Mumbai: The city crime branch on Thursday invoked the stringent MCOCA against gangster Ejaz Lakdawala and police informer Salim Maharaj who were arrested earlier in an extortion case.
The two accused were produced before the Special MCOCA court that remanded them in the custody of the crime branch till January 7. Allegedly, Lakdawala had threatened a Bollywood vendor for shooting equipment, and demanded Rs5 crore from him.TNN