Thane police on Thursday arrested the husband of Shiv Sena corporator Sarina Jadhav from Kalyan for demanding extortion money from a local who had leased his land to a mobile tower company.

Satish Jadhav - who is also a senior Shiv Sena functionary from Kalyan - was reportedly nabbed red-handed while accepting the extortion money on Thursday.

Jadhav had demanded Rs 3 lakh from a local in Saibaba Nagar locality of Kalyan East for allowing him to lease his land for the installation of a mobile tower.

When the complainant refused to pay up, Jadhav threatened that he would not allow him to carry out the installation until he paid the extortion amount.

The complainant approached Thane police and his complaint was forwarded to Thane police's anti-extortion cell. Senior Police Inspector Pradeep Sharma along with him his team laid a trap to nab Jadhav red-handed on Thursday.

According to officers from Thane anti-extortion cell, Jadhav agreed to accept Rs 2 lakh from the complainant and was nabbed while accepting the cash.

Jadhav will be produced in the Kalyan court on Friday.

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