Gangster DK Rao, 6 others held for bid to extort ₹2.5 crore from Mumbai hotelier
The Hindu
Mumbai police arrest gangster DK Rao and six others for extorting ₹2.5 crore from a hotelier in Bandra.
“The Mumbai police have arrested gangster DK Rao and six other persons for allegedly trying to extort ₹2.5 crore from a hotelier in Bandra area and threatening him,” an official said on Thursday (January 23, 2025).
Rao, an associate of gangster Chhota Rajan, already has several criminal cases registered against him, including extortion.
“The Bandra police had received a complaint from a 50-year-old hotelier that Rao and six others allegedly conspired to take over his establishment, demanded ₹2.5 crore from him and issued death threats to him,” the city crime branch official said.
In his complaint, the hotelier also alleged that Rao’s gang was harassing him for the last two years.
“After the repeated threats, he approached the Bandra police with the complaint, based on which a case was registered on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) against Rao and the other persons,” the official said.
“The case was subsequently handed over to the police’s anti-extortion cell and all the accused were arrested late Wednesday (January 22, 2025) night,” the official said.
“The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and further investigation into the case was underway,” he added.
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