India, May 18 -- Two men have been booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a railway employee by blackmailing and threatening to implicate him in a false case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The deceased, an Indian Railways employee, was found lying in a pool of blood with a deep neck wound at his home in Virar on May 13.

While the police initially treated the death as suspicious, they are now probing it as a suicide based on a complaint by the victim's brother. A case was registered against Rakesh Tiwari and Aslam Shaikh, who had allegedly been extorting money from the victim and subjecting him to sustained mental harassment.

According to the complaint, the accused allegedly demanded Rs.5 lakh f...