Man arrested for making extortion call to Delhi businessman

PTI, Jul 31, 2023, 4:04 PM IST

A man has been arrested for allegedly making extortion calls to a businessman and demanding Rs 40 lakh from him, police here said on Monday.

Ashish (24), from UP’s Muzaffarnagar, Lucky (23) and Vishal Singh (22), residents of Dabri, who provided sim cards to accused Ajay Kumar (26) were also arrested, they said. On July 18, the businessman in his complaint stated that he received a WhatsApp call in which the accused threatened to kill him if he failed to give him Rs 40 lakh, police said.

A raid was conducted at Vijay Enclave in Dabri on July 21 and Vishal was arrested. He disclosed that he gave two new SIM cards to his friend Lucky and they both went near Sakhuntla hospital in Sagarpur and met one Ashish who knew Lucky, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan said.