Madikeri: Siddapur Police have arrested a rowdy sheeter identified as 32-year-old Anand of Koratagere in Tumkur, who had made a blackmail call to Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah and demanded Rs. 1 crore ransom. The accused was arrested at Bengaluru Railway Station.
The accused who called Bopaiah (who is also a former Assembly Speaker) over his cellphone at about 6.15 pm on Jan. 5, identified himself as a personnel of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and demanded a ransom of Rs. 1 crore in order to stop ACB officials who were preparing to raid his home and office.
