Two persons have been arrested in an alleged extortion case from Pasonda village in Sahibabad area of the district, police said today.
Yunus alias Kala and Nawab were arrested in a raid while third named accused Mausam Pradhan is still at large in an extortion case filed by one Malik of the same village, police said.
Malik, in his complaint, alleged that the trio was threatening to kill him and kidnap his children if an amount of Rs 20 lakh is not paid to them.
Malik also alleged that he had already paid extortion money of Rs 12.50 lakhs to the trio as they are dreaded criminals.
According to Station House Officer Haridyal Yadav, a crack team comprising of 50 constable and 10 sub inspectors was constituted to raid all the hide outs of criminals and history sheeters of the village Pasonda.
