The Saroornagar police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old pseudo Naxalite for demanding ₹ 1.5 crore from a businessman in the city.
The accused B. Nagesh, a driver and a resident of Hastinapuram,
contacted a 36-year-old businessman B. Mahesh Babu a week back claiming himself as an aide of Sheshu Anna, a close associate of renegade Maoist and gangster Nayeemuddin, and demanded the cash.
Based on a complaint lodged by Mr. Babu, the police nabbed the accused and registered a case against him.