Leading city chemist gets extortion call from ‘gangster’

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 17

The police on Tuesday registered an extortion case against unknown person who called up the owner of Kumar Brothers, a chemist shop in Sector 11, recently and sought extortion money.

Sources in the operation cell of the UT police said Ashwani Kumar, who owns the medical store, had informed them that he had received a WhatsApp call from an unknown person around 10 days ago.

The caller claimed to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The person threatened the victim and demanded extortion money. Following this, the operation cell provided security to Kumar.

Sources added that Kumar had an apprehension that he was being followed by someone. "The amount demanded from him is not clear yet," said a police official.

Acting on the information, Kumar was provided with two armed security personnel by the operation cell. Sources said cops were also keeping a vigil around Kumar's house.

A case has been registered against the unknown caller at the Sector 3 police station.

A police official said they had initiated an investigation into the matter and all measures were being taken to ensure no untoward incident took place.