Thane, Feb 9 (PTI) Police have registered a case against a local politician and 10 others were allegedly attacking and threatening a man to sell his land here in Maharashtra, an official said on Wednesday.

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The victim in his police complaint said the accused armed with bamboo sticks came to his house in Pimpri village on February 3 and asked him to sell his 284 acre land to a person specified by them.

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But, when the victim refused to do so, they allegedly beat him up and his two sons, an official from Shil-Daighar police station said.

The victim later approached the police who registered a case against the 11 accused on Tuesday, the official said.

No arrest has been made so far, he said, adding that a probe is on into the case.

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