Pseudo-naxals arrested

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, MARCH 12. Two persons, who posed as naxalites and tried to extort a huge sum of money from a jewellery shop owner near Ameerpet, were nabbed by the Task Force (east zone) team on Saturday.

A jewellery merchant lodged a police complaint with the Station House Officer at Panjagutta on Saturday, saying he was receiving threatening calls from someone claiming to be a PWG naxalite, and demanding Rs. 10 lakhs to be paid. The man wanted the money given on March 11 at 11.30 pm at a hotel near Greenlands. A trap was laid by the Police, and the merchant gave the money to the man who was nabbed by the police.

The man was found to be one Azeez Khan alias Mukaram, aged 20 years, a resident of Borabanda and a student of B.Sc course in a city college. On interrogation, he said he was an associate of Ranjit Saigal alias Bittu of Somajiguda, who actually hatched the plan for extortion. This man was arrested near the Begumpet railway station, and from his person a button knife and telephone call receipts were confiscated.

Police said the man confessed that he owns a toys shop in Balkampet, and as he was suffering losses, he planned to extort money from the shop owner. He said he telephoned the owner and posed as a member of the PWG and asked for a big party fund. He said he employed Azeez Khan as his associate to receive the money, for which act he agreed to pay Rs. 10,000 as commission. The two were arrested and handed over at Panjagutta police station.Police said that Ranjit Saigal was arrested by the Panjagutta Police in June last when he tried to extort money from a NRI, again posing as a naxalite.

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