Srinagar, April 16 -- - Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three extortionist including a BJP panch in North Kashmir's Sopore.

In a statement, the police said that on a complaint received by Mudasir Ahmad Shiekh son of Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, resident of Panzipora Sopore, son in law of Ghulam Nabi Lone son of Abdul Ahad Lone, resident of Hamdani Colony Nadihal that during the intervening night 3/4 April that some unidentified persons barged into the in-laws' house at Nadihal along with weapons and asked them to drop at South Kashmir and also took away two mobile phones and also threatened not to disclose to anyone.

In this regard FIR no 20 u/s 450, 506 IPC and 7/25 arms act was lodged at PS Panzalla, and investigation taken up. D...