The Baramati City police have arrested a 40-year-old man for threatening a Juhu-based builder in the name of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. The letter had stamps of DN Nagar police and the accused said Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh will take action against the builder on the basis of a complaint against him.

The accused arrested on Saturday was identified as Tushar Chintamani Tawre, a resident of Baramati, Pune. The police said the builder Ajay Kamdar, 64, who is the complainant, has a dispute with an Ahmedabad-based builder, Sanjay Dani, and suspected his involvement in the crime. The police said Tawre has confessed to acting on behalf of Dani and they have called him (Dani) to record his statement.