Delhi Police arrests 1, apprehends 2 juveniles for trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from businessman
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Delhi Police arrested a 28-year-old man and apprehended two juveniles for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from a businessman by posing as members of the Neeraj Bawana gang.
A 28-year-old man was arrested and two juveniles were apprehended for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from a businessman by posing as members of the Neeraj Bawana gang, police said on Friday. The two juveniles, who are school friends, had created a profile on Instagram in the name of Sahil shooter and started following similar accounts on the social media platform, they said. According to the police, the duo came in contact with Rohit Bhardwaj, the third accused, over Instagram and started chatting with him. During the conversation, Bhardwaj shared details of a man who runs an IT company in Paschim Vihar and hatched a conspiracy to extort Rs 10 lakh from him by posing as members of the Neeraj Bawana gang.
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