Actor held for usury

Chennai, Sep 13 (UNI) The city police today arrested a Tamil film actor for allegedly threatening a woman film producer on charges of usury.

Police here said the woman producer obtained a loan of Rs ten lakh from Suresh who also used to lend money to film producers.

Though she claimed to have repaid Rs 13 lakh so far, the actor reportedly asked her to pay another Rs 20 lakh to settle the account following which the producer lodged a complaint.

A local court later remanded Suresh into judicial custody.

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