With the help of CCTV footage, Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh as protection money from a businessman in East Delhi’s Seemapuri area.
Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) said, the accused has been identified as Sonu Khan. The incident was reported by one Raja Khan, a resident of Dilshad colony area of Shahdara.
A businessman, for the past several days, Raja was getting threatening calls where the caller was demanding protection money from Raja Khan for working peacefully in their area.
Initially, the complainant avoided these calls. However on April 7, one Sonu Khan along with his associates visited Raja’s office and again threatened him.
In the CCTV footage of the cameras installed in Raja’s office, it was seen how Sonu pointed a pistol towards Raja Khan and demanded Rs 10 lacs as protection money.
The DCP said, “During the course of investigation, the CCTV footage of the incident was seized. A team was formed under ACP. Hareshver V. Swami and on June 28, the team apprehended the main accused of the case Sonu Khan from his house. The accused person was arrested in the case. On interrogation, the pistol used to threaten the complainant was also recovered from his house. The accused Sonu Khan disclosed that he along with his associates namely Salman and Deepak had gone to the office of Raja Khan to extort money from him.