Mysore/Mysuru: The Kuvempunagar Police have arrested a man on charges of extorting money from shop owners after faking himself as an Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Health Inspector. Vijaykumar, 61, a resident of 12th Cross near Vivekananda Circle, Kuvempunagar, is the one who is arrested.
Vijaykumar, claiming himself to be an Health Inspector, was allegedly extorting money from shop-keepers in MCC Zone-2 limits for the past two months, under the pretext of checking license. But the shop-keepers getting suspicious, informed the matter to MCC Zone-2 Health Inspector H.M. Shivaprasad, following which he, along with his staff, succeeded in tracing the accused Vijaykumar near Vivekananda Circle on Aug. 13.
