Thane: Man impersonating as cop to extort money from couple arrested

A man has been arrested for posing as a policemen and barging into a house and extorting money from a couple by filming them partially undressed, Thane Rural police said Sunday On March 30 this year, accused Raghavendra alias Raghu Hanumant Outgiri (38), resident of Shirdi Nagar in Bhayander,entered a home and confined a couple in a room and filmed them partially nude, said assistant inspector Pramod Bhadak ofKashimira Crime Branch Unit. "He took Rs 28,000 in cash and a cheque of Rs 1.7 lakh from the complainant and his lady friend. Our probe led us to Out giri who revealed that two others, Ayub Rehman Khan andPrem Rajan Sivan, are also involved. Efforts are on to nabthem," he said.