Three booked for extorting money by impersonating FCI officials

Amritsar, September 15

The Civil Lines police have booked three persons for allegedly extorting money from an owner of eating joint located on the Madan Mohan Malviya road here yesterday.

They have been identified as Raman Kumar Chaudhary of Mahan Singh Gate, Vikrant Mahajan of Basant Avenue and Varun Bhatia of Professor Colony here.

Rajinder Sharma, the complainant alleged that all the accused posed as officials of the Food Corporation of India entered his restaurant Bombay Pav Bhaji located on the MM Malviya road here yesterday. He said they did also shot a video and forcibly took Rs 30,000 from him. Civil Lines police authorities said a case under Sections 384, 170, 120-B of the IPC has been registered against Raman, Vikrant and Varun while further investigations were under way. — TNS