India, May 23 -- The Bombay High Court has refused bail to Habiba Hussain Khan, widow of a former Chhota Rajan gang member, accused of helping jailed gangster Yusuf Bachkana extort Rs.50 lakh and two flats from a Panvel-based builder in 2021. The court held that prima facie material showed Khan gathered information about the builder and passed it on to Bachkana, who allegedly made threatening calls from prison.

Justice R M Joshi rejected Khan's plea in the 2021 Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) case despite her having spent nearly five years in custody, observing that the conditions required for bail under the MCOCA were not satisfied.

The case is based on an FIR registered at Ghatkopar police station after businessman ...