The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested notorious gangster Ravindra Mallesh Bora, alias D K Rao, 53, along with six accomplices, in a high-profile extortion case involving a 74-year-old Andheri-based hotelier. Rao—a key figure in Mumbai’s underworld and a close associate of Chhota Rajan—allegedly threatened the complainant over a property dispute, demanding Rs 2.5 crore in extortion money. The threat, delivered in Hindi, became the focal point of the investigation. According to the Anti-Extortion Cell, Rao warned the complainant: “Hotel Empire ke matter me mai hu. Jaise bolta hu, waise karna padega. 

Settlement karo aur mujhe 2.5 crore rupye do, nahi to mai tumhe aur Hotel Vishwakarma ke malik ko jaan se maar dunga. Goli kaha se chalegi, pata bhi nahi chalega!” (I am involved in the Hotel Empire matter and you have to do as I say. Pay me Rs 2.5 crore as a settlement amount or I’ll kill you and the owner of Hotel Vishwakarma. You won’t even know where the bullet hits you from.) This chilling warning was reportedly issued to the complainant during a meeting at Hotel Sahara Star on September 27, 2024.