Maha: One Held for Extorting Rs 2.75 Lakh from Lecturer in Latur

A man was arrested for extorting Rs 2.75 lakh from a lecturer of a junior college in Maharashtra's Latur district, police said on Thursday.

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Updated on: 12 May 2022 11:12 am

Maha: One Held for Extorting Rs 2.75 Lakh from Lecturer in Latur

? The police on Wednesday apprehended Kiran Patil (37), a resident of Ambewadi village in Nilanga tehsil, while accepting the extortion amount, and a hunt is on for three other accused in the case, an official said.
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According to the police, the complainant has claimed that his junior college was evaluated for a grant in 2021-22 and the copy of the evaluation was taken by the activists of Loknayak Sanghatna through an RTI application.?
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The activists allegedly threatened the complainant that his college evaluation file was wrong and they won't allow officials to sanction the grant, the official said.
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? The accused Bhau alias Mahadu Rasal, Kiran Patil, Sarfraj Maniyar and Muktar Shaikh allegedly harassed him for eight months and took Rs 80,000 from him a month ago, he said.
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A case has been registered at Gandhi Chowk against the accused under sections 384 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the IPC, the official added.?