<p>The Anti-Extortion Cell of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-developers-delay-costs-dearly-andheri-society-awarded-rs-82-lakh-in-damages-23419642" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Mumbai </strong></a>Crime Branch recently arrested five individuals who allegedly demanded a Rs 10-crore "protection fee" from a builder by falsely claiming that they have ties with the Chhota Rajan gang.</p>
<p>Acting swiftly on the builder's complaint, the police set up a trap and apprehended the suspects near a cafe close to Lilavati Hospital in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/56-year-old-bandra-resident-held-for-sending-salman-khan-zeeshan-siddique-death-threats-23420765" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Bandra </strong></a>when they were taking Rs 5 lakh as initial amount from the complainant.</p>
<p>The arrested accused are identified as Ganesh Ram Soradi alias Dada, 68; Remu Fernandez, 58; Shashikant Yada, 48; Manish Bharadwaj, 44, and Pardeep Yada, 40. The accused are now in police custody and face charges under multiple sections of the<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-crime-man-killed-over-land-dispute-two-held-23416222" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong> Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita </strong></a>(BNS).</p><p>
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Acting swiftly on the builder`s complaint, the police set up a trap and apprehended the suspects near a cafe close to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai

Mumbai Police nab five for demanding `protection fee` of Rs 10 crore from builder

Ex-Chhota Rajan man held by Mumbai cops in Rs 10 crore extortion plot

The accused falsely claimed that they have ties with the Chhota Rajan gang. They were nabbed while accepting Rs 5 lakh from the builder near a cafe in Mumbai 

Five held for demanding 'protection fee' of Rs 10 crore from Mumbai builder

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