Maharashtra: Woman held for threatening man, extorting money in Thane

A woman was arrested from Bhayander in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly cheating and extorting money from a man by threatening to frame him in false cases police said on Saturday reported the PTIThe suspect allegedly targeted a 36yearold shopkeeper whom she got acquainted with in 2021 the police saidThe victim is a married man and Adate insisted that he marry her he saidBased on a complaint the police on Thursday arrested Sandhya Gajanan Adate 27 under sections 384 extortion 420 cheating 406 criminal breach of trust 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and 506 criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code deputy commissioner zoneI Bhayander Prakash Gaikwad said according to the PTIAdate underwent a religious conversion to marry him and when he refused to register the marriage as his divorce matter was not settled she started blackmailing him and threatened to register false cases against him the official said as per the PTIThe accused allegedly demanded Rs 30 lakh from the man initially and he paid her Rs 5 lakh he saidThe victim approached the police with a complaint on May 1 the official said adding that a probe is on to find out if the woman was a habitual offender involved in such cases in the past the news agency reportedMNS leader booked by Mumbai Police for extortion on gold traders complaintMaharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS leader Avinash Jadhav and one more person were booked by the Mumbai Police for allegedly threatening a gold trader from Mumbais Zaveri Bazar and seeking extortion of Rs 5 crore a police official said on Friday reported the PTIAccording to the PTI as per the 55yearold complainant the incident took place on Wednesday in his Zaveri Bazar office in south Mumbai the official addedThe complainant has said he had a business deal with one Vaibhav Thakkar whom he had called to his office to sort out some financial issues Thakkar came along with MNS leader Jadhav his driver and six others the official said as per the PTIJadhav and his aide allegedly beat up the complainants son in front of police personnel The complainant also alleged Jadhav threatened him for recovery of Rs 5 crore the official added the news agency reported on FridayOn the complaint of the gold trader Jadhav and one more person were booked under Indian Penal Code sections for extortion etc and further probe was underway the Lokmanya Tilak LT Marg police station official said as per the PTIwith PTI inputs