Bengaluru police arrest ‘Nalapad Brigade president’ and husband for extortion bid on former minister

Ritesh Guttedar, lad of Malikayya Guttedar, a six-time erstwhile MLA for Afzalpur, complained to the constabulary that helium received 2 extortion calls from Manjula connected Monday.

“She introduced herself arsenic the president of the Nalapad Brigade and claimed that his begetter had sent her defamatory messages. She asked Ritesh to conscionable her successful idiosyncratic to sermon the matter. Ritesh met Manjula and her hubby adjacent a edifice successful Kodigehalli the adjacent day. The mates demanded Rs 20 lakh and threatened to upload the defamatory messages connected societal media and besides to stock them with the media. While Ritesh assured them the money, Manjula kept calling him for the adjacent 2 days threatening to merchandise the messages if the wealth was not paid,” said a constabulary officer.

On Thursday, the mates called Ritesh again and shared a location, instructing him to get determination with the money, according to the officer.

As per the police’s direction, Ritesh called them to accidental helium was bringing the money. When the mates arrived adjacent Garuda Mall connected Saturday to cod the money, the constabulary arrested them.

The constabulary said they person got the couple’s custody for 8 days and volition interrogate them to stitchery much information.