Thane Jan 25 PTI An assistant sub-inspector was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly extorting money from a lottery vendor in Maharashtras Thane city police said The accused policeman Rajendra Patil is attached to unit-1 of the Thane crime branch the station house office of Naupada police station said Based on a complaint an offence under sections 384 extortion 506 criminal intimidation and other relevant provisions of the IPC was registered against Patil at Naupada police station in October 2021 the official said According to the complainant who runs a lottery business the accused had caught him and a few others gambling on October 7 and had allegedly demanded Rs 150 lakh from him for not registering a fake case he said Later the accused allegedly forcibly took away Rs 9000 from the complainant and later Rs 10000 he said adding that Patil wanted protection money from the complainant The accused told the complainant that he will have to shell out Rs 5000 per day if he wants engage in gambling and Rs 15 lakh per month to allow him to gamble the official said PTI COR ARU ARU
Thane Dec 27 PTI A police constable was arrested from the Thane district court premises on Monday afternoon for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said Constable Milind Ganesh Joshi 41 who is attached to Wagle Estate police station and was assigned court duty had demanded Rs 2000 from a man whose son was booked in a case the official said The man approached the ACB and Joshi was held in a trap while accepting Rs 1500 as bribe installment in the court premises He has been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act the official informed PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
Pune Aug 26 PTI A 28-year-old police sub-inspector was on Thursday arrested for allegedly threatening and extorting money at a hotel and bar in Maharashtras Pune city an official said Sub-inspector Milan Kurkute who was attached to the control room of the Pimpri Chinchwad police had allegedly demanded Rs 7000 at a hotel and bar in Mundhwa area of the city he said Kurkute was on leave when he allegedly visited a Mundhwa-based hotel in uniform and demanded money Following due procedures he was arrested the official from Mundhwa police said After receiving information about the incident the Pimpri Chinchwad police have suspended Kurkute police commissioner of Pimpri-Chinchwad Krishna Prakash police commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad We got information that Kurkute allegedly went to a hotel and bar in Mundhwa and threatened the staff Our officials spoke to the Mundhwa police and have got the CCTV footage of the incident Based on this we have suspended Kurkute the senior official said The accused policeman had previously been involved in a bribery case and considering his track record the police have initiated the process to dismiss him he added PTI COR ARU ARU
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