Two arrested over extortion charges in Handwara

Two arrested over extortion charges in Handwara

By Mir Danish/PTK

PRESS TRUST OF KASHMIR SRINAGAR OCT 09:-Two persons have been arrested in extortion case in Kralgund area of Handwara in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday.

An official said that two persons had visited SSA school Chatarhaal Qaziabad and later tried to extort money from the teachers of the school after they filmed a video of students performing poorly in a mock interview.

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The management informed the police after two persons were demanding 15,000 who were arrested and later identified as Irfan Ahmed Malik son of Bashir Ahmed Malik of Humpora Kralgund and Iqbal Ahmed Sheikh son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Sheikh of Pandithpora.

A case FIR No. 85/022 U/S 392, 384 and 506 IPC has been registered in Police Station Kralgund and further investigation is going on, he said.

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