Three held for extorting money from gas delivery boy posing as vigilance officials

Three persons were arrested for allegedly posing arsenic vigilance officials and extorting wealth from a state transportation lad adjacent Film Nagar.

The accused were identified arsenic 60-year-old Mohammed Manzoor Hassan and 46-year-old Mohd Tousfeeq, moving arsenic reporters for a website, and 29-year-old Mohammed Taj, a driver.

According to the police, the trio intercepted the transportation lad and accused him of selling state cylinders successful the achromatic market. They allegedly threatened to study him to his leader and person him dismissed from service.

Police said the accused demanded ₹2 lakh, pursuing which the victim, retired of fear, handed implicit the currency helium had collected aft making deliveries.

The unfortunate aboriginal informed his employer, who lodged a ailment with Film Nagar police. Based connected CCTV footage, the accused were identified and apprehended, and ₹23,000 was recovered from them. During questioning, the accused reportedly stated that the remaining magnitude had been handed implicit to different person, who is presently absconding.