Foreign-based gangsters continue to terrorise Delhi businessmen by making extortion calls from abroad and threatening to kill them if their demands were not made as three incidents have come to light from different parts of the city in the past 10 days.
According to official sources on Friday, the calls were made in the names of fugitives Anmol Bishnoi and Himanshu Bhau to a jeweller in Shahdara, a businessman in Outer Delhi and a property dealer in Dwarka.
25 year old Anmol Bishnoi is the brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. While Anmol Bishnoi is believed to be hiding in the United States, Bhau is stated to be hiding either in Spain or in Portugal, according to the sources in the Delhi Police.
Bishnoi is believed to be one of the accused in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala while the 21 year old Bhau Interpol has issued a red corner notice against the 21 year old Bhau, who is originally from Haryana, and has managed to establish a strong presence in the underworld of Delhi-NCR.
During one of the calls, the caller reminded the receiver about the Rajouri Garden Burger King case and said "hawa mein goli nahi chalegi (bullets will not be fired in the air)", the sources said. According to a police officer, who did not wish to be named, the cases have been registered at the local police stations and transferred to the Special Cell and the Crime Branch for further probe.
The jeweller from Shahdara has got a police complaint filed, stating that a person called him on behalf of the Anmol Bishnoi Gang, demanded Rs 2 crore and asked him to arrange the money in five days. The call was received on Thursday, the officer said.
The Dwarka-based property dealer has told police that he received a call from Bhau on August 20 where the caller threatened him to bring money or he will be killed. ‘Paise ka intezam kar le varna jaan se mar duga’, he said while asking for money.
An FIR in this regard has been registered under section 308 (4) of BNS has been registered.
The Outer Delhi-based businessman also received a call from Bhau on August 14, the sources said.
According to the Delhi Police's statistics, a total of 133 extortions cases were reported from across the national capital this year, till August 15.
A total of 141 such cases were reported in the same period last year. At least 110 extortion cases were registered in the corresponding period in 2022, according to the statistics.
At least 204 cases of extortion were reported throughout 2023 and 187 in 2022. A police officer, who often deals with such cases, said the callers mostly use VOIP numbers or WhastApp numbers taken on fake SIM cards.
