The Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested three gangsters from Gujarat; one of them has links to underworld don Chhota Shakeel. The accused have been arrested for allegedly threatening a textile broker who had invested Rs 13 crore in a private export and import company in Surat. The gangsters allegedly threatened him not to trouble the two businessmen in whose company he invested, for recovery of the amount.

According to the Anti-Extortion Cell, in 2019, the complainant met local businessmen in Surat identified as Ehtesham Navivala, and his father Mohammed Aslam Navivala, and they discussed each other’s business. “Since the complainant is a textile broker, they had a business deal where he invested Rs 13 crore in their textile and scrap business,” an officer from the Anti-Extortion Cell said.