Dehradun Police on Sunday arrested a person who allegedly tried to extort from DalanKwala resident share broker Nikhil Goyal. The accused, who was identified as Yatendra Chaudhary, native Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) admitted his offence and disclosed that he was directed by former Indian Premier league (IPl) player and Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) native Anuj and Goyal’s relative Sadu to extort Goyal.
Dalanwala Police Station in-charge Chandra Singh Bisht said that in his written complaint, Goyal said that he received multiple extortion phone calls from unidentified persons in the last few days. Taking cognisance of this, an FIR under sections 384, 506, 34 of IPC was registered against unidentified persons in the police station.Acting on a tip off and with the help of surveillance, police arrested Yatendra Chaudhary from ISBT, Dehradun.
During interrogation, Chaudhary admitted his offence and said that he was told by former IPl player Anuj and Goyal’s relative Sadu to commit this crime. Bisht said that three teams were formed and deployed at various places including Uttar Pradesh to nab the remaining accused. Yatendra was sent to Suddhowala jail after being presented in the court, he added.