Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested police inspector Om Wangate in connection with an extortion case on March 10. Wangate, an inspector at Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police Station, is accused of extorting money from angadias.

The police officer had applied for Anticipatory Bail Application (ABA) in the sessions court, which was rejected. Wangete then filed an ABA in the Bombay High Court but withdrew the application on March 10. Earlier, the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) had arrested PI Nitin Kadam and PSI Samadhan Jamdade on February 19.