3 held for extorting money by masquerading as STF personnel

Three persons have been arrested today for allegedly masquerading as Uttar Pradesh police's STF personnel and extorting money from local businessmen by threatening to take action against them.
A few days back, Rahul Tiwari a businessman, lodged a complaint at Sector 20 police station that he had received a call and was accused of running a fake business, City Superintendent of police Arun Kumar Singh said.
The caller, masquerading as an STF personnel, threatened to initiate legal action against Tiwari if he does not pay Rs 8 lakh, the police officer said.
Following the complaint, a probe was initiated and three persons, Subhash, Ankit Jain and Abhiraj Tyagi, have been arrested for being involved in the racket, police said.

While Ankit Jain is a BCom graduate, Abhiraj Tyagi is a BBA student. Another accused, Subhash, is a BSc graduate and his uncle is a police inspector while the woman with whom his marriage was fixed has recently joined Uttar Pradesh police and is undergoing training, the SP said.
A case has been registered against the three accused and investigation is underway, the police said.