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Bhandup Police Remand Gangster Sajju Malik and Associates Over Rs 5 Lakh Extortion

They face charges under the Bharatiya Naya Sanhita following allegations they assaulted a site supervisor to demand protection money at a Mumbai infrastructure project.

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  • Shahzada Yakub Malik, known as Sajju, and two accomplices were taken into custody on June 28 and remanded by a Bhandup court on extortion and assault charges.
  • Police say Malik first showed up at the SB Transport Company site to demand Rs 5 lakh and then returned in the afternoon to threaten supervisor Sardar Sayyad Badashalal Sayyad with violence.
  • Investigators recovered an Innova (MH-47 PF-9099) displaying an ‘Assembly Member’ emblem that was used by Malik’s group to legitimize their coercion.
  • The targeted SB Transport Company held a valid contract from Appco Infratech Pvt. Ltd. for stone-laying work at the BMC Complex on Dargah Road in Bhandup West.
  • Authorities have opened a wider probe into potential political patronage as part of efforts to curb criminal rackets in Mumbai’s construction sector.