A 46-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 2 crore from a contractor constructing a national highway in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra and threatening to file a court complaint and an RTI query if he did not agree to pay up, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Dattatray Phalke, was nabbed when he came to collect Rs 25 lakh as first installment from the contractor on Tuesday, they said.