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Three, including lawyer arrested for extorting Rs 1.10 cr from woman

Done/ALVI Times News Network Kanpur: Police on Wednesday arrested three people, including a lawyer for allegedly extorting Rs 1.10 crore from a woman to return her bag containing property related documents that she had lost while commuting in the city about five months ago. Police identified the accused as Ram Prakash Gupta, a lawyer of Kakadeo, Chetan Sharma and Sushil Savita of Kalyanpur. According to police, the three were in possession of property-related documents belonging to a city woman which she had lost while commuting in the city about five months ago. The woman lodged a complaint in this regard with the Bithoor police on Tuesday. The woman stated in her complaint that about five months ago, she had lost her bag containing property-related documents while riding a scooty in Bithoor area of the city. “About a month ago, she received a phone call on her mobile phone wherein the caller from the other side claimed to be in possession of her lost bag containing important property-related documents. The caller in lieu of the bag demanded from her a hefty sum of Rs 1.10 crore in cash. Failing to do so, he threatened her to get her property confiscated by forwarding the bag containing documents to the district officials and the media people,” police said. On the basis of her complaint a case was registered at Bithoor police station. Three persons have been arrested and further investigation is continuing,” informed DCP crime Salman Taj Patil.

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