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The Delhi Police has arrested 2 Haryana-based businessmen for allegedly impersonating members of the notorious Kala Jathedi pack and issuing extortion threats to a Delhi businessman, an authoritative said connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026).
The accused person been identified arsenic Rajan Kalra (26), a nonmigratory of Yamunanagar, and Sahil Garg (38), from Haryana's Jagadhari. Three mobile phones allegedly utilized successful the committee of the transgression person been recovered from them, constabulary said.
The lawsuit came to airy aft Rohit Jain, a businessman engaged successful the manufacture of integrative glue tapes successful Bawana, approached Adarsh Nagar constabulary presumption with a ailment that helium had been receiving threatening calls from planetary numbers.
Mr. Jain alleged that the callers claimed to beryllium members of the Kala Jathedi pack and demanded wealth portion threatening him with dire consequences, including death, if the request was not met.
During the investigation, constabulary recovered that Mr. Jain had an ongoing concern quality with Sahil Garg, who had earlier lodged a ailment against him alleging cheating and non-payment of astir ₹2.95 crore.
Police said the extortionists allegedly claimed they had accepted a "token amount" of ₹50 lakh from Garg to retrieve the disputed wealth and threatened to destruct the complainant if helium failed to pay.
An First Information Report (FIR) was registered connected June 7 nether applicable provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) relating to extortion and transgression intimidation.
Through method surveillance and investigation of telephone records, investigators established that the accused were utilizing some planetary and Indian telephone numbers to contented threats.
The constabulary squad conducted raids astatine aggregate locations successful Karnal, Jagadhri and Yamunanagar successful Haryana. Rajan Kalra was apprehended first, and consequent questioning led to the apprehension of co-accused Sahil Garg, constabulary said.
During interrogation, some accused allegedly confessed to their engagement successful the lawsuit and disclosed that they had nary links with the Kala Jathedi gang. Instead, they had utilized the gang's sanction to make fearfulness and unit the complainant into paying money, investigators said.
Two mobile phones allegedly utilized by Rajan Kalra for making extortion calls and different handset utilized by Sahil Garg were seized during the operation. Police said Rajan runs a concern successful Yamunanagar, portion Sahil is engaged successful the aesculapian instrumentality trade.
