Mumbai: The Anti Extortion Cell of Mumbai Police on Monday arrested businessman Riyaz Bhati, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, from the Andheri West area in connection with an extortion case. A case was registered against Bhati for extortion as well as for threatening to kill at the Versova Police Station in Mumbai.
As informed by the police officials probing the matter, Bhati, along with his accomplice Mohammad Salim Iqbal Qureshi alias Salim Fruit -- a relative of Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Chhota Shakeel -- had threatened to kill a businessman from Versova. Additionally, they also extorted a car worth Rs 30 lakhs and Rs 7.5 lakh cash from him. Both Chhota Shakeel and Salim Fruit were also named in the FIR in the matter, the officials informed.
