Two held for extorting Rs 2 lakh from Thane businessman

THANE: (Mar 15) Police have arrested two persons for allegedly extorting Rs 2 lakh from a sweets businessman in Maharashtra's Thane city, officials said on Sunday.

The police had received a complaint from the businessman that two persons were demanding Rs 5 lakh from him.

After verifying the complaint, the crime branch personnel laid a trap near a school in the Vasant Vihar area on Friday and caught two men red-handed while accepting Rs 2 lakh as part of a reduced extortion deal, a police release said.