Shakeel's man hatched plan to kill Lakdawala

MUMBAI: The plot to kill gangster Ejaz Lakdawala in Bangkok was hatched by Chhota Shakeel's alleged aide Gurmeet Singh alias Micky at a hotel in Andheri (East), police sources in Mumbai said. Micky had taken two Shakeel men from Mumbai to Bangkok a couple of weeks ago to execute the killing. The three, along with a local Shakeel aide in Bangkok, reportedly kept tabs on Lakdawala until they zeroed in on him in a parking lot of a shopping mall in Bobby market area of Bangkok on Sunday night.Lakdawala's eight-year-old daughter was with him when the shooters fired six rounds at him from point-blank range. The firing incident was recorded in a closed circuit television camera in the shopping mall. "The shooter has been identified as Micky," a senior police officer in Mumbai said. Lakdawala, who was rushed to a local hospital by employees of the shopping mall, has been declared brain dead. At present, he is on life support system, sources said. However, some reports say he is dead and has already been cremated in Bangkok. The Mumbai police have got in touch with their counterparts in Thailand and are seeking more details about the murder. Sources said Chhota Shakeel had targeted Ejaz Lakdawala since the latter was trying to take a major chunk of money generated through extortion in Mumbai. Also, Lakdawala, when he was in the Chhota Rajan camp, had organised the killing of at least four persons accused in the Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.