Mumbai: Hindu Mahasabha leader Swami Chakrapani, who successfully bid for a car belonging to Dawood Ibrahim and burnt it, said on Friday that he would acquire an eatery owned by the fugitive gangster at Bhendi Bazaar in Mumbai and build a public toilet there.

The Centre has invited bids for the eatery, two years after a failed attempt to auction it. Hotel Rounaq Afroz, also known as Delhi Zaika, is likely to go under the hammer on November 14 along with other properties of Dawood.

Chakrapani, the national president of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, was in Mumbai on Friday along with his team to complete the formalities of applying for the bidding process.

"After acquiring Hotel Afroz, I will build a plush toilet there for public use. This toilet will be elegant and open to all free of cost. By turning the gangster's property into a toilet, I want to send the message - see how terrorism ends," Chakrapani said.

He said he would invite Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to inaugurate the toilet under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

During an auction in December 2015 of some of Dawood's belongings, Chakrapani had bid successfully for the gangster's green Hyundai Accent for Rs 32,000. Chakrapani later burnt it near Delhi.

Chakrapani said his Delhi-based advocate friend Ajay Shrivastava, who acquired Dawood's Nagpada property through bidding, would transfer its ownership to him. He said he would open a dispensary to provide free treatment to the poor. The dispensary, Chakrapani said, will be a tribute to those who lost their lives in terror attacks orchestrated by the gangster. PTI