The Delhi Police have arrested a person and his affiliate, for allegedly impersonating Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in an try and extort Rs 20 crore from a businessman in South Delhi.
The Crime Department police recognized one of many arrested as Iqbal Qureshi, a member of Prince Tewatia gang, and mentioned he had masterminded the operation. Qureshi has over 30 circumstances in opposition to him, below a number of expenses, together with rape and Arms Act violations, the police mentioned. The opposite arrested has been recognized as Arun Lal.
The accused had been arrested from Delhi’s Khizrabad space on February 19 based mostly on a tip off, mentioned the police mentioned.
In response to the police, on October 22, 2024, Qureshi and his six–member gang, posing as ED officers, allegedly barged into the farmhouse of the businessman in Mehrauli.
“Underneath the guise of conducting a raid, they questioned the complainant about important money withdrawals from his checking account,” Sanjay Kumar Sain, Extra Commissioner of Police (Crime), mentioned.
Threatening arrest, the “officers” demanded Rs 20 crore from the complainant to keep away from arrest. Citing the massive quantity, the businessman mentioned that he needed to go to the financial institution to facilitate the transaction, the police mentioned.
5 of the accused remained within the farmhouse in a single day, whereas two of them accompanied the complainant to a financial institution in Hauz Khas. “Seizing the chance, the complainant alerted his supervisor and lawyer through WhatsApp, who confirmed with ED’s workplace that no such raid was authorised. When the complainant requested identification from one of many accused on the financial institution, the fraudsters grew suspicious and fled,” Sain mentioned.
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A crew below ACP Naresh Solanki, and led by Inspector Vijay Pal Dahiya, traced a cellular quantity used through the tried ‘raid’, and located that it was linked to Qureshi, the police mentioned.
Additional investigation is underway to arrest the remaining accomplices, the police mentioned.
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