Six men were arrested for allegedly posing as income tax officials and extorting Rs 20 lakh from a businessman in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar today, the police said.
Before police arrived, locals caught hold of six of the accused, thrashed them and later handed them over to the police, though one other accused managed to escape.
The six arrested accused were identified as Mitesh Kumar, Naunhyal, Yogesh Kumar, Govind Sharma, Amit Aggarwal, and Parvinder, police said.
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One of them posed as assistant I-T commissioner, while others posed as various I-T officials.
Parvinder was the driver of one of the vehicles in which the gang had arrived.
They entered the house of one Ramesh Chand this afternoon posing as I-T officials on the pretext of conducting a raid.
They took Rs 20 lakh for not pursuing the case from Chand. However, when Chand demanded to see the search warrant, the accused started assaulting him and his family, police said.
Chand's son managed to flee from the house and alerted local residents who caught hold of the accused and thrashed them.
However, one accused named Kailash fled from the spot in another car.
The gang with fake ID cards had arrived in an official vehicle bearing a Haryana registration number.
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