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  The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mumbai, May 26: Ejaz Lakdawala, a former key associate of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim and a master extortionist, was shot dead outside a restaurant in Bangkok last night by some unidentified members of the Chhota Shakeel gang.
Lakdawala’s tale was one of short-lived loyalties and unfettered ambitions.
Lakdawala was suspected to have had a hand in the killing of gangster Sharad Shetty in Dubai recently.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030527/asp/nation/story_2009165.asp   (418 words)

  
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MUMBAI: Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, who had been extorting money from film producers and shopkeepers in Mumbai for the past two years, was gunned down by four Chhota Shakeel aides in a crowded market in Bangkok at 10.30 p.m.
Lakdawala’s eight-year-old daughter was a witness to the killing.
Lakdawala was involved in at least 15 cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion in Mumbai.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=47609629   (1487 words)

  
 ejaz lakdawala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ejaz Lakdawala is one of the most wanted gangsters from Mumbai, India.
In May 2003, he was rumored to have been killed when Dawood henchmen opened fire at him in a crowded market in Bangkok.
He is involved in more than 20 cases of extortion, attempt to murder and rioting.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /ejaz_lakdawala.html   (168 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Amid reports that underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala has been shot in Bangkok, Thai police on Monday said that an Indian businessman was fired at and critically wounded in a market area on Sunday night.
Lakdawala was initially associated with the Chotta Rajan gang.
Of late, Lakdawala was understood to have tied up with another gang led by Fazal-ur-Rehman alias Fazalu, said to be operating from Malaysia.
www.expressindia.com /print.php?newsid=21645   (285 words)

  
 ::Devadiga.com::
"Ejaz bol raha hun, jaan pyaari hain to pachas peti ka intezaam kar..."
A police officer said that Lakdawala, who is suspected to be in Nepal, is trying to establish his presence in Mumbai by targetting not only Bollywood but travel agents, traders and businessmen as well.
The police have a theory for the sudden appearance of Lakdawala.
www.devadiga.com /communitynews/index.asp?id=225   (486 words)

  
 CoverStory/Crime: Don in twilight zone, Mar 9, 2003 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ejaz is an accused in the blasts case while Iqbal has several murder cases pending against him.
Amidst reports that Iqbal and Ejaz had come to India on their own will, Indian investigating agencies are celebrating their homecoming.
The Mumbai Police and the CBI believe that it is the beginning of the end of Dawood and the empire he built on blood and gore for the past 30 years.
www.the-week.com /23mar09/cover.htm   (4583 words)

  
 Ejaz Lakdawala - TheBestLinks.com - Canada, India, Interpol, Mumbai, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ejaz Lakdawala - TheBestLinks.com - Canada, India, Interpol, Mumbai,...
Ejaz Lakdawala, Canada, India, Interpol, Mumbai, May 20, Ottawa, 2004, 2003...
Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala held in Canada (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=686359) news article in Times of India dated May 20, 2004
www.thebestlinks.com /Ejaz_Lakdawala.html   (172 words)

  
 Police to probe Lakdawala's threat to Akshay
Taking note of a threat delivered by gangster Ejaz Lakdawala on Sunday on the Zee News television channel to kill Hindi film star Akshay Kumar, the Mumbai police have decided to register a case and launch an investigation.
Lakdawala was a close associate of Chhota Rajan before he branched off on his own.
Evil person like Lakdawala are scared of death and that is why they keep thinking that simply by threatening to kill some one they can...
in.rediff.com /news/2003/nov/17lakda.htm   (403 words)

  
 Police to probe Lakdawala's threat to Akshay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Though the actor is away in Rajasthan shooting for a Firoz Nadiadwala film, and tests would have to be conducted to confirm that the voice on the telecast was indeed Lakdawala's, the police have decided to move quickly and register a case.
Two, there were reports in May this year that Lakdawala had been bumped off by the rival Chhota Shakeel gang in Bangkok.
If Lakdawala is alive, the police would like to know where he is and what he is up to.
us.rediff.com /news/2003/nov/17lakda.htm   (403 words)

  
 Police believes Lakdawala is dead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Mumbai Police believes that fugitive gangster Ejaz Lakdawala died in a shoot-out in Bangkok last month, contrary to reports suggesting that he may be alive.
Lakdawala, formerly associated with underworld kingpin Chhota Rajan, of late had been running his own syndicate and extorting money from Mumbai-based businessmen.
Ejaz Lakdawala last year through his men had carried out an abortive attempt on the life of film director Lawrence D'Souza who, however, escaped.
web.mid-day.com /news/city/2003/june/56435.htm   (336 words)

  
 Gangster Lakdawala shot in Bangkok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Lakdawala, his wife and their 18-month-old son were enjoying a nightly stroll when one of the shooters closed in, firing six rounds from close range.
Shakeel reportedly believed Lakdawala to be one of the masterminds in Sharad Shetty’s killing in Dubai on January 19 this year.
Lakdawala has been a key target of the rival Dawood gang after he was named in the murder of Farid Rizvi and Farook Ladhi.
www.indianexpress.com /full_story.php?content_id=24725   (394 words)

  
 Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Mirchi detained in US, to be deported: Mumbai police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satya Pal Singh said that Mirchi had been detained in the United States, while another gangster Ejaz Lakdawala was detained 'somewhere abroad', and refused the give details about his location.
The Crime Branch chief also said that teams were likely to be sent to the places where Mirchi and Lakdawala have been held to seek their custody.
Lakdawala, on other hand, figures in several extortion cases booked by the crime branch and several of his gang members are already in jail on extortion charges, sources said.
news.indiainfo.com /2004/07/20/2007underworld1.html   (436 words)

  
 Alternative & Independent Source of Indian Subcontinent News
Of these, Lakdawala is the 'rising star' of Mumbai's underworld.
" Ejaz bol raha hun, jaan pyaari hain to pachas peti ka intezaam kar (This is Ejaz speaking.
They may not be content to act as vassals to Dawood in the long run, but in the short term, at least, they might be willing to ally with him against Rajan.
www.indiamonitor.com /news/readCatFullNews.jsp?ni=7117&ct=India   (778 words)

  
 Bhai ka phone - Sify.com
Bollywood producer Feroz Nadiadwala was called by gangster Ejaz Lakdawala on Friday and asked to pay extortion.
Following his first call from Lakdawala in 2003, Nadiadwala had lodged a complaint with the anti-extortion cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch.
“Lakdawala is known for creating terror by destroying victims’ cars, holding them at gunpoint and so on.
sify.com /cities/mumbai/fullstory.php?id=13848683   (408 words)

  
 outlookindia.com
Lakdawala, who is believed to have been operating from the Middle-East, has a vast network of men in Mumbai and uses them to extort money from businessman, police said, adding that nearly a dozen members of his gang are already behind bars on extortion charges.
Some of the Bollywood personalities have had received extortion threats from Lakdawala, although none of them reported the matter to the police.
Lakdawala has been booked for cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion when he was in India.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=222850   (244 words)

  
 outlookindia.com
Mumbai, July 19 (PTI) Fugitive gangster Ejaz Lakdawala and wanted US national Allan Water John are likely to be deported soon, Mumbai police said.
While Allan Water John is wanted for some criminal cases pending against him in Mumbai, Lakdawala, a trusted lieutenant of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, is wanted in several cases of extortion in Mumbai in the past few years.
Several men of Lakdawala have been arrested by Mumbai police who claim they have evidence to prove that the extortion threats were issued by Ejaz Lakdawala from abroad.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=236414   (402 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Joint police commissioner Satyapal Singh said this morning that Mirchi and Lakdawala have been traced and are likely to be deported soon.
However, Mumbai police seemed to be more sure of Lakdawala, who has been accused of being part of the ring that masterminded the Bombay blasts of the last decade.
If Lakdawala and Mirchi also come to India, it will be a major shot in the arm for Indian police and a bigger victory than the deportation last year of Iqbal Kaskar, Dawood’s younger brother.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040720/asp/frontpage/story_3518538.asp   (753 words)

  
 Indiainfo.com -> NRI -> 'Gunman still tracking Indian businessman in Bangkok'
Bangkok: The wife of an Indian businessman, who was seriously injured by a gunman in Bangkok on May 25, has claimed that her husband's attacker had called her on her mobile several times asking the victim's whereabouts and his condition, sources said on May 27.
The Thai police have identified the businessman as Syed Rahman although Indian media said the victim was underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala of the Chotta Rajan group.
His wife claimed that the shooter was an Indian Muslim based in Pakistan and was known to her husband.
news.indiainfo.com /2003/05/27/27nri.html   (331 words)

  
 Don dials for Akshay, he calls cops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Lakdawala’s hirelings had opened fire on director Lawrence D’Souza near his office at Oshiwara on July 4 last year.
Lakdawala was one of Chhota Rajan’s prime shooters.
After the Rajan gang split in four in the year 2000, Lakdawala’s was one of the stronger splinter groups.
www.indianexpress.com /archive_full_story.php?content_id=16459   (419 words)

  
 Who is Ejaz Lakdawala?- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An ex-student of Bandra's St Stanislaus School, the 35-year-old Ejaz Lakdawala started out as an employee in his uncle's transport company.
Rajji survived the attempt on his life in 1996 and Lakdawala was arrested and sent to Nashik jail, from where he escaped in 1998 and fled to Malaysia.
After Rajan was shot at in Bangkok in 2000, Lakdawala parted ways with him and formed his own gang.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1078301,prtpage-1.cms   (153 words)

  
 BOLLYWOOD STARS ON HIT LIST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Shekhar Suman was targeted for his comments on terrorist organisations on his tv shows whilst a film on Islamic Terrorism in Afghanistan which exposes islamic jehadis has angered the Lashkar-e-Taiba group thus targetting the producer of the film Escape from Taliban, Ujjwal Upadhaya.
And after Preity Zinta's heroic stand against the underworld, actor Akshay Kumar received an underworld threat from a certain Ejaz Lakdawala who demanded Rs 50 lakhs in cash from the actor.
Akshay handed over a written complaint to the Police headquarters but denied to the press of any death threats made to him, stating that he went to the police commissiioner to study for a role in his new film.
www.lenzinfo.org.za /bollywood/Bollywood_stars_on_hit_list.htm   (177 words)

  
 Iqbal Mirchi detained in US: Mumbai police
The Mumbai police on Tuesday said notorious gangster Iqbal Mirchi, a trusted aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has been detained by enforcement agencies in the United States and is likely to be deported soon.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satya Pal Singh said that another gangster Ejaz Lakdawala has also been detained 'somewhere abroad'.
He revealed that intimation about their detention was received a month ago and that Crime Branch teams may be sent to the two places to seek their custody.
www.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/20mum1.htm   (142 words)

  
 Five Lakdawala gangmen held - Sify.com
Mumbai crime branch recently arrested five members of the Ejaz Lakdawala gang.
Subsequent investigations revealed that they were behind gunfire at his shop in February and were also involved in gunfire at a shop at Abdul Rehman Street in January.
They had attacked both the businessmen under instructions from Ejaz Lakdawala.
sify.com /cities/mumbai/fullstory.php?id=13692771   (154 words)

  
 Blame it all on Mrs Ibrahim : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
And Salem even staged a show before he was arrested in Lisbon, Portugal.
Others who fished in Bollywood's pond included rival Chhota Rajan, and breakaway gangsters bunty Pandey and Ejaz Lakdawala.
But the film industry became cautious after the financing of Chori Chori Chupke Chupke came under the police scanner.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1407053,0008.htm   (428 words)

  
 D-Company strengthening base in India - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was arrested on February 28, 2005 with Rs 2,00,000 of fake notes from his Defence Colony residence in Delhi where he had been living for three years.
It is believed that Chaddha has reached Karachi through Kathmandu with the help of another Dawood associate in Kathmandu, Ejaz Lakdawala, CBI source said.
According to the reports Ejaz Lakdawala, Tariq Ali, Kausar Hussain Siddiqui and other core members of he ‘D’ company are said to have attended the meeting in the first week of May.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jul92005/state191127200578.asp   (598 words)

  
 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This anti-India businessman is known for his closeness with many Pakistan diplomats.
According to reports Ejaz Lakdawala, Tariq Ali, Kausar Hussain Siddiqui, etc attended the meeting in the first week of May. In this meeting, Ejaz Lakdawala is believed to have taken over the responsibilities of the stakes of Dawood in Kathmandu.
The security agencies have received information that on Dawood’s direction, Ejaz Lakdawala is strengthening bases in Dhaka also.
www.rantburg.com /poparticle.php?ID=119989&D=2005-05-25   (528 words)

  
 ‘Ejaz Lakdawala is dead’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Mumbai police believes that fugitive gangster Ejaz Lakdawala died in a shootout in Bangkok last month, contrary to reports suggesting that he may be alive.
‘‘For us, what we know from our information, Lakdawala is dead in the shootout last month,’’ a highly-placed police official said yesterday evening.
‘‘For us Lakdawala was a wanted criminal, but in their case, he was merely a victim of a shootout,’’ he quipped.
web.mid-day.com /news/city/2003/june/56456.htm   (180 words)

  
 Excelsior... Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The accused had confessed to be behind the January one killing of Ulhasnagar-based oil trader Shanker Bhatia who failed to pay the amount demanded.
So far, there are nearly 65 film personalites who have recieved extortion threats, many of whom have failed to come forward to register their complaints, police said.
Nearly 42 stars had been provided security in the past for couple of years following constant threats by organised gangs, especially the Abu Salem and Ejaz Lakdawala gang.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03jan13/national.htm   (6374 words)

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