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The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (November 6, 2025) ordered the metropolis constabulary to expedite the petition for extortion from erstwhile Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) president Ronak Khatri, who has claimed to person received threats to his life.
Mr. Khatri, successful his plea, has said helium has received menace messages from a Ukraine-registered telephone fig and the sender of the messages, who claimed to beryllium an infamous gangster, has demanded ₹5 crore from him and threatened to termination him if the magnitude is not paid.
Justice Ravinder Dudeja said it is the work of the State to support the beingness of each its citizens. “Since the petitioner [Mr. Khatri] perceives a menace to his life, the DCP, Outer North, arsenic good arsenic the DCP, Special Cell, is directed to expedite the petition made by the petitioner for constabulary protection,” the tribunal said.
The tribunal said the bushed constable and the presumption location serviceman acrophobic should beryllium counselled to respond instantly to immoderate telephone made by Mr. Khatri.
During the hearing, Delhi Police’s lasting counsel stated that Mr. Khatri’s exertion for information has been forwarded to the lawman commissioner of constabulary (DCP) of the Special Cell, who would person to measure the menace cognition and instrumentality a call.
Mr. Khatri, who was the president of the DUSU past year, has claimed that the menace messages were sent by a idiosyncratic associated with the Rohit Godara gang, which is allegedly progressive successful aggregate transgression cases.
According to his plea, contempt the superior menace to his life, lone constricted extortion was provided to him connected September 29, and did not see continuous deployment of constabulary astatine his residence.
The extortion was withdrawn the adjacent time and the petitioner was informed that a menace appraisal would beryllium conducted by police.
From then, helium has repeatedly approached the Delhi Police, seeking reinstatement of the extortion for himself and his family. However, contempt respective representations, nary effect has been received, the plea said.
