India, Aug. 28 -- New Delhi

Three men were arrested from across Punjab for allegedly making an extortion call to an east Delhi jeweller, demanding Rs.25 lakh, by claiming to be aides of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, police said on Wednesday. The mobile phone used to make the call was also recovered from them.

Police identified the accused as Rohit Bhullar, 23, who was held from Tarn Taran, and Arshadeep Singh, 21, and Gurjinder Singh, 21, who were held from Gurdaspur. Grujinder has a criminal history of three cases, police said.

Acting on a complaint lodged by the owner of a jewellery store in Kalyanpuri on August 12, police registered a case of extortion and took up investigation, deputy commissioner of police (east) Abhishek Dhan...