With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cracking the whip on extortion, a person was arrested from New Town area in the northern fringes of Kolkata for allegedly involvement in obtaining money by threatening people.
Accused Md Muzammal Mollah was arrested for allegedly threatening and demanding money from a person on June 18, police said.
Mollah was charged under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder), they said.
Deputy Commissioner, Detective Department, of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate Santosh Pandey said 40 people have been arrested in the past 15 days from the area under their jurisdiction.
A councillor of the ruling Trinamool Congress in Salt Lake area was arrested on July 12 for his alleged involvement in extorting money from locals.
