A Bhiwandi resident, Tushar Shilwant, has been held for blackmailing and extorting from his beautician wife’s friend by posing as a police officer. Shilwant and his wife are estranged and he had been facing losses in his business amid the lockdown. After getting arrested, he admitted to having taken advantage of the duo’s friendship for money.

According to police, Shilwant’s wife works at a parlour and he suspected her to be having an affair with a customer, who is the complainant. The complainant, a Dombivli resident, had visited the massage parlour where Shilwant’s wife works and the two 
became friends.