Three persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a businessman in Gandhi Nagar area of East Delhi on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as Munna (45), a resident of Krishna Nagar, Niyazu (58) and Yamin (27), both hailing from district Unnau in Uttar Pradesh. The incident came to light when a businessman of Gandhi Nagar Market on October 13 lodged a complaint that a rickshaw puller, Yamin, who was transporting goods from his shop for the last six months handed an envelope to him. The businessman had reported that it was a threat letter and thereafter he approached the police.
Police interrogated Yamin and it was found that one Niyazu had handed over the envelope to him to deliver the same to the complainant and promised to reward to him with Rs1 lakh.
Niyazu was arrested. He revealed that he works in the factory of Munna, who had pitched the idea of threatening his garment owner, the complainant, who he said has lot of money and property, and is capable of paying Rs5 crore easily. Munna said that the money will be distributed between them. “Munna also produced a sample letter for extortion to Niyazu and asked him to get the same content written by someone else. Niyazu went to his village and got the letter written by someone. He then asked Yamin to deliver the letter to the complainant. Munna was arrested and during sustained interrogation he admitted to the crime,” said a senior police official.