A 36-year-old man who was absconding since 2015 after threatening to bomb a marriage pandal if the owner failed to pay Rs. 15 lakh has been arrested from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
Police said that the accused identified as Vishnu was declared as a proclaimed offender in the case by a Delhi court in 201. He was arrested from his village in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh on September 4 with the help of technical surveillance.
According to a senior police official, the matter was reported to police in 2015 where in the complainant, Pranab Seth, a resident of Roop Nagar had stated that he was running a marriage pandal near wave cinema in the name of Janak Villa.
“In his complaint, Seth stated that the accused had been threatening to blast his pandal if he failed to pay Rs. 15 lakh,” said the senior police official.
“Based on his complaint, a case under section 384 (Punishment for extortion) and 506 (Criminal Intimidation) of Indian Penal Code was registered at Rajouri Garden police station and an investigation was initiated, following which the accused absconded,” said police.