Thane: Rabodi police registered a case against members of the Thane Municipal Corporation tree authority to demand a ransom of the civil contractor involved in the work of the Nullah cleaning and threatened it with terrible consequences.
According to the police, the case was registered last week, where civilian sub-contractors said that after the tender process and other formalities, they began to clean up Nullah between May 1 and May 30 at Uthalsar Ward.
That’s when I accused Vikrant Tawde approached him and identified himself with his position.
After a few days, he called the contractor to his office.
Defendant, his father and one other person were there.
They asked him to keep his cellphone away.
In his complaint, he further accused the Tawde wrote Rs 10 Lakh in a paper and threatened that if the same thing was not given to him, he would accuse the accusation that the work given to him was not done correctly.
He also asked him to file a RTI against the cut tree, but the complainant refused.
On July 29, Tawde called the contractor in WhatsApp and asked him to come to his office.
He then bought the voice recording watch he was wearing and went to the office where Tawde himself negotiated the number to Rs 6 lakh and told him that he would take back complaints.
The complainant alleged that Tawde even threatened that if he complained about the demand for politicians or TMC authorities, his life would be in danger.
The complainant added that he had a recording conversation of RS 1 Lakh promised to be paid to Tawde.
On July 30, after the unrelenting demands, the contractor approached the crime-1 branch unit and complained to them, after which the case was registered at the Rabodi police station, the police said further investigation was underway, while Tawde could not be reached for his comments.
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Member of the Thane Municipal Tree Authority ordered for extortion
