Four men have been arrested here for allegedly trying to extort Rs 1 crore from an exporter, police said today.
The accused, identified as -- Anil (22), Sachin Jain (34), Manish Bansal (26), and Pratik Sachdeva (22) -- were arrested by Crime Branch sleuths from Daal Mill Road in Budh Vihar on May 17, Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Police, Ravindra Yadav, said.
The exporter, Sunil Gulati, a resident of Budh Vihar, lodged a complaint at Shahabad police stationab about receiving extortion calls on May 11. He told the police about the calls whereby he was asked to pay Rs 1 crore or face dire consequences for himself and his family, said the officer.
The arrested accused used three mobile phones and three SIM cards to make the calls to Gulati on several occasions. The phones and SIM cards were used only once and some frivolous random calls were also made to misguide the police, he said.
The Crime Branch finally zeroed in on the accused and carried out raids at their suspected hideouts in Delhi and Haryana but failed to arrest them. Finally, they were arrested, based on a tip-off.
Accused Sachdeva worked as a labourer with Gulati's firm and was his distant relative. His father also worked at the firm, he said.
The mobile phones and SIM cards used by the group in making the calls have been recovered from the accused, he said.
