Four pose as Bishnoi gang members, threaten bizman
The arrested individuals are identified as Mohammed Rafiq, 34, Amit Choudary, 42, Vansh Sachdev, 26, and Shishupal, 45. Rafiq is a resident of Mavalli and runs a shop for car accessories on JC Road. He is involved in a few cases in Delhi and other places, but not in Bengaluru. Amit, Vansh, and Shishupal are involved in criminal cases in UP and Delhi.
According to police, Vishal, a resident of Nehru Nagar in north Bengaluru, who runs a plywood business, filed a complaint with Sheshadripuram police on July 9, stating he received a call from an unknown number on the night of July 8.
The caller introduced himself as a gang member of Lawrence Bishnoi and demanded Rs 1 crore ransom. He threatened to kidnap Vishal's son if the ransom was not paid.
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A joint team of central division police and Central Crime Branch (CCB) was formed to trace the miscreants. During interrogation, the police found the number was purchased and activated in Faridabad. A team was dispatched to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to nab the caller.
The police took the call detail records of the number and found a few calls were made to Rafiq.
Another team in the city managed to catch Rafiq from JC Road. During interrogation, he confessed he had a rivalry with Vishal, alleging that Vishal and three others cheated him regarding a site and car accessories. He said he wanted to threaten Vishal and others and extort money. So, he called the miscreants from Meerut in UP to Bengaluru, provided them hotel accommodation and mobile phones to communicate among themselves and to make calls to Vishal.
Rafiq was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.
Based on his information, the team in UP went to Delhi and with the help of local police, they were detained. All three are in police custody. The accused have no links with Bishnoi. They claimed that they came to the city with a pistol and bullets. The police are making efforts to recover the weapon. Rafiq befriended the trio when he was lodged in Tihar jail in a copyright act case.
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