Srinagar 26 Mar :
For deceitfully extorting money from gullible people, police on Tuesday arrested a man in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and recovered two toy pistols used in the commission of crime.
In a statement issued to the news agency SNS KASHMIR, a police spokesperson said, “Today Police station Rajpora received an information through reliable sources that some persons in the jurisdiction of police station are extorting money from the general public by deceitful means through criminal intimidation.”
In this regard, a case FIR no 22/2024 u/s 384, 506, 420 was registered and investigation set into motion, the police spokesperson said.
“During the course of investigation one person namely Andleeb Ahmad Mir son of Ab Rasheed Mir, a resident of Rajpora has been arrested and two toy pistols used for the crime has been recovered from his possession. Further investigation of the case is going on,” he added.
Meanwhile, police have appealed to the general public that such miscreants, who are using “unjust terror” to do extortions and create a panic atmosphere, should be immediately identified and information be shared with them.