A 42-year-old medical shop owner
claiming proximity to senior police officials has been arrested for allegedly cheating and extorting Rs 5 lakh from a man whose brother was booked in a separate extortion case a few days ago, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, Jayesh Kasat, was arrested on February 15 and is currently in police custody, they said.
A complaint against Kasat was registered by a doctor, Hemant Adsul, brother of one Manoj Adsul, who was booked by the city police a few days ago for allegedly extorting money and blackmailing a medical practitioner, Deepak Rasne, in an alleged molestation case in which his son Sahil, who is also a doctor, was accused.
According to the police, when Kasat, who is also a member of the Vighnaharta Nyas Trust, an outfit through which police does social activities, came to know that Manoj Adsul is blackmailing Deepak Rasne and has extorted Rs 75 lakh from him to "settle" the case against his son, he approached him.
Kasat asked ...
