Man arrested on the charge of extortion
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The police on Friday arrested Divyadarshan (33), a resident of Falnir in the city, on the charge of extorting lakhs of rupees from a Kerala-based entrepreneur holding him hostage for months together.
Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar told reporters here on Friday that Divyadarshan had taken hostage Mohammed Hanif in his apartment during 2019-20 on the pretext that the latter’s life was in danger.
Earlier, the accused had got life threats issued to Hanif through his accomplices and taken ₹30 lakh and ₹55 lakh in cash on two occasions.
An extortion case was registered against the accused at the Mangaluru East Police Station. The accused had also kept a high-end car belonging to the brother of the accused in the guise of helping him in his business, the Commissioner said.