A Dismissed senior police constable identified as Uttam Keshav More, 53, was arrested by the Azad Maidan police on Friday for allegedly extorting money from a pan shop owner in SoBo, impersonating a cop. The incident took place on December 30. More, who served in the police force for 18 years, was dismissed in 2008 for looting people in the city under the influence of being a cop. Police said More created terror among small-scale businessmen and people from whom he extorted and looted on multiple occasions.

More has previously been booked in four cases at different police stations across Mumbai, said a senior police officer, adding, “The fifth case was freshly registered on January 1 under various sections of the BNS for duping a pan shop owner of Rs 8,400.”