Nagaur : Four accused of the city, who were arrested by the Kuchaman police in the case of demanding extortion money worth crores of rupees from the reputed businessmen of Nagaur city in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi gang, were presented in the Makrana Court after interrogation by the police on Sunday. From there the police have taken all four accused on PC remand. Earlier, in order to make the information about the four accused public in the city, the Kuchaman police handcuffed the accused and paraded them on foot under police guard, so that there is fear among the criminals and confidence in the police among the common people. During this, the people of the city took strict action against the accused. Along with taking action, raise slogans demanding death penalty, so that no person becomes a criminal in Kuchaman in future.
Didwana- Kuchaman Superintendent of Police Hanuman Prasad Meena said that the police took action under the leadership of ASP Nemichand Kharia, DYSP Arvind Bishnoi and Police Officer Jagdish Prasad, Head Constable Gajendra Singh, Ramdev Puri, Cyber Cell’s Premprakash, Narendra Singh, Ravi Kumar, Nisha. Teams of Kanwar, Kesaram, Kamlesh, Banwari Lal and Lal Singh were formed. The team has arrested Shafiq Khan (58) son of Hakam Ali, Faheem Khan (30) son of Irfan Khan, Soyeb Khan (30) son of Abid Khan and Sarfaraz Khan (41) son of Aziz Khan Kayamkhani, residents of Khan Mohalla of Kuchaman. Shafiq Khan is a history-sheeter of Kuchaman police station.
Police said that during interrogation of the accused, it was revealed that the main accused Shafiq Khan used to collect extortion money from the businessmen of the city for the Anandpal gang. Due to his bookie and betting business, Shafiq started collecting extortion money only from the people he met and the reputed people he knew. In return for this he also got a huge commission. In this context, Virendra came in contact with Charan and provided information to Rohit Godara to target five reputed businessmen of Kuchaman for extortion and also got threatening calls, messages and audios for extortion, so that he could seek mediation from the five. No one should have any doubt about the recovery of tax extortion money. He used this method to extort money from AP Group. But Shafiq and his associates got scared when a case was registered in the police station on behalf of the victims.
Were planning to escape to Mumbai
The police initiated intensive action in the case of five reputed businessmen receiving extortion threats worth crores of rupees on WhatsApp from foreign numbers. After some time, the Kuchaman police became suspicious of Shafiq Khan of Khan Mohalla, so the police raided Shafiq Khan’s gym, but when Shafiq was not found there, the police’s suspicion turned into certainty. After this, the police surrounded Shafiq’s house located near the temple of Lord Narasimha and raided there, but before that Shafiq escaped from there. After this, with the help of cyber team and cooperation of Surat Rural Police, the police arrested the four accused from Kamroj Toll Plaza on National Highway-48, Surat. According to police sources, these four criminals were planning to escape to Mumbai. He has connections with many people of criminal nature in Mumbai.
Kuchaman Police has taken action and arrested 4 accused in the case of demanding extortion from five reputed businessmen of the city. Out of these, information has been received about Shafiq Khan being associated with Anandpal gang in the past and carrying out many crimes like extortion. Along with this, Faheem, Soyab and Sarfaraz alias Vicky were arrested and the car used in their escape was also recovered. There are reports of more local people being involved in the case. Police have also received some audio and call recordings. Which will be investigated by the FSL team. Security will be provided to the victims.
