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Prabhmit Singh Arora (left) and Sandeep Singh Arora, who tried to extort money from a businesswoman after posing as NDTV reporters, being presented at the police headquarters in New Delhi on Friday after their arrest. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
NEW DELHI, JAN. 22. A third year student of Delhi University's Hans Raj College has been arrested along with his brother for allegedly trying to extort money from a businesswoman after threatening her with exposing "malpractices" in her company on NDTV news channel. The Crime Branch of the Delhi police caught the accused in South-West Delhi on Friday. The police said Prabhmit Singh Arora and Sandeep Singh Arora were arrested when they walked into the trap laid by the Inter-State Cell of the Crime Branch at Brar Square on Friday. The police had asked the woman -- owner of "Cactus and Lily Enterprises", a cooking gas distribution company in Defence Colony -- to invite the `extortionists' to Brar Square to collect the money. The police have also recovered the SIM card used in making the extortion calls to the victim. The woman had received the first call on January 5 by a person who identified himself as Gaurav from NDTV. He threatened to telecast a film that he said showed "malpractices" in her firm if she did not pay up Rs. 1 lakh. A day later, the victim got a threatening e-mail. On January 7, they sent her a clipping of her company's premises and also of her house -- in which her mother-in-law and daughter were shown -- through mail. Five days later, the accused directed the victim through e-mail to send an employee, who had a mobile phone and a two-wheeler, with the money to Brar Square. The victim took some relatives along with her but the accused did not turn up. On January 14, the accused sent another e-mail saying they did not show up because there were too many people at the spot. The lady then contacted the police and on their advice asked the callers to meet her at Brar Square again. The police said the brothers had hatched the conspiracy about a month ago to earn easy money. Before making the first call, they went to the victim's office and residence and shot a video film. "The film had the usual humdrum of any work place, but they thought they would be able to be fool the victim," said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), Tajendra Luthra.
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