Police here have held a 15-year-old boy from Bengaluru for allegedly demanding Rs 50 lakh in extortion from a local trader by posing as a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi said on Wednesday that trader Ranjit Singh, a resident of Nigohi area, lodged a complaint on October 31 after receiving a call on Facebook Messenger from an account named Om Singh. The caller claimed to be from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and demanded Rs 50 lakh, threatening to kill the trader if he failed to pay.

Following the complaint, three police teams were formed to trace the suspect. "After tracking the Facebook account's location, teams were sent to Karnataka's Bengaluru and Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur. Our Special Operations Group held a 15-year-old from Bengaluru who runs

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