Two constables and a home guard were arrested for allegedly extorting Rs 30,000 from a couple in Rajendranagar police station limits, Cyberabad (west) police commissioner Sandeep Shandilya told PTI.
Constables P P Chary, B Ravinder and the home guard Ch Anand allegedly took Rs 30,000 from a man and a woman who were sitting in a car, threatening to arrest them.
They first demanded Rs 1 lakh from them, but settled for Rs 30,000.
In a similar case under Gachibowli police station limits, home guard Chinna Kesavulu was arrested for trying to extort money from another couple. Probe is on.