Ludhiana, June 3 -- : A scrap dealer was allegedly attacked inside his shop in Kila Mohalla by a "notorious criminal" and his associates after he refused to pay extortion money, commonly known as "hafta", police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Shiva Bhatti, was out on bail at the time of the incident.

Based on the complaint of Satish Kumar, 42, a resident of Prem Vihar and owner of a scrap shop in Kila Mohalla, the division number 4 police registered an FIR against Shiva Bhatti, his brother Deepak Bhatti and an associate, identified as Honey, besides several unidentified accomplices.

In his complaint, Satish alleged that Shiva had been extorting money from him and other shopkeepers in the area for a long time by threatenin...