The police today said it arrested an army jawan from a village in East Champaran district for allegedly making an extortion phone call to First Class Judicial Magistrate.
"Army jawan Ranjay Sahni, who made the extortion call to First Class Judicial Magistrate, was arrested," Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana said.
Nishant Kumar Priyadarshi, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raxaul in Motihari, yesterday lodged an FIR after receiving a call for extortion demand of Rs 25 lakh, failing which he (JM) would be eliminated.
After preliminary questioning, it came to light that the accused did this to teach a lesson to his brother-in-law who had married his sister without consent of the family six months back, Rana said.
The jawan purchased a SIM card in the name of his brother-in-law from which he made the extortion call to the Judicial Magistrate.
Ranjay Sahni is at present posted in Jalandhar in Punjab, the SP said.
Rana said the police traced the accused on the basis of location of his mobile which was found at Lucknow yesterday.
The police apprehended him when he reached his native village Aaraura under Adapur police station of East Champaran district, he added.
