A 22-year-old resident of Dongri has been arrested by the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch for posting birthday greetings to Dawood Ibrahim on his Facebook timeline, allegedly after celebrating the underworld don's birthday.

The man has been identified as Azahar Firoj Maniyar, aka Shera Chikna. According to the crime branch, Chikna had posted pictures of a birthday cake with Dawood's name on it, and an old photograph of the don, in a post. It immediately went viral on social media. The crime branch took cognisance of the post and tracked Chikna. During interrogation, he told the crime branch that he wanted to become famous and hence, used Dawood's photograph in the post.