India, April 6 -- New Delhi

A 26-year-old Delhi Police constable and three of his associates were arrested for allegedly abducting two Haryana-based businessmen from Keshopur Mandi in Khyala in his car, threatening to falsely implicate them in a drug peddling case and extorting them of Rs.96,000 before dropping them at an isolated place in Pitampura on Wednesday, officers aware of the case said on Saturday.

An inquiry is under process and the constable may be dismissed, senior police officers said.

The main accused was identified as constable Ashish, who was posted in the central district. Two of the three associates, Kamal, 40, and Vijay, 42, are autorickshaw drivers and the third, Nishant, 31, is a taxi driver, police said, identifyi...