Overview

• The outer north Delhi property dealer received an international call on September 14 demanding Rs 5 crore, followed by gunfire outside his Narela office that left one person injured.
• Police said eight suspects were held for roles spanning the shooting, weapons supply, handling and financing, with arrests made in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
• Investigators said the plot was orchestrated over an encrypted app by a man identifying himself as Jora, who claimed to be jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother.
• Officers traced the purported handler’s IP location to Western Australia, though they cautioned it may be obscured by a VPN.
• Recoveries included two stolen motorcycles, a bike used to deliver pistols, helmets, multiple phones, chat records and an iPad, and a case was filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act.