Rajkot: Two labourers who tried extorting Rs 6 lakh from a paint contractor in Gandhidham were arrested on Wednesday night.
According to police, complainant Janardhan Raju had received a call on February 15 morning threatening to kill his son Ajay if he doesn’t pay the caller Rs 6 lakh.
After receiving another call the next day, Raju approached his friend Kripalsinh Rana and both went to the police on Wednesday. Police asked Raju to agree to the blackmailers’ demands.
As told, Raju agreed to pay the money and asked the two accused to meet him near a petrol pump in Gandhidham the same evening. In the meantime, cops had covered the entire locality in civil dress, which the accused did not even guess. The duo arrived at the spot on a scooter and police nabbed them. During interrogation, they revealed their names – Taj Mohammed Nigamna and Umar Khamisa Katiya. “They work as labourers and knew that the victim is a migrant so he will get scared and give money,” said a police official. The official added that they had followed Raju and had gathered details about him before placing the ransom call.
A knife was also found from the duo which was seized along with a mobile phone and the scooter.