Ex-Dawood aide Ezaz Lakdawala arrested, sent to police custody till Jan 21

Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, the former gang member of noted criminals like Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan, was arrested by Mumbai police on Wednesday night and was sent to police custody till January 21 by a Mumbai court.

Mumbai Police was working on catching him for the last 6 months. Following a tip-off about his arrival in Patna on January 8, Anti Extortion cell with the help of Bihar police nabbed him. He was produced in a Mumbai court on Thursday which sent him to police custody till 21st Jan.

The gangster was wanted by Mumbai, Delhi, and other police for more than 40 extortion and attempt to murder cases.

He is a former member of the Dawood gang who later split and joined Chota Rajan Gang.

In 2002, Chota Shakeel, a high-ranking member of the D-company, orchestrated an attack on him in Bangkok. He was injured in the attack and escaped to South Africa from Thailand.

In 2008, he established himself as an independent gangster and started making extortion calls.

His daughter Sonia Lakdawala, who after her marriage changed her name to Soniya Shaikh was earlier arrested by the Anti-extortion cell (AEC) officials while she was trying to flee Nepal on December 28, last year, from Mumbai Airport with a fake passport.

She was arrested in connection with the extortion case registered against her and her father based on the complaint of a realtor in Bandra.

Last year in April, AEC had also arrested Ejaz’s elder brother Aquil for allegedly demanding money from Khar based developer and later Ejaz’s associate Sagar Yadav was also arrested during the probe.