BJP MLA Sanjay Singh has filed a complaint against the notorious Neeraj Bawana gang for sending him an alleged extortion message on WhatsApp with a demand of Rs 5 lakh.
The sender shared an account number and identified himself as a member of the Neeraj Bawana gang, as per the Sohna City Police Station.
BJP MLA's complaint said, "It was around 7:30 pm when I got a message on my WhatsApp in which the messenger said he is an associate of gangster Neeraj Bawana and demanded extortion of Rs 5 lakh. On June 26 he again messaged me around 12.00 pm and shared a bank account number and asked me to deposit the same amount or he would kill me. After this I moved to police," it read.
Following his complaint, an FIR was registered against unidentified persons under sections 387 (extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
The city is witnessing a spurt in extortion calls, with most of the callers using the names of Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar and Neeraj Bawana, the three gangsters with a vast network of illicit activities across north India.
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Bishnoi and Goldy Brar are also alleged to be involved in the gunning down of famous Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
On June 15, a manager of a jewellery showroom moved to police alleging that he received a threat call from Brar, a close aide of Lawrence Bishnoi. On June 7, on the complaint of a director of a school, police nabbed a former student of his, who had made an extortion call to him.
Reportedly, there has been a spike in the number of people going for bullet-proof glass in their car after Moosewala's murder. A senior police officer on condition of anonymity said that police teams are conducting raids to nab the accused for threatening the BJP MLA.
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