Criminals involved in demanding extortion of Rs 30 lakhs had been arrested by the Badgonda police.
SP Bhagwat Singh Virde told that police received the information that few unidentified criminals are hiding in a ruined house behind the Balaji temple and they are planning to commit dacoity in nearby petrol pump.
Police raided at the spot and arrested four criminalsafter a short chase. The police recovered weapons and swords from the possessions of the arrested criminals still one of the accused rakesh son of hindu singh bheel escaped from the spot.
One of the wanted criminals arrested was Raja Singh also attacked police party few months back and was absconding since then. The arrested accused on interrogation accepted that they threatened the businessman of the Manpur police station area Manish Khandelwal for the extortion of rs 30 lakh and if the businessman refuse to pay the extortion amount he will be murdered. A police case was registered in the Manpur police station in this regard under IPC 477/22 section 384 and 506.
All the four accused were arrested under the guidance of S P Indore rural Bhagwat SinghVirde and team lead by ASP Mhow Sashikant Kankane the team including SDOP Mhow Dilip Choudhary and T I Badgonda police stationAmit Kumar.
SPIndore rural Bhagwat Singh Virde told The Pioneer that the criminals were using the stolen mobile to call the businessman Mansih Khandelwal and they were trying to establish extortion business from different businessmen in Manpur areain future.