NEW DELHI:
Five
gangsters, including a former Delhi University student, were arrested for threatening a businessman and also
firing
at his
vehicle
in Rohini district, police said on Sunday.
Investigators claimed that the accused demanded Rs 1 crore extortion money from the victim. Investigators claimed that the accused demanded Rs 1 crore extortion money from the victim.
According to police, on April 8, a businessman, who lives in Rohini, received a WhatsApp call and a recorded message on his mobile phone regarding extortion.
“The caller introduced himself as Chiku from Tillu Tajpuria gang. He demanded Rs 1 crore and threatened to kill the complainant by firing 100 rounds at him,” a police officer said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said the extortion call was made by Chiku from jail and police at that time questioned him and recovered the mobile phone from his possession.
Later in August, a firing incident was reported. “Five rounds were fired by the assailants at his car. They left a note at the spot in which they demanded extortion money,” an officer said. A team of special staff under the supervision of ACP (operations) ACP Brahmjeet Singh was formed, which was led by the inspector (special staff) Ishwar Singh.
During the investigation, the team, on November 18, arrested Chiku from jail and during his questioning, he informed investigators about the other accused. “We arrested four people from Rohini and other areas in Delhi,” an officer said. They were identified as Aakash, Jayant Mann, Rahul and Ravi.
“Mann graduated in 2017 from Swami Shraddhanand College. He has also completed a diploma in pharmacy and is still unemployed,” said the officer.
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