Three persons have been arrested for allegedly luring a youth on the pretext of a job and then extorting money by blackmailing him, police said today.
Police received a complaint by Avdhesh Kumar that he was blackmailed and forced to give his ATM passwords to three men who took out Rs 22,500 from his account. A case was registered at Seemapuri police station and investigation was undertaken.
The complainant met one Monu Panchal at the gate of GTB hospital who took him to a flat in Dilshad Colony on October 20. A girl was present there and he was made to pay Rs 2,000 for registration.
Later Panchal was joined by two other men, later identified as Harish and Pawan Sharma, who allegedly beat him and made him to take off his clothes and clicked his pictures.
He was also forced to give ATM card passwords and Rs 22,500 were withdrawn from his accounts.
He was later allowed to go by the trio who threatened to frame him in a rape case if went to police to report the matter.
The trio were arrested by police from different parts of north-east Delhi yesterday, he added.
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