“Mumbai: Riyaz Bhati, close aide of Chhota Shakeel and Dawood booked for threatening an extortion case witness from jail”, Opindia, November 20, 2023:

“On Monday (November 20), the Mumbai Police booked a case against Riyaz Bhati who is closely associated with underworld don Chhota Shakeel. The case against Bhati has been booked under sections 195 (A), 506 (2), and 34 of IPC (Fabricating of false evidence, Criminal intimidation, Criminal conduct with common intention) for threatening a witness in an extortion case.

Bhati is currently lodged in jail in another extortion case. He is believed to have threatened the witness from the jail.

The complainant asserted that from June 2022 to November 4, 2023, Bhati and his close associates threatened him and told him not to go to court to testify and that if he did, he should testify in favor of Bhati. The complainant stated that Bhati’s associates threatened to kill him…..”

Read the full article at Opindia.com