Four people have been arrested for trying to extort Rs 50 lakh from a businessman in Farrukhnagar area of Gurugram, police said on Monday. Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) Farrukhnagar have arrested all the accused persons. Three of them were sent to three days police remand by a district court on Monday while one has been sent to judicial custody.
The culprits have been identified as Rahul, Vijay, alias Pankaj, and Manu all residents of Meerut, while Paramjeet is a resident of Gurugram’s Jadola village.
According to the police, a Farrukhnagar businessman Radheshyam, who is the owner of a sweet shop and restaurant approached the police on April 26 and filed a complaint that he had received an extortion call demanding Rs 50 lakh from an unidentified number.
He told the police that on April 17 his restaurant was attacked by a few unknown men. The accused had allegedly opened fire at his sweet shop.
later a man, who identified himself as Sandeep of Duma village, called him up on April 24 and demanded Rs 50 lakh, threatening to eliminate him and his entire family if he failed to give the amount.
A case had been registered in this regard with Farrukhnagar police station under sections 387 (extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
“Following on secret information the culprits have been arrested from Farrukhnagar area on Sunday. Those who were arrested three of them have been sent for police remand for further investigation,” Ravinder Kumar, the spokesperson of Gurugram Police, said.
During the question the accused revealed that Sandeep Duma a gangster had hatched the plan to attack and extort money from the businessman, the police said.
“We have to recover a motorcycle and a weapon from the arrested criminals which were used in the crime and huts are on to nab gangster Sandeep and his other associates. We have to ascertain whether the accused have a criminal background. Further probe into the matter is underway,” Kumar, said.