Summary:
While Rs 30,000 was recovered from Rakesh’s house, he had given Rs 20,000 to Imran,” said SHO (Kavi Nagar) Raj Kumar Sharma. They have been booked under IPC Section 386 (extortion) at Kavi Nagar police station.Rakesh was arrested after the GMC official, a head clerk, lodged a complaint at Kavi Nagar police station against the five people — but that after paying them Rs 55,000 in two instalments. “Imran gave Rakesh the mobile number of the clerk and asked the accused to honey trap him. Four other accused — Imran Khan, editor of the Hindi news channel, his nephew Nimmo, TV journalist Navneet, and the woman — are, however, on the run. Of the extortion money, Rs 30,000 have been recovered from Rakesh’s house in Shastri Nagar.In the complaint, the GMC official said that Rakesh had called him some 15 days back and sought his help in getting the woman a job in the corporation..