Three booked for posing as MPCB officials to extort money in Thane
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Three persons have been booked for allegedly posing as Maharashtra Pollution Control Board officials and extorting money from factory owners in Thane district, a police official said on Sunday.
No arrest has been made in the case registered under various Indian Penal Code sections for impersonation and extortion on the complaint of a Dombivali-based powder coating factory owner, he said.
''They showed fake MPCB IDs to the complainant and took away Rs 35,000 between December 4 and 16. They have taken money from others as well,'' the Manpada police station official said.
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