Man arrested for extorting money by posing as cop in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 19: A 24-year-old man, who lost his job during lockdown, was arrested for allegedly extorting money from a person by posing as a policeman in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area, officials said on Monday.
The accused has been identified as Vishal Mishra, a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior. He came to Delhi two weeks ago for an interview at an institute in Dwarka and was staying at his uncle's place in Govindpuri, they said.
On Sunday, one Rajinder Singh filed a complaint at Govindpuri police station alleging that he was sitting in Meera Bai Park and smoking when a man, who identified himself as Inspector Yogesh as a special staff officer from Crime Branch, Lajpat Nagar, approached him, a senior officer said.
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The
accused
asked
him
to
pay
a
fine
of
₹
2,000
for
smoking
in
public,
to
which
Singh
agreed,
he
said.
Later,
Yogesh
showed
him
a
gun,
threatened
to
take
him
to
the
police
station
and
charge
him
under
the
Arms
Act
if
he
did
not
pay
₹
15,000,
the
officer
said.
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The victim got scared and agreed to pay him ₹ 8,000 through a digital wallet. He called his friend Akash, who transferred the money into the account of the accused, the officer said.