Pune: A constable attached to the Fursungi police station and his aide have been booked on the charge of threatening a grocer in Uruli Devachi, demanding Rs 5 lakh from him and taking Rs 1.65 lakh in cash.Police registered the case after CCTV footage of the constable and his aide, a resident of Wadki, inside the shop was widely circulated on social media.Police said on Oct 8, the constable and his aide arrived at the grocer’s shop at Sahyadri Chowk in Uruli Devachi, allegedly threatened to register a case against him for selling gutka and demanded Rs 5 lakh from him.When the shopkeeper said he could not pay such a large amount, they allegedly took Rs 1.65 lakh from him and left the shop. Police said the constable’s aide returned the money to the grocer after the video went viral.The incident was captured by a CCTV camera installed inside the shop. After the video clip was circulated, police registered a case against the two. The conversation involving the constable was recorded by the camera. Despite being assigned to cyber police duties, he had arrived at the shop in plain clothes, police said.According to the complaint, the CCTV footage shows the constable taking Rs 1.65 lakh brought by the shopkeeper’s employee.
