The Sakinaka police on Sunday arrested three men for threatening and manhandling a 54-year-old plastic scrap dealer, after he refused to donate Rs 25,000 to a Ganesh Mandal. The arrested accused are members of the Khairani Cha Samrat - Shree Gajanan Mitra Mandal at Sakinaka.

The complainant, Unsaullah Chaudhary is a resident of Sakinaka. According to the police, on September 4, the accused Pradip Pandey, Krushna Gupta, and Abbas Shaikh met Chaudhary at 9 pm near the Sakinaka police station, and demanded a donation of R25,000 for the Khairani Cha Samrat Ganesh idol.