Civic volunteer arrested for extorting several motorists by wearing uniform of constable

Kolkata: A civic volunteer of Kolkata Police was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly extorting several motorists by wearing the uniform of a constable.

According to sources, on Friday morning a call was received at the Kolkata Police control room in Lalbazar where the caller alleged that a civic volunteer wearing a police constable uniform in drunk condition is extorting money from several vehicle drivers in Kasba area.

Immediately, the Kasba Police Station was informed. After a while cops from the Kasba Police Station reached the spot and found that the civic volunteer who is reportedly posted at Pragati Maidan Police Station was wearing a white uniform and was in an inebriated condition. He was reportedly detained and taken to the police station where a case was registered against him. Later, he was arrested.