Naya Nagar police on Saturday arrested a lawyer for demanding Rs 55 lakh by threatening a local builder at Mira Road while posing as a court commissioner. They caught Yogesh Jagdale red handed after accepting Rs 10 lakh from complainant Adil Khan. Police have also arrested another builder who is a local politician and was with the lawyer at the time. The other accused has been identified as Munawwar Husain, brother of the former MLC, Muzaffar Husain.

Police said advocate Jagdale posed as a court commissioner and called complainant Khan’s friend Amit Damani last week, and sent him three photos, including Khan’s on his WhatsApp number. When Damani called Jagdale to ask about the matter, the latter said he was a court commissioner who has the power of an IPS rank officer, and was currently investigating a case given by the court against Khan.