Karachi-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s nephew Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal Hasan Shaikh Ibrahim (Kaskar) and two of his accomplices have been arrested by the Mumbai police in connection with extortion-cum-organised crime.
Rizwan Ibrahim alias Kaskar (30) was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here on Wednesday night, while he was trying to flee to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with his wife.
Based on the information provided by Rizwan Kaskar, the police arrested two of his aides Ahmedraja Afroz Wadharia (24) and Ashfak Rafique Towelwala (34) in connection with the same extortion-cum-organised crime case.
All the three arrested gangsters were allegedly involved in organised crime. Initial investigations have revealed that the three gangsters had handed extortion threats to several businessmen in the city.
The three arrested gangsters were on Thursday produced before a city court, which remanded them in police custody till July 22.
Rizwan Kaskar’s arrest is a fallout of arrest and interrogation of Dawood’s gang member Fahim Machmach, in an extortion case.
Machmach was arrested at the city international airport when he returned from Dubai on July 15. “During the interrogation, Machmach told us that it was he who introduced Ahmedraja Wadharia to Rizwan Kaskar and also to the members of the Chhota Shakeel gang,” a senior police official said.
Machmach’s arrest came in connection with a dispute between traders dealing with import goods. In one of the taped telephonic concerned, Machmach handed out a threat to the complainant in June 2019 in an earlier case and told the latter not to seek money from Ashfak Towelwala.
On Wednesday, the police went to search Rizwan Kaskar’s residence on Wednesday afternoon. In an effort to avoid his arrest, Rizwan Kaskar and his wife attempted to fly to Dubai, only to be arrested at the airport.