3 weeks ago
Bhopal Police Bust Extortion Gang Posing as Crime Branch Officers
A group of people in a city called Bhopal pretended to be police officers even though they were not.
They drove around in a white car and stopped people on the street.
They told people they were from a special police unit called the Crime Branch.
They scared people by saying they would be arrested for drugs.
One young man was so frightened that the group followed him home and took his money and things.
The real police found out and caught four of them.
A woman who pretended to be a lawyer is thought to be the leader.
She knew about laws and made the fake threats sound real.
Two members of the group are still being looked for.
The police are checking if the group tricked other people too.
A Bhopal gang posed as Crime Branch officers to intimidate people and extort cash and valuables.
The alleged mastermind is a woman who pretended to be a lawyer and used legal know-how to make threats seem credible.
Misrod police arrested four gang members, while two others remain on the run.
The gang patrolled the Salaiya area in a white Scorpio and threatened victims with being booked in MD drugs cases.
Police seized the white Scorpio and are probing whether the gang targeted more victims in the city.
- Who
- A gang led by a woman posing as a lawyer, arrested by Misrod police; ADCP Shailendra Singh Chauhan confirmed the arrests.
- What
- An extortion racket in which gang members posed as Crime Branch officers, threatened victims with false MD drugs cases, and robbed them of cash and valuables.
- Where
- Bhopal, specifically the Salaiya area; the case was handled by Misrod police.
- When
- Not specified in the article.
- Why
- To rob victims of cash and valuables by exploiting fear of arrest and public humiliation over drug charges.
Key facts
- Location
- Bhopal
- Target area
- Salaiya
- Police unit
- Misrod police
- Arrests
- 4 arrested; 2 suspects on the run
- Method
- Posing as Crime Branch officers while patrolling in a white Scorpio
- Threat used
- Booking victims in MD (drugs) cases
- Property seized
- White Scorpio
- Key official
- ADCP Shailendra Singh Chauhan
Sources
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