TRICHY: The Trichy rural district police booked six people and arrested three of them in separate cases for demanding exorbitant rates of interest on loans. The Ramji Nagar police arrested M Shanmugam, 42, of Malaipatti near Ramji Nagar on charges of compelling I Sundaramurthy, 42, of Punganur, an autorickshaw driver to pay exorbitant interest on 5 lakh he had borrowed.
Shanmugam was also charged for forcibly collecting a signed cheque leaf from Sundaramurthy and threatening him with dire consequences on Thursday.