Pune: Sinhagad road police arrest 2 over Rs 50,000 extortion attempt at gunpoint
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The builder lodged a complaint with the Sinhagad Road police on Saturday morning against the duo. "As More has body offences against his name and he narrated his name in the office of the builder while demanding extortion, it made it easy for us to identify him and nab him," said Senior Inspector Dilip Dhaingade of the Sinhagad Road police.
"After tracking down More, we arrested Shinde. We recovered the pistol used in the crime," Dhaingade said.
Citing the FIR, Dhaingade stated, "The duo reached the office of the builder when the builder and his three friends were having a chat.
More pulled out the pistol from his trousers and informed the builder about himself. The duo told the builder that they received a Rs30 lakh contract from a person to kill him. However, they would not harm him if a sum of Rs50,000 was paid to them."
"More threatened the three friends of the builder and asked them to vacate the office.
The three friends left the office area, and More issued threats of dire consequences to the builder," he said. "More and Shinde then left the builder's office, but later Shinde called the builder and asked for the money to be delivered in the Hingne area," he added.
"Following this, the builder approached us with his complaint," he said. "Our investigation established that the duo did not get any contract money, but they wanted to extort money from the builder and hence concocted a story about the contract," Dhaingade said.
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