Mumbai:
Former encounter specialist Ravindra Angre was on Tuesday arrested on charges of threatening the kin of a Thane builder who had filed an extortion case against him two years ago.
Assistant Inspector Angre, currently under suspension, was produced before a Magistrate's court in Thane which remanded him to police custody till June 18.
According to police, Angre had on Monday fired at the brother of Thane builder Mahesh Wagh. However, the victim escaped unhurt.
Police suspect that Angre had opened fire to avenge the builder's act of filing extortion complaint against him earlier.
Wagh had complained to police in 2008 that the officer was threatening him to pay extortion money, following which Angre had surrendered after evading arrest for a long time.
Angre spent more than 14 months in Thane Central Prison and was released on bail in May 2009 by Supreme Court.
One of Mumbai's best-known "encounter specialists", Angre has shot dead over 50 gangsters including notorious Suresh Manchekar in his 25-year career.