Summary:
Kolkata: Two persons have been arrested in Gariahat for allegedly making attempts to extort money from an astrologer. According to police, on Friday, a man identified as Emon Kalyan Banerjee informed Gariahat police station that a few miscreants were threatening him to extract money. The accused persons instructed him to arrange for the money on Friday and told him that they would collect it from his office. During the interrogation, the accused persons told the police that earlier they had kidnapped Banerjee to extort money from him. Later on Saturday night, Banerjee lodged another complaint at the Gariahat police station and the duo was arrested..