While the Sewree Sessions Court earlier yesterday granted the gangster turned developer anticipatory bail in an assault-extortion case, he was arrested in another case a few hours later.u00a0On Monday, we had reported how NM Joshi Marg police had booked Naik for allegedly thrashing a BMC contractor (&lsquo;Ashwin Naik booked for assaulting BMC contractor&rsquo;). <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/Ashwin.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 387px; " /> Change of fortunes: Earlier yesterday, Sewree Sessions Court had granted Naik anticipatory bail in an assault-extortion case. File pic Free&hellip; Additional Sessions Judge GD Tadwalkar questioned the motives of the police, asking why they required Naik for questioning if his role was already clear. &ldquo;If his only role was to mediate, why is he needed for custodial interrogation?&rdquo; he asked. Naik was released on cash bail of Rs 15,000. Bharat Mane, Naik&rsquo;s advocate said, &ldquo;The fact that the case was first registered as non-cognisable and then subsequently an FIR was lodged raised suspicions.&rdquo; Naik&rsquo;s lawyers had also pointed out that he was wheelchair-bound, therefore deserving bail on humanitarian grounds. More significantly, the court felt that the facts of the case, as made out in the FIR, did not make out the ingredients of &lsquo;extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt&rsquo; under section 387 of IPC. But not for long Naik&rsquo;s bliss was short-lived as the anti-extortion cell of the crime branch arrested him in an unrelated case. Naik was picked up on the complaint of a builder, whose name was being withheld by police at the time of going to press. According to cops, Naik allegedly demanded Rs 3 crore from him. The reasons and circumstances pertaining to the crime remain unclear. The complaint was registered at Dadar. &ldquo;We have arrested Naik under section 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC,&rdquo; said Nisar Tamboli, Mumbai police spokesperson. &ldquo;He was arrested in an extortion case registered at Dadar police station by a builder,&rdquo; Bharat Mane confirmed. u00a0

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