Wagah Border, Dec 28 : The body of Mohammad Noor Baux alias Noora, one of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's aides, was handed over to Pakistan Rangers here on Friday.

None of the members of Noora's family was there to receive the body.

Noora, a sharpshooter of Dawood's gang was shot dead on October 24 in Lucknow in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police.

He was brought from Naini Jail in Allahabad for hearing in a Lucknow court. When he was being taken to court motorcycle borne youth hurled bomb at his van and gave a pistol to Noora to help him escape. The police retaliated and shot him dead.
 
Ramadin, a police official who accompanied the Noora's dead body said that his family member had contacted the Pakistani authorities seeking custody of his dead body.

Noora's dead body was lying in Chatarpati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University since his death.

Noora was arrested in November 2005 in a fake passport case and had earlier made two attempts to flee from jail; he was also reportedly helping the Harkat ul Jihadi Islam (HUJI) terror outfit. (ANI)