Two imposters of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were arrested in Jangaon Districtof Telangana on December 14, reports The Hans India. The imposters have been identified as M. Bhaskar and N. Prabhakar, both natives of the District and were arrested on charges of their involvement in extortion. The West Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), B. Sreenivas Reddy, said that the main accused M. Bhaskar was arrested and sent to the central prison in 2015 for resorting to extortion. After he got released from the jail, he started a biryani centre in the town. He along with Prabhakar who is working in his centre hatched a plan to extort money from gullible persons in the name of Chandra Pulla Reddy Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] group. Bhaskar started sending extortion messages to politicians, contractors, businessmen etc., demanding money from them. The DCP added that the duo sent threatening messages to two Jangaon-based businessmen posing as Chandra Pulla Reddy (Bata faction) Dalam (armed squad). The duo demanded INR 2.5 million from them. Based on the complaint lodged by one of the two businessmen, Police arrested the duo.