A viral video of a rat allegedly found in a dosa cost a Borivli West eatery its licence. Its owner now claims the video also became a tool for blackmail. The Borivli police have booked two women on his complaint, alleging that they hounded him for Rs 25 lakh by threatening to circulate the clip again.

The FIR was registered on October 5 on the complaint of Jay Shah, owner of Radha Krishna eatery on LT Road. Mansi Amit Acharya, 36, and her sister Kinjal Bhatia, 29, both Gorai residents, have been booked under sections 308(2) (extortion) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.