The police has arrested two men for allegedly extorting `25 lakhs from a city businessman after being influenced by a Bollywood film.
The police arrested Surender Kumar Jindal, 40, and Bansi Dhar Pathak in Noida when the money was being delivered to them.
“Jindal and Pathak drew inspiration from the movie Welcome and used the name of Uday Shetty of underworld to intimidate the victim,” the police said.
According to the police, Jindal, an old business acquaintance of Kansal, hatched the conspiracy with Pathak to extort money as he was under heavy debt due to his wife’s illness.
The police recovered two mobile phones with SIM cards that were allegedly used to make intimidating calls to the victim.
According to the complainant, he started getting extortion calls from one “Uday Shetty” of underworld that `25 lakhs be delivered to him near F Block, Sector 63, Noida on a designated date to ensure the safety of himself and his family.
The police claimed to have overpowered Pathak who had come on a motorcycle to collect the money from the victim’s driver, a decoy.