India, Feb. 21 -- Two men have been arrested in connection with the attempted extortion case of Rs.20 crore where seven men allegedly posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, barged into a businessman's house in DLF Farms, Chhatarpur and threatened to arrest him.

The alleged incident happened on October 21 last year, when the accused reached the 56-year-old businessman's house at 11.15pm, as per the FIR, also seen by HT. Dressed in formal attire and masks, they arrived in two cars and started doing searches in the house. They also allegedly confiscated all phones of the family members and confined them to a room.

Threatening to arrest him and keep his three children in the an orphanage under the State's custody, they asked him f...