Mohali cops nab two on extortion charge

Mohali, November 8

The police have arrested two persons in a case of extortion and recovered a .32 bore revolver, six live rounds of ammunition, a car and a ransom amount of Rs10,000 from their possession.

The suspects have been identified as Mandeep Singh, a resident of Jagatpura, and Harpreet Singh, a resident of Kandala. A case was registered against them under Sections 384, 386 and 34 of the IPC and under the Arms Act at the Phase XI police station on November 7.

The suspects were today produced before a court, which remanded them in two-day police custody.

SHO Jagdeep Singh Brar said Mandeep, Harpreet and three other unidentified accomplices had threatened to kill a businessman, Rajinder Singh, by showing revolvers. The suspects were demanding a weekly ransom from him for plying buses from Mohali to a place in Uttar Pradesh.

“The suspects were interrogated for threatening people and demanding ransom. Three other accomplices will be arrested soon,” he said.

The police said Harpreet had already been booked under Sections 323, 384, 148, 149, 506, 364-A and 120-B of the IPC at the Phase XI police station. — TNS