'Mock' firing at outer Delhi restro in bid to extort financiers, evade loan repayment; three held

NEW DELHI: (Mar 18) The Delhi Police arrested three persons, including the alleged mastermind, for allegedly staging a firing incident in outer Delhi's Paschim Vihar in an apparent bid to extort financiers and evade loan repayment by posing as victims of foreign-based gangsters, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused have been identified as Tapan Dass alias Vishwas (32), Sunny alias Bong (21) and Kamlesh alias Ganja (31), all residents of Sonia Camp in Paschim Vihar, police said.

A PCR call was received on March 15 regarding a firing incident in Paschim Vihar. On reaching the spot, police found two bullet marks on the iron gate of a restaurant and recovered two empty cartridges and bullet leads. No injuries were reported.