Nadeem Lakdawala, 49, a cousin of gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, was arrested by the Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday. He was arrested from the international airport after he arrived from Saudi Arabia. According to the crime branch, Nadeem had played a major role in facilitating and providing information to the gangster to help him run his extortion syndicate. 

Lakdawala was arrested in the first week of January, from Patna, in an extortion case and is still in the Crime Branch custody. The AEC is investigating the dozens of extortion cases against him and is trying to unearth his entire network and the criminals who were helping him with information on city businessmen and builders." During the course of the investigation, he revealed the names of his close associates. The information was verified and some arrests related to the extortion racket have been made," said DCP Shahaji Umap.