Thane: Three booked for extorting Rs 30 lakh from engineering student

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Three persons from Kolhapur in Maharashtra have been booked for allegedly extorting Rs 30 lakh from an engineering student, a Thane police official said on Friday.

The three accused are also engineering students, while the complainant is a resident of Dombivali here, said Tilak Nagar police station senior inspector Ajay Aphale.

"The three are accused of giving the victim a spiked drink and then capturing objectionable videos of him with a woman at a farmhouse in October last year. They threatened to circulate the videos and extorted Rs 30 lakhs, including gold," he said.

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One person has been arrested, while a hunt was on for two others, he added.

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