Two Dawood aides deported from Dubai
Mumbai, Dec 18: Two aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who were deported from Dubai last month, were today booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in connection with an extortion case.
MCOCA Judge M R Bhatkar granted police custody till December 28 to Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh Khota Shakeel (36) and Sayyed Zaki Mehandi Vikram (39).
The prosecution said the duo was wanted in an extortion case amounting to Rs 25 lakh involving a South Mumbai-based crockery merchant during 2001.
Earlier two persons - Mohd Abdul Gani Shaikh and Navshad Mir Sayad - were arrested under IPC in this case and both of them were granted bail.
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Story first published: Monday, December 18, 2006, 20:09 [IST]