3 held for trying to extort Rs 8 lakh from Maha govt engineer

Three persons were Sunday arrested in Aurangabad in Maharashtra for allegedly threatening to defame a government official and demanding Rs 8 lakh, a senior police official said.

"MSEDCL chief engineer Suresh Laxman Ganeshkar had approached police on the issue after which a trap was laid in the afternoon today. Uday Arun Palkar, Bhanudas Shankar More and Amol Sandu Salve were arrested while accepting money from a clerk at the complainant's office," Inspector Ashok Giri said.

"They had threatened to get articles published in newspapers against Ganeshkar if he did not pay Rs 8 lakh," Giri said.