Man freed from jail booked for demanding Rs 5,000 extortion from Nagpur sweet shop staff

A man who was recently released from jail has been accused of extortion again. In the limits of Tahsil police station in Nagpur, the accused allegedly entered Manish Bakery Products on CA Road, took a packet of dry fruits and a family-pack ice cream without paying, and demanded Rs 5,000 from an employee of the shop every time. He threatened that if the employee wanted to run a business in the shop, he would have to pay him. He also threatened to kill the employee if the money was not paid.

According to the information available, Akshay Agrawal runs a sweet shop named Manish Bakery near Chandralok Building on CA Road. On Monday, Arbaz Shanu alias Bhanja, a resident of Mominpura, came to the shop and picked up a packet of dry fruits and a family-pack ice cream himself.

When shop employee Sagar Patel asked him to pay for the items, the accused allegedly swore at him and said that if the employee wanted to do business there, he should not ask him for money.

It is alleged that while leaving with the items, the accused threatened Patel that whenever he came to the shop, he would have to be given Rs 5,000 for his expenses. He also threatened to kill him if the money was not paid.

After the incident, on the complaint of the shop owner, Tahsil police registered a case against Arbaz Shanu alias Bhanja under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The accused is said to have come out of jail only recently. Police are now searching for him.