Extortion
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Woman arrested for threatening, 'trying to extort' money from Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde
India | Apr 21, 2022, 03:44 PM ISTRenu Sharma, the accused, had allegedly demanded Rs 5 crore in cash and a shop valued at Rs 5 crore, mobile phones and other expensive gifts from Munde by threatening to defame him by lodging a complaint of rape.
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'Secret' meeting between Param Bir and Waze: Navi Mumbai police issue show cause notice to four cops
India | Jan 18, 2022, 12:10 PM ISTThe duo had met in a room adjacent to the chamber of Justice Chandiwal (retd) Commission in a building in south Mumbai.
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Mumbai: Businessman lodges extortion case against gangster Ejaz Lakdawala
India | Dec 19, 2021, 11:18 AM ISTA businessman in Mumbai has lodged an extortion case against gangster Ejaz Lakdawala at DN Nagar police station. The case has been transferred to the Anti-Extortion Cell.
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Ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh's son active participant in money laundering case: ED to court
India | Nov 22, 2021, 05:10 PM ISTThe anti-money laundering agency submitted an affidavit before the court designated to hear the cases of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) opposing the pre-arrest bail plea filed by Hrishikesh Deshmukh.
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Mumbai: Case registered against wanted accused Riyaz Bhati in extortion case
India | Nov 21, 2021, 08:10 PM ISTAs per the businessman's complaint, Bhati trapped him and extorted Rs 25 lakh after making a video of him in an objectionable state with a woman.
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Bombay HC rejects ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's plea against probe
India | Sep 16, 2021, 05:31 PM ISTParam Bir Singh had questioned the two inquiries initiated against him by the state Home Department on April 1 and April 20, for allegedly violating service rules and another over allegations of corruption, terming them "mala fide" and intended to target and harass him.
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Maharashtra: Delhi-based doctor duped of over Rs 2 cr by man posing as woman on social media
Crime | Sep 05, 2021, 01:47 PM ISTThe accused had made fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms by posing as a woman, a senior police official said.
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8 arrested on charges of 'sextortion' in Rajasthan
India | Aug 05, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTA police officer said that 8 accused have been arrested in this connection on Wednesday, most of whom are 10th-12th pass.
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Mansukh Hiren death case: CBI quizzes Sachin Vaze's drivers
India | Apr 11, 2021, 11:42 PM ISTThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday questioned two drivers of suspended Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze, accused in the Mansukh Hiren death case.
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Delhi man gets extortion call asking for Rs 5 crore, caller gives death threat
Crime | Jul 27, 2020, 01:36 PM ISTA Delhi based man was threatened on a call by an unknown caller who asked him to pay Rs 5 crore as extortion. The man also threatened to kill him if the sum was not paid. The man's family was also threatened. The call came from an international number.
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Greater Noida: Mercedes-driving man who extorted money at gunpoint arrested
Crime | Jul 26, 2020, 09:04 AM ISTA man, who drove a Mercedes and extorted money from people on roads at gunpoint, has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said on Saturday.
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Man held for extortion, three co-accused absconding in Maharashtra
India | Mar 06, 2020, 10:47 AM ISTA 49-year-old man was arrested for allegedly extorting money from the owner of a charitable dispensary in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.
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Couple staged attack on themselves to extort money: police
Crime | Mar 06, 2020, 07:26 AM ISTA case has been registered against a woman, her husband and three others for staging an assault on the couple and claiming that it was done to force them to withdraw a rape case, the police said on Thursday.
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2 posing as cops, extorting money from commuters held in Ghaziabad
India | Feb 24, 2020, 09:45 PM ISTTwo persons have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district for allegedly posing as policemen and extorting money from commuters, an official said on Monday.
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Ransom demand on WhatsApp! Mumbai criminal, lodged in jail, booked again
India | Feb 14, 2020, 01:21 PM ISTA Mumbai criminal Uday Pathak, who is lodged in jail in a murder case, has been booked for demanding Rs 5 lakh extortion money via WhatsApp.
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Ex-Dawood aide Tarik Parveen held for extortion
India | Feb 09, 2020, 06:39 PM ISTThe Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a former aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim for allegedly extorting a city-based businessman, police said.
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MP honeytrap case: Mastermind launched IT, realty firms with extortion
India | Sep 28, 2019, 11:31 AM ISTStrong evidence in the Madhya Pradesh honeytrap scandal suggests that huge amounts, running into several crores, was pocketed by the two women, who blackmailed a bunch of powerful bureaucrats and politicians in the state.
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Law student who accused Chinmayanand of rape could be arrested
India | Sep 22, 2019, 01:44 PM ISTThe sources said that the victim has been involved in the extortion call made to Chinmayanand by her male companion, Sanjay Singh, and two cousins, Sachin Sengar and Vikram, and is named as one of the accused in the case.
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Law student, three friends booked for extortion
India | Sep 21, 2019, 07:58 PM ISTSources said the SIT also booked the woman on charges of causing disappearance of evidence. The former Union minister was arrested by the SIT on Friday and sent to 14 days' judicial custody.
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Court takes up charge sheet against AAP lawmaker
India | Aug 30, 2019, 05:19 PM ISTAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, after taking the cognisance of the charge sheet, posted the matter for scrutiny of documents on September 9. Gulab Singh Yadav is currently the lawmaker from Matiala Assembly constituency.