The Anti-Extortion Cell of Mumbai Crime Branch arrested another associate of gangster Ejaz Lakdawala on Friday who used to collect ransom from builders and businessmen after Lakdawala's threat call, then sending it to Lakdawala through hawala.

The accused Fayaz Nakhuda alias Sannata, 45, a resident of Dongri is a very close aid of Fahim Machmach who is believed to be in Pakistan and closely working with Dawood Ibrahim. According to sources, Fayaz has direct links with Chhota Shakeel which the Mumbai crime branch is currently probing.