The police have arrested a person and his accomplice for extorting Rs 52.41 lakh from a Navi Mumbai medical shop owner, on the pretext of helping him. The Navi Mumbai police also booked two other accomplices who are on the run. The accused threatened the chemist from April 2021 to November 19 this year, when they were caught red-handed while accepting money.

Rajesh Patel, 50, runs a medical shop named Navratna at New Panvel. He had two workers, Milind Jadhav and Shravan Kumar Jaiswal. After working for six years with him Shravan set up a medical shop nearby. Shravan, with Patel's list of dealers and customers, ran his shop successfully. Patel knew how he was making a profit, and often spoke about his worries to Jadhav.