THE Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of Mumbai Police arrested Milind Tulsankar, 34, for allegedly making ransom calls to film director and actor Mahesh Manjrekar. The accused called and messaged the actor claiming to be a member of gangster Abu Salem alias Captain's gang and demanded R35 crore as ransom.

According to Mumbai Police, after receiving messages and calls, Manjrekar registered a complaint with the Dadar police station and the case was soon handed over to AEC. "Based on the initial information, the teams were deployed at two different locations in Kalyan and Ratnagiri. We launched a search in those locations and arrested the accused from Ratnagiri," said Akbar Pathan, DCP Crime Branch.