The crime branch today arrested a&nbsp;gangster affiliated with Dawood Ibrahim gang for allegedly&nbsp;threatening a former journalist who had put in a bid to&nbsp;acquire one of the properties of the fugitive terrorist.&nbsp;
Sayyed Abbas Tublani (47) was arrested by the&nbsp;Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of the crime branch, they said.
The journalist-turned-activist S Balakrishnan had&nbsp;earlier complained to police of being threatened by Dawood's&nbsp;henchman Chhota Shakeel in run up to the auction held in&nbsp;December last.
He had also received a threatening text message from the&nbsp;gangster, police said.
Balakrishnan, however, went ahead with his plan and&nbsp;eventually won the bid to acquire hotel Rounaq Afroz at Bhendi Bazar area on Pakmodia Street in South Mumbai for Rs 4.27&nbsp;crore.
"In this regard, the complainant, who is the chairman&nbsp;of an NGO through which he had bid the property, is making&nbsp;efforts to collect funds through his NGO," said Vinayak Vast,&nbsp;in-charge of AEC.
Without taking Balakrishnan's name, he said the&nbsp;complainant has also applied for extending deadline to deposit&nbsp;the amount.&nbsp;
Tublani was booked under various sections of IPC for&nbsp;criminal intimidation and hatching a criminal conspiracy.&nbsp;Police also recovered two mobile phones and some SIM&nbsp;cards which were alleged used by Tublani to talk with the&nbsp;fugitive gangster.

The crime branch today arrested a&nbsp;gangster affiliated with Dawood Ibrahim gang for allegedly&nbsp;threatening a former journalist who had put in a bid to&nbsp;acquire one of the properties of the fugitive terrorist

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