Hyderabad, Oct. 3 -- Jubilee Hills police have arrested four men from Boduppal for allegedly dressing up as transgender persons to extort Rs 5,000 from a BMW owner on one of the city's busiest stretches.

The accused are Yadagiri, 44, Satyanarayana, 41, K Ramesh, 40, and S Ramesh, 42. They were picked up on Thursday, October 1, and produced before a court the next day, which sent them to judicial remand.

The incident dates back to Friday, August 21. The BMW owner was leaving a coffee shop on Road Number 45 in Jubilee Hills when four people posing as transgender persons stopped his car, forcibly demanded money and took Rs 5,000 from him. An extortion case was registered against unidentified persons.

The case gained traction after a video...