Dehradun, Nov 7 (PTI) Police have arrested a BSc student in Uttarakhand's Haridwar for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 30 lakh from a businessman in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, officials said.

Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pramod Singh Dobal said the accused, identified as Ashish Saini, a resident of Bahadrabad, was involved in the crime along with his associate, Ajay Hooda, who made threatening calls from Armenia.

Hooda is a native of Rohtak in Haryana and works in Armenia.

Dobal said that businessman Ravi Kumar, who runs a vehicle agency, had lodged a complaint on October 30, stating that someone claiming to be from the Bishnoi gang had threatened him over the phone and demanded Rs 30 lakh.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered against unknown pe

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