With the arrest of three persons, including two women, the Delhi Police on Monday busted a gang of extortionists who used to cheat people by impersonating as officials of Crime Branch in Northwest Delhi's Subhash Place area.
The accused have been identified as, husband wife duo Jyoti (33), Deepak Kumar (33) both resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Poonam Sethi (43) a resident of Shahdara Delhi.
According to Vijayanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North West district, on Sunday a complainant reported that some persons tried to extort money from him by impersonating themselves as "officials of Crime Branch".
"Subsequently, a case was registered a probe was initiated. Trio was arrested from office of S R Jewellers at Pearls Omaxe Plaza Tower in Netaji Subhash Place," said the DCP.
"The accused persons were trying to blackmail and extort the complainant introducing themselves as "Officials of Crime Branch". They were demanding Rs five lakhs from the complainant by threatening him to ruin his business reputation," DCP added.
"During interrogation it was revealed that, Deepak Kumar was going having financial issues from past few months came in contact with Poonam through social platform and started committing crime. Jyoti who is wife of Deepak is a post graduate from Allahabad University and have two children. Deepak told her about the plan after which Jyoti too joined the gang," said the DCP.
"To earn easy money, Poonam started blackmailing and extorting from people by impersonating as official of crime branch using the name of her own NGO "National Crime Intelligence Bureau"," said the DCP adding that police have recovered four mobile phones, one I-Card printed "Dost Police" and on the backside "Press" and another I-Card of "National Crime Intelligence Bureau" from their possession.