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Panchkula extortion racket: Police seek production warrants for kingpin Anil Bhalla, his son
Police said the two accused would be produced in the court to seek their police remand; Anil Bhalla, currently in judicial custody in the Panchkula extortion case
Police sought a production warrant for financer Anil Bhalla and his son Sahil Bhalla to further investigate the recovery of drugs and illegal arms and ammunition from his house.
A police spokesperson said the two accused would be produced in the court on Tuesday to seek their police remand.
Anil Bhalla, currently in judicial custody in the Panchkula extortion case. The development comes after police on May 30 nabbed three family members of the kingpin, Anil Bhalla, with ₹4.63 crore in unaccounted cash, gold jewellery, 697 gm opium, and a cache of arms and ammunition.
Anil’s wife Anju Bhalla, their son Sahil’s wife Anjali Bhalla and Anjali’s brother Gaurav were caught by the police in Sector 2 while travelling in a car, which has also been impounded.
Police had on May 27 busted an extortion racket, the brainchild of Anil Bhalla, a financier from Sector 2. Apart from Anil, two of his four gang members – assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gurmez Singh, in-charge of Sector 2 police post, Panchkula, and Narendra Khillan of Sector 10 had also been arrested.
However, the ASI managed to escape from police custody the next day and was suspended along with two other police personnel.
