Muktsar, June 4

The police arrested two persons for allegedly demanding Rs 1.5 crore in ransom from a Malout businessman through an extortion letter.

Sources said the suspects had sent the letter last month, identifying themselves as aides of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. They had asked the businessman to put the money in a bag and leave it in an abandoned car at a specific location. Muktsar SP (D) Rajpal Singh said: “A Malout businessman had got an extortion letter a few days ago. Two arrests have been made and two more are yet to be nabbed. They are aides of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.” — TNS