Extortion
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New twist in Chinmayanand case, victim staying with extortionist
India | Aug 28, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTA senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer confirmed that CCTV footage retrieved from a hotel in Dwarka establishes the presence of the victim with the boy who reportedly made an extortion call to Chinmayanand.
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Government compulsorily retires tax officers on extortion, bribe, sexual harassment charges
India | Jun 10, 2019, 09:56 PM ISTThe Government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.
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Three held for bid to extort Rs 25 lakh from film producer
India | May 28, 2019, 06:55 PM ISTThe director had earlier worked with the producer, an official said, adding that the extortion bid was a fallout of a financial dispute between the two.
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BJP MLA thrashes mining officer for refusing his demand to extort money from miners
India | Oct 10, 2018, 07:12 PM ISTAccording to a complaint lodged by Singh, he was called along with his staff member at the Circuit House last night where the two were beaten up.
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Bitcoin extortion case: Court declares ex-BJP MLA Nalin Kotadiya as 'absconder'
India | Jun 18, 2018, 11:04 PM ISTAdditional sessions judge P G Tamakuwala declared Kotadiya a "proclaimed offender" (absconder) under section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC ).
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Katara murder case witness claims extortion threats, case registered
India | Apr 08, 2018, 10:33 PM ISTHe claimed they threatened him that if he failed to pay the money he along with his family would be eliminated.
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Delhi: Two held for honey-trap, extortion
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Arrest warrant issued against former Bengal IPS officer Bharati Ghosh on charges of extortion
India | Feb 10, 2018, 11:29 PM IST"An arrest warrant has been issued against Ghosh and her former security personnel Sujit Mondal in relation to cases of extortion and criminal conspiracy," the officer said.
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Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar arrested on charges of extortion
India | Sep 19, 2017, 12:08 AM ISTIqbal Kaskar was picked up by Thane Crime Branch’s anti-extortion cell from his Dongri home.
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Gang busted for demanding extortion from a businessman in Muzaffarnagar
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Actress Pooja Jadhav held for trapping businessmen for money
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Woman held for blackmailing people through personal photos and videos in Moradabad
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Death of techies an attempt to discredit state government: Lalu Prasad
National | Dec 29, 2015, 08:31 PM ISTHajipur/Patna: Four days after two engineers were shot dead in broad daylight in Darbhanga, another engineer was today found murdered in Vaishali district of Bihar.The body of Ankit Jha (42), with multiple injury marks, was
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Major extortion industry active in Jharkhand
India | Mar 12, 2015, 01:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Jharkhand's thriving extortion industry spares none. Almost every citizen living in the countryside, who has a government job, runs a business no matter how big or small has to pay a share of
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Karan Johar receives extortion threat
Bollywood | Sep 07, 2013, 07:43 PM ISTMumbai: Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has allegedly received an extortion threat from underworld goon Ravi Pujari, police said today.“A text message was received by Karan on his phone from an international number some days ago.
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Two Delhi cops held for Rs 3 lakh extortion
India | Aug 26, 2013, 10:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Two police constables and four others, including a woman, were arrested for extorting Rs.3 lakh from a man here, police said on Sunday."Constables Manoj Kumar and Pawan Kumar were arrested Saturday with Neeraj
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Top militant leader arrested for extortion
India | Jul 17, 2013, 09:50 AM ISTImphal, July 17: A top militant leader was arrested yesterday when he came to receive extortion money from a petrol pump personnel while his accomplice managed to excape at Jiribam town here in East district,
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Zee editors sent to 2-day police custody
India | Dec 08, 2012, 09:28 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 8: Two Zee editors were today remanded back in two-day police custody by a Delhi court to enable the investigators to confront them with Zee group head Subhash Chandra and his son