Ludhiana, Jan. 2 -- The PAU police have booked two men for allegedly blackmailing a 16-year-old schoolboy and extorting over Rs.93,000 from him by threatening a fake police arrest linked to the use of banned plastic kite string.

The case was registered on the complaint of Rohit Goyal, a businessman and resident of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, whose son studies in a city school. The accused have been identified as Kulwinder Singh alias Bunty, a resident of Ranjodh Park, Haibowal, and his associate Gaurav. Both are currently absconding.

According to the police, the accused first befriended the teenager and later lured him by offering to arrange banned plastic kite string used during kite flying. On December 2, the boy allegedly received a c...