Panaji: The Goa Police has disbanded local intelligence branches (LIBs) after a constable was accused of extorting money from a tourist couple while threatening to implicate them in a prostitution case, a senior police officer said Tuesday.

Inspector General of Police Sunil Garg also said the complaint by the tourist couple was forwarded by the chief minister to the police, as a result of which the accused constable Melvn Cardozo, since absconding, has also been suspended pending an inquiry.