SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have booked four village residents’ t on the charge of extorting money from tipper drivers.
The Station House Officer (SHO) Gurindar Jit Singh Nagra said that the accused have Gabbar Singh son of Jeet Singh,Mangal Singh alias Manga son of Satnam Singh alias Nimma,Kuldeep Singh son of Balwindar Singh and Gurpreet Singh son of Malkit Singh all resident of Bahmanni Khurd village.
SHO said that the accused were forcibly collecting Rs 300 per tipper from drivers transporting sand in the area on the pretext of repairing a passage.
SHO said that a case under section 384(extortion)of the IPC was registered against the accused.