Delhi Police foils extortion attempt, 2 arrested

New Delhi (IANS) | The Special Cell of Delhi Police has solved a blind case of extortion within three days of the incident and arrested two members of the gang. DCP Special Cell (South Western Range) Injit Pratap Singh said that the accused, identified as Dinesh Kumar Sah and Kishore, had demanded extortion of Rs 50 lakh from a businessman named Bahadur Singh Rawat.

Kishore, a resident of Mangolpuri, suggested Dinesh to use the name of gangster Neeraj Bawana, who is from the same area.

Initially, a case was registered in this regard at Khyala police station, but in view of the sensitivity of the case, the investigation was transferred to the special cell.

The DCP said, “We checked the CCTV footage of the area and identified the scooty being used by the accused. Thereafter the ownership of the vehicle was checked and the same was found registered in the name of Dinesh Kumar Sah. Scooty was traced was traced and with the help of human resources and technical surveillance, its owner was identified and the vehicle was finally traced.”

After the arrest, Kishore revealed that the scooty belonged to Dinesh who was the mastermind of the crime. After this Dinesh was arrested from Peeragarhi.

The DCP said, “After lengthy interrogation and analysis of call detail records, it was found that the complainant is the owner of an MCB manufacturing firm, Elixir Engineering & Electrical Industries. Dinesh is also in the same business running ‘SAH Enterprises’.”

He said, “About 10 years back, Dinesh was working as a laborer in the firm of the complainant Bahadur Singh Rawat and later he left the job on petty issues. Due to enmity and greed, Dinesh along with his laborer Kishore killed Bahadur Singh Rawat. conspired to extort money from

–IANS