Now, extortion through selfie is the in thing in Bihar
In a bid to instil fear into their victim, an extortionists' gang operating in Darbhanga, north Bihar, recently sent a selfie of their kingpin and other members, brandishing sophisticated weapons such as carbines, pistols and bombs, to a school teacher through WhatsApp to demand ransom. The matter came to light when Shyam Kumar Rai, a resident of Navtolia village, received a message and a phone call from notorious gangster Naveen Singh asking him to pay `5 lakh immediately.
In order to prove that he was not making any empty threats, Naveen forwarded a few selfies of himself and his gangster boss Raju Dhakal carrying a pistol, bomb and even a carbine in their hands. Shyam panicked and rushed to the police station to register a complaint in this regard.
The Darbhanga police subsequently set up a special team, headed by subdivisional police officer Dilnawaz Ahmad, and arrested Naveen along with his driver Sukhdev Rai while they were travelling in a Scorpio near Navtolia on last Thursday. The police seized the cellphone which was used to send the pictures. The police also recovered the pictures which were sent from his cellphone.
District police officials said Naveen, a resident of Sarairanjan in Samastipur district who was wanted in connection with several cases, was a member of the gang of Raju Dakal alias Raji Kumar Jha, a resident of Babu Saheb Colony, who had been absconding for long.
Source: India Today
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