Gurugram, Mar 1 (PTI) A Faridabad resident was arrested for threatening to kill a deputy superintendent in the canal department and demanding an extortion of Rs 10 lakh, police here said on Friday.

According to police, the accused, Punit Kaushik alias Punit Pandit, a resident of Sihi village in Faridabad, was arrested by a team of crime unit, Sector 17, on Wednesday.

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He was produced in a city court on Thursday and sent to two-day police remand.

Police spokesperson Sudhir Kumar said Kaushik was found to have three cases of murder, criminal intimidation, and Arms act lodged against him in Faridabad.

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One each murder case is registered against him in Gurugram and Palwal, he said.

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