Rourkela: Maoist posters demanding money from a construction company have created tension among the business community in Jhirpani area near here on Friday. The posters demand 15 per cent cut from the Rs two crore bridge project on the river Koel from its Cuttack based constructor, police said. Last year an employee of the company […]
Jul 02, 2021
New Delhi: Two policemen have been sentenced to three years in jail by a Delhi court for extorting money from a scrap dealer by threatening to implicate him in a theft case. Holding head constables Sukhbir and Anoop Singh guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act for forcing the scrap dealer to give them the […]
Jul 02, 2021
Mumbai: Popular Hindi film singer Arijit Singh on Monday claimed he received an extortion call from gangster Ravi Pujari, who demanded a “ridiculous amount of money”. Reportedly, the “Suno na sangemarmar” hitmaker was asked to give Rs.5 crore. However, without giving any figure, Arijit confirmed the matter via an official statement to the media. In […]
Jun 29, 2021
New Delhi: A doctor and a head constable of the Border Security Force have been charged by a Delhi court for demanding bribe from candidates, aspiring to join the force, to clear their names in medical tests. Dr S K Shakya, who examined the candidates, and Head Constable Narender Mehta have been charged by Special […]
Jun 29, 2021
New Delhi: A Delhi court today sentenced gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment for demanding Rs 5 crore as protection money from a Delhi-based businessman in 2002. Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sehrawat passed the order after hearing arguments on sentence by the prosecution and defence lawyers. The court had convicted Salem in the […]
Jun 29, 2021
Mumbai: A Police Sub-Inspector was on Tuesday arrested on charges of cheating and extortion, whereas two Constables are being questioned for their suspected role in the case. Sub-Inspector Prashant Mane, attached with Sewree police station, allegedly posed as a Crime Branch officer and extorted money, police said. "Prashant Mane, attached with Sewree police station, has […]
Jun 28, 2021
Mumbai: Noted Bollywood producer-director Prakash Jha has lodged an FIR here alleging that two New York based filmmakers were trying to extort Rs 2-3 crore from him besides threatening to kill him over a movie dispute, police said today. According to Jha`s complaint, two filmmakers — Pramod Bhanti and Devendra Singh — both NRIs based […]
Jun 28, 2021
Cuttack: The Commissionerate police today registered yet another extortion case against the arrested Dhalasamant brothers and one of their absconding associates Tapan Routray alias Kulu. With this, the number cases registered against the mafia brothers Sushant and Sushil went up to 17 after their arrests on January 28 from Bhubaneswar. The Markat Nagar Police have […]
Jun 28, 2021
Pathankot: A 21-year-old girl was booked for allegedly extorting Rs 8 lakh from a Railway employee here after blackmailing him, police said today. The girl, identified as Anita and hailing from Himachal Pradesh, befriended the railway employee working as Ticket Traveller(TT) some months ago, police said. Later, she threatened the TT of filing false case […]
Jun 28, 2021
Berhampur: A racket involving collection of extortion money by a dreaded criminal, lodged in special sub-jail at Bhanjanagar in Odisha’s Ganjam district, has been busted, the police said today. This came to light on Sunday when the police arrested three persons, including two teenaged Plus II students, who allegedly were doing the groundwork outside the […]
Jun 28, 2021
Malkangiri: Two police constables were suspended for allegedly extorting money from businessmen and traders here, police said today. Constables Sukura Nayak and Narasingha Dora, posted in Chitrakonda police station, were placed under suspension with immediate effect and departmental proceedings initiated, Superintendent of Police Anirudh Singh said. The action was taken following a complaint by a […]
Jun 27, 2021
Three youths were arrested for allegedly indulging in extortion by impersonating as members of a criminal gang in Sundargarh district, police said on Saturday
Jun 26, 2021
A woman sub-inspector and a constable of anti-extortion unit of Crime Branch were arrested on Thursday and two other constables were detained for allegedly extorting money from a Punjab-based businessman after threatening to frame him in a case of sex racket
Jun 26, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Three anti-socials posing as Maoists, involved in many criminal cases, were on Tuesday arrested from Jajpur district. Police said the trio were involved in extortions, holding threats and pasting of posters in the name of Maoist organisation in different places in Jajpur and Keonjhar districts. One revolver, one country made gun, two mobile phones, […]
Jun 26, 2021
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood director Yash Chopra has received extortion calls allegedly from gangster Ravi Pujari asking him to cough up huge amount as protection money, police said on Thursday. According to police, a person claiming to be Ravi Pujari had called up the landline number of the office of Yash Raj Films located in suburban […]
Jun 24, 2021
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