The mother of the notorious gangster Sunil Rathi- who is now languishing in Baghpat jail in Uttar Pradesh-Rajbala was arrested by Haridwar police from Baghpat on Saturday under extortion charges.
Police said that the gangster had asked a Roorkee- based doctor N D Arora to hand over `50 lakh as a ransom amount to his mother. After a complainant was lodged by the doctor a case under sections 386/120b of IPC was registered against Sunil Rathi, his mother Rajbala and four others in Kotwali Gangnahar on November 5.
Subsequently, several teams were formed on the direction of Haridwar SSP to crack the case. As per the complainant, Sunil Rathi had sought the extortion ransom while threatening the doctor of dire consequences if he failed to act on the gangster’s instruction.
Rajbala was arrested from her home in Baghpat on early Saturday morning. Police said that Rathi had demanded the amount to be given to his mother as she was preparing to contest an election of Nagar panchayat chairperson. Rajbala is being interrogated, said police, adding that they might seek police remand of Sunil Rathi from the court for further investigation of the case.
Investigation has revealed that several cases have been registered against Rajbala in various police stations of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the years.
Rookree circle officer SK Singh said that a case under sections 147/148/307/302/341 of IPC was registered against her in Dohat police station in Baghpat while the second case was registered against her under sections 147/148/149/307/302 of IPC in Roorkee police station, Haridwar, the third under sections 147/148/149/307/120b, 34/420/467/468/471 of IPC at Gangnahar police station in Haridwar, the fourth under sections 2/3 of Gangster Act in Gangnahar police station and the fifth under sections 386/120b of IPC in Gangnahar police station.
Investigation has further revealed that Roorkee police had arrested Rajbala for the first time after three persons were killed in a shootout outside Roorkee jail involving two gangs led by notorious Cheenu Pandit and Sunil Rathi on August 9, 2014.
However, Rajbala had secured a stay order from the court on her arrest.