New Delhi:
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged extortion try on a physician who runs a non-public clinic within the Janakpuri space right here, police stated on Friday.
In the course of the interrogation, the accused, Ashok Kumar, advised the police that he was in pressing want of cash to buy a brand new flat in Delhi and subsequently deliberate to extort cash from the physician, they added.
In response to the police, Kumar delivered an extortion letter within the physician’s clinic. He threatened to kill the physician if he failed to fulfill his demand and named jailed Haryana gangster Manoj Baba within the letter to create terror to yield the extortion cash.
“On June 3, a person who was sporting a masks had delivered a letter within the clinic of a physician in Janakpuri. The person threatened the physician to kill him if he failed to fulfill the extortion demand. He additionally named the jailed Haryana-based gangster Manoj Baba within the letter,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (particular cell) Manoj C stated.
Following the incident, an FIR was registered and the case was handed over to the particular cell, the DCP stated.
On June 15, the police received a tipoff that the accused was close to the Jai Vihar space right here, after which a workforce laid a entice close to Chhath Park and the suspect was apprehended, he added.
“Throughout interrogation, he (accused) admitted that in an effort to acquire fast cash he delivered a letter with the menace to kill the physician,” the DCP stated.
Kumar additionally revealed that he labored in a non-public agency however didn’t have any fastened supply of revenue. He was in pressing want of cash in an effort to buy new flat as he was pressured by his spouse, the officer stated.
The police stated the accused selected three excessive profile clinics in Janakpuri after which zeroed in at a clinic with heavy rush of sufferers, believing it to be minimal threat goal.
Kumar hails from Kurukshetra in Haryana however has been residing in Delhi for a very long time. He’s a B.Com graduate and he advised the police that he was hatched the extortion plan after inspiration from from TV serials, the DCP stated.
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