Fifteen people were booked for threatening life and extorting money from traders of Govindpura weekly market on Saturday.
According to the police, the victim Rohit Giri was harassed by the accused Prakash Tomar and his accomplices even after paying borrowed money along with the interest.
In the complaint, victim claimed that the accused used to harass the traders and threaten them for life and used to extort money from them.
Investigating Officer SI Prahlad Maskole said that the victim had borrowed `1 lakh from Tomar and after repaying the loans he used to harass the victim demanding money and on Friday he was abused and assaulted by Tomar and his aides after which Rohit lodged a complaint.
Maskole said that case against Prakash Tomkar and his 14 accomplices has been registered and search for them has been started. Tomar’s criminal background can only be confirmed after the arrest of the main accused, said the Police.
During the investigation police found that Tomar used to lend money on interest and was active in the weekly markets in the Bhel vicinity. Initially he used to work alone and slowly he developed a team of goons which used to harass the traders and extort money from the traders.
Accused is a resident of Vijay Market area and based on the information search for the main accused and his accomplices has been intensified.
The main accused used to take blank cheque leaves from the victims and used to threaten using those cheques. The police have registered a case under Sections 294, 384, 506 and 34 of the IPC and have started searching for the absconding accused.