A few months later, when he asked about the returns on his investment, they told him that they were CBI and ED sleuths, who had found that the money invested by him was actually sourced from hawala business.They subsequently started harassing him and extorting money from him, which he deposited in multiple accounts. They extorted from him more than Rs 45 lakh, including the initial sum invested by him in 2017.“They made him believe that they were actually from central investigation agencies, owing to which he didn’t gather the courage to report it to the police for eight years, despite his family telling him to stop making payments and report the entire matter to the police,” Anuppur district police superintendent M Rahman said on Sunday.It was finally Ashish’s brother who shared the matter with the police at a public event around a month and half back, after which the police swung into action and ultimately busted the racket recently.“Investigations revealed that the entire racket of fraudsters was operating from Vidisha district of MP. The kingpin of the racket was murdered in 2022 over some dispute related to financial dealings. Now another key member of the racket identified as was harassing and extorting money from Ashish. We’ve arrested him on Friday and he is in four days police remand. Our teams are searching for two more accused who too hail from Vidisha, but are currently on the run,” the SP-Anuppur added.
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