India, June 28 -- Two Right to Information (RTI) activists were arrested for allegedly attempting to extort Rs.15 lakh from the administrative officer of a school by threatening the management with demolition action.

The Thane crime branch's Anti-Extortion Cell arrested the accused on Thursday. Police said the duo allegedly filed false complaints with the Thane Municipal Corporation claiming the school building of St Xavier's High School and Junior College on Ghodbunder Road was unauthorised and demanded money to withdraw them.

The arrested men were identified as Pramod Chandrakant Pardeshi alias Rajveer Rajput, 46, an advertising hoarding fabricator from Naupada, and Narayan Omprakash Sharma, 38, a private firm employee from Srinagar i...