Police book Lakdawala in extortion case

Mumbai: A case has been registered against jailed gangster Ejaz Lakdawala for allegedly extorting Rs 2 crore from a city-based hotelier, police said on Friday. Based on a complaint lodged by the hotelier, the police registered an FIR against the gangster on Thursday, an official said. The complainant, has alleged that he had received threats from Lakdawala between June 2013 and 2017, during which the accused had demanded Rs 2 crore from him, he said.PTI