A 37-year-old associate of gangster Jitender, alias Gogi, was arrested for demanding extortion of Rs five lakh from a person in Delhi’s Alipur area. Police said that they have also recovered one country made pistol and two live cartridges from the possession of the accused.
The accused has been identified as Devender Kumar Verma, a resident of Ambedkar Colony in Alipur area.
According to Gaurav Sharma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Outer north district, a complaint from a kiryana shop owner in Alipur area regarding extortion of Rs five lakh was received on July 29.
“One unknown man handed him over one white envelope and told the complainant that one bike borne youth gave him the said envelope to hand it over to him. On opening the envelope, a letter alongwith one Map was found there inside,” said the DCP.
“In the letter, demand of Rs five lakh was made by the unknown accused person and it was also mentioned that they will kill him and his family members if he doesn’t met with their demand and also asked him to pay the money within 20-25 minutes on the mentioned place in the map,” said the DCP.
“A case was registered and the investigation was taken up. The CCTV cameras and other witnesses helped to identify the accused Devender and subsequently he was apprehended,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, it was revealed that he was a close associate of Gogi and is an informer in the area. When he required money on the directions of Gogi he planned the extort money from the complainant,” said the DCP.