"Three extortionists were arrested and an air pistol, that was used in the commission of the crime, was recovered from them," a police spokesman said today.
Tanveer Ahmad Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad Bhat and Javaid Ahmad Lone were arrested yesterday after their names cropped up during the course of an investigation into an extortion case.
On November 9, they had barged into the room of Mohammad Ansari, a resident of Bihar, in Sheeri area and snatched two mobile phones and some cash at gun point, police said.
The mobile phones snatched from Ansari were also recovered, he said.