Three nabbed for seeking ransom in gangster’s name

The police claimed to have arrested three members of a gang that has been involved in seeking ransom in the name of a notorious gangster.

The suspects identified as Tirath Singh of Khanna city, Abhishek Kumar and Nihal of Peerkhana Road, Khanna, were arrested by the police from different places on Saturday.

Khanna DSP Amritpal Singh Bhatti said police officials supervised by SSP, Khanna, Jyoti Yadav, had solved a case in which a city jeweller had received threat calls, demanding 1 kg of gold as ransom by a miscreant, posing as gangster Prema Shooter on Friday.

Shrikant Verma had received a call about 12.45 pm on Friday from a caller, claiming to be Prema Shooter, who said he had received a contract to eliminate his (Verma’s) son and other family members in case they failed to pay 1 kg of gold as ransom. Threat calls were made from two phone numbers and the victim’s family was asked to place the gold on a bridge in front of a hotel in the city on the day of the incident.

Having received information about the threat received by the jeweller, the police formed a SIT under the supervision of SSP Jyoti Yadav and the suspects were identified on the basis of probe made in connection with the calls made by the suspects.

Preliminary probe revealed that there were three suspects and they had conducted a recce around the premises owned by the jeweller and also enquired details about members of his family before making the threat call for ransom on Friday. All suspects are unemployed.