Dehradun, May 24 -- Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF), in a joint operation with Goa police, arrested the alleged kingpin of an extortion racket from Dehradun's Nehru Colony area in Uttarakhand, officials said on Sunday.

The accused was allegedly absconding for nearly three years after being booked in a high-profile extortion case registered in north Goa.

According to senior superintendent of police (STF) Ajai Singh, the accused, Salman Khan, son of Jamshed Khan, a resident of Mehboob Colony in Majra under the Patel Nagar police station area of Dehradun, was wanted in a case registered at the Mapusa police station in Goa under multiple charges , including extortion, criminal conspiracy, wrongful confinement and assault.

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