India, Oct. 18 -- Two cross-complaints have been registered at Parvati police station over alleged vandalism at a study centre and library in the Parvati foothills, theft of materials worth Rs.7.27 lakh, caste-based abuse and an alleged demand for Rs.10 lakh in extortion.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator Priya Shivaji Gadade-Patil, her husband Shivaji Bhiva Gadade-Patil and 12 to 13 others have been booked under the SCST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and other relevant provisions following a complaint by Mukund Anil, also known as Aniruddha Gaikwad.

In a counter-complaint, Shivaji Gadade-Patil accused Gaikwad and Shankar Bhalerao of demanding Rs.10 lakh to allow the construction of a multipurpose hall or community temple beh...