Delhi Police has arrested a 25-year-old man in Delhi for allegedly trying to extort money from his former employer using death threats in east Delhi's Preet Vihar area.
The accused has been identified as Ajay, a resident of Tahirpur Sarai in GTB Enclave.
According to Deepak Tadav, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, on January 4, Jitender, who owns a popular jewellery showroom, informed police that he had received a letter demanding Rs 50 lakh and threatening to kill him if he failed to pay up.
"He also told police that the letter was delivered to a guard of the showroom by an auto-rickshaw driver, who had brought it on behalf of another person," said the DCP.
"During investigation, employees of the complainant were examined, and police zeroed in on Ajay, a former employee who had quit last year. It was found that he was under huge debt. On Tuesday, he was apprehended from near SDN hospital," said the DCP.
"During interrogation, the accused disclosed that while working at the showroom, he and the store manager fell in love with each other, and when the owner came to know about this, he fired the store manager. Ajay got angry at this and quit.