RTI activists arrested on charges of extortion
Kolhapur, June 24 -- Local Crime Branch (LCB) police team on Tuesday arrested a Right to Information(RTI) activist and his colleagues on charges of demanding Rs 20 lakh as extortion from a medical equipment supplier.
The case pertains to Kagal near Laxmi Tekadi on the Pune- Bangalore national highway.
According to LCB press release, RTI activist Jayraj Bhimrao Koli had booked complaints against Ajinkya Patil, a supplier of medical equipment to Chhatrapati Pramila Raje civil hospital. Patil was subsequently arrested.
Later Koli demanded Rs 20 lakh as extortion money for not harassing him in the future.
Complainant Patil informed the police, who laid a trap near Laxmi Tekadi at Kagal and arrested activist Koli and his colleagues Yuvraj Maruti...
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