Mumbai Crime Branch's Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) has arrested fugitive gangster Ejaj Lakdawala’s cousin brother who was in the wanted list since 2013 in an extortion case. The arrested accused identified as Sameer Lakdawala has two extortion cases registered again him in Mumbai, one registered in 2003 and another in 2012.

In the latest case registered, Sameer had threatened a South Mumbai based developer and demanded Rs 50 lakh extortion. According to Ajay Sawant, senior inspector of AEC, “Lakdwala was wanted since 2013. He was arrested in 2012 but was released on bail in 2013 and ever since then he failed to attend court hearings and a warrant was issued against him.