Ballari Superintendent of Police Suman Pennekar (left) and Armed Police Constable Devraj. (Photo Credit: Special Arrangement)

The Karnataka Police have arrested a gunman assigned to Ballari Superintendent of Police Suman Pennekar and one other person for allegedly extorting Rs 3 lakh from a labourer.

According to the police, a labourer, identified as Sharabhayya, lodged a complaint at Moka police station on May 6 that two vehicles transporting ration rice to Andhra Pradesh were intercepted by three men who introduced themselves as personnel from the SP’s office. The miscreants, who had covered their faces with cloth, allegedly threatened to register a case against the complainant and seize the vehicles.…