A Thaltej resident has filed a police complaint after two persons extorted Rs 5 lakh from him with threats of harming his son who is based in Australia. Mahendra Patel, a resident of Ratnamani Apartments in Thaltej, in his complaint to the Vastrapur police stated that he received threats from an unknown caller in Australia.

As per the FIR, a fortnight back Patel received an unknown call where the caller claimed that he had lent 50,000 Australian dollars to his son Smit Patel.

The caller had threatened to bash up his son in Australia if he didn’t pay the money back. 

Later, two people, who identified themselves as Rushi Patel and Vishal Desai, had barged into Patel's Thaltej residence. They then made a video call to an unknown person in Australia who was thrashing Smit.

Fearing for his son’s safety, Patel handed over cheque of ₹5 lakh to the duo.

Following the incident, Vastrapur police has registered a complaint and looking for the duo involved in the extortion.

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