Four persons have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to extort money from a doctor in north-west Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar, the police said on Saturday. The accused allegedly used snatched phones for making the calls.
Nafis, 24, Neeraj, 30, Rajesh Pratap Singh, 37, and Kuldeep, 24, have been arrested, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (north-west) Aslam Khan.
The police said that the doctor was threatened by five men who came on two bikes on December 15 and threatened him with a pistol to give ₹20 lakh or face dire consequences. “Subsequently, the calls started coming from December 18 and the investigation was immediately taken up,” said Mr. Khan.
Location traced
The police said that the numbers from which calls were being made were put on technical surveillance but it was revealed that the phones had been snatched from various parts of the Capital. “However, the location was traced to Bhalaswa Dairy after which teams in civil dress started to patrol the area,” she said adding that the four were then apprehended.
During probe, the accused said that their business of setting up a plastic plant was running in losses and they were in need of money.
