Rayagada: Police have arrested four persons including two women for allegedly posing as Maoists and demanding extortion money in Odisha’s Rayagada district.
Speaking to media persons on Tuesday, Rayagada SP Vivekanand Sharma said the four persons were arrested following investigation into a complaint filed by Paramanand Naik of Dimundi village under Doraguda police station in the district.
As per the complaint, Naik received a letter on Maoist pad demanding Rs 60 lakh. Later, somebody claiming him to be a Maoist called him over phone and threatened him of life if he did not pay the extortion money. Following this, he filed the complaint at Doraguda police station.
After investigating into the complaint, police arrested the four persons, identified as Jaswant Naik and Barsha Naik of Mandal village under Kalampur police limits in Kalahandi district, Ramesh Naik of Maligaon under Kashipur police station and Kalyani of Brajrajnagar in Jharsuguda.
The police also recovered four mobile phones and two Maoists letter pads from their possession. All the arrested persons were forwarded to court on Tuesday.
