Mangaluru: Extortion, threatening of Kerala businessman; one held
Mangaluru, Apr 23: A 33-year-old man has been arrested here on the charges of threatening a Kerala-based businessman and extorting money from him, police said on Friday.
The arrested person has been identified as Divya Darshan, city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters.
The businessman Haneef, who was in Dubai, came here on a business trip to secure a licence for bauxite mining.
He got in touch with the accused who claimed he had high- profile contacts and took money from him.
The accused then called Haneef to a flat in the city and kept him confined there for two months, saying he had a threat to his life.
Later, Darshan and his associates demanded Rs 30 lakh and Rs 55 lakh from him on two occasions.
Based on a complaint from Haneef, the accused was arrested.
His associates would be traced and arrested soon, the Commissioner said.
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Sex racket busted in Navi Mumbai; two girls rescued, one man arrested
Thane (PTI): Two minor girls were rescued after a prostitution racket was busted in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
On a tip off about one Harish running a flesh trade racket, the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch started a probe on February 20, the official said.
"A decoy customer was sent to verify the information, following which a trap was laid in front of a hotel in Sector 11. The Anti Human Trafficking Cell nabbed Harish Vikas Chhari, a resident of Koparkhairane, while his associate Raj Singh is on the run. Two minor girls were rescued," the CBD Belapur police station official said.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added.
