Three policemen were arrested on the charge of extorting Rs 9 lakh from a lawyer for allegedly threatening to implicate him in a fake case, police said on Sunday.
All three police personnel have been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been initiated against them, said a police officer.
Those arrested have been identified as Constables Sandeep Dagar and Neetu and Special Police Officer (SPO) Anand Kumar. The trio were deployed at the Sadar police station. Police said three others who were also involved in the matter are currently on run. On Friday night the 3 called him outside a hotel, asked to sit in a car and they gave him death threats and threaten him to frame in a false case.
He said that he was freed only after he paid Rs 9 lakh. The next day the complaint visited the police station and disclosed the matter.