Naik, who had been involved in the cases of murder, extortion and criminal assault, was released after 10 years of imprisonment in 2009. In a span of just one month, Naik has been booked on charges of extortion and assault one after another. After a BMC contractor and a developer from Dadar filed cases of extortion and assault against Naik, the owner of an event company has lodged a fresh complaint of extortion against the former gangster.u00a0

On Tuesday, Adil Shaikh, owner of Insync Retail and Events Company, an event and strategy planning company accused Naik of giving threats and robbing him on the behest of his client, Hashim Gaya. Following the incident, the NM Joshi Marg police have registered a case of extortion, threat and robbery against Hashim Gaya, Ashwin Naik and his associate Dineshbhau.