A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as a gangster and trying to extort Rs 1 crore from a businessman by threatening to kill him, police said.
The police had received a complaint from a businessman who claimed to be receiving extortion calls from an unknown number. He said that the caller identified himself as Pradeep Solanki, a gangster of the Najafgarh area, and threatened to kill him if he did not pay the ransom amount within seven days, they said.
The accused has been identified as Vikas Mehta, a resident of Mohan Garden, a senior police official said.
An FIR was registered and police swung into action to trace the accused,