India, June 5 -- A 26-year-old delivery boy, who came into the limelight during the Noida Sector 150 Yuvraj Mehta drowning incident, was arrested on Thursday along with his brother on extortion charges, police said.

Police identified both the suspects as residents of Knowledge Park. "The suspects were extorting between Rs.20,000 and Rs.25,000 from restaurant owners and handcart vendors," the Noida police said in a statement.

An officer, requesting anonymity, said, "Following repeated complaints of threats and extortion, a case under Sections 308(5) (extortion), 352 (intentional insult), and 351(2) (intimidation) of the BNS was registered at the Knowledge Park police station. The two were nabbed with the help of electronic surveillance f...