Chandigarh, April 19 -- Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has arrested a 24-year-old man for attempting to extort money from a local automobile showroom owner by impersonating the brother of foreign-based gangster Goldy Brar, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.

The accused, identified as Lovejeet Singh, a resident of Bargari, Faridkot, had demanded Rs 1 crore as extortion money and issued death threats to the complainant and his family if the amount was not paid.

DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the preliminary probe has revealed that the accused used virtual numbers and social media applications to mask his identity and make extortion calls in an attempt to evade police detection.

While ...