Income tax official arrested over extortion bid on Delhi businessman caught after jumping bail
Deepak Kashyap joined as a stenographer in the Income Tax Department in 2012 and was promoted to the post of personal secretary later. Delhi Police arrested him on Saturday, around two years after he allegedly orchestrated an extortion attempt on a businessman in the capital.
According to the police, Kashyap was first arrested in 2023 along with his band of associates after they barged into the businessman’s house claiming to be conducting an income tax raid.
“On August 8, 2023, the accused entered the Janakpuri residence of a businessman who owns an elevator and escalator manufacturing company. His wife was the only one present at the house. She informed him that seven unknown individuals, including a woman, had forcibly entered their residence, claiming to be from the Income Tax Departme...