Despite the tall claims of police, crime graph is increasing in Bokaro. A day after a massive robbery at Bokaro-Dhanbad road, hefty extortion money was demanded from at least 12 local businessmen under City police station.
The extortion money of Rs10 lakh from each were demanded through an SMS. The criminal introduced himself as Amit landed in Chas jail, police said.
“For extortion money, the criminal used mobile no. 720925681 and sent SMS to the businessmen and contractors,” said a police official.
Besides Jaleshwar Saw, Jitender Kumar, Ajay Gupta and Surender Kumar and a few others are on the radar of the criminal. According to the police, Amit is inside the Chas jail on kidnapping charge since 2013.
Earlier on November 11, 2015, Amit had given a extortion call demanding Rs20 lakh from five businessmen through SMS. “Then mobile no. 9102967595 was used for ransom. That SIM card which was used for ransom was issued on fake ID of an Army man,” added the official.
In that case, the police had arrested Bhupendra Singh alias Dakua, a resident of Bansgora of Siwandih with the help of technical cell. During interrogation, he had given vital information to the police.