The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) 2 of the Pune city police crime department has detained two people who were attempting to extort ₹1.26 lakh from the contractor at Aero mall on Thursday.
A first information report (FIR) has been registered against the accused at the Vimantal police station.
According to the police, the 40-year-old contractor has a work order for the loading and unloading of goods for stores located at Aero mall.
The accused Sanket Dilip Gavli (29), a resident of Viman Nagar, Arun Shankar Bodde (48), a resident of Dhanori and Nitin Eknath Kamble, a resident of Lohegaon, were stopping him from carrying out the work.
The trio threatened to kill the contractor and demanded ₹26,000 per month and ₹one lakh for two work orders.
After the contractor complained to the AEC-2, police inspector Pratap Mankar laid a trap and nabbed the two accused while accepting ₹26,000. The third accomplice Kamble is absconding, said police.