Delhi Police Arrests Man for Attempted Rs. 20 Lakh Extortion from Car Dealer

After the firing incident that took place in the jurisdiction of Tilak Nagar police station at Fusion Car Showroom, the accused, Karan Dhingra, contacted the present complainant owner of the Dream Toyz car showroom in the same modus operandi to extort money, the DCP said.We are investigating possible links of the accused to other incidents linkage with gangsters.

Delhi Police has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly demanding Rs 20 lakh from a second-hand car showroom dealer through a handwritten note in west Delhi, officials said on Friday. The accused was identified as Karan Dhingra, a resident of Rani Bagh, police said. According to police, on Wednesday, the car dealer owner (Dream Toyz car showroom) received an extortion letter from a delivery boy at his showroom in Rajouri Garden. ''The accused had demanded Rs. 20 lakh and further threatened to kill him if he failed to make the payment,'' Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Vichitra Veer said.

Police said the complainant also received two phone calls on May 7, wherein the caller threatened him with life. ''After getting the complaint, we formed different teams to investigate the matter after registering an FIR. Our teams identified the delivery boy and he took us to the location from where he had collected the letter. Later the accused was identified and more than 50 cameras in the vicinity were checked,'' the DCP said. According to the police, based on the CCTV footage, and call details records, the accused Karan Dhingra was nabbed from the Rani Bagh area. During interrogation, Dhingra disclosed that he made a plan to extort money from the complainant, after knowing that he had previously received threatening calls. In another incident, a similar case was reported from the Fusion Car Showroom on Tuesday where a dozen shots were fired and the police recovered a note bearing the names of three gangsters. Soon after, the owner of the Fusion Car Showroom received a call from the shooters demanding Rs 5 crore. ''After the firing incident that took place in the jurisdiction of Tilak Nagar police station at Fusion Car Showroom, the accused, Karan Dhingra, contacted the present complainant (owner of the Dream Toyz car showroom) in the same modus operandi to extort money,'' the DCP said.

''We are investigating possible links of the accused to other incidents (linkage with gangsters). His involvement in similar extortion cases is also being verified,'' he said.

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