UDUPI: Udupi police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly providing mobile phone numbers of wealthy businessmen to underworld operative Hemanth Poojary, who had threatened to kill them if they failed to pay extortion money running into crores of rupees.
Police said on Wednesday that the accused, Harish Poojary, a resident of Santur village, was arrested on November 2 in connection with an extortion case registered at Shirva police station. Police seized two mobile phones allegedly used in the crime from him.
According to the police, Hemanth Poojary had allegedly targeted businessmen operating in the limits of Padubidri, Manipal, Kaup and Shirva police stations following the murder of David D’Souza at Mudrangady.
He allegedly made calls to the businessmen from international phone numbers, demanding crores of rupees and threatening to kill them in the same manner as David D’Souza, who was murdered at Shirva.
A total of eight cases have been registered in connection with the extortion threats.
During the investigation into the Shirva case, police took Harish Poojary into custody for questioning. He allegedly admitted to providing the complainant’s mobile phone number to Hemanth Poojary and assisting him in the extortion attempt.
The arrested accused was subsequently produced before the court.
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