Woman among five booked for extortion, cheating, snatching
SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have booked five persons including a woman on the charges of extortion, cheating, and snatching
Investigating Officer (IO) Gurnam Singh said that the accused has been identified as Joban Preet Singh son of Major Singh a resident of Chanann Windi village under Sultan Pur Lodhi police station Kapurthala and his four unidentified accomplices including a woman.
Narinder Singh (58) a resident of Jain Pur village under Sultan Pur Lodhi police station complained to the police that he was running a commission agent shop in Sultan Pur Lodhi grain market and received a phone call on September 9. The caller introduced himself as his old labourer claiming to had worked at his shop for many years and offered to provide the labour force and invited him to his village Said Pur Jhirri village.
The complaint said he reached the village and asked the caller's exact location of the house and when he reached there one person accompanied him inside to a room where the half-naked girl was sitting on a bed and three unidentified accused came and pushed him onto the bed.
Narinder Singh said in his complaint that all the accused demanded Rs 5 Lakhs from him threatening to register a rape case against him if he does not pay money.
The complainant said when he refused to accept their demand the accused started beating him for a long time and stanched Rs 15000, an Apple watch, and four ATMs forcing him to disclose PIN codes and to sign a cheque of SBI.
Narinder Singh said that the accused drew Rs 20,000 using his ATMs and demanded more money by calling him and threatening him to keep his mouth shut and video graphed indecent acts inside the room. He said the video was made viral on social media adding that he recognized one accused Joshan Preet Singh who planned a conspiracy.
IO said a case under sections 308(2) (extortion by putting a person in fear of injury) 318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 304(snatching) of the BNS have been registered against the accused. No arrests have been made and raids are being conducted to absconding accused