A Punjab youth has been arrested by the Himachal Pradesh Police for issuing threats to a scrap dealer of industrial town Baddi in a bid to extort money, police said.
Jaswinder Singh, alias Kala (21), a resident of Mansuha Kala village in Punjab's Roopnagar district, was arrested on Wednesday, Baddi SP Rohit Malpani said.
Kala is a member of a gang who issued threats to the scrap dealer for extortion, he added.
A bike was also seized, he said, adding that more arrests were likely in the case.
A case was registered under Sections 34, 451 and 506 of the IPC at the Nalagarh police station, he added.
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