NEW DELHI: Tihar Jail turns out to have turn into a snug cove for gangsters as they've been discovered wearing out extortions via video calls.
A Rohini-based businessman approached police for assist after 15 criminals barged into his workplace to demand coverage cash of Rs 50 lakh. To his shock, they made him attend a video call with gangster Rahul Kala on WhatsApp. Kala, a close affiliate of gangster Neeraj Bawana, is these days lodged in jail. An FIR has been lodged and investigation is being performed into the allegation.
In his statement, the businessman stated the incident occurred on December 25, 2018. An afternoon prior to this incident, he had gained a video call from Kala through which he was once threatened and Rs 50 lakh was once demanded from him. Kala additionally sent a photograph of him standing in conjunction with Bawana.
“At 4pm day after today, 15 men entered my workplace and began difficult the cash. One of them then got here ahead and began a video call. The guy in the call was once the similar one standing subsequent to Bawana in the photo,” the businessman stated. He was once additionally made to attend to a voice call.
The complainant added, “The guy on the different end continuously abused and threatened me. He warned that if I didn’t pay, they'll kill me and my circle of relatives. I was given an afternoon’s time to arrange for the cash. Before leaving, they instructed me they'd come on the similar time the following day to collect it.”
After the lads left his workplace, the businessman submitted a criticism on the local police station. The subsequent day, he waited in fear but no person got here. However, he gained a WhatsApp message from an unknown number pronouncing “Hi”. The businessman disregarded it, but he gained similar messages on January 2 and 7.
On January 26, the unknown individual again sent a message, “Ha okay chava ha bta (tell what do you want do now).” He contacted the police officers again and a case of extortion and prison intimidation was once registered.
Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik has met the sufferer and confident him coverage. A probe has revealed that international/VOIP numbers had been used in making the video call, most certainly with the assistance of Wi-Fi. It could also be being investigated how in spite of putting in cellular jammers, the inmates were able to make calls freely using web from within the jail.
The government had been left red-faced in September 2018 when an inmate lodged in the Mandoli jail complex in east Delhi made a phone call to his brother telling him that he was once attacked through his fellow inmates and requested him to contact the local police and save him.
A Rohini-based businessman approached police for assist after 15 criminals barged into his workplace to demand coverage cash of Rs 50 lakh. To his shock, they made him attend a video call with gangster Rahul Kala on WhatsApp. Kala, a close affiliate of gangster Neeraj Bawana, is these days lodged in jail. An FIR has been lodged and investigation is being performed into the allegation.
In his statement, the businessman stated the incident occurred on December 25, 2018. An afternoon prior to this incident, he had gained a video call from Kala through which he was once threatened and Rs 50 lakh was once demanded from him. Kala additionally sent a photograph of him standing in conjunction with Bawana.
“At 4pm day after today, 15 men entered my workplace and began difficult the cash. One of them then got here ahead and began a video call. The guy in the call was once the similar one standing subsequent to Bawana in the photo,” the businessman stated. He was once additionally made to attend to a voice call.
The complainant added, “The guy on the different end continuously abused and threatened me. He warned that if I didn’t pay, they'll kill me and my circle of relatives. I was given an afternoon’s time to arrange for the cash. Before leaving, they instructed me they'd come on the similar time the following day to collect it.”
After the lads left his workplace, the businessman submitted a criticism on the local police station. The subsequent day, he waited in fear but no person got here. However, he gained a WhatsApp message from an unknown number pronouncing “Hi”. The businessman disregarded it, but he gained similar messages on January 2 and 7.
On January 26, the unknown individual again sent a message, “Ha okay chava ha bta (tell what do you want do now).” He contacted the police officers again and a case of extortion and prison intimidation was once registered.
Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik has met the sufferer and confident him coverage. A probe has revealed that international/VOIP numbers had been used in making the video call, most certainly with the assistance of Wi-Fi. It could also be being investigated how in spite of putting in cellular jammers, the inmates were able to make calls freely using web from within the jail.
The government had been left red-faced in September 2018 when an inmate lodged in the Mandoli jail complex in east Delhi made a phone call to his brother telling him that he was once attacked through his fellow inmates and requested him to contact the local police and save him.
Delhi bizman gets extortion video call from Tihar
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