KALYAN: A woman who was allegedly trying to extort Rs 1.50 lakh from a developer from Kalyan, Sanjay Gaikwad, was caught red handed and arrested, the police said. Gaikwad, who is also a Shiv Sena leader, said that the woman had, over the last two years, threatened to file a false rape case against him and had extorted crores, taken two flats, a car and gold from him.
The police said that the woman had in the past filed two rape cases against different people and had quit her job with the state transport department as she started making “big money by extorting from Gaikwad”.
The police are on the lookout for her brother who fled as a trap was laid for the two on Thursday to nab them accepting Rs 1.50 lakh.
As she continued to harass him, Gaikwad approached the police.
