Mohali, March 14 — Mohali police arrested a Punjab Police constable and another man for allegedly posing as CIA officers and attempting to extort ₹2 lakh from an orthopedic doctor by threatening to implicate him in a drug case.
The arrested men were identified as constable Babanpreet Singh, alias Bablu, who served as a gunman for a retired IAS officer, and Manpreet Sandhu.
Dr. Raman Kumar, who runs Guru Kirpa Clinic in Sohana, said the duo arrived at his shop in a car on March 8.
“Babanpreet, wearing a police uniform, accused me of selling drugs. He threatened my staff and me, took ₹30,000 from the cash box, and forced me to transfer ₹42,500 through a mobile application. They demanded ₹2 lakh before leaving,” Kumar said.
DSP HS Bal stated that the arrests were made based on technical and human intelligence. The accused have been booked under Sections 308 (2), 61 (2), 351 (2), and 3(5) of BNS at Sohana police station.
