Fake CBI officer arrested for demanding Rs 12 lakh from owner of Pimpri Chinchwad company

Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested a man who allegedly posed as a CBI officer and tried to extort Rs 12 lakh from the owner of a company in Bavdhan.

Suhas Ashokrao Wankhade, 40, of the Safetechno Services Company, lodged the first information report (FIR) in this case at the Bavdhan police station in the early hours of Friday.

The police have identified the accused as Vinod Annapa Thorvat, 39, of Gadhinglaj in Kolhapur. As per the FIR, Wankhade is one of the partners who run the Safetechno Services Company located on the NDA – Pashan road in Bavdhan.