Constables arrested for ‘extorting’ techie

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On February 16, Rai met some friends for dinner near Pune station. Late in the night, he was on his way home in his car, when a woman, who was standing alone near Council Hall, asked him for a lift. She requested him to drop her to MG Road.

Rai said in his complaint that when he dropped her at MG Road, she demanded Rs 1,000 from him. She said she would raise an alarm if the money was not given to her. When Rai said that he would give the money if she came to the police chowky with him, she left.

Sub inspector PR Kathore said, “When Rai was parking his car in his residential society, constables Naik and Romade approached him and said that the woman had registered a complaint against him. They asked him to come to Vimannagar police chowky.”

Rai and the two constables went in the complainant’s car, but instead of taking him to the police chowky, they took him to an ATM, near Vimannagar, and asked him to pay Rs 35,000 or else they would go ahead with registering the crime.

Police said that when Rai withdrew Rs 35,000 from the ATM, the duo told him that their senior officer was asking for money and so he would have to pay Rs 1.1 lakh. But as he could withdraw only Rs 75,000 from the ATM as per transaction limits, he said that he would pay the remaining amount later.

Rai later approached a lawyer and registered a complaint at Bundgarden police station on Saturday. Kathore said, “The two cops have been arrested and been remanded to police custody. Search is on for the woman.”