A Samajwadi Party leader was arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to extort Rs 1 lakh from an ex-councillor of Meerut municipal corporation here, police said.
A Samajwadi Party leader was arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to extort Rs 1 lakh from an ex-councillor of Meerut municipal corporation here, police said.
Ex-councillor Abraar Ahmed's wife Navi Band had lodged a case against Aas Mohammed alias Laden, in-charge of South assembly constituency, stating that he had demanded Rs 1 lakh from Ahmed in February, police said.
Laden was arrested and sent to jail on Friday, they said. He is a history-sheeter and has several cases of extortion registered against him in Kankarkheda area, they said.
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