Pimpri: While accepting a check of Rs 2 crore from the builder for a ransom of Rs 9 crore, the police caught a swindler. He has been charged with threatening builders as well as municipal officials. The anti-ransom and anti-hooligan squad set the trap at Dange Chowk on Friday (27).
Adinath b. The name of the arrested is Kuchnur (resident of Dange Chowk). Ketul Bhagchand Sonigra (41, resident of Pradhikaran, Nigdi) lodged a complaint at Wakad Police Station on Friday (27). According to the police, the plaintiff is constructing a signature park at Dange Chowk. Meanwhile, the accused called them and told them that there were many defects in the construction. He also threatened to sue the National Green Tribunal for submitting false reports against him. For this, a ransom of Rs.
Meanwhile, the plaintiff lodged a complaint with the police. Accordingly, the anti-ransom and anti-hooliganism squad set a trap in the plaintiff’s office in plain clothes and called the accused to take the ransom money. At that time, the plaintiff handed over a check of Rs 2 crore to the accused. As soon as the accused took the check, the police grabbed him. The accused was produced in Morwadi court on Saturday (Dec. 28) and remanded in police custody for five days. Assistant Commissioner of Police Padmakar Ghanwat, Dr. A team comprising of Prashant Amritkar, Police Inspector Ajay Jogdand, Assistant Inspector Harish Mane, Police personnel Hazrat Pathan, Vikram Jagdale, Ganesh Medage, Kiran Katkar, Sham Baba, Vijay Telewar, Ashish Botke and Tousif Sheikh performed this task.
