55-year-old Meerut man nabbed inside 24 hours for extortion risk to dealer
The Meerut police arrested a 55-year-old man inside 24 hours of him allegedly sending threatening letters demanding ₹50 lakh in extortion from a furnishings dealer, an official stated on Friday.
The arrested particular person has been recognized as Naseer Ahmad, a resident of Kabristan ke Paas, Bhumia ka Pul, underneath the Lisadi Gate police station in Meerut.
The arrest got here after dealer Fazlurrahman, a resident of Indira Chowk, approached Kotwali police station with a grievance that he had acquired two threatening letters through velocity submit demanding ₹50 lakh. The letters warned of dire penalties if he reported the matter to authorities.
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Based mostly on the grievance, a case was registered on the Kotwali police station, and an investigation was initiated. Performing on the directives of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a particular staff was fashioned underneath the supervision of the Metropolis Superintendent of Police (CSP) and the Kotwali Circle Officer (CO).
Utilizing CCTV footage and native intelligence, police traced the suspect to Khatta Highway.
Accused Ahmad is now in custody and is being offered earlier than the court docket. Police say additional investigation is ongoing to find out whether or not others had been concerned.
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In the same incident, a case has been registered towards three individuals lately for allegedly extorting cash from a builder by posing as civic officers and threatening motion for `unlawful development.’
As per the complainant, the accused posed as officers from the Thane Municipal Company and the Lokayukta’s workplace, and claimed that his development undertaking was unlawful.
They allegedly demanded ₹8 lakh from him, threatening that the constructing could be demolished and he could be booked underneath the stringent Maharashtra Management of Organised Crime Act in any other case.
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The Diva-based builder first paid them ₹20,000 however approached the Mumbra police on Monday.
A First Data Report was registered towards Prashant Kadam, Uday Bansode and Amit Patil underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 308(2) (extortion) and 204 (personating a public servant), the official stated. Police are attempting to trace down the accused.
(with PTI inputs)
