Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar July 4: Police apprehended two persons including vice president of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) involved in extorting a family by demanding a sum of Rs one lakh to secure the release of a person detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
A police spokesman said that Police Station Baramulla received a written complaint from one Faisal Bashir Saleh son of Bashir Ahmad Saleh resident of Kanlibagh Baramulla stating that two persons Mudasir Ahmad Wani son of Manzoor Ahmad Wani resident of Sangri Baramulla and Yasir Rashid Rather son of Abdul Rashid Rather resident of Malpora Sheeri claiming to be affiliated with a political party approached their family to get his father Bashir Ahmad Saleh released from the custody, who was detained under PSA since 2022, and demanded Rs one lakh.
Meanwhile, the father of the applicant got released after quashing of PSA, and both the accused persons again approached them for the money. The family denied to pay anything and told them that they couldn’t pay anything to them.
However, both the accused persons warned that if they will not pay the amount, they will get his father re-detained.
The complainant somehow managed Rs 10,000 and gave them just to keep his father unharmed. Both the accused further gave him a deadline to pay the entire amount of Rs one lakh.
Upon receiving the complaint, Baramulla Police acted swiftly and investigated the matter. As a result, both the accused persons Mudasir Ahmad Wani and Yasir Rashid Rather were apprehended and subsequently were arrested for their alleged involvement in extortion.
SSP Baramulla Amod Ashok Nagpure in his message to the general public of Baramulla has advised them to reach him on mobile number 7051000999 in case any person demands bribe for any police related matter.
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