Palghar, March 22 Police have registered a case against more than 15 individuals for allegedly obstructing construction work and demanding money from a sub-contractor in Palghar district, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.
According to the sub-contractor's complaint, the accused allegedly threatened laborers and forced them to leave the site where he was overseeing the construction of a protective wall for a company in Musarne, Wada area, on Friday.
Later that evening, the accused allegedly arrived in luxury cars, used an earth-excavating machine to dig a hole blocking the company's access road, and demanded a monthly payment of Rs 5 lakh to allow the work to continue.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case on Saturday against five identified individuals and more than 10 unidentified individuals under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for extortion, unlawful assembly, criminal intimidation, and intentional insult, an official from the Wada police station said.