A racket of fake police official and Public Prosecutor has been busted with the arrested of one Shahid, who was involved in extortion from prominent people on the pretext of settlement against Non-Bailable warrants issued by the Courts in cases filed by the Reserve Bank of India.
According to the senior police officials of the Crime Branch, the accused attempted to extort money from a former dean of AIIMS. The accused had planned to receive the amount of extortion in bank accounts opened on fake IDs, said police.
Police said they acted after receiving a complaint from Dr Narendra Mehra, a former dean of AIIMS, Delhi wherein it was alleged that he had received a phone call in which the caller introduced himself as Sub-Inspector Dharam Pal Singh, Delhi Police and stated that he had a Non-Bailable Warrant of arrest against him.
Police said upon enquiry by the AIIMS Dean, the caller informed him to contact Public Prosecutor namely Prakash Kumar Agnihotri, who was dealing with the case.
The complainant contacted the Public Prosecutor Prakash Kumar Agnihotri, who informed the complainant that RBI case was pending against him and an amount of `72,000 was to be paid by the complainant.
Agnihotri asked for the amount to be deposited in his account for which the account number would be given to him, accordingly, said police, adding that realising that he is being cheated, the AIIMS dean filed a complaint.
During investigation, on November 19, one of the teams received a tip-off and apprehended one Shahid. On interrogation, he disclosed that he was trying to extort money from various people by threatening to arrest them and file fake false cases, said police.
Police said during sustained interrogation, Shahid revealed that he got the idea from his friend Sandeep who had tried to extort money from a prominent Kathak dancer using the same modus operandi.