Another member of Lawrence gang arrested for threat calls to bizman

Indore: A special investigation team of the Indore crime branch on Saturday arrested another man linked to the Lawrence gang’s extortion and threat network targeting businessmen in the city.The man, 26-year-old Sachin alias Ved Prakash Sharma, a resident of Mahidpur in Ujjain district was arrested for allegedly helping key accused Rajpal Chandrawat and Kuldeep Chauhan in collecting information about businessmen who later received threats in the gang’s name.Police said the action was taken as part of the ongoing investigation into threats issued to builder Vivek Dammani, Chetan Singh Pawar and Kunwar Singh Bhuria.Investigators said Sachin was traced based on information provided by previously arrested accused Rajpal Chandrawat. Crime branch teams used cyber surveillance and local intelligence inputs to locate and arrest him.During preliminary questioning, Sachin allegedly admitted that he along with Kuldeep Chauhan conducted recce of the complainants’ residences, offices, property and daily movements.Police said the information was shared with Rajpal Chandrawat for illegal financial gain and was later forwarded to gangster Harry Boxer through the Signal app.Crime branch officials said the Lawrence gang threat cases are being treated as a priority and continuous action is being taken against all those involved in the network. Police have registered offences at Crime Branch police station in separate cases linked to the threats.Rajpal Chandrawat of Nagda and Sonu alias Ritesh Khangar of Indore had earlier been arrested in the case.