India, April 26 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Friday acquitted Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, the younger brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, and three others arrested for extorting Rs.90 lakh from a Thane-based builder. Kaskar, however, will not step out of jail, as he continues to be incarcerated in a money-laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him for the same crime.

Special judge BD Shelke pronounced only the operative part of the order on Friday, acquitting the four -- Kaskar, Israr Jamil Ali Sayyed, Mumtaz Ejaz Shaikh, and Pankaj Gangar. A detailed order has not yet been made available.

The case was based on a complaint filed with the police by buil...