A 37-year-old extortionist has been arrested by the Crime Branch unit X for allegedly making threat calls to a Powai-based hotelier. According to Anil Mane, senior inspector, crime branch, a few days ago a hotelier had filed a complaint with the Powai police station stating that someone had been repeatedly calling him for money and had also threatened to kill him if he failed to pay up.

Following the complaint of the hotelier, the Powai police filed an FIR against Sachin alias Babu Shankar Mohite, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. However, as soon as the case was registered against Mohite, he went absconding.