[New Delhi] Gang Of Four Arrested in Extortion Case in Delhi
Four men have been arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 1 crore from an exporter,
As per Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Police, Ravindra Yadav, The accused, identified as — Anil (22), Sachin Jain (34), Manish Bansal (26), and Pratik Sachdeva (22) — were arrested by Crime Branch sleuths from Daal Mill Road in Budh Vihar on May 17,
Police said The exporter, Sunil Gulati, a resident of Budh Vihar, lodged a complaint at Shahabad police station about receiving extortion calls on May 11.
He told the police about the calls whereby he was asked to pay Rs 1 crore or face dire consequences for himself and his family,
The arrested accused used three mobile phones and three SIM cards to make the calls to Gulati on several occasions.
The phones and SIM cards were used only once and some frivolous random calls were also made to misguide the police,
The Crime Branch finally zeroed in on the accused and carried out raids at their suspected hideouts in Delhi and Haryana but failed to arrest them. Finally, they were arrested, based on a tip-off.
Police said ,Accused Sachdeva worked as a labourer with Gulati’s firm and was his distant relative. His father also worked at the firm,
A team of officers of Crime Branch led by ACPJitender Singh, comprising of Inspr. Puran Pant, SIs Sanjay Dahiya, Ajit Singh,ASIs Surender, Shaym Lal, Bahadur Sharma, HCs Bijender, Narender, Satish, Anil,Cts Sonu, Rajeev Raghav, Parminder, Raman and Anil was constituted under thesupervision of DCP Dr. Rajeev Sharma to make all possible efforts to establish theidentity of the culprits involved through all possible means and to apprehend them.
Accused Anil Yadav has studied upto 5th standard. Earlier,he was employed as a domestic help in Delhi.
Sachin Jain has studied upto 12th standard. Hisfather has already expired and he is living with his mother.
Manish Bansal has studied upto 10th standard. Healongwith his father runs a small scale carton manufacturing factory from theirresidence itself. He also deals in sale/purchase of second hand vehicles.
Prateek Sachdeva has studied upto 10th standard. Heis working as a labourer (Rs. 8000/- per month) with the firm of the complainant.He is distant relative of the complainant and his father also works with thefirm of the complainant.