Overview
- Police say the group posed as associates of Hari Chand Jat, known as Harry Boxer, and used WhatsApp calls and a scouting video of the victim’s home to demand money.
- Investigators identified Anand Mishra as the financier who directed the plan and arrested him after he tried to flee toward Nepal.
- Nirmal Tiwari was held for filming the Bhopal businessman’s house for Rs 10,000, while J P Dara from Bikaner was picked up for providing cash and logistics.
- Officials say Mishra was in regular contact with Harry Boxer, a key aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, and that interrogations aim to map the wider network.
- Authorities report 27 arrests across linked extortion threats targeting businessmen in Bhopal, Indore, Khargone and Ashoknagar, pointing to ties spanning Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.