Chennai: The suspected mastermind, Arun Raj, whose gang posed as an income tax department personnel and tried to extort money from a family in Ramapuram by tying up three members, was arrested on Saturday. Police solved the case on Friday and arrested four suspects.On Nov 10, three men in police uniforms entered their house in Kothagiri Nagar, claiming to be police and income tax personnel. They threatened Santhana Lakshmi and her daughter Keerthana and demanded gold, cash and money.When the family, joined by others, demanded credentials, the gang overpowered them, gagged them with pieces of cloth and robed them at knife-point. . Ramapuram police registered a case and examined CCTV footage. Investigators found that the gang had used a fake registration number on the car.The arrested men were identified as Vijayakumar, 32, Raja, 26, Yashwanth, 21, Kannan, 19, and Arun Raj, 30. Police said Vijayakumar was a driver, Raja a daily-wage worker and Yashwanth worked for a private firm. Arun Raj, Raja and Vijayakumar had previous criminal cases. Police were searching for the sixth suspect, Prashanth.
