India, Oct. 2 -- The Delhi Police on Friday said they busted an extortion racket allegedly linked to fugitive gangster Goldy Brar-led gang by arresting three operatives in connection with at least two cases of extortion demands of Rs.1 each from a north Delhi-based Delhi Jal Board (DJB) contractor and a builder in Rohini.

The contractor and the builder received extortion and threat calls from the same United Arab Emirates (UAE) mobile number within a three-day gap. The caller threatened the two and their families with serious consequences if the extortion demand was not met. The accused allegedly hired four hitmen to fire at the residences of the two to terrorise them, said deputy police commissioner (north) Niharika Bhatt.

The three ac...