India, April 12 -- A fashion designer and two others have been booked by Borivali police for allegedly threatening a builder and demanding Rs.1.5 crore, claiming links to the underworld and warning of halting his redevelopment project, police said. The accused have been identified as Riyaz Gangji, a designer and owner of the brand LIBAS, and a couple, Aqeel and Fazila Mukhi.

Police said the complaint was filed by Samir Bhube, 49, a Borivali-based developer, who alleged that the trio threatened him over a flat purchase dispute linked to his Andheri East redevelopment project, Royal Green, located in Mapkhan Nagar in Marol.

In April 2016, an estate agent, Mohmand Virani, booked flat No. 1102 in the project in the names of the Mukhi couple...