Ranchi police on Monday arrested a criminal who was involved in extorting levy in the name of People’s liberation Front of India (PlFI) rebel. Arjun Thakur of Goso village of Khunti was arrested under Namkom police station while going away with extortion money of Rs 10,000 which was paid to him in advance by a local businessman.
According to traffic SP Rajiv Ranjan who presently is in-charge of Rural SP, Thakur had been involved in several arms and extortion cases and was quite active in Karra, Bero and other adjoining areas of Khunti and Ranchi district. “On a tip off that he was coming to collect extortion money, we arrested him while going away with the extortion money,” said Rajiv Ranjan.
Thakur had demanded Rs 2 lakh from the businessman but after negotiations, the deal was finalised at Rs 20 thousand. He had come to collect Rs 10,000 as his first installment.