Ex-staff threatens bizman in title of Bishnoi gang to extort Rs 30 lakh | Lucknow Information – The Occasions of India

Lucknow: A former worker of a pharmaceutical warehouse proprietor posed as member of the infamous Lawrence Bishnoi gang and despatched him a letter issuing risk to kill and demanding Rs 30 lakh. Sarojininagar police arrested the accused on Sunday.The case got here to mild on Jan 30, when complainant Gaurav Batra, resident of Rohit Residency in Vikalp Khand, approached Sarojininagar police and reported {that a} obligation guard at his pharmaceutical warehouse, Karun Enterprises, in Hindnagar Transportnagar, had acquired a sealed envelope addressed to him during which a handwritten letter was discovered demanding Rs 30 lakh to be paid inside 15 days. The letter threatened that if the demand was not met, Batra and his staff can be killed one after one other. It additionally said that if he agreed to pay the ransom, he must set up a flag in entrance of his home, after which he can be instructed the place to ship the quantity. The notice was undersigned ‘Bishnoi Gang, Purvanchal (East UP)’.

Based mostly on the grievance, police registered FIR underneath Part 308(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 4 particular police groups had been constituted to probe the case. ACP, Krishnanagar, Rajneesh Kumar, mentioned investigators scanned footage from almost 100 CCTV cameras put in in and across the warehouse and Transportnagar space. The breakthrough got here when footage captured a masked man arriving on a scooter, handing over the envelope to the guard and fleeing the spot discreetly.Following the CCTV path, police arrested Umesh Kumar Yadav (38) from Rahimabad Street at round 12.20 pm. The scooter used within the crime, together with a helmet and scarf worn to hide his identification, had been recovered from his possession.“Throughout interrogation, Yadav confessed that he was beforehand employed at Karun Enterprises however stop in Aug 2025 after his settlement dues had been allegedly not cleared,” he instructed police.