Hyderabad: In separate incidents, three criminal cases have been registered in the last four days against constables and home guards at three different police stations in the city for allegedly extorting money from people. Arrests have been made in all three cases. In the first case, a constable and a home guard attached to Film Nagar police station were booked for allegedly extorting Rs 50,000 from a private employee near Shaikpet Nala Junction on Friday.According to the complaint, G Satyanarayana (33), a resident of Narsingi, had borrowed Rs 3 lakh from his friend Sagar at interest to repay a gold loan taken from a bank and retrieve his family’s jewellery ahead of Diwali. He said Sagar handed over the cash to him at around 6:45 pm on Nov 4 near a petrol pump on Shaikpet main road. “As I placed the cash in a handbag after counting it, two policemen approached me and asked what was in the bag. They forcibly opened it, claiming that I was under surveillance, and threatened to take me to the police station. They demanded Rs 70,000 to let me go, alleging that I was in possession of unaccounted cash, and left after forcibly taking Rs 50,000 from the bag,” the complainant alleged.During the subsequent enquiries with locals, Satyanarayana learnt that the policemen were from Film Nagar PS. He approached the police on Friday and lodged a complaint. A case was registered against constable Malsoor and home guard Mohan under Sections 309(4) (extortion), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) (common intention) of the BNS.“Both the constable and home guard were arrested and remanded,” Film Nagar inspector A Ramesh said.In another case, Sanathnagar police booked a case against two constables, Ramakrishna Goud and Srinivas, and a home guard, Shekhar, for allegedly extorting Rs 1,000 from Harikrishna, a bike rider working for a ride-hailing platform. On Sunday afternoon, the police personnel seized his bike at Sanathnagar and demanded Rs 2,000 to release it. After paying Rs 1,000 to get his bike back, Harikrishna posted a video on Instagram narrating the incident. Subsequently, Sanathnagar inspector Parashuram contacted the victim. “Based on his complaint, an extortion case was registered against two constables and the home guard on Monday. They were arrested,” the inspector said.The third case was registered on Nov 6 at Saifabad police station against a constable, Rajesh, and a home guard, Prasada Rao, for allegedly collecting Rs 300 from the complainant for wrong parking on Hill Fort Road in June 2026. The complainant, Yashwant, alleged that Rajesh had taken away his bike keys and returned them only after he had paid Rs 300 through UPI. He lodged a complaint on Nov 6 after allegedly noticing the accused resorting to similar practices again at the same spot. “We arrested the constable and the home guard on extortion charges. They were produced before the court and released on bail,” Saifabad inspector K Nageshwar Rao said.
