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Policemen booked for extorting money from couples

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Four policemen were today arrested here on the charge of extortion in two separate cases in Cyberabad police commissionerate.

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.

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First Published: Sep 28 2016 | 10:42 PM IST

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