<p>Thane: In a significant development, fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s younger brother Iqbal Kaskar—who was arrested in a case of extortion—has been acquitted by a court in Thane city.</p><p>Additional sessions judge Amit M Shete held that as the prosecution failed to substantiate charges against Kaskar and acquitted him giving him benefit of doubt. </p>.<p>According to the charges, Kaskar extorted Rs 3 crore from a builder over a 38-acre land deal in Gorai in Mumbai. </p><p>Kaskar was booked by Thane Police 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) as part of a case registered at Thane Nagar police station on 3 October, 2017.</p>
<p>Thane: In a significant development, fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s younger brother Iqbal Kaskar—who was arrested in a case of extortion—has been acquitted by a court in Thane city.</p><p>Additional sessions judge Amit M Shete held that as the prosecution failed to substantiate charges against Kaskar and acquitted him giving him benefit of doubt. </p>.<p>According to the charges, Kaskar extorted Rs 3 crore from a builder over a 38-acre land deal in Gorai in Mumbai. </p><p>Kaskar was booked by Thane Police 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) as part of a case registered at Thane Nagar police station on 3 October, 2017.</p>