GHAZIABAD: Five persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly extorting money from people in Delhi-NCR and other towns posing as Delhi Police officials.
The accused have been known as Manoj Rawal, the gang chief and resident of Gautam Budh Nagar, Sunil Kumar, a resident of Sultanpuri in Delhi, Dilshad, a resident of Delhi’s Vijay Vihar, Lalit Khokhar, a resident of Chhaprauli in Baghpat, and Jitendra Tyagi, who is from Kavi Nagar.
A police uniform, a Mahindra Xylo and 5 country-made pistols were recovered from their possession.
“The chief of the gang is Manoj Rawal. He was jailed in 2009 for murdering his brother after an argument in a drunken state. The accused were stuck from near Old Bus stand once they were making plans to rob a automobile on Meerut street,” SP (city) Shlok Kumar mentioned.
An FIR has been registered against the accused underneath sections 171 (wearing garb used by public servant with fraudulent intent), 399 (making arrangements to devote dacoity), 402 (assembling for objective of committing dacoity) and 420 (dishonest) of the IPC and relevant sections of the Arms Act at Sihani Gate police station.
Speaking concerning the gang’s modus operandi, police mentioned one of them used to don the Delhi Police sub-inspector’s uniform whilst the opposite would pose as plainclothes officials. They used to park their automobile by means of the roadside and behavior ‘checking’ of cars in secluded areas throughout the evening. The accused extorted money from people considering illicit liquor smuggling, in addition to from other commuters, threatening to e book them for ‘suspicious movement’.
Sources mentioned the gang participants most commonly focused cars pushed by means of youths or wherein couples were travelling. “Targeting them was more straightforward as they'd in most cases now not file the topic to police. The gang didn’t come underneath the police radar as most of their sufferers were themselves considering some or the opposite unlawful activities,” a police officer mentioned.
The accused have been known as Manoj Rawal, the gang chief and resident of Gautam Budh Nagar, Sunil Kumar, a resident of Sultanpuri in Delhi, Dilshad, a resident of Delhi’s Vijay Vihar, Lalit Khokhar, a resident of Chhaprauli in Baghpat, and Jitendra Tyagi, who is from Kavi Nagar.
A police uniform, a Mahindra Xylo and 5 country-made pistols were recovered from their possession.
“The chief of the gang is Manoj Rawal. He was jailed in 2009 for murdering his brother after an argument in a drunken state. The accused were stuck from near Old Bus stand once they were making plans to rob a automobile on Meerut street,” SP (city) Shlok Kumar mentioned.
An FIR has been registered against the accused underneath sections 171 (wearing garb used by public servant with fraudulent intent), 399 (making arrangements to devote dacoity), 402 (assembling for objective of committing dacoity) and 420 (dishonest) of the IPC and relevant sections of the Arms Act at Sihani Gate police station.
Speaking concerning the gang’s modus operandi, police mentioned one of them used to don the Delhi Police sub-inspector’s uniform whilst the opposite would pose as plainclothes officials. They used to park their automobile by means of the roadside and behavior ‘checking’ of cars in secluded areas throughout the evening. The accused extorted money from people considering illicit liquor smuggling, in addition to from other commuters, threatening to e book them for ‘suspicious movement’.
Sources mentioned the gang participants most commonly focused cars pushed by means of youths or wherein couples were travelling. “Targeting them was more straightforward as they'd in most cases now not file the topic to police. The gang didn’t come underneath the police radar as most of their sufferers were themselves considering some or the opposite unlawful activities,” a police officer mentioned.
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