Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh police has damaged a multi-crore extortion racket and has arrested two police personnel Haryana involved in extortion.
Direct involvement of more people from Haryana was suspected in this case.
The investigation of a special investigation team has revealed that on behalf of several senior officers Haryana Geng extorted money from industrialists at Himachal Pradesh.
Special Investigation Team (Sitting) led by Rohit Malpani, SP (Maya World Crime) includes Gaurav Singh, SP (EOW), Virender Kalia, SP (Cid-Crime) and other police officers formed to solve this case.
FIR was registered at Cid Police Station Bharari in Shimla on January 6 this year.
The case was registered with people accused of being accused of Vinay Aggarwal who imitated as Inspector General of Police to extort big money, by visiting industrial estate, Baddi, Nalagarh and other areas in Himachal Pradesh in the last 3 years.
DGP, Himachal Pradesh, Sanjay Kundu in a statement issued on Thursday said that during an investigation by sitting, it was revealed that the defendant Vinay Agggarwal and PSO from an official Haryana was only a channel.
On behalf of several senior officers from Haryana, the gang had extorted a large amount of money over the past few years from many industrialists with coercion.
He said that two police personnel Haryana in uniformed identified as Concentrois Ravinder and Jasveen Jail Jasveer were also used to accompany Vinay Agggarwal with automatic weapons.
He said that the sitting investigation had described extortion relations with a gang at every level and involvement of an official from Haryana.
He said that the Himachal Pradesh industrialist who was a victim of this gang might advance to approach him (DGP) and sit down, without fear, so justice was carried out and financial damage caused by legal action.
He said that Haryana police personnel including Portable Ravinders posted in Sonipat Regency and Jail Warden Jasever posted in Jagadhari Jamani Jambanagar had been arrested by sitting.
They have been returned to police custody 9 days.
Active investigation to break down the entire complete extortion.