Man arrested for impersonation, extortion

A person has been arrested for allegedly impersonating as a police officer and extorting Rs 1,15,000 from a man on the pretext of implicating him in a cheating case in East Delhi, police said today.
The accused Sushil Kumar was arrested yesterday after the victim Bhanu Pratap raised an alarm, said DCP (East) Rishi Pal Singh.
Pratap, who works as a policy agent, was called by the accused near Kashmere Gate monastery on the pretext of providing him good business, added the officer.
"Sushil made Pratap board a car and they were later joined by the former's friends. They abducted Pratap and snatched his mobile phones," said the officer adding that one of the accused introduced himself as a sub-inspector and threatened to implicate Pratap in a cheating case if he didn't pay them Rs 1,15,000.

They took Pratap to two ATMs and forced him to withdraw Rs 45,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively. After the limit on his ATM cards was exhausted, they forced him to transfer Rs 50,000 to their account through netbanking, said the officer.
They took him to a jewellery shop to buy a gold ring of Rs 47,000 but there the complainant raised an alarm, leading to Sushil being arrested. However, his accomplices managed to flee from the spot, he added.