ED nabs fugitive don Ejaz Lakdawala in Patna

Mumbai: Notorious mafia don Ejaz Lakdawala, who was absconding for over two decades, has been arrested by a Mumbai Police team in Patna, official sources said here on Thursday. Lakdawala, who has associated alternatively with the gangs of rival mafia dons Dawood Ibrahim and Rajendra Nikhalje, alias Chhota Rajan, had an Interpol red corner notice pending against him.

“Lakdawala was a part of the Dawood gang. He might help us get important information about him,” Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Santosh Rastogi told the media after the big catch.

The fugitive gangster has been slapped with over 25 major cases from more than 80 complaints of extortion, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and killings, among others.

“He used to call from international numbers and issue threatening extortion calls to various people. The Crime Branch was tracking him for many days,” Rastogi said.

A breakthrough of sorts was achieved recently when the Mumbai Police nabbed Lakdawala’s daughter, Shifa Shahid Shaikh, alias Sonia, in a fake passport case on December 28.

She had acquired a passport by submitting fake documents and was planning to flee to Nepal along with her one-year-old daughter but was arrested from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

Sonia’s interrogation revealed the probable whereabouts of Lakdawala in Nepal and north India. After verifying the information, a Mumbai Police team rushed to nab him from the jurisdiction of Jakkanur Police Station in Patna (Bihar) late on Wednesday. (IANS)

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