Extortion bid fails; duo nabbed

The duo who had a mobile phone had been giving threat calls to Dixit claiming they were members of the Arun Gawli gang. The police traced the calls, laid a trap and arrested them at Thergaon near Chinchwad this morning.

According to the police, Dixit and his associate Kulkarni had recently sold land at Swargate. Dixit owed Rs 11 lakh as commission in the land deal to Kulkarni. The duo after learning about the commission to be paid by Dixit, threatened him him and demanded that he pay Rs 11 lakh to them. Later when Dixit refused to pay up, he received several threat calls. He lodged a complaint last Tuesday.