Three held for seeking Rs 80 lakh extortion from businessman in Delhi

New Delhi: A 23-year-old man, along with his two associates, was arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 80 lakh as extortion from his employer by impersonating gangster Neeraj Bawania, police said on Tuesday.

The accused have been identified as Aarush Kashyap, Krishan Murari (22) and Vikram (22), all residents of Shakurpur, they said. Police said the three men had planned to settle in Nepal and start some business there with the extorted money.

On Saturday, a complaint



was received from a businessman engaged in chemicals business in the Mangolpuri Industrial area in northwest Delhi, alleging that he received a call from a person demanding Rs 80 lakh “protection money”, a senior police officer said.

During investigation, police analysed the call detail records and nabbed Kashyap, Murari and Vikram. Two SIM cards and two mobile phones used to make extortion calls were recovered from their possession, Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer) Harendra Singh said.