Unidentified miscreants threatened a 29-year-old youth of life and demanded Rs 20,000 near Kamla Park trisection under Talaiya police station area on Saturday.
According to the police, Mohammad Naseemuddin was stopped near Kamla Park trisection by Faizan Khan and demanded Rs 20,000 which the victim refused to provide money and was threatened of life.
The victim was asked to shed money which he refused after which he was abused and threatened of life. The victim raised alert for help but after committing the crime, the miscreants managed to flee.
Police said that the search for the miscreant has been started. After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under sections 341, 294, 327 and 506 of the IPC and against Faizan whose criminal record is under investigation.
The police have traced details of the accused and found that Faizan is a resident of Talaiya area and is involved in wrong doings.
In their complaint victim who works with an MNC stated that he met the accused when he used to volunteer food distribution during lockdown and few months ago he borrowed Rs 5,000 from victim. Later when asked for refund accused escaped with excuses and recently he refused to return borrowed money. On Saturday accused met victim and started to extort Rs 20,000 and threatened him of life if he fail to provide money. He raised alert after which they escaped the spot.
Police said that search has been intensified for the accused.