In fake CBI raid, gang tries to extract money from college official, arrested

In fake CBI raid, gang tries to extract money from college official, arrested

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:04.12.2020

Four men posing as CBI officers barged into the house of an administrator of a dental college and demanded ₹10lakh to remove his name from an idol smuggling case booked against him at Maduravoyal in wee hours on Thursday.

Police said the incident happened when Rakesh was chatting with his friend Ramasubramani. Inquiries revealed Ramasubramani had tipped the gang off to extort money from Rakesh. Suspecting something wrong, Rakesh alerted the city police control room.

Soon, a police team arrived at the spot and nabbed Narendra Nath, 40, Stalin, 41, Ramasubramani, 45, Sankar, 42, and Yuvan, 41. Spotting police, two other accomplices waiting outside Rakesh’s house fled.

Ramasubramani told police he fell in the hands of the gang in his attempt to get some iridium which he claimed has power to attract rice. The gang took a few lakh rupees from him. When the four demanded more he led them to Rakesh’s house.

Deputy commissioner of police of Anna Nagar G Jawahar said, “We will inquire with Ramasubramani and the four conmen and confirm the veracity of his claim. If needed, we will take the suspects in custody to know more.”

The officer said Rakesh acted smart before the gang and walked into the next room and asked his brother to inform police under the pretext of sourcing money from some acquaintance. Police said Ramasubramani and Rakesh have been friends for more than a decade. Rakesh said his friend didn’t inform him about the visit. He initially claimed he was not involved in any idol smuggling case and was not informed about it earlier. However, the suspects showed documents and demanded to arrest him formally to inquire further.