A 34-year tea-seller, who attempted to extort Rs 35 crore from actor and film-maker Mahesh Manjrekar, was nabbed from Maharashtra's Ratnagiri, police said on Thursday. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Akbar Pathan, the accused is Milind B. Tulsankar, living in Diva town of Thane.

As per the investigations, Tulsankar had made threat calls August 23-25 to Manjrekar, posing as a henchman of jailed mafia don Abu Salem. He demanded Rs 35 crore as extortion money to be delivered via 'hawala' and warned Manjrekar of death if he failed to comply.