PHAGWARA: The Shahkot police have arrested four criminals including two women on the charge of extortion and dacoity . Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar said that the accused have been identified as Charanjit Singh a resident of Salaichan village, his wife Gurbaksh Kaur. Kirandeep Kaur wife of Balkar Singh a resident of Bhatinda and Dilbag Singh a resident of Mandi Gonianna Bhatinda.
Jagroop Singh a resident of Zeera in Ferozepur complained to the police that he is working in loan section of HDFC Bank Moga.
He said he received a phone call on April 1 from a woman for loan purpose and asked him to reach Shahkot and he reached Shahkot and the accused woman took him to her house in Saliachan village where three women and men were already present.
The complaint said the accused beat and disrobed him and clicked video with a naked woman and threatened him to share it on social media, and withdrew Rs 90 000 from bank by using his ATM and forced him to sign two blank cheques and kept him locked for four hours.
DSP said a case under sections 308(6) (extortion by threat) 310(4) 310(2) (dacoity)304((snatching) 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) and 298(insulting religion of any class) of the BNS has been registered against the accused and recovered from them Rs 10200, three mobiles, one car and an active scooter adding that accused Dilbag Singh is a notorious criminal who is on bail from jail.