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New Delhi, April 29
A businessman in Shahdara received a threat letter alongwith a smartwatch and a severed thumb and a demand of Rs 5 crore “to feed starving people of Gaza”.
The alleged letter read, “Brother, you don’t know us, but we know you very well. You must know that there is a war going on in Gaza…Lakhs of our people are dying of hunger there. We have to send food to those people, for which you have to help us…You just understand that Allah has chosen you…We are giving you 10 days,” the letter read. While reporting the matter to police, the man recalled the chilling words of a young girl who delivered the letter to him: “They killed my father too.”
The businessman then filed a complaint with police. The police first traced a girl who brought the letter. The police teams scanned over 600 cameras to understand the route undertaken by the girl.
As per the case details, on April 18, the police apprehended the minor girl. She told police that her uncle, the key accused in the extortion case, had asked her to deliver the package. He had told the girl to help him out of a tough financial spot he had found himself in. When the police came to arrest the girl’s uncle, he allegedly admitted that he and the victim were childhood friends.
He had earlier taken a loan of around Rs 15-20 lakh from the victim but failed to return it. He then convinced the victim to invest Rs 1.55 crore in a chain restaurant that he wanted to open, which failed miserably, said police.
DCP (Shahdara), Prashant Gautam stated that the accused hatched a plan to dupe his friend. He admitted that he had hired a few people and paid them Rs 35,000. He also took help from his niece and a relative to execute his plan. He then bought a plastic thumb and a smart watch. He revealed that he picked his niece up from home at about 6.30 am and made her understand the whole plan. The girl visited the house of the complainant and delivered the parcel to him".
the probe showed that the accused used a fake thumb was made to look realistic by allegedly inserting a chicken bone. It was smeared with blood and raw flesh.
