New Delhi [India], May 10 : Delhi Police on Friday said they have arrested one person and solved the case in which a second-hand car dealer in the national capital had received extortion threats.
This follows the arrest a day ago of one of the three men who had opened fire at another car showroom in the city's Tilak Nagar area, which left several people injured due to the shattered glass and triggered panic among the public.
Delhi Police said today that they have had arrested a 30-year-old man from the Rani Bagh in the national capital for demanding Rs 20 lakh from a second-hand car dealer.
A spate of extortion calls to car dealers recently had triggered panic among them and the accused Karan Dhingra (aged 30) allegedly hatched a plan to extort money using the same modus operandi.
He allegedly demanded Rs 20 lakh from the car dealer who subsequently filed a police complaint on the basis of which Dhingra was arrested.
Initially, Dhingra spoke to the complainant over the phone introducing himself as a "well-wisher," and urging him to be careful as he could also be targeted, like other car dealers.
Folowing this the complainant said that on May 8 he had received a "threat letter" delivered to him at his showroom in Rajouri Garden through a bike-courier rider. The letter carried threat to kill the complainant if he failed to pay up Rs 20 lakh.
The complainant also claimed that he had received two phone calls on May 7 in which the caller warned him to take care of his life and those of his loved ones.
Sensing the seriousness of the offence, the car dealer immediately filed a case at Rajouri Garden Police Station, upon which the team started an investigation. Based on the inputs of the bike-courier rider, the police team arrived at the the place from where he had picked up the "extortion letter". After an analysis of over 50 cameras in the vicinity along with technical analysis of phone numbers from which the threat was received on May 7, the accused, Karan Dhingra, was nabbed from the Rani Bagh area.
Upon interrogation, he revealed that he was aware of the recent extortion calls to car dealers in the city, which had created panic among them. Dhingra said that he hatched a plan to extort money from the complainant, taking advantage of the situation.
The accused threatened the car dealer after the incident of firing took place at a car showroom in the jurisdiction of Tilak Nagar Police Station.
Police said that it is further investigating possible links of the accused to other incidents and links with other gangsters.