AHMEDABAD: A man and woman, who run a YouTube channel, allegedly demanded an extortion amount of Rs 2.50 crore from a Navrangpura-based artist and roped in a murder accused to threaten her.
Priya Soni, 28, a resident of Daval Avenue, has filed a complaint with Navrangpura police.
She said that two people named Vinay Dubey and Paridhi, who run a news channel on YouTube, contacted her regarding an Income Tax department raid at her house. "They demanded Rs 2.50 crore to Rs 3 crore from me while threatening to broadcast news about the I-T department raid and defame me. They also threatened to kill me if I did not pay the extortion money," said Soni.
Soni said that Dubey also came to her house with a murder accused.
"On April 24, at around 12.30pm, Dubey came along with Arpan Pandey, a murder accused, and threatened me again. Dubey told me that Pandey had been recently released from prison and that he could implicate me in any legal case," said Soni.
Inspector AA Desai of Navrangpura police said none of the accused have been caught in the case.
Pandey was accused of killing his friend Jashwant Singh Rajput on December 31, 2022, by pumping six bullets into his chest following a financial feud.
Navrangpura police did not charge Pandey in the case but filed a case of extortion, criminal intimidation and abetment against Dubey and Paridhi.
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