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Ejaz Lakdawala is an Indian gangster from Mumbai, Maharashtra.

In May 2003, he was rumoured to have been killed when Dawood's gang-members,^{[further explanation needed]} also known as D-Company, angered by his allegiance to Chota Rajan,^{[further explanation needed]} opened fire at him in a crowded market in Bangkok. However, he survived and moved to Canada.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2004, he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada following an Interpol red corner notice for him.^{[further explanation needed]}

In the early morning of 9 January 2020 he was arrested by Mumbai Police.^[1] His arrest comes on the heels of his daughter Sonia Lakdawala alias Sonia Shaikh's arrest a fortnight ago^[timeframe?] at Mumbai International Airport, while she was trying to fly to Nepal on a forged passport.^[relevant?] Ejaz is involved in more than 20 cases of extortion, attempted murder and rioting.^[2][3]

On March 2024, he was sentenced to life imprisonment over a 1996 murder case.^[1]

References

External links

• Gangster Ejaz Lakdawala held in Canada news article in Times of India dated 20 May 2004

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