Approximately Rs 10 lakh that he had taken from the complainant has been restored. On Tuesday, we brought him before a magistrate court, where he was committed to judicial detention.
Digital Desk: In connection with an accused case of extorting Rs 24.85 lakh from a businessman, Riyaz Bhati, who is alleged to have ties to organised crime figure Dawood Ibrahim, was detained Sunday by the Mumbai police and sent to judicial custody Tuesday. The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) located and detained Bhati in September of this year.
On November 21 of last year, Versova police officers filed an FIR against Bhati, 54, in response to a businessman's complaint. According to the complaint, Bhatti used a honey trap to collect Rs 24.85 lakh from him.
The complainant, a gold dealer who invests in the stock market, claimed to have met Bhatti because they both reside in the Andheri neighbourhood (West). Bhatti told him that he knows a number of politicians and has solid connections among the police force. Bhatti attempted to gain the complainant's trust by posting pictures of himself with politicians on Google.
The complainant informed the police that he made friends with Bhatti and connected with a sex worker via Bhatti. Bhatti used a video the woman had taken of the complainant having a sexual encounter to demand money. Fearing libel, the complainant paid Bhatti Rs 24.85 lakh to get the video removed.
But when the woman got in touch with him and revealed that she was Bhatti's wife and was acting under his orders, he later learned that she was not a sex worker.
He was detained on Sunday, and his statement was taken down, according to a police official from Versova police station.
Approximately Rs 10 lakh that he had taken from the complainant has been restored. On Tuesday, we brought him before a magistrate court, where he was committed to judicial detention.
It may be mentioned that Riyaz Bhati has often made headlines. He has a history of forgery, extortion, land grabbing, and firing. He was detained in 2019 after being caught forging a trustee of a college's signature. Additionally, Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze, two former Mumbai police commissioners, have been accused of using his identity to collect money from bars with permits.
He was arrested at the airport in 2020 for disobeying the terms of his bail and attempting to exit the country. Bhati had two passports in use. Between 2007 and 2013, he travelled overseas using a false passport. In 2007, he had gotten a false passport through fraud from the Jaipur passport office.
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