Extortion accused brought on production warrant

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 14

The UT police have brought the two inmates of Model Jail, Burail, who are accused of extorting money from another inmate, on production warrant. The duo was produced before the court that sent them to two-day police remand.

The accused, Ankit Narwal and Prabhat Tyagi, were booked on a complaint of another jail inmate, Philip Jacob, who had alleged that both threatened him and extorted money from him.

The complainant, through his wife, got Rs2 lakh paid to the accused last month. The money was transferred to the bank account provided to the complainant’s wife by a person named Vishal.

The police said it would investigate as to who all were involved in this extortion racket.

The accused had demanded Rs40 lakh more from Philip. He was asked to pay Rs10 lakh before he got out of the jail on bail and Rs30 afterwards.