Mumbai police have arrested two sisters for allegedly attempting to extort twenty-five lakh rupees from a hotel owner after claiming they found a dead rat in a masala dosa at a Borivali restaurant.

Mumbai police have arrested two sisters for allegedly attempting to extort twenty-five lakh rupees from a hotel owner after claiming they found a dead rat in a masala dosa at a Borivali restaurant.

Mumbai police have arrested two sisters for allegedly attempting to extort twenty-five lakh rupees from a hotel owner after claiming they found a dead rat in a masala dosa at a Borivali restaurant.

Mumbai police have registered a case against two sisters for allegedly attempting to defraud a hotel owner after accusing them of finding a rat in a masala dosa.

The case took social media by storm after a video surfaced online, purportedly showing the rat inside the masala dosa. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the restaurant’s license on September 28. The hotel owner claims that the restaurant was on the verge of shutting down because of the incident.

The incident occurred at the Radhakrishna Hotel in Borivali on September 28, when a 36-year-old woman named Mansi Acharya visited the restaurant with her child and two other men. While eating, Mansi’s brother allegedly found a dead rat in a Mysore masala dosa. According to 36-year-old Mansi, her brother Amit Trivedi vomited in shock after taking a few bites. The family immediately raised the issue at the restaurant and contacted the Borivali police.

However, it was later proved to be a ploy to extort money from the hotel owner.

The police said that after the licence was suspended, the hotel received a call from the sisters, who allegedly demanded ₹25 lakh as compensation. The hotel owner allegedly received multiple calls from them, threatening to spread the video further. He also alleged that they contacted his relatives to spread news about the alleged incident.

According to an NDTV report, when the owner could not arrange for the ₹25 lakh, the sisters reportedly negotiated the amount down to ₹6 lakh. The hotelier eventually paid them ₹1 lakh, but they allegedly kept calling him for the remaining amount.

On September 29, the hotelier filed a complaint with the Borivali police, alleging extreme harassment from the family. Based on the complaint, the police tricked the woman and pretended to arrange the remaining money. When Mansi and her sister Kinjal arrived to collect it, the police caught them red-handed. The police booked both under Section 308 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for extortion.