Ex-Dawood Ibrahim aide gangster Ejaz Lakdawala arrested in Mumbai

Manglore Today News Network

Mumbai, Jan 09, 2020:  Fugitive gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, a former aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and gangster Chhota Rajan, was arrested last night in Mumbai, police said. He was wanted in more than 25 cases of extortion, attempt to murder and rioting.

 

"We were trying to arrest Ejaz Lakdawala since the last six months but we got important leads after arresting his daughter on December 28. Sources had also told us that he would be visiting Patna on Wednesday. We brought him to Mumbai last night and arrested him at around 10:30 pm," senior police officer Santosh Rastogi told reporters today.

"Lakdawala worked for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim under Chhota Rajan before forming his own gang about 10 years ago," he said, adding that he lived in Malaysia, United States, Nepal, among other countries over the past one decade.

The gangster was a part of the Dawood Ibrahim gang and started working with Chhota Rajan when the gang split after the 1993 blasts in Mumbai.