Gang involved in making extortion calls busted, 2 arrested from Bihar

Punjab cops have also arrested two members of the gang with the help of their Bihar counterparts recovered two laptops, two mobile phones and several fake identification proofs

AMRITSAR: Punjab Police on Thursday busted an interstate gang involved in making extortion calls to people, including doctors, by posing as gangsters. Punjab cops have also arrested two members of the gang with the help of their Bihar counterparts recovered two laptops, two mobile phones and several fake identification proofs.

Two members of the gang involved in making extortion calls in police custody in Amritsar.

The arrested men have been identified as Prinsh Kumar, a resident of Siswa Mauja of Lukarian tehsil, and Vikas Kumar of village Sewarahan, East Champaran district of Bihar.

Addressing a press conference, commissioner of police (CP), Amritsar, Arun Pal Singh said: “On the complaint of doctors, who had received ransom calls, a case under Sections 387 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against some unidentified persons at the Majitha Road police station last month. In view of the sensitivity of the matter, a team comprising deputy commissioner of police (DCP-investigation) Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP-City 2) Prabhjot Singh and assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Varinder Singh Khosa was formed.”

“The investigating team found that the ransom calls were being made by cyber crime criminals who posed themselves as gangsters. After investigating the matter, officials sent a team of four cops led by assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Malkiat Singh to Bihar to trace and nab the accused,” he said.

Threat calls to doctors and other prominent personalities, including politicians, have increased in Punjab after the brutal killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.