Extortion gang demanding Rs 50 Cr busted, five held
Chandigarh, May 26 – Haryana Police has busted a gang involved in demanding extortion of Rs 50 crore from a trader in Bawal industrial town and arrested five accused within a few hours of the case being reported in Rewari district.
While giving information here today, a spokesperson of Haryana Police said that the arrested accused have been identified as Anil alias Mulia, Sandeep, Sonu, all residents of village Khera Murar, Sumit of Gurjar Majri and Ravindra alias Golu of village Banipur. A motorcycle used in the crime and a country-made pistol also recovered from them.
Rahul Batra, a sanitary and tiles trader in his complaint has informed that on May 24 afternoon, three youths on a motorcycle had reached his shop and threatened him to give Rs 50 crores extortion. They also opened fire on him when resisted. Fortunately, he narrowly escaped from the bullet.
Acting swiftly, police formed special teams which investigated all angles and cracked the case with the help of CCTV cameras in just a few hours. All were produced in a local court that sent them on three-day police remand.
The kingpin of the gang Anil is a habitual offender. He had already threatened a trader for extortion. The five arrested accused have a criminal record in the past as well. All the accused are addicted to drugs.
