Extortionists arrested

new delhi: two extortionists, allegedly threatening a retired army officer and his wife, were arrested in malviya nagar on sunday. rajesh (26) and narendra kumar (35) had extracted huge sums of money from the couple through their aide, brijesh, the police claimed. officials said they had recovered rs 25,000 from the two men besides a locally-made pistol and live cartridges.officials said the couple were running a business in malviya nagar and had filed an fir stating that they were being harassed for money. heroin seized: heroin worth rs one crore was seized near yamuna pushta in east delhi on monday. police officials said the narcotics branch apprehended ansar ahmed, a resident of sanjay amar colony. ansar was arrested with about 500 grams of heroin in his possession. another 500 gms of heroin was seized from brijpal from wazirabad road near mandoli mor. dacoity foiled: three youths, all residents of bareilly, were arrested in bhajan pura, east delhi, while they were allegedly planning a dacoity on sunday night. the police recovered a locally-made pistol, 10 live cartridges and two knives. two associates, however, managed to escape.