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Extortion case: FIR lodged a day after Ludhiana CP Kaustubh Sharma intervenes
The complainant , who runs a taxi service and also rents out luxury cars for weddings in Ludhiana, on Wednesday, went to the office of CP to file a complaint against extortion and inaction of PAU police. The CP then assured him of action.
A day after a local businessman sought the intervention of commissioner of police (CP) Kaustubh Sharma in an extortion case, alleging police inaction, the PAU police booked an unidentified miscreant in a case of extortion and threatening on Thursday.
The victim, Manjinder Singh alias Mani of Rishi Nagar, alleged that he was making rounds of the police station since July 25, seeking an FIR against the miscreant for threatening him over phone and demanding ₹5 lakh extortion. Instead of taking action, the police officials had suggested blocking the number used by the miscreants to threaten him, he said.
The complainant , who runs a taxi service and also rents out luxury cars for weddings, on Wednesday, went to the office of CP to file a complaint. The CP then assured him of action.
He alleged that the caller was using different numbers, including foreign ones, to make calls and claimed to be a member of Deepak Mundi gang (Deepak Mundi was arrested in connection with the murder case of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala).
Assistant sub-inspector Resham Singh, the investigating officer, said that an FIR under Sections 384 (punishment for extortion) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code has been lodged against the unidentified accused at PAU police station. The police are trying to trace the accused.
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