| Police busts extortionists gang, 3 arrested | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, June 6: On specific information, the police busted an extortionist gang in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday. Three members of the gang were taken into custody.
According to police, driver of a Sumo vehicle bearing registration number JK05A/1588 was stopped by four masked extortionists in the late evening hours at Patchkoot on May 22, 2014. Rs 13,500 were looted from him on a knife point.
"The driver of the vehicle informed the police, soon after Jammu and Kashmir police swung into action and detained many people for questioning".
First Information Report (FIR) no: 20/2014 was registered under section 341, 392/RPC in police station Vilgam and investigation was taken up.
However Handwara police has detained many suspects for questioning. During questioning of the suspects police zeroed in on four persons involved in the extortion.
Among them three accused including two brothers Tanveer Ahmad wars, Altaf Ahmad War sons of Ghulam Rasool War and Mohammad Akbar Mir son-in-law of Abdul Gaffar Bhat residents of Patchkoot were arrested while the forth accused is absconding.
Police has launched man hunt to nab him and will arrest the other persons who are behind the game.
Rs 1800 and a knife used in the commission of the extortion have been recovered from them, police said. According to cyber crime experts, "Extortion has traditionally been committed by organized crime. The crime organizations have used extortion of businesses as a good, steady source of income for years, especially restaurants, bars and night shows".
"And one more thing violent street gangs are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir, law enforcement agencies have warned of many drug gangs in the past. Gangs claim sections of neighborhoods as their territory and they demand extortion payments from local businesses men".
Especially in Jammu and Kashmir crime is increasing very much and people are advised to deal only with reputable businesses and be judicious in providing credit card information.
If a deal sounds too good to be true, it is best avoided.
"If you are being extorted call the police immediately. While it's true the police can't protect you all the time, but it is also true extortionists are insatiable. They will keep coming back for payment after payment. It never ends, need of the hour is to tighten the noose of these extortionists by enforcing strict laws against them" it is a crime said, an expert. |
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