Man arrested for extortion plot

Mangaluru: Urwa police have arrested a 42-year-old man in connection with a case involving an alleged conspiracy to extort money and property by making false allegations, including an accusation of murder, against a woman and publicly tarnishing her family’s reputation.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy stated that the accused, Naveen Thoras, a resident of Shaktinagar, Mangaluru, was arrested on Friday based on evidence gathered during the investigation.According to police, the case was registered at Urwa police station on Aug 10, following a complaint by a woman, who alleged that a conspiracy had been hatched to extort money and property from her by making false allegations of a serious crime and damaging her family’s reputation in public.A case was registered under Sections 61(a)(1) and 308(7) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The accused was produced before a court on Saturday and remanded to judicial custody. Police said the investigation is continuing and that further action would be taken after a detailed probe into the alleged involvement of other accused in the case.Stay updated with the latest Mangaluru news. Download the TOI App.