chhatrapati sambhajinagar a 32yearold youtuber and his friend have been booked and arrested by aurangabad rural police on the charges of demanding and accepting extortion money from a constable serving with vadodbazar police station the arrested accused have been identified as saddam hussain multani of tanda bazaar sillod and his friend shahnawaz bagwan 25 also from sillod tehsil for demanding rs50000 as the extortion sum and accepting rs 10000 as an advance soon after arrest on friday the accused were produced before the local court following which they have been remanded to 14 days of judicial custodysuperintendent of police sp maneesh kalwaniya told toi due to rising oral complaints about extortion demands we recently asked our police station chiefs to keep an eye on such cases in the interim constable eknath more reached out to his seniors saying a youtuber had recorded him and was threatening to make the material go viral if he didnt pay rs50000 to delete it assistant inspector vilas more of vadodbazar police station said on verifying the complaint by our constable who is a crime amaldar at the police station it was found that on april 17 during a dedicated drive carried out against traffic violators he had initiated action against some offenders the constable submitted a written complaint at the police station saying that the accused demanded the extortion amount while threatening to make a video and photos in which the constable could allegedly be seen taking money from an offender during the drive go viral when the constable did not comply the accused on may 22 blurred the faces of the constable and offender and uploaded the photos and a video on social medialater the accused contacted the constable and made a fresh extortion demand threatening to upload the material without blurring his face taking cognizance of this the police laid a trap and arrested multani accompanied by his friend bagban while accepting the rs10000 as an advance