Three suspects claiming to be Taliban were arrested by the police in Islamabad on Friday.
The CIA team of Islamabad Police arrested Alam Khan, Mohammad Tahir and Mukammal Shah and escorted them to jail.
The suspects allegedly dropped pamphlets carrying a cell phone number at people’s homes that asked for sums of up to Rs6.5 million.
Provincial minister Rehmanullah also got a similar threat from the same terrorists via a pamphlet that stated that Rs5.6 million should be delivered at a particular place otherwise he along with his family would be in danger.
The group of suspects also posed similar threats for large sums of money to the business community in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.