Delhi: 4 individuals posing as Lawrence Bishnoi’s aides extort doctors, arrested

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested four individuals including a street vendor for extorting money from doctors in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi.

The police were informed about the incident through a complaint registered at the Bharat Nagar Police Station.

The accused has been identified as Rishi Sharma resident of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Sabal Singh resident of Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, Harsh alias Akhilesh resident of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, and Arun Verma resident of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, four members of a gang, operating under the guise of the Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate, were arrested for sending threatening letters demanding protection money.

The investigation began when Dr. Animesh, CMO of Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, filed a complaint about receiving an extortion letter via post.

The letter, purportedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate, demanded money to be deposited in a specified bank account. An FIR was registered on January 10, under Section 308(4) BNS at Bharat Nagar Police Station.

A team led by SI Rohit Chahar and supervised by ACP Sanjeev Gautam launched a meticulous operation. Technical investigations traced the bank account to Arun Verma of Ghaziabad, who was detained after connections to fraudulent activities were uncovered.

Further probes revealed the involvement of Rishi Sharma, a marketing executive turned criminal, who orchestrated the scheme.

CCTV footage from a liquor store linked him to the extortion activities.

Interrogations led to the arrests of Sabal Singh, a village Gram Pradhan from Mainpuri, and Harsh alias Akhilesh, a former street vendor now owning luxury cars. Both were apprehended in Uttar Pradesh.

The gang members admitted to sending extortion letters to at least ten doctors in Delhi. They accessed doctors’ contact details via a PDF sourced online and used postal services to send the threats.

The gang initially ran a mobile tower scam, duping people since 2015. As the scam’s profitability declined, they pivoted to extortion, leveraging the notorious name of Lawrence Bishnoi to

instill fear.

Police recovered 11 ATM cards, 140 forged mobile tower installation forms, laptops, mobile phones, and other incriminating evidence. The operation also solved five criminal cases registered across various districts in Delhi.

Among the accused, Sabal Singh maintained a respectable image as a Gram Pradhan, while Harsh amassed wealth through fraudulent activities. Arun Verma, a Ghaziabad resident, opened multiple bank accounts to facilitate

the scams.