Nagpur: Pardi police have registered a case of attempted murder and extortion after a 25-year-old homemaker alleged that two men, including her former beau, threatened to kill her and demanded Rs 3 lakh.As per the woman’s complaint, the incident took place on Tuesday at her rented house in Nageshwar Nagar. She had worked for a few days as a helper with the accused Shekhar Kharole (25) who runs a catering job. She stopped going to work after she found his behaviour objectionable, she told police.Police said she alleged that Kharole then started threatening her. He claimed they were having an affair and warned that he would tell her husband unless she paid Rs 3 lakh. The woman was alone at home. Kharole, a resident of Mhada Colony, Dikshitanagar, allegedly reached the house with Lucky Rahate (24).The woman told police that Kharole pointed a knife at her and threatened to kill her. Rahate, she said, stood with a wooden stick and also issued death threats. Hearing her shouts, neighbours from the locality gathered outside the house. The two men then fled.
