Five held for threatening pvt coal firm GM for extortion
They intercepted the car of general manager of a Kalinga company and demanded Rs 10 lakh from the human resource manager of the firm, threatening to kill the GM if the money was not paid soon.
The driver of the GM's vehicle managed to leave the toll plaza on Wednesday after which the company's officials reported the matter to police. Sonbhadra ASP (headquarters) Anil Kumar along with Robertsganj cops and the team of the special operation group were also engaged to nab those criminals.
On Thursday, the joint team of police intercepted the SUV of the extortionists near the Barhauli area and arrested Santosh Pandey (32), Sonendra Singh (30), Rakesh Pandey (22), Satish Pandey (24), and Rajiv Pandey (20) of Sonbhadra.
Their vehicle was seized while cops started an investigation.
On Wednesday, the company's driver, Ajay Kumar Rajak, alerted Robertsganj police that when he was bringing KCCL Company's GM DJ Nayak from Amlohri NCL project, Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh to Robertsganj for personal work, the SUV-borne miscreants stopped them near Bhilai Bandha, Lodhi. The miscreants snatched the GM's mobile and called KCCL Company's HR Hemant Dakua demanding Rs 10 lakh by threatening to kill if the money was not paid.
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