Dehradun Police arrested a man for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 50 lakh from CMI Hospital’s Dr Rohit Arora. The accused has been identified as Haridwar resident Sachin Tyagi, said SP City Jagdish Chandra while interacting with mediapersons on Sunday.
Police also arrested a mobile phone shopkeeper Atin Tyagi who had provided SIM card to the accused without receiving valid identification proof. Chandra said that Dr Arora had registered a complaint in the Dalanwala police station stating he had received an anonymous phone call thrice on July 3 and he was threatened with death unless he paid Rs 50 lakh. The caller had identified himself as noted Haridwar criminal Arvind Rathi.
Chandra said that several mobile phone numbers of suspicious persons were kept under electronic surveillance. Based on interrogation of suspects, Sachin Tyagi was arrested. He confessed his offence and said that after demanding Rs 50 lakh from Dr Arora, he had had broken the SIM card and thrown it into a river.
Tyagi further said that he had taken SIM card from Atin Tyagi by submitting false identification proof. Chandra said that Sachin Tyagi and Atin Tyagi were arrested under Section 420/468/120B of the IPC in the Dalanwala police station.