Pune: The Khadak police on Wednesday booked four persons, including a woman, for beating up a 53-year-old builder and attempting to extort Rs 10,000 from him at Bhavani Peth on Wednesday evening.The police said the builder and his partners had recently purchased a property in Bhavani Peth for redevelopment. "As the builder refused to do so, they started abusing him," the officer said.The officer said they threatened the builder, saying that he has to give them the sheds for Rs 10,000 if he wanted to construct an apartment in the Bhavani Peth area. The locality where the property is situated is primarily a slum area. "They also threatened to kill the builder if he did not give them the money," the officer said, adding that the four persons beat up the builder, abused his business partner and fled the spot. We are confident to to arrest all the four suspects at the earliest," the officer said.

Source: Times of India January 04, 2018 18:08 UTC