AMU clerk arrested for extortion bid posing as Lawrence Bishnoi

ALIGARH (UP): (Jun 8) Police have arrested a lower division clerk at the Aligarh Muslim University for posing as jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to extort money to the tune of Rs 2 crore from unsuspecting individuals, officials said on Monday.

According to police, Hashmat Hussain sent letters to top Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) officials, a leading jeweller in the city and a member of the medical fraternity, threatening them to pay him protection money through Bitcoin/QR code or face the consequences.

SSP Neeraj Kumar told reporters that in all, eight persons received the letters on Saturday.