Indore police arrested two persons including an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of police on Tuesday for extorting money from couples at Ralamandal sanctuary of the district.
City police here on Tuesday arrested two persons on the charge of extorting money from lovelorn couples at Ralamandal sanctuary. One of the accused has been identified as an ASI of Shajapur Central Kotwali.
According to police, the accused identified as Umesh Chouhan and Mamlesh Kumawat masquerading themselves as crime branch officials of the police department had reportedly demanded thousands of rupees from two couples who had come to Ralamandal sanctuary from tourism point of view. Initially the couples refused to pay such a large amount but later the couples tried to settle the matter by offering Rs 500 to the accused.
In the meantime, heated arguments took place between the couples and the accused. Seeing the heated brawl, other persons in the Ralamandal sanctuary arrived there, overpowered both the accused and later handed them over to the police.
Meanwhile, one of the accused Mamlesh Kumawat rejected the charge of extortion against him, while another accused Umesh Chouhan identified himself as an ASI at Shajapur central Kotwali.
This is not the first time when reports of extortion by antisocial elements have been received from a place of tourist importance, on previous occasions also, there have been incidences of couples being extorted money or subjected to molestations by miscreants at picnic spots like Choral, Patal Pani and Kajligarh.