The Mumbai Police's Crime Branch Unit 6 has arrested a 49-year-old history-sheeter who was wanted in an extortion case registered at Kandivali Police Station.

According to crime branch sources, the accused, identified as Umar Salim Khan, is a resident of Laljipada in Kandivali (West). He was apprehended while hiding under a false identity in a densely populated locality in Shivajinagar, Govandi.

"Karim Gafur Bagwan (41), a ride operator at a local fairground and a resident of Ganesh Society near Rahmat Masjid, Kandivali West, filed a complaint alleging that Khan and his associate had demanded an extortion of Rs 50,000 to allow him to operate his business. When he refused, the accused reportedly threatened him with a knife and attacked his brother Sikandar with a cement block and assaulted him.