Mumbai Police have registered a case against Riyaz Bhati, an aide to gangster Chhota Shakeel, in connection with various criminal allegations, stated a report in ANI. According to the report, Bhati recently was booked for intimidating a witness in connection to an extortion case.

According to the report, during the period from June 2022 to November 4, 2023, the complainant was relentlessly threatened by Bhati and his close associates;  they threatened him to withhold his testimony or testify in favour of Bhati, failing which they would kill him.