MUMBAI: Crime branch has arrested businessman Moazam Hussain for demanding Rs 50 lakh from a developer.
The complainant, Vijay Verma, runs the realty firm Azzo Real Estate. In late 2000, Verma was told that he had claimed extra commission for a project in Bhiwandi. Verma lodged a complaint after the accused with three others had procured property documents of his project and demanded Rs 50 lakh for returning them.
The anti-extortion cell of the Mumbai police arrested Hussain, a resident of Khairani Road in Sakinaka, and are looking for a few others who were partners in the crime. Hussain was produced before the 37th Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court which remanded him to police custody till March 14.
The complainant, Vijay Verma, runs the realty firm Azzo Real Estate. In late 2000, Verma was told that he had claimed extra commission for a project in Bhiwandi. Verma lodged a complaint after the accused with three others had procured property documents of his project and demanded Rs 50 lakh for returning them.
The anti-extortion cell of the Mumbai police arrested Hussain, a resident of Khairani Road in Sakinaka, and are looking for a few others who were partners in the crime. Hussain was produced before the 37th Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court which remanded him to police custody till March 14.
