Rajkot: One more case was registered against history-sheeter Nikhil Donga on Sunday evening for allegedly extorting a cellphone trader from Gondal sub-jail.
Donga along with his aide Shaktisinh Chudasama, who too was booked for the crime, was brought to Gondal through a transfer warrant from Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad.
The custody of the third accused in the case, Navghan Shiyal, was secured from Gondal sub-jail. All the accused trio has been arrested under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GCTOC) Act. The accused trio was produced before a GCTOC court here which sent them to 20 days remand.
According to the details of the case, Nilay Mehta lodged a complaint against Donga and his 16 aides including Chudasama and Shiyal, accusing them of trying to extort Rs 1 crore from his brother. Of the accused, 12 have been booked under the GCTOC, of them seven have been lodged in different jails of Gujarat.
“Mehta’s brother had taken cellphones worth Rs 1 crore from Satish and Vimal, the owners of Ram mobile shop, Raju, the owner of Krishna mobile shop and Rohit, the owner of Samrat mobile shop, six months ago. When Mehta’s brother could not repay the amount, the creditors approached Donga in Gondal sub-jail and gave him a contract to collect money from Mehta’s brother,” said S M Jadeja, inspector with Gondal city police station.
“Donga asked his men to bring Mehta to the jail. When Mehta was produced before him, he asked Mehta to either repay the amount or give his property to him. Donga allegedly threatened to kill Mehta, if he did not obey. Two months ago, Donga’s men again approached Mehta and threatened to kill him, if he did not repay the amount. They asked him to transfer the ownership of his paan shop and the house to Donga,” added Jadeja.
Donga faces as many as 14 criminal cases including murder and extortion lodged against him.
Meanwhile, the police have booked the owners of the cellphone shops under sections 387 and 506 (2) of Indian Penal Code dealing with extortion and issuing threats, rioting and the Prison Act.