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The woman's complaint says that on June 19, she received a call from someone claiming to represent Blue Dart courier. The caller allegedly said that drugs and baggage linked to her Aadhaar number had been found, and that the Mumbai police would be coming to arrest her. (Express Photo)

Under 'digital arrest', Bengaluru woman sells 2 plots, 1 flat and takes bank loan to pay Rs 2 crore to cybercriminals

December 16, 2025 6:59 pm

The scam began when the woman received a call claiming to represent Blue Dart courier, stating that drugs linked to her Aadhaar number had been found.

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AAP councillor's son gets extortion call: 'Give Rs 1 cr or will kill you, your family'

June 13, 2025 9:55 am

The caller threatened to kill him and his family if he failed to pay Rs 1 crore as ransom, he said.

19-year-old man who posed as CBI officer arrested for sextortion in Delhi

February 05, 2025 3:58 am

Delhi Police say his victim was blackmailed over a nude video call made by a girl.

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Behind extortion calls in Delhi, two ‘gang members passing info on targets from Rajasthan prison’

December 19, 2024 10:12 am

Police have now solved the puzzle. It was two members of different gangs, lodged in the district jail at Rajasthan’s Dausa, who were passing on the information that they got from a man on the outside, said officers.

Man held for making extortion calls to businessman in gangster Neeraj Bawana’s name

September 23, 2024 8:40 pm

The arrest by the Delhi Police Crime Branch came after a complaint was filed by the businessman, Nitesh Gupta, claiming he had received multiple extortion calls.

Ramnivas alias Shyam Bishnoi and Prahlad alias Peepi Bishnoi, both residents of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, were arrested on Monday after a Vadodara trader lodged a police complaint saying that he had received multiple anonymous extortion calls where the callers demanded Rs 1 crore from him. (express photo)

Vadodara trader gets Rs 1 crore extortion call, 2 held from Rajasthan

June 25, 2024 2:38 pm

One of the men arrested from Rajasthan used to work at the Vadodara trader’s shop and was sacked due to his conduct, the police said.

'Heard of Moosewala murder?' | Pune Man gets extortion call from jailed ‘Santosh Jadhav’; cops say name used to threaten

November 06, 2023 8:46 am

The complainant thereupon approached the police with a complaint. Senior Inspector Hemant Patil, in-charge of Kothrud police station, said, "This prima facie seems to be a case of phone call fraud where an imprisoned dreaded criminal's name has been used to extort and threaten the target. We are investigating,".