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]