New Delhi, Feb 12 (UNI): Delhi Police arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly posing as a member of the Himanshu Bhau gang in a bid to extort property worth nearly Rs 10 crore in Rohini, an official said on Thursday.
Police said the accused, Vikas, a resident of Village Banker in Narela, was apprehended on February 4 by the district’s Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS).
“He falsely projected himself as a gang member to intimidate the complainant into transferring ownership of a plot located in Sector 23, Rohini,” said Bhisham Singh, Additional Commissioner of Police (North West).
The matter came to light when the complainant, Rajat Gupta of Ashok Vihar, contacted the police on November 26, 2025, alleging that he had been receiving repeated threats via international WhatsApp calls from an unidentified caller claiming links to the Himanshu Bhau gang.
According to police, the caller allegedly demanded the transfer of the property, which Gupta’s wife and sister-in-law had purchased in June 2022.
An FIR was registered at Ashok Vihar police station.
During the probe, police found that a separate ownership dispute over the same property had already been registered at Begumpur police station, suggesting that the accused may have attempted to exploit the civil dispute for criminal gain.
Investigators used technical surveillance and field intelligence to trace Vikas and later got their hands on him. “During interrogation, he allegedly admitted that after failing to acquire the property through other means, he conspired with associates, including one Nitin Dabas, to issue threats through hired impersonators,” the Addl. CP added.
Police have recovered an iPhone used in the commission of the crime, which has been seized.
“Further investigation is on to identify and arrest other co-accused,” the officer said.
