Over 15 booked for obstructing construction, extortion bid in Palghar

PALGHAR: (Mar 22) Police have registered a case against more than 15 persons for allegedly obstructing a construction work and demanding money from a sub-contractor in Maharashtra'a Palghar district, officials said on Sunday.

According to the sub-contractor's complaint, the accused allegedly threatened labourers and forced them to flee the site where he was overseeing the construction of a protective wall for a company at Musarne in the Wada area on Friday.

Later that evening, the accused allegedly arrived in luxury cars, used an earth-excavating machine to dig a hole blocking the company's access road, and demanded a monthly payment of Rs 5 lakh to allow the work to continue.