Summary:
Ghaziabad, Oct 26 (PTI) A SWAT team arrested a man who posed as a crime branch officer and another who claimed to be journalist for duping a firecracker factory owner of Rs 8 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Naveen Chaturvedi, alias Bobby Pandit, and Hemant Chauhan, who posed as a crime branch officer, SSP Pawan Kumar said.
They had extorted Rs 8 Lakh from firecracker factory owner Lalit Goel, whose factory was raided on 12 October by a SWAT team.
Goel was an old acquaintance of Pandit and sought help from him.
He had assured Goel that he will get the case settled and called Chauhan, who is a share broker.
They both convinced Goel to get the case settled in Rs 10 lakh, the officer said.