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Karnataka sub-inspector, 3 police constables suspended for extorting Rs 3.70 lakh from Tamil Nadu businessman
July 29, 2025 2:54 pm
Special teams have been formed to nab the accused policemen -- Chamarajanagar district CEN sub-inspector Ayyana Gowda and constables Basavanna, Ramesh, and Mohan -- who are currently absconding.
Gurgaon police arrest 2 'agents' for demanding commission to get govt aid
July 05, 2025 12:22 pm
The men allegedly accessed lists from Common Services Centres of individuals with pending government compensation and demanded commissions to release the funds, the Gurgaon police said.
‘Journalist’ booked for attempt to extort money from businessman
December 26, 2023 3:28 am
The accused then allegedly demanded a “hafta” of Rs 5,000 every month from the businessman.
Kolkata: 3 held in Hooghly for trying to extort money posing as CID officials
November 28, 2023 8:32 am
In 2021, the state Transport Department released a list of ministers and officials who were entitled to use beacon lights atop their vehicles during emergency duties.
Mumbai cops nab student from Delhi for extorting money through 'loan apps'
July 31, 2023 2:13 am
The police said the accused, identified as Hari Om Satyender Singh, became familiar with the scamsters while playing an online game PUBG during which he was offered extra money and was recently arrested for allegedly taking money from a 25-year-old businesswoman from south Mumbai.
Two more victims approach police in ‘fake cop' extortion case
July 14, 2023 3:27 am
The crime branch arrested an auto driver in the case and seized one of the autos which was used in the abduction. With the latest arrest, the total number of arrests have now gone up to five.
Four including two Chinese nationals booked for trying to extort money from Mumbai imitation jeweller
July 14, 2023 3:21 am
The police said that the complainant Hitesh Kumar Mali (25) along with two other persons had gone to China on March 17.
Two caught red-handed while accepting extortion money from Pune hotelier, arrested
January 30, 2023 11:30 am
The accused allegedly demanded Rs 2 lakh from the hotelier by threatening to file false complaints against him at the Pune Municipal Corporation. They also allegedly threatened to kill the hotelier.
Spanish actor Manu Rios’ photo used to 'entrap' Delhi woman: Police
October 12, 2022 12:06 pm
During interrogation, the accused, a BA student, revealed that he used Rios’ pictures and created a fake ID to win the “attention” of women.
Angadia extortion case: Mumbai Police names DCP as wanted accused
March 16, 2022 7:36 am
The Mumbai Police had last month registered an FIR against three policemen after angadias, also known as couriers, filed a complaint that the local police had been demanding money from them.
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