Man arrested for demanding Rs 10 lakh extortion money from MLA

Police today arrested a a man for allegedly demanding extortion money of Rs 10 lakh from Dhaka MLA Faisal Rahman.

Sikarahana Sub-Division Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Bambam Choudhary said that the man - identified as Faisal Alam - has been arrested for demanding extortion money of Rs 10 lakh from Faisal Rahman, an RJD MLA from Dhaka Assembly constituency in East Champaran district.

Alam was arrested from his house in Raksiya village of Runni Saidpur block of Sitamarhi district. Police have also seized the SIM card which was used for sending text messages to the MLA.

Rahman said that he had received a text message on his phone yesterday demanding extortion money of Rs 10 lakh while he was in Katihar to visit his brother.

The message said that a member of his (Faisal Rahman's) family would be kidnapped if he fails to pay up the amount within two days, Rahman said adding that he had informed about the incident to Patna Senior Superintendent of Police yesterday itself and had also forwarded the said message to him (SSP).

This is the third time that miscreants had demanded extortion money from him, the MLA said.