MUMBAI, 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 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 Dinesh Gandhi, linked to a redevelopment project in Panvel, alleged he received threat calls demanding Rs.50 lakh or two flats in the project. Investigators alleged the threats were made by Yusuf Suleman Kadri alias Yusuf Bachkana from Hindalga Central Jail in Karnataka, where he is serving a life sentence in a murder case. Bachkana was once considered a close aide of underworld figures Dawood Ibrahim and Ravi Pujari. Police alleged Khan acted as Bachkana's associate outside prison by visiting builders' offices and project sites posing as a prospective buyer, gathering details about developers and sharing the details with Bachkana. Witness statements, including that of Khan's daughter, and visiting cards allegedly recovered were relied upon to establish her connection with the organised crime syndicate. Khan's counsel argued that there was no direct evidence linking her to the extortion conspiracy. Rejecting the submissions, Joshi held that the material on record prima facie indicated that the extortion was committed by an organised crime syndicate and that Khan had actively aided the operation....