The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly making extortion calls to a Ludhiana based businessman in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar group.
The accused have been identified as S Singh (29) and A A Khan (24), both residents of Bilaspur in Chattisgarh.
According to K P S Malhotra, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), IFSO unit of Special cell, on June 12, Punjab Police (Cyber Police station Ludhiana) contacted IFSO Unit and sought help in tracing the alleged persons. “A case was already registered with Punjab Police on the complaint of a businessman based in Ludhiana, who alleged that he is receiving threats calls from some unknown international and Indian phone numbers on his mobile number since June 4,” said the DCP.
“The callers identified themselves to be from the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gang and threatened him to pay ransom money of Rs 10 Lakhs and also shared bank account number.
They further threatened him that in case of failure of paying ransom money his fate would be like Sidhu Moosewaala,” said the DCP adding that it was informed by Punjab Police that the location of the one of the alleged phone number is in Delhi and the alleged person is changing his location frequently.
“Acting on the information provided by the Punjab Police, the leads were further developed through thorough technical analysis and digital foot prints. Singh and Khan were apprehended from Gurugram, Haryana,” said the DCP.
