Mumbai Crime: Three booked for posing as MPCB officials to extort money

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Three people have been booked for allegedly posing as Maharashtra Pollution Control Board officials and extorting money from factory owners in Thane district, a police officer said on Sunday.

No arrest has been made in the case registered under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code for impersonation and extortion on the complaint of a Dombivli-based powder coating factory owner, he said.

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"They showed fake MPCB IDs to the complainant and took away Rs 35,000 between December 4 and 16. They have taken money from others as well," the Manpada police station officer said.

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