Iqbal Kaskar extortion case: Cops record statements

THANE: The anti-extortion cell of crime branch on Wednesday recorded the statements of NCP corporator and husband of sitting corporator from Shiv Sena in the extortion case involving the underworld fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar, who is prime accused in the case.

The police said that both of them have denied knowing Iqbal Kaskar and also claimed that they have never met him or spoken to him any time in the past. A senior officer informed that Mulla in his statement said that being a developer himself he had met other two accused Israr Sayeed and Mumtaj Shaikh at one of their partners office in Panchpakhadi, he told the sleuths that it was on September 19, 2017 through the media channels, he learnt that the trio are accused in an extortion case and have been arrested by police.

Gharat too denied knowing Kaskar or have any links with him. But he claimed that he knows only Mumtaj.

A senior officer told they shall summoned and questioned again. — Nishikant Karlikar