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Mumbai: Clean-up marshal framed by seniors acquitted in extortion case
Updated On: 29 November, 2025 08:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
30-year-old says he couldn’t land jobs, expresses gratitude to lawyer who helped prove his innocence; Shelke claimed that his seniors were running an extortion racket, threatening to involve the police whenever anyone was caught throwing garbage at Marine Drive
(From left) Somnath Shelke, advocate Sunil Pandey, and the tattoo artist’s father, Nanaso Shelke, at the Esplanade court in Fort. Pic/By Special Arrangement
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A 30-year-old tattoo artist, Somnath Nanaso Shelke, who was allegedly framed by his seniors in an extortion case six years ago, when the youth had just begun dispensing his duties as a clean-up marshal of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has been acquitted by the Esplanade court.
Shelke claimed that his seniors were running an extortion racket, threatening to involve the police whenever anyone was caught throwing garbage at Marine Drive. However, when a group allegedly targeted by his seniors complained to the Marine Drive police, his colleagues allegedly framed him to save themselves, leading to Shelke’s arrest.
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