NAGPUR: Following the lead of other major cities across the country, city police are on high alert mode following the terrorist attack in Paris on Saturday where 127 people were killed. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with director general of police Praveen Dixit, too reviewed the security arrangements and preparations of Maharashtra police. Vigilance in city, where the headquarters of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is housed, has been stepped up. Checking is being conducted at different entry and exits points of the city. Lodges and rest places are also being checked by police. Senior officers have appealed citizens to report any unclaimed baggage or suspicious strangers in their localities. Two booked for extortion

Two persons, identified as Kunal Satpute and Lucky Ade, have been booked for extortion by MIDC police on Friday for allegedly demanding Rs10,000 per month from Ashish Jha, who is a property dealer. The duo ensured that they wrenched Rs3,000 from Jha after threatening him of dire consequences in front of liquor bar in MIDC. Police said that Satpute and Ade intercepted Jha near the beer bar where they demanding money from him for having earned ‘much’ through his property dealing brokerage. Police have registered a case following a complaint from Jha. Engineering student ends life

A second year student of engineering Gyanbandhu Gaikwad, 23, ended life by taking a plunge into Gandhisagar on Thursday. His body was fished out on Friday by Ganeshpeth police. It’s learnt that Gyanbandhu took the drastic decision as his father Rajkumar was reeling under heavy interest of the loan he had taken to erect mobile phone towers at their Shesh Nagar residence at Nandanvan. Gyanbandhu was quite disturbed as the respective private mobile service providers were delaying the payments towards the erection of the mobile towers. He had left home on Thursday on the pretext of meeting a friend at Pardi. A case of accidental death has been registered at Ganeshpeth police station. Man booked for molestation A 34-year-old man, identified as Nilesh Gedam, has been booked for molestation after he tried to make undue sexual advances towards a 17-year-old teenager at her residence at Yashodhara Nagar. Gedam learnt to have followed the teenager to terrace where he grabbed the girl from behind outraging her modesty. Police said Gedam outraged the girl when she was drying clothes on the terrace. The girl immediately raised an alarm which alerted the family members who rushed for her help. Later, the family members approached Yashodhara Nagar police station where an offence was registered.

