4 held for extortion, charged under new law against employing minor for crime

FOUR members of a gang, including a juvenile, who were involved in a firing-cum-extortion incident in the Burari area of north Delhi were apprehended by the police, an official said on Saturday.

- UJWAL JALALI

The accused, non-juveniles, were identified by the police as Nikhil, Gangandeep and Mohit. They committed the crime on the orders of a jailed gangster named Sunny Kakran, the official said.

The cops evoked section 95 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) which deals with punishing the people who hire minors to commit a crime. Under section 95 of the BNS, whoever hires, employs or engages any child to commit an offence shall be punished with imprisonment of not be less than three years, which may extend to ten years, and with fine.