India, Oct. 14 -- Eleven police personnel, including a woman sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP), have been booked for an alleged extortion bid during a hawala money seizure in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh.

Police have arrested Seoni SDOP Pooja Pandey, sub-inspector Arpit Bhairam, and constables Yogendra, Neeraj, and Jagdish while six others are absconding.

The police team had allegedly seized approximately Rs.3 crore from a Nagpur-based businessman, Sohan Parmar, in the intervening night of October 8 and 9 and released the accused without taking any action by making a deal with him. However, the deal went wrong and the matter came to light.

Jabalpur IG Pramod Verma said, "On October 8, a police team led by SDOP intercepted businessman Sa...