PATNA: Three police personnel – havildar Umesh Paswan and quick mobile constables Sanjeev Thakur and Sanjeev Ram – were arrested from Ramkrishna Nagar police station in Patna on Monday night for allegedly extorting Rs 4,000 from a hotelier, Abhishek Kumar, to settle a brawl.
The three had also asked Kumar, who owns the hotel at Akshay Nagar under Ramkrishna Nagar police station, to pay them Rs 10,000 as “protection money” on the first day every month.
The brawl had taken place at the hotel on June 18.
Sources said SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma Sharma, City SP (east) Jitendra Kumar and other senior officers suddenly reached the Ramkrishna police station for an inquiry on Monday night.
The hotelier was also called there and he identified Thakur as the one who had extorted money.
The SSP said the hotelier had contacted him after some anti-social elements entered into a brawl at his hotel.
Sharma said a youth, who had checked into the hotel a few days back, had broken few items and was not ready to pay bills.
“He called a few local associates who entered into the brawl,” he said.
Sharma said the havildar and the two constables extorted Rs 4000 from Kumar after reaching the hotel and also asked him to pay Rs 10,000 as monthly protection money.