NEW DELHI: “We’re like shadows… We can’t depart you,” thunders US-based gangster Rohit Godara in a current name with a south Delhi-based builder. A wave of concern seems to have engulfed the enterprise group in Delhi as a number of entrepreneurs have been the recipients of menacing calls from infamous gangsters demanding safety cash.
Two extra incidents have emerged, the place the callers demanded Rs 5 crore every from the targets, threatening to inflict hurt if the sum was not remitted.Within the first occasion, an actual property developer from Sainik Farms acquired a name from Rohit Godara, insisting on Rs 5 crore. In one other case, a music producer from south Delhi’s Larger Kailash was contacted by Lawrence Bishnoi‘s confederate, demanding Rs 5 crore.
This comes within the aftermath of a sensational taking pictures incident that not too long ago left the locality shaken whilst armed assailants unleashed a hail of bullets indiscriminately outdoors a health club in E block of GK-I, eliminating their goal — a businessman named Nadir Shah.
Delhi Police‘s Particular Cell is investigating the instances. Each calls have been made by gangster Rohit Godara, the US-based operative of the gang spearheaded by Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar.
Transcripts of the calls unveil spine-chilling threats. “Corroborate my voice with DSP or SP. Remit Rs 5 crore or face dire repercussions. Affirm fee or we will dispatch our boys to your residence,” Bishnoi’s aide tells one of many targets.
Godara additionally cautions that in search of help from police might be futile. The opposite goal tells Godara in the course of the name that it was a case of mistaken id and that he was not an prosperous goal as Godara presumed. Nonetheless, Godara appeared sure concerning the goal’s id.
There was a surge in extortion-related threats by Lawrence Bishnoi gang of late. Within the first week of Sept, a Shahdara-based entrepreneur had lodged an FIR alleging that he acquired a name from Lawrence Bishnoi gang demanding Rs 10 crore as extortion.
In his grievance, as first reported by TOI on Sept 10, the sufferer acknowledged that the caller, purporting to be Godara, demanded immediate remittance of the cash. He threatened to kill his household if the cash was not paid.
In all these instances, Godara seems to be the one making the calls. Godara orchestrated the homicide of Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Gogamedi in Rajasthan final yr. Godara was final discovered shuttling between Portugal and Azerbaijan however is suspected to have escaped to the US via the donkey route.
Interpol had issued a crimson nook discover in opposition to Godara in Dec final yr following a request from India. Related to Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gang for a couple of years, Godara fled the nation in June 2022 from Delhi. “On June 13, 2022, Godara is learnt to have fled from Delhi to Dubai on a cast passport issued within the identify of 1 ‘Pawan Kumar’,” mentioned an official.
Initially from Bikaner, Godara turned to crime in 2010 and is needed in a minimum of 32 instances. He not too long ago demanded extortion of Rs 5 crore and Rs 17 crore from two Rajasthan-based businessmen as properly.
Delhi Police has assured the enterprise group that they’re taking these threats severely and dealing to nab the culprits. Metropolis businessmen have been suggested to stay vigilant and report incidents instantly.
