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Six held for extorting Rs 5 lakh from Mumbai civic body engineer
Updated On: 24 September, 2024 10:42 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Mumbai Police said that one of the accused is absconding. The accused had claimed that the engineer's degree was fake and threatened to defame him if they did not pay him Rs 55 lakh
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A 40-year-old engineer employed with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) was allegedly blackmailed by seven people who claimed that his degree was fake.
Initially, the extortionists demanded Rs 55 lakh to not reveal the matter, but later settled for Rs 9 lakh. The complainant paid Rs 2 lakh to the accused last month and Rs 3 lakh on Monday, September 23.
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