Peon makes extortion calls, held
September 12th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Angered by delayed payment of salaries and denial of a pay hike, a 22-year-old peon at a travel agency tried to extort money from his employer, police said Monday. The man has been arrested.
Arun Dev was arrested Sunday from Inderpuri area of west Delhi.
Police also recovered two mobile phones and three SIM cards used for making ransom calls.
Investigation in the case was taken up on the complaint of Pradeep Ahuja, a travel agent, a resident of Rohini.
“He said that he was receiving ransom calls… He alleged that Dev also threatened to kill his family members and demanded Rs.50 lakh,” a senior police officer said.
Police traced the calls and zeroed in on Dev.
“He said he made the ransom calls as his employer neither used to pay his salary on time nor gave him any salary hike.”
“Meanwhile, he also watched a film ‘Singham’, which inspired him. He struck upon the idea to frighten his employer and his family in order to extort money,” the officer added.
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