India, March 22 -- In a swift operation, the police arrested four individuals who posed as Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials from Delhi and extorted Rs.11.50 lakh from a jeweller in south Mumbai. The accused used intimidation tactics, threatening to implicate the victim in a legal case for alleged cash transactions in gold dealings.

According to the VP Road Police in Girgaon, the crime took place on Wednesday evening when a 39-year-old jeweller from Bhoiwada, Bhuleshwar, was at his shop. The victim, who resides in Byculla, runs a jewellery business in Bhuleshwar, a hub for gold traders.

Four men entered the store, introducing themselves as IB officers from Delhi. To appear credible, they flashed identification cards and ordered the sta...