Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala's son-in-law, Shahid Shaikh, has claimed that the police framed his wife, Shifa alias Sonia Manish Advani, to get to her father, who was wanted for two decades. In their remand application, the cops have claimed that they suspect Shifa's involvement in the extortion racket that terrorised the city from 2005.

Interestingly, her lawyer has pointed out that she was only eight years old that year. Defence lawyer D S Manekar has alleged that his client has been made a scapegoat just to get her father arrested. Arguing in court on January 6, Manekar said, "The police filed a case against her for making extortion calls to a Bandra-based builder. The builder was getting threat calls for ransom since 2005 from Lakdawala, when my client was just seven to eight years old. How can a child of her age be involved in an extortion racket?"