A man with a criminal history has been arrested in Jharkhand for allegedly demanding ₹1.2 crore in extortion from a land dealer, highlighting the state's ongoing efforts to combat organised crime.
A man, wanted in several criminal cases, was arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 1.2 crore as extortion from a land dealer in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused was arrested on Tuesday during a raid following an FIR registered by the 55-year-old victim at the Town police station limits and forwarded to judicial custody on Wednesday, a police officer said.
"The accused, identified as Jay Prakash Shukla, a resident of Housing Colony, was arrested for demanding an extortion of Rs 1.2 crore from the realtor, identified as Nand Kumar Yadav, over a phone call," Medininagar SDPO Rajeev Ranjan told PTI.
The SDPO further said that during the investigation into the case, it was also found that the accused was embroiled in a land dispute with the dealer and has criminal antecedents.
Five criminal cases are pending against him in three districts. An FIR in this regard has been lodged at the police station, he said.