KD NEWS SERVICE
SRINAGAR, Jun 8: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested an extortionist for blackmailing and threatening a girl in Baramulla.
Police Post Delina received a written complaint from a person stating that his daughter is being continuously blackmailed and threatened by an unknown caller for a long time and has caused his daughter severe distress. Moreover, he has extorted handsome money from his daughter but when the situation worsened, she disclosed the whole story to him, a police spokesman said in a statement issued to Kashmir Despatch.
Accordingly, police said that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Baramulla and investigation was initiated.
During the course of investigation, a police party led by IC PP Delina under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Baramulla, arrested the extortionist identified as Owais Rashid Bhat @Zaidaan @Sahabaa son of Ab Rashid Bhat resident of Chitloora Rafiabad Sopore. He has been shifted to police station where he remains in custody. Further investigation of the case is going on, police said.
Meanwhile, Police urged women to come forward with any kind of grievances and we assure them that their safety and security will be ensured.
