Overview

• The 58-year-old businessman reported multiple threats demanding Rs 25 lakh and 1 kg of gold, with the caller claiming a contract to kill him.
• Goregaon police registered an extortion case, analyzed CDR data, and traced the number to Ambarnath after the suspect activated a new SIM.
• The accused is 26-year-old Tejas Yashwant Shelar, an employee at the complainant’s chemical business for about one and a half years.
• Police say Shelar confessed during interrogation and he was booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 308(4) for extortion and 351(4) for criminal intimidation before being produced in court.
• Mid-Day reported officers learned he had lost about Rs 3.5 lakh to online gambling and invoked the Bishnoi name to pressure his employer, with the investigation continuing for any further links.