A 30-year-old man and his brother-in-law were arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 2.5 crore from the owner of a printing press in northwest Delhi's Model Town.
The accused persons have been identified as Aman Kumar Jha (30), resident of Delhi's Inder Enclave and his brother in law, Aman Tiwari (20) a resident of Jamshedpur's Tata Nagar. Police said that the accused Aman Kumar Jha had worked in the same printing press of the complainant at Delhi's Lawrence Road in July 2018.
"During this period, he observed that money can be easily extorted from the complainant if he puts him in some fear. He collected all the relevant information about the complainant, and later, called him for money," said Vijyanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North-west district.
"According to the complaint of Harish Mittal, on April 5, he received an extortion call on his mobile from an unknown number asking for Rs 50 lakhs against loss of his life. The complainant contacted his friend Ajay Kumar for help who called the unknown caller and tried to negotiate the extortion amount. But he was later, asked to pay Rs 2.5 crores instead of 50 lakhs" said the DCP.
"A First Information Report was registered and investigation was taken up. During investigation, a police team tracked the location of the unknown callers. Subsequently raids were conducted and the accused were arrested on April, 7 from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand," said the DCP.
"During interrogation the accused Aman Kumar Jha revealed that, he has no job and his wife is living in her parental home at Jamshedpur. He was very upset in need of money. He along with his brother in law executed this plan to extort money from the complainant" said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on and police have recovered the phone and SIM card used in crime.