5 men arrested for blackmailing MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni

Five men were arrested by the Delhi Police on Friday for allegedly demanding Rs 2.5 crore from the Minister of States (MoS) Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people, including four farmers were killed on October 3, after threatening to release a video – related to the incident.

According to the police, they received a complaint from Mishra’s staff that he received a call from unknown persons threatening to release a video related to the incident or to give Rs 2.5 crore to settle the matter. Following the complaint, an FIR was registered at North Avenue police station in New Delhi district.

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The five accused - Amit Kala, Ashwin, Amit, Nishant and Sandeep - who were blackmailing Mishra, claimed that they have a discriminatory video that they threatened to make viral.

"We have recovered the device. They were using proxy servers. Ashwini and Amit were making calls. Amit is a tech expert. 85% of calls were by Amit. They used to operate from a park in Sector 15 Noida. The park was chosen because it connects two towers one of Noida, one of Delhi," Delhi police said.

(With inputs from agencies)