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'Pay Rs 20 lakh or get shot in encounter': UP cops booked for 'extorting' money from dairy owner

August 03, 2026 10:43 am

Seven Uttar Pradesh Police officers have been suspended for allegedly intercepting a Bulandshahr businessman at a toll plaza, unlawfully detaining him, and demanding money under the threat of a staged encounter.

Delhi businessman got extortion call for Rs 50 lakh. ‘Mastermind’ was someone he knew best

June 30, 2026 9:18 pm

Police claimed it was a domestic dispute that drove the accused woman to hatch an elaborate plot to target her husband and his family. Members of the Jitender Gogi gang took care of the rest.

Blackmailed over intimate photos and fake suicide note, Mangaluru businessman loses Rs 2.77 crore

June 09, 2026 11:32 pm

Youth Congress leader Nizam Ibrahim and his associate have been arrested in the extortion case in Mangaluru.

Pune Crime Files | How a missing heirloom necklace revealed an extortion trail for online gaming

June 08, 2026 5:46 pm

The missing Mohanmal weighed about 5.5 tola or roughly 55 gram.

According to police, the accused, Suleiman, a resident of Nanawal village in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district,

Weapon supplier to Bambiha gang operative held in Panchkula ahead of MC polls: police

May 07, 2026 9:32 am

Accused had given a licensed revolver to a history-sheeter linked to extortion and betting racket in Pinjore-Kalka region: police

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Punjabi youngsters deported from Canada in escalating extortion crackdown

May 06, 2026 12:28 pm

Surrey has recorded around 90 extortion attempts since late 2025, connected to at least 15 or 16 shootings and two arson cases. Many victims are repeat targets, often from the South Asian community.

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Bengaluru entrepreneur alleges honeytrap by Instagram influencer, lodges complaint

April 24, 2026 3:59 pm

Complainant claimed his private content was shared with his wife.

Gangster Ravi Pujari arrested in 2017 extortion case, taken into custody form Bengaluru j

March 18, 2026 10:25 pm

The case relates to an incident in which two shooters allegedly opened fire outside a builder’s office in Thane after he refused to pay ₹10 crore demanded by Pujari, who was then operating from abroad.

CBI arrests own inspector for seeking Rs 2 crore to 'settle' complaint from South Delhi resident

March 11, 2026 9:06 pm

The accused CBI officer allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore from a South Delhi resident to "settle" a complaint supposedly filed against him.

Fake cops, honeytrap, Rs 50,000 demand: Gujarat High Court slams ‘easy money’ crime as it slashes sentences in 2010 case

February 20, 2026 3:15 pm

The complainant was lured into intimacy by a woman, following which four men cornered him by pretending to be crime branch officers, the Gujarat High Court noted.