Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 15: Police in nocturnal raid arrested District Minerals Officer, Kulgam in extortion case while hunt for his accomplices is on and police have raided several locations so far.
DMO Kulgam, Dr Khursheed Ahmad, was arrested in mid night raid while others involved in the case are evading arrest.
The DMO and his accomplices Jamal Saif, Amir Khan and Ravi Gotam were wanted in an extortion case registered against them under (FIR No. 21/2021 U/S 393, 341 and 506 IPC dated 13-02-2021) in Police Station Awantipora in district Pulwama.
The complaint was lodged by Hilal Ahmad Reshi son of Ghulam Mohammad Reshi of Letpora. In his complaint, he alleged that the driver of his Dumper was robbed by District Minerals Officer Kulgam, Dr Khursheed Ahmad and some private persons during the intervening night of February 12 and 13 at Letpore in Pulwama district.
Reshi, in his complaint, said that his Dumper bearing registration number JK13B 7892 driven by Arif Bhat son of Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat of Letpora in Awantipora in district Pulwama was stopped by the officer at Letpora in Awantipora during the night intervening February 12 and 13.
“These persons stopped few more vehicles including one more dumper bearing registration number JKO3F- 8885”, he writes in the compliant.
Reshi stated that they beat up driver of his Dumper and one more driver Fayaz Ahmed Reshi of another vehicle. “They forcefully took away Rs 33,000 cash and made him to transfer Rs 12, 000 to the account number 0200040100220195 belonging to one Amir Khan”, he stated.
“The two drivers were taken to a vehicle where they were beaten up by goons inside the vehicle and they were threatened of dire consequences”, read the complaint.
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