Gang posing as BSES officials to extort money busted, one arrested

Police and the power distribution company BSES have busted a gang whose members allegedly tried to extort money from a consumer in Greater Kailash area by posing as enforcement officials of the power supply agency.

A spokesperson of the discom that one of the gang members, identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of Budh Vihar, was arrested last week. Two other gang members are absconding, he said.

The gang was trying to extort Rs 30,000 from a resident of affluent Greater Kailash area and almost succeed in doing so by posing as BSES enforcement officials, he added.

The gang members had approached a Greater Kailash II resident and owner of an under construction house in the area’s S Block, the spokesperson said.