Mumbai, Oct. 1 -- Rabale police have arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly posing as an RTI activist and extorting Rs 1.35 lakh from a builder by threatening to lodge complaints against his construction projects and implicate him in false criminal cases, officials said.
The accused has been identified as Tribhuvan Lalbihari Singh, a resident of Digha. Police said the alleged extortion began in the first week of May 2026, when Singh allegedly targeted the construction sites of complainant Jitendra Pratap Singh in Airoli and Digha.
According to the complaint, the accused allegedly threatened to lodge complaints against the projects with the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), CIDCO and MIDC, warning that such action could result in...