Srinagar: Police on Thursday said that it arrested two extortionists in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
In a statement, the police said that on receipt of a complaint by Khanyar police Station against two persons namely Arbaz Ayoub Khan son of Mohd Ayoub Khan of Kwajapora Syedpora Rainawari and Sameer Ahmad Ahanger son of Bashir Ahmad Ahanger of Aqilmir Khanyar to the effect that the duo have threatened and demanded money from the complainant who is constructing a residential house with proper permission near Shiraz Chowk.
The statement further stated that according to the complainant, the duo threatened him that they will not let him construct the said house if he did not pay them Rs 50,0000.
On receipt of this, complaint case FIR No. 02/ 2023 was lodged, and the duo was arrested immediately. During the investigation of the case, it came to the fore that the duo along with a few others operate like a gang in Khanyar area of downtown and have been threatening innocent people, especially those who construct residential houses or commercial buildings, in order to extort money they used to claim links with influential people.
People of the area have hailed the swift action of the police in arresting these accused persons, police said.
The general public is requested not to fall prey to such fraudsters and to bring to the notice of the nearest police station any such person who they might come across, reads the statement.
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