Rs 10 lakh ransom demanded from toll plaza manager in Panipat

On Monday, when the police arrested the miscreant who demanded the ransom in some other case, a complaint was lodged with the police by the operator.

Panipat: The miscreants have demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from the operator of Dahar Toll Plaza in Panipat, Haryana. On Monday, when the police arrested the miscreant who demanded the ransom in some other case, a complaint was lodged with the police by the operator. Actually, after the arrest of the miscreant, the victims started coming forward. The police is investigating the matter.

According to the information, Ravi Kumar, the manager of Dahar Toll Plaza, told in his complaint to Israna police station that he is a resident of Sheetal Nagar, Rohtak. On December 12, at 3:30 pm, a Swift car stopped at lane number 8 at Dahar toll. A young man came out of the car. He threatened the employee Pravesh Kumar sitting at the toll by showing him a pistol. He told the employee to tell his boss to give him Rs 10 lakh, otherwise the consequences will be bad.

The manager said that the employee got scared. He noted down the number of the car and after that came to the office and informed us about the threat. Toll Plaza employee Pravesh identified a person and said that the person who threatened is Kaushal alias Daga, a resident of village Dahar. He has threatened by showing a pistol.

Manager Ravi Kumar said that being in charge of the toll plaza, he informed the police and officials about this matter. On this, the police took action and now registered a case of demanding ransom. Israna police station is investigating further.

Let us tell you that the criminal Kaushal alias Daga, a resident of Dahar village, was arrested by Panipat police on Monday after an encounter. During this, the police personnel were also shot. Police will now also interrogate him in the Dahar toll plaza threat case.