Two men were arrested on Sunday for allegedly running an extortion racket and demanding ₹ 3 crore from a businessman in Dwarka in the name of gangster Kapil Sangwan, police said.
Police said interrogation revealed that the duo were facing financial difficulties and had allegedly suffered losses in cricket betting. He also allegedly introduced Arora to the technical expert who helped create virtual numbers. Six mobile phones have been recovered. They allegedly decided to extort money from businessmen by using Sangwan’s name.
Rohit Arora, 47, and Sudhir Gahlot alias Chota Nandu, 44, allegedly made extortion calls to at least three businessmen in Dwarka, threatening them and their families with serious consequences if they failed to pay, according to police. The case came to light after an FIR was registered at Bindapur police station on September 6 following an alleged demand for ₹ 3 crore from a businessman. Following technical analysis and manual surveillance, Arora was apprehended from Sector 11, Dwarka, on September 23.
Police said the accused used virtual mobile numbers created through an application using fake email IDs. Third accused, Ajay — who is a technical expert and helped them create the fake numbers — is a resident of Madhya Pradesh and was recently deported from Canada, officials said, added that they are looking for him. Gahlot was arrested from Dwarka the following day at Arora’s instance, police said. Gahlot had provided Arora with three numbers of prospective targets and arranged a mobile phone for him, according to police. Police said Arora made threat calls to three persons in the last two weeks of August, demanding money and threatening them with serious consequences, if they did not comply.
