Gangster demands Rs 1 crore extortion from brothers in Patti

Gangster Prabhjit Singh, alias Prabh Dasuwal, has demanded Rs 1 crore extortion from two brothers of a well off family, both residents of Patti. Among the victims, younger brother Barune Dhawan is a lawyer in Patti courts, while his elder brother is an XEN in the powercom.

In his complaint to the Patti city police, Barune Dhawan stated that the gangster in a WhatsApp call from foreign number had been repeatedly demanding extortion for the last two weeks. The gangster had been threatening brothers to kill them in case they failed to cough up money. On the midnight of March 7, one unknown bike-borne person fired at the victims’ residence gate. When the incident happened, Prabh Dasuwal called from his WhatsApp number and told the victims that like firing at the gate of their residence, their family too would meet the same fate. The gangster give victims a bank account number of the Axis Bank which was on the name of a Sakuntla Rani.

In his complaint to the police, Barune expressed suspicion over involvement of Ashwani Kumar Sharma of Garden Colony here in the incident. ASI Sawinder Singh said a case had been registered against Dasuwal and an unidentified person in this regard. — OC