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Punjab youth held for extortion bid in Himachal's Baddi

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Press Trust of India Shimla

A Punjab youth has been arrested by the Himachal Pradesh Police for issuing threats to a scrap dealer of industrial town Baddi in a bid to extort money, police said.

Jaswinder Singh, alias Kala (21), a resident of Mansuha Kala village in Punjab's Roopnagar district, was arrested on Wednesday, Baddi SP Rohit Malpani said.

Kala is a member of a gang who issued threats to the scrap dealer for extortion, he added.

A bike was also seized, he said, adding that more arrests were likely in the case.

A case was registered under Sections 34, 451 and 506 of the IPC at the Nalagarh police station, he added.

 

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First Published: Mar 12 2020 | 7:28 PM IST

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