A victim of a horror crash which claimed the lives of six people was a drug dealer who once led police on a terrifying 120mph chase.
Kasar Jehangir was in a high-powered Audi S3 with three friends which slammed head-on into a taxi in Birmingham on Sunday.
The 25-year-old and pals Tauqeer ‘Tokx’ Hussain, 26, and Mohammed Fasha 30, died in the crash.
Taxi driver Imtiaz Mohammed, 33, and his two passengers - a man aged 42 and woman aged 43 - were also killed.
Zakkria Khan, 22, who was in the Audi, survived the crash and remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
It emerged tonight that Jehangir had only recently been released from prison.
He was jailed for 36 months last year for leading police on a chase in a near-identical Audi S3.
The heroin dealer refused to stop for officers as he drove on the southbound carriageway of the M6.
He reached speeds of 120mph before hurling bags of heroin out of the window - creating huge clouds of brown dust.
Dramatic dashcam footage - shown below - showed Jehangir and passenger Adil Aftab, 22, ditching their drugs stash.
The chase, which took place in July last year, began in Penkridge, Staffs, in the early hours of the morning.
Traffic cops eventually stopped the Audi near Walsall and arrested Jehangir and Aftab.
They were forced to close the motorway to retrieve nearly 35 grammes of heroin, which had a purity of 58%.
Jehangir admitted dangerous driving and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs in November last year.
He also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of dangerous driving committed in Wolverhampton in 2015.
Jehangir received a 36-month sentence for the drugs charge and an 11-month concurrent term for driving offences.
He was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pass an extended test before getting his licence back.
After he was jailed police said Jehangir had put “many lives at risk” with his “dangerous high-speed driving”.
The four occupants of the Audi involved in the weekend’s tragedy were all from the Small Heath area of Birmingham.
Zakkria’s mother Naheed Khan, 59, said he was a passenger in the Audi, which crossed the central reservation.
West Midlands Police have so far refused to say who was driving the vehicle at the time of the tragedy.
Mrs Khan denied claims the group were racing or speeding in the car, which had a top speed of 155mph.
She said: “Zakk was saving up to buy his own car. I don’t know who was driving or who’s car it was but I know that they were not racing anybody.
“A friend of mine was returning from her Christmas party and saw Zakk in the back of the car when it went past shortly before the accident.
“She said it was driving normally and wasn’t racing. They must have been on their way home when it happened.
“Zakk called me at 11.30pm and told me that he would be home by 1am, maybe a little earlier. I think they had been out for something to eat.
“When he didn’t come home I phoned and phoned but there was no answer.
“Then the police arrived at 4am and took us to the hospital. The doctors say it is a miracle that he has survived.
“They think he was thrown out of the car and landed on the road without hitting the wall.”
She said Zakk, who drives a fork lift truck at the Jaguar plant in Solihull, is now considered out of danger.
Citizen Khan star Adil Ray posted on Twitter that one of the victims was a family friend.
He wrote: “One of the boys who died in the crash in Birmingham was a relative of the family my Father and Uncle went to pilgrimage with.
“They’re considered family. Everyone devastated. Thoughts with all those suffering today. X”
Imtiaz Mohammed’s father, Ikhtiar, said the cabbie’s son and five daughters had been left devastated.
He said three of his daughters are still unaware of their father’s death - including one who celebrated her birthday today.
Ikhtiar, from Small Heath, Birmimgham said: “His son who is 15 was upstairs crying. I said to him he won’t be coming back - you have to try and be brave.
“Some of the children are very young and we didn’t tell them yet. They have gone to school. The other three know that their daddy has passed away. It is very sad. It is a tragedy for everyone.”
The road where the tragedy happened was re-opened by police this morning.
Investigating officers say it is still too early to speculate on the cause of the crash.
Two of the other victims of the horror crash were named locally yesterday evening.
Mohammed Fahsa, 30, and Kaser Jahangir were in an Audi alongside Tauqeer Hussain, 26, at the time of the accident.
The three are said to be “very close friends”, and Fahsa, a sales assistant, and Tauqeer grew up living opposite one another in Small Heath, Birmingham
A fourth person in the car, who is in a critical condition, has not been named.
Fahsa’s brother Mohammed Kasir, 32, said: “Words cannot describe how we feel. It’s obviously an incredibly sad time for the whole family, as you can imagine.
“He was an incredible family man, he loved his family to bits. He was just a normal guy.
“At the time he was going around with his mates, minding his own business. It’s impossible to accept what has happened.”
Another brother, who did not wish to be named, said: “He was a very special person.
“He was very caring towards everybody that he met, especially his family.
“He and Tauqeer were basically brothers, they grew up together, would go on holiday together and had a very strong bond.
“They were driving to pick up one of Fahsa’s brothers when it happened. Then, a few hours later, the police came round and confirmed the worst possible news that we could wish to hear.
“It’s very hard to come to terms with.”
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