# Civil engineer arrested in Mumbai extortion bid, railway employee absconds 2026-08-15T02:52:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Mumbai police have booked a Central Railway employee and a civil engineer for allegedly demanding Rs 10,000 from the son of Andheri resident Shivsing Balla on August 2. The pair reportedly showed a fake police identity card and a video claiming the family was selling gutka illegally. Balla alerted Andheri police after suspecting they were impostors. Police arrested civil engineer Deepaksingh Thakur, 33, at the spot, while Gulabsingh Thakur, 35, an AC coach inspection staffer, fled in an SUV and later abandoned it in Mira Road. Police suspect a known constable’s identity card was scanned to make the fake document. Thakur took leave after citing his grandmother’s death and is believed to be hiding in Uttar Pradesh. He was granted bail on August 11. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Andheri, Central Railway, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/civil-engineer-arrested-in-mumbai-extortion-bid-railway-employee-absconds/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/civil-engineer-arrested-in-mumbai-extortion-bid-railway-employee-absconds/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.