The crime branch of Mumbai Police has charged gangster Ejaz Lakdawala with the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for the second time. The Act has been slapped on him because a Dongri-based builder lodged an FIR against him for extortion, on January 22.

The complainant, Faheem Ansari, works with the builder Lakdawala threatened over a phone call in September 2019. The case against him was registered with the Dongri police on January 22 and it was transferred to the Crime Branch later. The Crime Branch booked him under MCOCA on February 10.