A 46-year old RTI activist was arrested red-handed while he was accepting extortion money from a Govandi Based Private Developer. The accused has been identified as Prashant Gudekar, a resident of Dattaguru Cooperative housing society at Hanuman Nagar in Govandi. 

According to Ajay Sawant, Senior inspector AEC, "Gudekar demanded Rs 80 lakh from the developer but after negotiation, the deal was finalised in Rs 12.5 lakh. On Monday evening, we caught him red-handed while he was accepting extortion amount for the second time."