Man arrested for extorting money from builders, property dealers

New Delhi, January 13

The police today claimed to have arrested a 34-year-old man who was allegedly involved in extorting money from several property dealers and builders in Uttam Nagar, said a police official.

Paramjeet, alias Vikas, was arrested on Thursday from near the Rama Park road in Uttam Nagar where he was planning to scare reputed builders and property dealers by firing at their offices, said the official.

He was going to do it on the instructions of his gang leader Pradeep Solanki, who is in jail, the police said, adding that a pistol with three bullets was seized from him after his arrest.

Solanki, along with Mahal and their other accomplice were booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. — PTI