Kanpur. Three youths entered the house along with two walkie-talkies by forming a crime branch team at 1.30 pm on Wednesday night at the house of the former chief of Kanpur Dehat Maitha block in Bidhnu Newazad Nagar outpost area. The security guard of the block chief got suspicious when he demanded Rs 5 lakh in the name of investigation. On which he informed the police and got the three youths arrested. The police is avoiding giving information about the matter.
Bidhnu is the residence of former block chief Ranju Yadav in New Azad Nagar Gopal Nagar from Kanpur Dehat Maitha development block. Mohammad Maz, a resident of Ranju Yadav’s Farukhabad, used to look after his sand mine. Six months ago, in the name of getting the mine contract, Rs 18 lakh was taken in the account of Khawais Trading Company and Rs 60 lakh in cash. Simultaneously, on a bluff, he mortgaged the jewelery of the house. On asking for money, he started threatening to kill his son. On Wednesday night at one and a half, two people came home by car.
One of the two youths, pretending to be the CO of Lucknow Crime Branch, came inside the house in the name of investigation. Keep looking at the documents of income expenditure for about four hours. Starting to search the house in the name of investigation, pressure started on the family of the block chief. The fake team demanded five lakh rupees from Ranju Yadav’s husband Rajesh Yadav. Meanwhile, Saurabh, the security guard of the block chief, suspected the team to be fake. On which he informed the police at the control room.
After some time, Bidhnu reached the spot with Newajad Nagar outpost in-charge Mukesh Bajpai Force. Seeing the police, the fake crime branch team got blown away. The police took the three accused into custody and took them to the outpost. Where the I-card and two walkie-talkies in the name of Lucknow Crime Branch Sub-Inspector Brijesh Singh were recovered from the accused in the search. Police is busy interrogating all the accused. Police station in-charge Prakash Chandra Sharma said that the investigation is being done after questioning the accused. Information about the incident will be given after the investigation.