Mumbai police book two Goa residents for allegedly extorting Rs 41 lakh from real estate firm

Mumbai police have registered an extortion case against two Goa residents and their associates for allegedly taking Rs 41 lakh and demanding Rs 6 crore from a real estate company representative to allow uninterrupted construction work on an ongoing Goa project

Mumbai: The Mumbai police have registered an extortion case against two Goa residents and their associates who allegedly took Rs 41 lakh and demanded Rs 6 crore from a real estate company’s representative to allow uninterrupted work on an ongoing project in the coastal state, an official said on Sunday.

The NM Joshi Marg police registered an FIR on August 27 following a complaint by a liaison officer with ‘The House of Abhinandan Lodha’, who alleged that the accused threatened to halt construction at the project site unless paid, the official said.

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According to police, the accused, Siddhesh Jana Tari, Pritesh Salgaonkar, and their associates, allegedly demanded Rs 6 crore from the complainant to allow the company’s project in Goa to continue without obstruction. Tari allegedly accepted Rs 34 lakh, while Salgaonkar accepted Rs 7 lakh from the complainant in multiple instalments over the last five months, extorting Rs 41 lakh in all, they said.

However, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh recently, and the complainant, fed up of the constant threats and demands, approached the NM Joshi Marg police station, under whose jurisdiction the company’s office is located, the official said. The police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including provisions related to extortion and criminal intimidation, and a probe is underway.