Cuttack: Two brothers were arrested on charges of extortion at Chakradharpur village under Barang police station limits in Cuttack.
The arrestees have been identified as Premanand Majhi and Basant Majhi from Govindpur village.
As per reports, the incident took place while one Avinash Rout was engaged in boundary construction work when the two brothers reached the spot, threatened Rout to stop the construction work, and demanded Rs 2 lakh. Following this, Rout lodged a complaint with the Barang police station.
Acting on the complaint, police arrested the accused brothers and forwarded them to court.