India, April 7 -- The Juhu police have arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly impersonating a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official and attempting to extort Rs.15,000 from a resident over debris from renovation work.

The accused, identified as Kevan Kiran Joshi, is a former cleanup marshal with the civic body, police said.

According to the complaint, Ramprasad Ganeshprasad Sharma (59), a domestic help employed at the residence of musician Arvind Nanakchand Mehra (71), said interior renovation work had been underway at the flat for the past 15 days. The debris generated during the work had been temporarily kept within the building premises with the society's permission.

Over the past four days, Joshi allegedly approached S...