |
| 5. He is a suspected close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. |
| 6. He has been arrested multiple times for extortion, land grabbing, cheating, forgery, firing, and attempting to flee India using fake passports in 2013, 2015, and 2020. |
| 7. In 2015, he allegedly informed Dawood aide Chhota Shakeel about Chhota Rajan's hideout in Australia, leading to a failed assassination attempt on Rajan. |
| 8. His estranged wife Rehnuma Bhati filed a complaint against him alleging rape and molestation. |
