MUMBAI: The city crime branch on Saturday arrested another mole of gangster Ejaz Lakdawala for allegedly passing on the mobile numbers of Khalid Qureshi, the member of Waqf board from for extortion.
Interestingly arrested accused Nadeem Abdul Sattar Lakdawala (49), is a partner in Hicon Builders and is also cousin brother of Ejaz Lakdawala and was arrested on the basis of Lookout Notices (lOC) after he arrived from Jeddah on Saturday.
Nadeem who also owns horse farms in Lonavala and is the fourth person to be arrested for aiding and abetting gangster Lakdawala in his extortion racket.
Nadeem Lakdawala who has been booked under the IPC sections of extortion and 120 B of criminal conspiracy is likely to booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Earlier police had arrested police informers Salim Maharaj, Faiyyaz Sannata and Dawood aide Tariq Parveen for aiding and abetting Lakdawala in extortion racket.
The officers of the anti-extortion cell said that during the interrogations of Ejaz Lakdawala, it was now revealed that the personal information and mobile numbers of Khalid Qureshi and his brother Imran was provided by Nadeem who is also from the same Khar-Bandra area.
"To scare Qureshi to succumb to his demand for extortion, Lakdawala even sent pictures of Qureshi's son on Whatsapp to Qureshi," said police officer.
Ejaz told police that Nadeem Lakdawala had provided inside information of Qureshi brothers. Police started looking for Nadeem but he remained absconding. Inspector Ajay Sawant said that they immediately issued a lookout notice against Nadeem. On Saturday the immigration officials informed Mumbai police that they have detained a suspect on the basis of LOC. Police team then arrested Nadeem. "We want to interrogate Nadeem to know how many more victim's numbers he had provided to Lakdawala," said Sawant.
Initially police said that it was Lakdwala's daughter Sonia alias Shifa who had provided inside information of Qureshi but last month police discharged her from the case after learning that she was innocent.
Qureshi had in November lodged a complaint last year that Lakdawala was threatening him and demanded huge extortion money.
The mobile numbers which was used by Lakdawala to threaten Qureshi actually pave the way to trace the former in Patna.
As Lakdawala was in hiding, the police kept surveillance on his daughter. When they got information that she was in contact with her father, who was in Nepal, they swooped in and caught her as she was about to catch a flight to Nepal with her 3-month-old daughter on a fake passport in December 2019.
Lakdawala who was wanted in more than 25 offences was shuffling between India and Nepal via Bihar until recently.
Interestingly arrested accused Nadeem Abdul Sattar Lakdawala (49), is a partner in Hicon Builders and is also cousin brother of Ejaz Lakdawala and was arrested on the basis of Lookout Notices (lOC) after he arrived from Jeddah on Saturday.
Nadeem who also owns horse farms in Lonavala and is the fourth person to be arrested for aiding and abetting gangster Lakdawala in his extortion racket.
Nadeem Lakdawala who has been booked under the IPC sections of extortion and 120 B of criminal conspiracy is likely to booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Earlier police had arrested police informers Salim Maharaj, Faiyyaz Sannata and Dawood aide Tariq Parveen for aiding and abetting Lakdawala in extortion racket.
The officers of the anti-extortion cell said that during the interrogations of Ejaz Lakdawala, it was now revealed that the personal information and mobile numbers of Khalid Qureshi and his brother Imran was provided by Nadeem who is also from the same Khar-Bandra area.
"To scare Qureshi to succumb to his demand for extortion, Lakdawala even sent pictures of Qureshi's son on Whatsapp to Qureshi," said police officer.
Ejaz told police that Nadeem Lakdawala had provided inside information of Qureshi brothers. Police started looking for Nadeem but he remained absconding. Inspector Ajay Sawant said that they immediately issued a lookout notice against Nadeem. On Saturday the immigration officials informed Mumbai police that they have detained a suspect on the basis of LOC. Police team then arrested Nadeem. "We want to interrogate Nadeem to know how many more victim's numbers he had provided to Lakdawala," said Sawant.
Initially police said that it was Lakdwala's daughter Sonia alias Shifa who had provided inside information of Qureshi but last month police discharged her from the case after learning that she was innocent.
Qureshi had in November lodged a complaint last year that Lakdawala was threatening him and demanded huge extortion money.
The mobile numbers which was used by Lakdawala to threaten Qureshi actually pave the way to trace the former in Patna.
As Lakdawala was in hiding, the police kept surveillance on his daughter. When they got information that she was in contact with her father, who was in Nepal, they swooped in and caught her as she was about to catch a flight to Nepal with her 3-month-old daughter on a fake passport in December 2019.
Lakdawala who was wanted in more than 25 offences was shuffling between India and Nepal via Bihar until recently.
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