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Cash recovered from undertrial

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Muzaffarnagar (UP) : A mobile simcard and Rs 14,000 were recovered from an undertrial while he was being taken from a court here to Bareilly jail, police said today.

According to police, Sunil Rathi, an undertrial allegedly involved in several cases in different districts of western UP was brought to court in connection with an extortion case.

Rathi had demanded Rs 4 lakh from Pankaj Jindal, police said.

While he was being taken from Muzaffarnagar to Bareilly jail after a hearing yesterday, police recovered Rs 14,000 and a simcard from his possession, SSP Abhinav Kumar said.

Sunil was earlier transferred from the jail in Agra to Bareilly following complaints of extortion, he added. (Agencies)

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