The Talsara police arrested and court forwarded Tafique Akhtar (19), an aide of PlFI commander, on Monday. Tafique, was nabbed while he was trying to move to Kurdeg from the Odisha border, police said.
Source said an established businessman of Subdega area under Talsara police station had been getting calls from a Jharkhand-based mobile number asking him to give `10 lakh extortion.
The caller, identified himself as the PlFI commander, was also threatening dire consequence to the businessman in case he doesn’t give the amount.
Acting on the complaint filed by the businessman, Sundargarh SP Dayanidhi Gochhayat made a plan to nab the caller. Accordingly, a police team led by Sadar SDPO Prasant Mohanty and Talsara PS IIC Pradeep Jena undertook a tight patrolling in the Odisha border area and caught Tafique.