Mumbai Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala police informer booked in 2019 extortion case
Mumbai Dec 19 PTI A case has been registered against gangster Ejaz Lakdawala and a police informer here for allegedly extorting a Mumbai-based businessman police said on Sunday The D N Nagar police in Andheri registered the case against Lakdawala and police informer Salim Memon alias Salim Maharaj on Friday an official said The case was filed on the complaint of businessman Abbas Ali Ratanshi In his complaint he alleged that he was locked in a financial dispute with his former partner Sayyed Salauddin In May 2019 Riyaz Bhati a co-accused of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in an extortion case called him up in May 2019 and asked him to settle down the matter with his partner after calling Ratanshi to his office he said Later Ratanshi received threatening calls in June and July 2019 from an international number with the caller identifying himself as gangster Ejaz Lakdawala who asked him to settle the matter with his partner and demanded Rs 5 crore as protection money from him After that Ratanshi had lodged a complaint the official said Ratanshi said he suspected that Salim Maharaj had passed on his mobile number details to Lakdawala Based on the complaint police booked the duo under IPC section 387 extortion and 34 common intention he said adding that further investigation is underway According to police Lakdawala was arrested in January 2020 from Patna by Mumbai Polices anti-extortion cell Before forming his own gang the accused who had been absconding for years worked for fugitive gangster Dawood Dawood He was wanted in several cases of alleged extortion attempt to kill and rioting PTI ZA NP NP
Mumbai Dec 19 PTI A case has been registered against gangster Ejaz Lakdawala and a police informer here for allegedly extorting a Mumbai-based businessman police said on Sunday The D N Nagar police in Andheri registered the case against Lakdawala and police informer Salim Memon alias Salim Maharaj on Friday an official said The case was filed on the complaint of businessman Abbas Ali Ratanshi In his complaint he alleged that he was locked in a financial dispute with his former partner Sayyed Salauddin In May 2019 Riyaz Bhati a co-accused of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in an extortion case called him up in May 2019 and asked him to settle down the matter with his partner after calling Ratanshi to his office he said Later Ratanshi received threatening calls in June and July 2019 from an international number with the caller identifying himself as gangster Ejaz Lakdawala who asked him to settle the matter with his partner and demanded Rs 5 crore as protection money from him After that Ratanshi had lodged a complaint the official said Ratanshi said he suspected that Salim Maharaj had passed on his mobile number details to Lakdawala Based on the complaint police booked the duo under IPC section 387 extortion and 34 common intention he said adding that further investigation is underway According to police Lakdawala was arrested in January 2020 from Patna by Mumbai Polices anti-extortion cell Before forming his own gang the accused who had been absconding for years worked for fugitive gangster Dawood Dawood He was wanted in several cases of alleged extortion attempt to kill and rioting PTI ZA NP NP
