Agra, June 8 -- A lower division clerk at Aligarh Muslim University was arrested for issuing extortion threats in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi. He posted eight letters through speed post to those linked with AMU and demanded about Rs.2.5 crore. These threat letters to eight men in Aligarh were posted by the accused himself from the GPO at Connaught Place in Delhi on June 3.

Two of the recipients, a reputed jeweller and known doctor of Aligarh contacted Aligarh SSP on June 6 and informed him about the matter. Working on the case, police arrested the AMU clerk from Aligarh on Monday.

Neeraj Kumar Jadaun, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Aligarh, addressed a press conference on Monday afternoon and informed that he was contacted by a...