Four pose as cops & try to extort money,held

“They said they were from the Vigilance Department and wanted to know whether Vishal knew a person named Vinod Leela. He told them Vinod was his father. The men told him that they had arrested a terrorist a few days ago who had revealed that Vinod was a “hawala” agent. The men then barged into Vishal’s house and ransacked it,pretending to be searching for proof and documents,” said Anil Kumbhare,deputy commissioner of police (zone II).

As Vishal panicked,they gave him an option to cough up Rs 20 lakh to hush up the case. A fruit horticulturist and businessman,Vishal called up his father. “His father told Vishal to call the police,” Kumbhare said.

The police arrived soon and arrested the four men. “One of the men,Sawant,told us that he was a bureau chief of a local newspaper. We are finding out whether the car they used was stolen,” Kumbhare added.