Extortion threat case against ex-MLA

Chaudhary said in his police complaint that on Tuesday Sharma had gone to the civil courts premises for a hearing when the ex-MLA called him up around 12.40 p.m. and demanded the money, failing which he (Chaudhary) was warned of dire consequences. “If you think I can’t harm you because I am in jail, you are wrong,” Sharma reportedly told Chaudhary on telephone. “I can do whatever I want from inside the jail.” Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krish confirmed that a case had been registered on Chaudhary’s complaint. “Initial investigations reveal it is a property dispute case. Chaudhary and Sharma are co-owners of a property situated on Delhi’s border. Police are probing the case,” he said. (IANS)