Two persons, including a 60-year-old man, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Mumbai college lecturer and trying to extort money on the pretext of a fake murder case, a Mumbai police official said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.

Manoj Dashrath Gupta (60) and Mulayam Birbal Yadav (27) approached Sagar Suresh Fadnavis (44) on Saturday night and told the Mumbai college lecturer a murder case was registered against him in Borivali police station, the official said, reported PTI.