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Crime Branch arrests three on charge of extortion

BANGALORE: Central Crime Branch officials arrested the managing director of a leading private security agency and his two accomplices on the charge of extorting affluent persons using the name of Karnataka Liberation Front (KLF), a “letterhead” organisation they had floated to terrorise the public.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Gopal B. Hosur told presspersons on Friday that Afroze Ahmed Nehavi (40), a native of Srinagar in Kashmir, had floated KLF after he was influenced by the activities of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front. Afroze is the managing director of Indiranagar-based Prime Corporate and Allied Services, which provided security guards to several leading companies and apartments in the city.

He is a resident of Victoria Avenue apartments in Indiranagar.

His arrested accomplices are Chandra Mohan (49), a retired havaldar of the Maratha Light Infantry and a resident of HAL and Ronak Sunil Narang alias Ricky (20) of Cambridge Road in Ulsoor.

Mr. Hosur said that through the security guards posted at flats/houses of rich people, the accused ascertained their financial position and other relevant details. Later, they posted threatening letters on the KLF letterhead demanding hefty ransom.

For instance, the accused had sent a letter to Maya Ahuja, a resident of Yelahanka New Town who had recently sold some landed property, demanding Rs. 30 lakh.

The letter said: “We are from KLF and are armed with automatic weapons. We have our people all over Karnataka. We have noticed that you have made a lot of wealth in our State by selling property. We need your support in our mission and pay us ransom of Rs. 30 lakh. This is our last warning…There are lot of politicians, government officials and cops involved in this organisation. So don’t play games.”

Mr. Hosur said the accused had also made threatening calls to Ms. Ahuja’s son, who is a lawyer in Mumbai. They had also posted a similar letter to the wife of Madhusudhan, proprietor of an event management company, who was shot dead at his office in Indiranagar in July, he said.

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