2 extortion gang members held

Jaipur: Kotputli police on Sunday arrested two members of a notorious gang known as ‘Group 6161’ after they fired at three hotels and demanded Rs 50,000 from owners. Police have identified the accused as Amit Singh (22) and Vishal Dhanka (23), both residents of Pragpura near Jaipur.
Police said the incident took place on February 1, when eight persons of a gang fired at three different hotels on NH-48).The accused also left threat letters, asking for Rs 50,000 from each hotel. Police said that leader of the gang was identified as history-sheeter Pradeep Rawat. He set up a gang called ‘Group 6161. Police said, three firing incidents in one night had triggered panic amongst businessmen. The police formed a special team that included additional SP (Kotputli) Vidhya Prakash, DSP Sandhya Yadav, SHO (Kotputli) Sawai Singh, SHO (Chandwaji) Dillip Singh and others. tnn