Prayagraj Teaching Information: Threatened, Rs 1 Cr Extortion Demanded From New Institute, Claims Proprietor

Uttar Pradesh Crime Information: In an incident that exposes the prevalent ‘gundaraj’ and ‘extortion gang’ in Uttar Pradesh regardless of CM Yogi Adityanath’s strict legislation and order claims, a training centre founder discovered himself in a precarious scenario when a gang of 20-30 criminals stormed his newly opened institute and demanded Rs one crore extortion, claimed the proprietor. The proprietor shared the CCTV footage on social media and defined that the criminals had earlier demanded Rs 50 lakhs however the risk was ignored. Nevertheless, days later, the gang entered the institute and demanded Rs 1 crore, warning to set the institute afire. 

“On 4th September at 7 p.m. in my absence, 10-12 individuals got here to the Prayagraj Institute and whereas abusing and threatening the workers, instructed them to inform their boss that in the event that they wish to run a training institute in Prayagraj, they need to give 50 lakh rupees in every week or else they’ll burn down the teaching institute. The workers knowledgeable me, however I didn’t take it critically and thought who would dare to do such a factor in at the moment’s instances. Somebody might have come to ask for donations and could also be making an attempt to scare individuals. That’s the reason I didn’t inform the police and I made a mistake,” stated teaching proprietor Vivek Kumar.

Kumar additional claimed that on 10th September, round 20 individuals entered the institute and began abusing the workers. “Inside a couple of minutes of sitting, he began abusing the workers and stated you might be coming from outdoors and behaving like goons, I had instructed you to ship Rs 50 lakhs in every week, now give Rs 1 crore rupees proper now or else I’ll burn down the teaching centre proper now…This was very horrifying, regardless of such strict legislation and order, these individuals stored us hostage for 40 minutes and stored scaring us by repeatedly threatening to kill us,” he claimed.

The teaching centre proprietor alleged that the goons even misbehaved with the police. He stated that an FIR has been registered within the case. “I had come to Prayagraj from Delhi on the reassurance of higher safety from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath….I can’t pay a single penny as extortion.

If the chief minister says so, even when I’ve to take a mortgage or promote myself, I’ll give him Rs 1 crore for my and the institute’s security, however I can’t give a single penny to the goons,” stated Kumar.