Kanpur: Six individuals had been arrested on Sunday for allegedly making an attempt to extort cash from Devoted Freight Hall supervisor engaged in digging work at Bidhnoo’s Koriya village on Saturday night time.
Police mentioned the lads had demanded Rs 50,000 from the supervisor Ram Dayal Jaat, a resident of Jaipur in Rajasthan. “It was when the supervisor raised objection, one Guddu Yadav arrived on the web site alongside along with his 5 aides. One in every of them then allegedly opened hearth at him. The bullet, nonetheless, missed the goal and the supervisor escaped unharmed,” mentioned inspector Bidhnoo Pushpraj Singh.
Performing on the supervisor’s criticism, a police crew reached the positioning and arrested Guddu and his 5 aides.
All of them have been booked beneath sections 384 (extortion), 506 (felony intimidation) and 34 (widespread intention) of the IPC at Bidhnoo police station. The arrested individuals had been produced within the court docket and despatched to jail, inspector added.
Supervisor Ram Dayal Jaat advised police that Guddu, alongside along with his aides, had been making menace calls and demanding extortion cash.
“They got here on Saturday late night time and mentioned that if I needed to proceed working there, I’ve to present them cash each month. Additionally, they’d demanded Rs 50,000. They threatened to cease the work and kill me if I didn’t pay the cash. After I mentioned that it’s a piece associated to the Railways, then considered one of them opened hearth on me, I one way or the other escaped and saved myself,” he advised the police.