Commenting on the arrest of four persons, including a contractor Pramod who had allegedly demanded Rs50 lakh from Yashpal Singh, Mehuwala resident, Patelnagar Police Station in-charge and inspector Pankaj Gairola revealed that Singh had retired as a teacher from Muzaffarnagar (Uttara Pradesh) around five years ago. He has one son and owns around 30 bighas land in Dehradun. Pramod had recently purchased a truck worth Rs six lakh. Pramod along with his father are working in Singh’s land. Pramod was aware of Singh’s property. He along with three others had thus hatched a conspiracy to extort Rs50 lakh from Singh.