NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi Mumbai crime branch arrested two extortionists who had recently opened fire at a construction site in Ulwe, where they had gone to threaten the builder.
DCP (crime) D T Shinde said on Saturday that the duo-Mahesh Shette (24) and Sachin Garje (24)-were nabbed from a hotel near Navda Phata on Friday after getting specific information about the duo.
"The accused had gone to the construction site at Sector 18 in Ulwe in December 2011 and threatened the site manager saying they worked for gangster Vikrant Deshmukh, who is currently in the Taloja prison. They had also fired a round," said DCP Shinde.
Cops seized two handguns, six live rounds, two mobiles and five SIM cards from the duo. They had reportedly also threatened a few other builders in the city, and have cases .