Three arrested by Delhi police for extortion over promise of jobs

The three accused, identified as Monu, Harish and Pawan Kumar Sharma, used to extort money after luring people by posing as part-time job providers.

Delhi police has busted an extortion racket in the city with the arrest of three people. The three accused, identified as Monu, Harish and Pawan Kumar Sharma, used to extort money after luring people by posing as part-time job providers.

On 22nd October, victim Avdhesh Kumar had lodged a complaint at the Seemapuri Police Station that he had been extorted by a group of miscreants after being lured into paying a sum of money on the pretext of getting a part-time job in Seemapuri.

On 20th October, the complainant was asked to come to the IHBAS Hospital gate and later told to reach GTB Hospital. A person called Monu Panchal took Avadhesh to a flat in Dilshad colony and asked him to pay Rs 2,000 for registration. Avdhesh paid Panchal Rs 2,000. 

MODUS OPERANDI

It was revealed during the investigation that the accused was to lure innocent people by promise them part-time of full-time jobs. Calling innocent people at their locations, tricking them into being involved with a girl and implicating them in fake rape cases after taking their nude pictures on



threatening them to undress was their standard modus operandi.

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Soon after, two people claiming to be from Seemapuri Police Station entered the flat and started beating the complainant. The duo said that the DCP, ACP and other officers were approaching here soon, they noted down the name and address of Avdhesh, the complainant. After this, both of them forced Avdhesh to take off his clothes. When he removed his clothes, they took his nude photographs, took away his wrist watch, golden ring and four ATM cards. 

They threatened him to reveal the pin codes of the ATM cards to withdraw Rs 22,500. 

MISCREANTS THREATEN COMPLAINANT

The miscreants returned all the ATM cards to Avdhesh. After this, the miscreants threatened Avdhesh to pay up 5 lakh rupees five, otherwise they would fix him in a rape case, for which they had photographs and the girl's word to testify. When Avdhesh expressed his inability to pay the amount, the culprits returned him his wrist-watch and asked him to run away.

During the course of investigation, the three accused revealed the names of three of their accomplices. Efforts are being made to nab them