Youth held for trying to extort judge of Rs 500

Kolkata | Wednesday | 7th April, 2021

Summary:

kolkata: A youth—identified as Arnab Acharaya— was arrested from Salt Lake for allegedly trying to extort a Kolkata judge of Rs 500 by posing as an app bike rider. The caller—identified as Acharya—claimed himself to be an app bike rider. Cops of Hare Street police station tracked down the number and nabbed an app bike rider, who was using the mobile number. But after arresting the app bike rider, police learnt that he had called Acharya for his pending money. After completion of the trip, the app bike rider told Acharya that he had only Rs 500 denomination..