Delhi Police have arrested a 28-year-old man while two juveniles were apprehended for allegedly posing as members of gangster Neeraj Bawana gang and trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from a businessman in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh.
Police said that the two juveniles are school friends and together they created a profile on Instagram in the name of Sahil shooter and followed criminals on the social media platforms through the alleged profile.
“The duo came in contact with accused Rohit Bhardwaj over Instagram and started chatting with him. He shared details of the victim with them and hatched a conspiracy to extort Rs 10 lakhs from the victim by posing themselves as members of gangster Neeraj Bawana gang,” said police.
According to Urvija Goel, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, west district, on Tuesday, the victim, who runs an IT company in Paschim Vihar was in his office when he got a call through VoIP from one of the accused who introduced himself as a member of Neeraj Bawana gang and demanded Rs 10 lakh as ransom.
“The accused also threatened that if the victim failed to arrange the amount, he would be shot by the evening. After returning home, he lodged a complaint with Punjabi Bagh police station in west Delhi.