PUNE: The Vishrantwadi police on Thursday booked a moneylender on the charge of threatening a man for recovery of money despite the latter having paid him Rs 11 lakh so far against a principal amount of Rs 3.9 lakh.
An officer from the Pune crime branch said that the complainant runs a restaurant. Since 2016, he had borrowed Rs3.90 lakh from the moneylender at different intervals for repairing the restaurant and purchasing a house. “Till December last year, the complainant had repaid Rs11 lakh by way of interest of Rs19,500 per month,” the officer said.
