Bathinda, Jan. 29 -- A Faridkot district court has acquitted jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in a four-year-old extortion case as the complainant turned hostile in court.

The case dates to July 19, 2021, when an FIR was registered at the Kotkapura city police station on the complaint of Sumit Kumar, a garment shop owner, who alleged that he had received a Rs.50 lakh extortion call from a person who identified himself as Goldy Brar, a close aide of Bishnoi. Kumar had stated that the extortion call was followed by a text message demanding the money.

The complainant had further alleged that on July 18, 2021, Brar had threatened to kill him and his family if they failed to pay up.

Based on his complaint, a case under Sections 387 (extorti...