<p>Mumbai: A special MCOCA court in Mumbai on Friday acquitted fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar in an extortion case.</p>.<p>Kaskar was tried for offences under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act as well as Indian Penal Code sections 384 (extortion), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt) and 387 (putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion).</p>.<p>He was acquitted of all charges by special judge BD Shelke. The reasoned order was not available yet.</p>.'Dawood Ibrahim was Mithun Chakraborty's sponsor': TMC hits back at BJP leader for remarks on Hindus.<p>Kaskar, lodged in Thane jail currently, will not be released since a money laundering case is pending against him.</p>.<p>As per the police, Kaskar sought Rs 30 lakh and four flats from a real estate developer in Thane in 2015.</p>.<p>Kaskar had allegedly got one flat registered in the name of a co-accused (who has died) and extorted Rs 30 lakh.</p>.<p>An FIR was registered against Kaskar and another accused at Kasarwadavali police station in Thane. Provisions of MCOCA were invoked based on previous offences.</p>.<p>Fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel has been shown as wanted accused in the case.</p>
<p>Mumbai: A special MCOCA court in Mumbai on Friday acquitted fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar in an extortion case.</p>.<p>Kaskar was tried for offences under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act as well as Indian Penal Code sections 384 (extortion), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt) and 387 (putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion).</p>.<p>He was acquitted of all charges by special judge BD Shelke. The reasoned order was not available yet.</p>.'Dawood Ibrahim was Mithun Chakraborty's sponsor': TMC hits back at BJP leader for remarks on Hindus.<p>Kaskar, lodged in Thane jail currently, will not be released since a money laundering case is pending against him.</p>.<p>As per the police, Kaskar sought Rs 30 lakh and four flats from a real estate developer in Thane in 2015.</p>.<p>Kaskar had allegedly got one flat registered in the name of a co-accused (who has died) and extorted Rs 30 lakh.</p>.<p>An FIR was registered against Kaskar and another accused at Kasarwadavali police station in Thane. Provisions of MCOCA were invoked based on previous offences.</p>.<p>Fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel has been shown as wanted accused in the case.</p>