CHENNAI: City Police on Tuesday arrested a functionary of Tamil Nadu BJP for allegedly threatening a city based realtor asking him to register a 15 acre plot owned by the realtor to his name.

The complainant, M Moorthy (56) of Chitra Avenue, Choolaimedu runs a real estate firm.

Moorthy had taken a loan of Rs 3 crore from the accused, L Sivakumar (43), a BJP functionary from Cuddalore to buy land and develop them into plots.

Accordingly, Moorthy had bought 14.8 acres of land parcel at Palur in neighbouring Chengelpet district and developed them into plots for sale.

Recently, Moorthy had contacted Sivakumar asking if he could sell some of the plots and also offered him commission.

On Tuesday, Sivakumar along with four of his henchmen barged into Moorthy’s office in Choolaimedu and threatened Moorthy asking him to register the land to his name.

Based on Moorthy’s complaint, Choolaimedu Police registered a case and arrested Sivakumar on Tuesday night.

Search is on for those who accompanied him.