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Man held for posing as cop and extorting from Maha couple

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Press Trust of India Thane

A man has been arrested for posing as a policemen and barging into a house and extorting money from a couple by filming them partially undressed, Thane Rural police said Sunday.

On March 30 this year, accused Raghavendra alias Raghu Hanumant Outgiri (38), resident of Shirdi Nagar in Bhayander, entered a home and confined a couple in a room and filmed them partially nude, said assistant inspector Pramod Bhadak of Kashimira Crime Branch Unit.

"He took Rs 28,000 in cash and a cheque of Rs 1.7 lakh

from the complainant and his lady friend. Our probe led us to Outgiri who revealed that two others, Ayub Rehman Khan and Prem Rajan Sivan, are also involved. Efforts are on to nab them," he said.

 

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First Published: May 05 2019 | 9:15 PM IST

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