FAIZAN KHAN faizan. khan@ mid- day. com THE Anti- Extortion Cell of Mumbai Crime Branch arrested another associate of gangster Ejaz Lakdawala on Friday who used to collect ransom from builders and businessmen after Lakdawalau2019s threat call, then sending it to Lakdawala through hawala.
The accused Fayaz Nakhuda alias Sannata, . . , a resident of Dongri is a very close aid of Fahim Machmach who is believed to be in Pakistan and closely working with Dawood Ibrahim.
According to sources, Fayaz has direct links with Chhota Shakeel which the Mumbai crime branch is currently probing.
The crime branch arrested Fayaz, in a case dated back to . . . u00a4 , where Lakdawala threatened a builder of one India construction company and took R . . lakh from him as extortion. u201c The complainant gave the ransom amount to Fayaz of which and he sent R . . lakh to Lakdawala through hawala in Nepal,u201d an officer said.
The accused later received the remaining R . . lakhs for helping Lakdawala by sending the extortion amount. Earlier, the crime branch also arrested one Saleem Maharaj alias Saleem Dadhi who used to provide numbers of builders and businessmen from the city to Lakdawala. The gangster Ejaz Lakdawala was arrested on u0004 anuary . from Patna after escaping for more than two decades.
Lakdawalau2019s aide arrested in extortion racket case Fayaz Nakhuda alias Sannata
