India, Feb. 27 -- Four locals from Assam's Cachar district were arrested for allegedly impersonating Pakistani terrorists to extort money from a construction agency, police said.

Police identified the accused as Boktar Hussain, Samsir Uddin Barbhuiya, Md Alekuddin (25) and Ajiruddin alias Amiruddin. "Boktar and Samsir, the prime accused, are residents of Cachar's Katigorah and the other two are from of Kachudaram. Boktar and Samsir were arrested from Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district with the help of Meghalaya Police. The other two were arrested from the Gumrah area of Cachar district," said the superintendent of police (SP), Cachar, Numal Mahatta.

Mahatta said the police received a complaint on February 21 from Jhandu Infratech L...