Four police officers booked on charges of extortion

Four police officials including the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police were booked on charges of extortion on Sunday.

The Cyberabad Police registered a case of extortion against them for allegedly threatening a person in connection with a land deal.

The officials have been identified as ADCP at the Rachkonda Police Headquarters Pulinder Reddy,Raidurgam inspector Durga Prasad, sub-inspector Rajasekhar and constable Lakshmi Narayana.

According to the police, a family member of Pulinder Reddy got into a land agreement with Mohammad in 2006 but with the amount not being paid, the deal was not completed, subsequently, Mohammad sold the land to someone else.

It is learnt that the police officials started 'harassing' Mohammad to share the profit made for selling the land and also that Mohammad was forced to sign some cheques.

He approached the Commissioner of Police in this regard and a case has been registered against them under sections 384 (punishment for extortion) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC.