NEW DELHI: One impersonator-cum-extortionist, who posed as police and Custom officials, has been arrested. With his arrest, 400 gram gold extorted from a businessman has been recovered. Extortion case has been worked out within a short span of time by GRP (Delhi Police).
The Railway Police (GRP) of Hazarat Nizamuddin Station, Delhi arrested the impersonator cum extortionist Jarnail Singh (40), resident of district Karnal (Haryana) and recovered 400 gram gold which was extorted from a businessman. He posed as police and Custom official to extort gold.
On 24 May, the complainant Afnan, resident of Chitli Qabar, Delhi reported that he runs a cloth business and he along with his two friends arrived at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station from Surat, Gujrat by August Kranti Rajdhani Train. He got melted his family gold jewellery at Surat, Gujrat and converted into 200-200 Gram , three bars (total 600 grams) and kept in his trolley bag. After de-boarding from said train, while they were going to hire a TSR, two persons impersonating themselves as police and Custom officials asked for their ticket and started checking their bags.
On discovering gold rods in his trolley bag they threatened him to implicate in a criminal case, took the bag on the pretext of examination and disappeared. On reaching their home, they reported the matter to the police.
"The police laid a trap and apprehended Jarnail Singh, and on his instance recovered 2 gold bars (400 grams). He confessed his involvement & stated that 1 extorted gold rod has been given to his associate Rajvant Singh, who is absconding," said Dinesh Kumar Gupta, DCP Railways.