THE MUMBAI police on Monday arrested a man who was allegedly using a car with an MLA sticker and trying to extort Rs 5 lakh from a contractor by beating him up.
The accused was identified as Shahzada Yaqub Malik alias Sajju.
The FIR in the matter was registered based on a complaint by a contractor with a company carrying out construction work at Dargah Road in Bhandup.
As per the FIR, when the construction work was going on at the site, around Monday noon, a group of men led by Malik reached there and disrupted the work.
They allegedly demanded payment from the contractor if he wanted to continue with the work and left after threatening them, the complainant said.
However, the accused returned around 4 pm in a white Innova car bearing an “MLA sticker”, the FIR said.
When the contractor told him that he had the necessary work order to carry out the construction activity, Malik allegedly threatened him that if he wanted to work in the area, he would need to take the permission of “Sajju bhai”.
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According to the complainant, the accused asked him to tell his bosses that they should pay him Rs 5 lakh by July 5 if they wanted to continue with their work.
The contractor claimed that Malik’s men allegedly tore his pocket and beat him up.
After the accused left the site, the contractor realised that his watch worth Rs 2,000 was missing. Following this, the complainant approached the local Bhandup police station where an FIR was registered against Malik.
An officer from Bhandup police station said that the accused had been arrested and remanded in police custody.
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The officer said they are checking how the accused got the sticker and if he had threatened other contractors in the past.
