ULHASNAGAR: Hill Line police registered a case against Deepak Sonde, husband of BJP corporator Meena Sonde, and four associates, for allegedly demanding extortion money of Rs 1 crore from a cable operator here.

Sonde has been arrested several times for extortion, attempt to murder and assault. Naresh Rohira alleged that on Friday morning, when he and his family were going to Pune, Sonde’s associates stopped his car and told him to meet Sonde, who was in his car. He said that when he refused, the associates threatened him and demanded Rs 1 crore on behalf of Sonde or threatened to kill him.

Rohira said he left for Pune but on the way got a threat call from Sonde. He dropped plans of going to Pune and approached DCP Promod Shewale with an audio recording and urged police to register a case.

Senior inspector Rajendra Mayne said they had booked Sonde and his associates but he was on the run.

Meena told TOI it was a “conspiracy” to defame their image as she was doing development work and opponents were taking advantage of her husband’s past.