The Chandiposh police on Thursday arrested a youth and forwarded him to court allegedly for extortion from a construction contractor impersonating as a Maoist. Police had earlier arrested another person in this racket.
The contractor has been doing road construction work at Tamda under the Chandiposh PS in Bonai Sub-Division of Sundargarh district. He had lodged a complaint with the police on August 17 that some persons impersonating themselves as Maoists and called him on his mobile on August 10. They threatened him and demanded Rs 5 lakh as extortion amount.
On August 12, they again asked that contractor to hand over the money and after negotiation with them, Rs 4 lakh had been finalised. The contractor on the same day handed over Rs 1.5 lakh at Pankadih under Gurundia PS. They again threatened him to hand over rest of the amount.
The police arrested one Ajay Kujur (28) of Hatibari village in this case. During interrogation, Ajay told the police that another two identified as Telenga Oram and Shankar Munda were also involved.
The police arrested Telenga Oram. “We are searching for Shankar Munda,” said Chandiposh PS IIC GS Thakur.