A case has been registered against jailed gangster Ejaz Lakdawala for allegedly extorting Rs 2 crore from a city-based hotelier, police said on Friday.

Based on a complaint lodged by the hotelier, the police on Thursday registered an FIR against the gangster, an official said. The complainant, a resident of Vakola, has alleged that he had received threats from Lakdawala between June 2013 and 2017, during which the accused had demanded Rs 2 crore from him, he said.