April 13, 2022 6:55 am
The ED probe found that Kaskar, Shaikh and Saiyad extorted a flat in Thane and Rs 10 lakh from Suresh Devichand Mehta of Darshan Enterprises, a real estate developer
June 24, 2021 10:06 pm
The NCB had sought Kaskar’s custody from Thane Central Prison on Thursday but could not get it due to procedural issues.
February 27, 2018 5:07 pm
Thane Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh Tuesday said that Kaskar was yesterday produced in a sessions court in connection with another extortion case. The court remanded him in police custody till March 6, he said.
October 26, 2017 12:59 am
Apart from Iqbal Kaskar, those remanded in police custody include Israel Sayyad, Mumtaz Shaikh and Pankaj Gangar, an alleged financier.
October 12, 2017 5:03 am
During the course of investigation, the Thane police said the extorted money was sent to Shakeel through hawala network by Borivali-based matka king Pankaj Gangar.
October 10, 2017 4:31 am
An officer linked to the probe said during the course of interrogation, it came to light that when the two arrested accused, Mumtaz Shaikh and Israr Sayyed, first asked the builder to pay extortion money, the builder informed his business partner.
October 06, 2017 2:41 am
"There are over a dozen chargesheets proceeded to trial by Sessions Court against Shakeel in the last 10 years and this would act as the base of invoking MCOCA against the accused in the Thane cases,” an official said
October 06, 2017 2:35 am
“Dawood, Anees and Chhota Shakeel, all three who operate out of Karachi, have their own separate offices in Dubai from where their men operate. They also have separate guesthouses for people who come to meet their men. In that way, they can also keep an eye on the activities of these visitors," police said.
October 05, 2017 1:52 am
According to the police, this is the first time that all three brothers have been named in an FIR. Thane police have also named 3 builders in the extortion case concerning a 38-acre plot in Gorai
October 04, 2017 4:08 am
In the first, the builder told the police that he had to give four flats and Rs 30 lakh to the accused. In the second complaint, a jeweller had said the accused had forcibly taken jewellery worth Rs15 lakh from his shop.