Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Thursday took into custody the jailed gangster Ejaz Lakdawala and his associate Salim Maharaj An official said a case of extortion has been registered in DN Nagar in the western suburbs.
The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Crime Branch has taken Lakdawala into custody. King From Taloja Central Jail, adjacent to Navi Mumbai, where they were lodged on court orders, he said.
One FIR Both were registered in the police station DN Nagar Police Station On the complaint of a trader on December 17, the official said.
As per the complaint, Lakdawala allegedly called up the businessman in 2019 using an international phone number and demanded Rs 5 crore from him, he said. The officer said that Lakdawala (51) had threatened to kill the complainant and his family members if the demand for extortion was not met.
He said the custody of both the accused was given to the AEC on the orders of a city court, where the police had submitted a remand application. Lakdawala, former aide of underworld don Dawood IbrahimHe faces several counts of extortion, attempt to murder and rioting. He was earlier arrested by Mumbai Police in January 2020.
The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Crime Branch has taken Lakdawala into custody. King From Taloja Central Jail, adjacent to Navi Mumbai, where they were lodged on court orders, he said.
One FIR Both were registered in the police station DN Nagar Police Station On the complaint of a trader on December 17, the official said.
As per the complaint, Lakdawala allegedly called up the businessman in 2019 using an international phone number and demanded Rs 5 crore from him, he said. The officer said that Lakdawala (51) had threatened to kill the complainant and his family members if the demand for extortion was not met.
He said the custody of both the accused was given to the AEC on the orders of a city court, where the police had submitted a remand application. Lakdawala, former aide of underworld don Dawood IbrahimHe faces several counts of extortion, attempt to murder and rioting. He was earlier arrested by Mumbai Police in January 2020.
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