India, March 11 -- The Malad police have arrested a 40-year-old man from Gurugram for allegedly threatening his uncle, a businessman, and his family by posing as a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and demanding a Rs.5-crore ransom.

According to the police, the accused, identified as Kailash Omprakash Agarwal, 40, a resident of Gurugram, Haryana, had allegedly sent threatening WhatsApp messages and voice notes to his uncle, Babulal Madanlal Agarwal, 62, who lives at Sheetal Chhaya on S.V. Road in Malad West with his son Amit Agarwal, 40. Babulal received the messages between February 22 and February 24, warning that his family and relatives would be killed if he failed to pay Rs.5 crore. The messages and voice recordings claimed to be ...