Efforts to extort Rs10 cr from bizman foiled, two arrested
11 March 2015 5:52 AM IST
Two persons were arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 crore from a South Delhi-based businessman, Sunil Bedi, who owns the construction business JMD Group, based in Gurgaon, police said on Tuesday.
The accused were identified as Kamal Rana (37) and Lalit Narang (54). They allegedly directed Bedi to pay the money in two instalments of Rs 5 crore each. Kamal used to work in the computer department of the JMD Group of companies from 2005 to 2009, being presently unemployed; and, Lalit – his friend, who agreed to help him earn fast money, said a police official.
They threatened Bedi of abducting his minor son, if he refused to pay the money.
It was Kamal who suggested the name of Sunil Bedi, since he had earlier been kidnapped in Gurgaon, along with his son in 2013 and had subsequently freed themselves after paying a ransom of Rs 10 crore to the abductors.
The accused duo demanded the money through a letter and mentioned a phone number which was later tracked by the police that led them to the actual accused. Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-east) said the accused duo had used the same phone number to send vulgar texts to a woman, against which a complaint was already registered. The phone number actually belonged to another person, against whom, the accused held a grudge.
The accused were identified as Kamal Rana (37) and Lalit Narang (54). They allegedly directed Bedi to pay the money in two instalments of Rs 5 crore each. Kamal used to work in the computer department of the JMD Group of companies from 2005 to 2009, being presently unemployed; and, Lalit – his friend, who agreed to help him earn fast money, said a police official.
They threatened Bedi of abducting his minor son, if he refused to pay the money.
It was Kamal who suggested the name of Sunil Bedi, since he had earlier been kidnapped in Gurgaon, along with his son in 2013 and had subsequently freed themselves after paying a ransom of Rs 10 crore to the abductors.
The accused duo demanded the money through a letter and mentioned a phone number which was later tracked by the police that led them to the actual accused. Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-east) said the accused duo had used the same phone number to send vulgar texts to a woman, against which a complaint was already registered. The phone number actually belonged to another person, against whom, the accused held a grudge.
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