Hyderabad: Two held for extortion, impersonating as cop

HYDERABAD: On getting information that someone was impersonating as police and attempting to extort money from a doctor, Banjara Hills police arrested two persons, including a former employee of the doctor, at Banjara Hills on Wednesday.

Banjara Hills police said that Rajeev Goutham Nair, an unemployed, and B Mahesh, a car driver, were arrested. On August 14, Rajeev called up a doctor and introduced himself as a police inspector from Khammam.
The caller told the doctor that his former driver Mahesh was in police custody in connection with an offence and, during questioning, confessed that he was in possession of some call recordings between the doctor and his wife.
The person, who impersonated as the inspector, demanded 75 lakh from the doctor for not leaking the conversation. He also set a deadline of August 17 to make the first payment of 20 lakh. The caller also threatened the complainant that he would be booked in a false case if he complains to police about the demand.
After seeing Truecaller app, the complainant discovered that one Gowtham Nair had called him and then lodged a complaint with Banjara Hills police. Police, during the investigation, found that the doctor's former employee Mahesh was the brain behind the conspiracy.
Mahesh had in the past taken 20 lakh loan from the doctor to purchase land. After taking the money, he became inaccessible.
Later, he hatched a plan to extort money from his former employer. For this, he roped in his friend Rajeev. However, their plan failed as the doctor lodged a complaint.
Police laid a trap and caught the two near Jagannath temple in Banjara Hills on Wednesday.