Overview
- The Rohini case involved a Rs 20 lakh demand and threats of a public shooting, with the caller invoking a recent Paschim Vihar firing to intimidate scrap trader Rajesh Kumar.
- Officers arrested Chirag Mahendru, Ashutosh Kumar Pandey and Ankit Mishra in a raid after real-time tracking of a handset found to be used with multiple numbers.
- An FIR was lodged at Shahbad Dairy police station under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions as investigators pursue whether the trio targeted other businessmen.
- In a parallel operation, four alleged Sonu Dariyapur gang members — Sushil Bist, Rajat alias Gabbru, Anurag alias Hunny and Aryan — were held, and police recovered three .32-bore pistols, two country-made pistols and live rounds.
- In a separate encounter, police overpowered Ravi alias Panchi after he injured two constables with a knife; a loaded country-made pistol was seized and the injured officers were treated and discharged.