India, April 16 -- The Ghaziabad police's crime branch have arrested three people - a woman and two men -- for allegedly trying to extort Rs.10 crore from a developer, a resident of Indirapuram, officials said on Wednesday.

Police identified the three suspects as a 44-year-old woman, a 39-year-old man, and a 25-year-old man, all residents of Wave City. The two men are cousins and deal in property, officials said.

Officials said that the arrests followed a police complaint filed at the Indirapuram police station on Tuesday by a developer, Arpit Gupta, who has a construction site in Noida. He alleged to have received calls from someone demanding Rs.10 crore ransom while issuing threats to harm his family.

Police said the caller falsely c...