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Srinagar, April 16
Three alleged extortionists, including a panch, were arrested in Baramulla district, the police said on Friday. Toy weapons have been seized from them.
A complaint was received from Mudasir Ahmad Shiekh, a resident of Panzipora area of Sopore, stating that on the intervening night of April 3 and 4, unidentified persons barged into his in-laws' house in Hamdani Colony, Nadihal, along with weapons and asked to drop them in south Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
He said the complainant further said they took away two mobile phones and threatened the family members not to disclose the incident to anyone.
The police arrested Mehraj ud Din Rather, a panch, Bashir Ahmad Lone and Muhammad Dilawar Khawaja of Dachinpora. — PTI
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