Ludhiana, Sept. 22 -- Three miscreants posing as part of the legal team of various firms to check duplicate material being sold in the market in the name of famous brands threatened the owner of a sports shop in busy Guru Teg Bahadur Road at gunpoint, and demanded extortion money. The accused demanded Rs.1 lakh from the shopkeeper.

The alert shopkeeper raised an alarm following which the shopkeepers gathered there and nabbed two of the accused, while one of them managed to escape.

The accused have been identified as Rohit Dhamija, Baljinder Singh of Rajpura and Ishwar Singh of Banur of Mohali. Rohit Dhamija and Baljinder Singh have been arrested.

The complainant, Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Kundan Nagar and owner of Shera Sports, told...