District Congress chief booked for Rs 5 lakh extortion bid – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Sambhal (UP), Oct 13 (PTI) An FIR has been lodged against a district president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress for allegedly demanding extortion of Rs 5 lakh from a man, police said on Sunday.

Deshraj Singh filed a police complaint accusing Sambhal district Congress leader Vijay Sharma and others of demanding Rs 5 lakh from him for carrying out construction work on his land in Mohammadpur Tanda village, a said Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Vishnoi.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered against Vijay Sharma, Subhash Sharma and Sudhish Sharma under sections 308(5) (extortion by causing fear of death) and 351(3) (guilty of causing damage materials) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Vishnoi said.

Vijay Sharma had already been convicted of threatening people, he added.

Sharma could not be reached when PTI tried to contact him for his comments. PTI COR ABN ARI

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