Overview
- Police arrested three men in Haridwar and brought them to Pune police custody after an intelligence-led interstate operation that followed a May extortion threat.
- The accused, identified as Parveen Ramnivas, Pankaj Kuldeep and Sagar Ajaypal, were remanded to police custody until May 28 for further interrogation and probe.
- Investigators say two motorcycle-borne gunmen fired five to six rounds at AJ Furniture Mall on May 16, damaging the shopfront while the owner escaped unharmed.
- A local FIR records a May 7 WhatsApp extortion demand for Rs 2 crore and police allege the attack was carried out for refusing to pay, with a social-media post and audio clip claiming Bishnoi gang responsibility.
- Police report that preliminary interrogations and technical tracing point to instructions from Bishnoi gang figures, including a jailed accused, and that teams are tracing weapons, vehicles and intermediaries who supplied money and arms.