{"id":61,"date":"2026-02-16T20:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.blazethemes.com\/local-news-pro-six\/?p=61"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:08:26","slug":"mumbai-uttar-pradesh-based-developer-alleges-extortion-bid-threats-at-his-site-in-kandivali-cops-launch-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/mumbai-uttar-pradesh-based-developer-alleges-extortion-bid-threats-at-his-site-in-kandivali-cops-launch-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u092e\u0941\u0902\u092c\u0908: \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0935\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u094b\u091c\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u092a\u0930 \u091c\u092c\u0930\u0928 \u0935\u0938\u0942\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0936\u093f\u0936 \u0914\u0930 \u0927\u092e\u0915\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0921\u0947\u0935\u0932\u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0902\u091a \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u0940\u0964"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Uttar Pradesh-based developer has alleged that a group of people have threatened him of dire consequences following an extortion bid at his under-construction site in Kandivali area of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/mumbai\/mumbai-news\/article\/mumbai-local-train-updates-mumbai-central-grant-road-and-charni-road-railway-stations-to-be-beautified-will-soon-also-have-sliding-gates-23616895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Mumbai<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his complaint, a case of alleged unlawful assembly, assault, and extortion has been registered after a serious incident at an under-construction site in the Charkop area of Kandivali West, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complainant, a 55-year-old businessman and developer, alleged that a group of individuals forcibly entered his construction premises. According to the complaint, the accused \u2014 said to be members of a state-level political party \u2014 allegedly forced open the iron gate after the security guard refused them entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guard was reportedly abused and physically assaulted during the incident, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rs 10 lakh demand and threats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The group allegedly demanded Rs10 lakh from the complainant, warning that the factory would be shut down if the payment was not made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the accused is said to have spoken to the employer over the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/tech\/tech-news\/article\/x-down-for-users-global-outage-hits-elon-musks-social-media-platform-x-users-in-india-also-face-disruption-23616908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>phone<\/strong><\/a>, claiming that the demand had been ongoing for six months. The accused allegedly suggested that scrap material be sold to arrange the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCTV cameras damaged<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving the site, the accused allegedly vandalised CCTV cameras and took away the DVR system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also reportedly snatched a worker\u2019s mobile phone, deleted video recordings of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/mumbai\/mumbai-news\/article\/mumbai-local-train-updates-services-disrupted-at-csmt-after-drunk-man-lies-on-platform-1-tracks-23616876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>incident<\/strong><\/a>, and later returned the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Police investigation underway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have registered a case based on the businessman\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police are reviewing available CCTV footage and gathering further evidence to identify and arrest those involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/mumbai\/mumbai-news\/article\/mmrda-announces-rs-48-072-57-crore-surplus-budget-mumbai-metro-expansion-growth-hubs-and-climate-resilient-mumbai-planned-check-full-details-here-23616892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>investigation<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is ongoing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u0921\u0947\u0935\u0932\u092a\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u091c\u092c\u0930\u0928 \u0935\u0938\u0942\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0917\u0902\u092d\u0940\u0930 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0923\u093e\u092e \u092d\u0941\u0917\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u092e\u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[20,27,29,28,30],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-crime","tag-deeveloper","tag-extortion","tag-kandivali","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mumbaismartcity.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}