Ejaz Lakdawala

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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,Template:Explain also known as D-Company, angered by his allegiance to Chota Rajan,Template:Explain opened fire at him in a crowded market in Bangkok. However, he survived and moved to Canada.Template: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.Template:Explain

In the early morning of 9 January 2020 he was arrested by Mumbai Police.<ref name="The Indian Express 2024 q757">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His arrest comes on the heels of his daughter Sonia Lakdawala alias Sonia Shaikh's arrest a fortnight agoTemplate:Clarify timeframe at Mumbai International Airport, while she was trying to fly to Nepal on a forged passport.Template:Relevance inline Ejaz is involved in more than 20 cases of extortion, attempted murder and rioting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2024, he was sentenced to life imprisonment over a 1996 murder case.<ref name="The Indian Express 2024 q757"/>