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Maharashtra Woman Kills Herself After Fake Anti Drugs Officials Try To Extort Money

Maharashtra Woman Kills Herself After Fake Anti Drugs Officials Try To Extort Money

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Sunday, December 26, 2021 03:16:10 PM UTC

Suraj Mohan Pardeshi (38) and Pravin Raghunath Walinbe (35) were arrested on Saturday, an official said.

Two people were arrested for allegedly posing as Narcotics Control Bureau officials and trying to extort Rs 20 lakh from a woman, who committed suicide, the Mumbai police said on Sunday.

Suraj Mohan Pardeshi (38) and Pravin Raghunath Walinbe (35) were arrested on Saturday, an official said.

A call was received on Thursday by Amboli police that a woman was about to end her life, and a team that rushed to the spot along with the caller found a 28-year-old woman hanging in a flat, the official said.

"A probe found that, on December 20, the woman and some of her friends had gone to a five-star hotel for a party, where they were accosted by two people who introduced themselves as NCB officials and demanded Rs 20 lakh for not naming her in a drug FIR. She was told by them that a drug bust had taken place there," he said.

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