Jodhpur : Some miscreants called the project manager of a company laying underground gas pipeline in Jodhpur city to the site on the pretext of work permit and threatened him with weapons for extortion. The complainant has registered a case against unknown people at Ratanada police station. The police are busy searching for the accused after watching the CCTV footage of the incident site. According to the police, Satyendra Chaudhary (30), resident of Bisuri Hall Basni Gali No. 3, Secunderabad, Buland city of UP, gave the report. It was told that he is working as a project manager in the work of laying underground gas pipeline in the city. Work is going on near JDA and St. Patrick’s School. An unknown person talked to me from the phone of the employee working there. He inquired from me about the permission for the work going on at the site. When I reached there site. Then two unknown people were found, who asked to go to a nearby finance office and talk to the officials.
Showed a pistol and asked for Rs 1 crore
A person sat on my motorcycle. As soon as we went a little further, motorcycles started moving nearby. Then, getting nervous, I stopped the car outside the JDA office. Then one of them showed a weapon like a pistol and threatened him to settle Devi Singh’s accounts and give him Rs 1 crore soon. Otherwise you won’t be able to do your work. When I objected to this, they started beating me and threatened to kill me. Head constable Vikram Singh is investigating the case. After watching the CCTV footage at Abhay Command Centre, the police is busy searching for the accused.
Threatened again the next day
The next day, on November 19, at around 4.30 pm, machine driver Ramchandra, who was working near the Children’s Park in Sardarpura, was threatened by two unknown persons and asked to settle the account of Devi Singh worth Rs 1 crore. If he did not do so, he threatened to set the machine on fire. A case has been registered on behalf of the company in Basni and Mahamandir police stations. Which is under investigation.
