<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/wpl-2025-mumbai-police-issues-traffic-advisory-ahead-of-cricket-matches-at-brabourne-stadium-check-traffic-restriction-at-churchgate-23496862" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Mumbai Police</strong></a> have arrested a Mumbai-based Shiv Sena office-bearer in an extortion case registered in December last year, an official said on Monday, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>Lalsingh Rajpurohit, 'Vibhag Parmukh' (division head) of the Shiv Sena in suburban Kandivali, was arrested on late Sunday night, he said.</p>
<p>Rajpurohit was held hours after he was suspended for from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction.</p>
<p>According to the Kandivali police official, on December 28, the police had registered a case against Rajpurohit and six of his workers on the charge of demanding extortion from a road construction contractor, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>While last week Friday, Kandivali police registered another FIR against him for allegedly forcibly occupied a Marathi family's shop, in this case too he is likely to arrest, according to the PTI.</p>
<p>As the incident came to light Eknath Shinde ordered the expulsion of Lalsingh Rajpurohit from Shiv Sena, the news agency reported.</p>
<p>After that, Lalsingh Purohit has been suspended from</p>
<p>A case was registered against Lalsingh Rajpurohit at the Kandivali police station for defrauding an elderly couple and grabbing a shop, further investigation is underway, official added.</p>
<p>The police had earlier said that a case of cheating was registered at the Kandivali <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-beed-man-accused-of-hunting-deer-gets-threat-in-name-of-lawrence-bishnoi-cops-begin-probe-23496910" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>police</strong></a> station against Lalsingh Rajpurohit.</p>
<p>According to the complaint, in 2019, Rajpurohit paid Rs 1 lakh as an initial deposit and rented a shop for three years at a monthly rent of Rs 15,000. A few months later, he proposed to purchase the shop, and the deal was finalised for Rs 57 lakh, the PTI reported.</p>
<p>He initially paid around Rs 4 lakh, promising to pay the remaining amount within 90 days. However, after the deadline passed, he neither paid the balance nor vacated the shop.</p>
<p>After repeated demands went unanswered, the shop owner filed a complaint with the police in December last year, leading to a case being registered.</p>
<p>A case was registered against Rajpurohit and his associate, Harish Makadiya, under Sections 406, 420, and 34 of the IPC.</p>
<p>An officer from the Kandivali police station stated that further investigation into the matter is underway.</p>
<p>(with PTI inputs)</p><p>
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