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Published on Jan 16, 2025 02:15 AM IST

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‘Marriage ended in 10 days’: IIM graduate alleges extortion by ex sister-in-law

Challa, an IIM-IIT graduate, said that her brother had gotten married in February 2019 and the alliance came to via a matrimonial site.

Prathyusha Challa urged other people to share their similar experiences. (Screengrab/YouTube)

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Published on Jan 09, 2025 08:47 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Panchkula: Insurance agent on home call for policy beaten up

The complainant, Devender Kumar of Ram Darbar, Chandigarh, also alleged that the accused tried to implicate him by filming an obscene video

A case was registered against the unidentified accused under Sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 126 (wrongful restraint), 3(5) (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 308 (2) (extortion) and 351(3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). They have yet to be arrested. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2025 09:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Two brothers who hired shooter to kill shopkeeper arrested

MUMBAI: Two brothers were arrested for hiring a shooter to kill a shopkeeper, aiming to prevent his testimony in an extortion case.

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Updated on Jan 06, 2025 08:04 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

e-rickshaw driver attempts self-immolation outside SP’s residence in Badaun

“My e-rickshaw and ₹2,200 were snatched from me...police did not register an FIR. The CO threatened to send me to jail under NDPS Act,” alleges man

However, SP (Badaun) BK Singh said Gulfam was stressed because of a female relative, who had filed an FIR against him on December 30 over a family dispute. (Pic for representation)

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Published on Jan 01, 2025 10:37 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Has Beed become Maharashtra’s Wild West?

The murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh has exposed the criminal activity in the district by a syndicate allegedly protected by NCP MLA Dhananjay Munde

Beed, India. Dec 29, 2024: People from across Marathwada gathered in Masajog village, Beed district, to pay tribute to Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. He was brutally killed on December 9, allegedly by men associated with local strongman Walmil Karad. Beed, Inda. Dec 24, 2024. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Dec 30, 2024 08:08 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha

3 held for extortion from Gurugram trader

Ravi knew the complainant closely and had hunch that the latter was having movable and immovable properties worth crores, police said

After the victim did not pay them initially, they called him again on December 18, compelling him to cough up <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5 lakh by dropping it in a bag at a secluded location of the city as desired (Representational image)

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Updated on Dec 30, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Duo kidnap ex-colleague, shoot his nude video, and extort ₹6L

MUMBAI: Two men were arrested for kidnapping a call centre employee, forcing him to withdraw money, and filming a compromising video of him.

The Malwani police on Friday arrested two men who allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old call centre employee

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Updated on Dec 29, 2024 04:07 PM IST

ByMegha Sood

HC directs DGP to enquire into allegations of extortion by Mandi police

This is the second such case where Mandi police have been accused of extorting money in the name of implicating in a drug case

“We feel that the timings of extortion calls made to persons on the pretext of getting their sons absolved from the cases under NDPS Act immediately preceding the eventual apprehension of their sons in more than one case, could not be a mere coincidence,” pointed out high court. (iStock)

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Updated on Dec 28, 2024 05:38 AM IST

ByShailee Dogra, Shimla

Delhi Police struggled with bomb threats, gang violence and extortion in 2024

The Delhi Police encountered numerous challenges, including bomb threats, shootings, and gang-related murders

Two unexplained explosions, a spike in extortion calls directed at businesspeople, and several bomb threats to the city's schools, hospitals, and airport placed the Delhi Police under a lot of strain in 2024.(Hindustan Times/representational )

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Published on Dec 26, 2024 11:36 AM IST

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‘Honeytrap’ gang held for extorting Delhi doctor

Women used to engage male victims physically and men, impersonating police officers, used to “raid” the locations

The gang members were arrested when they were impersonating police officers. (Representative photo)

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Updated on Dec 25, 2024 10:31 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Child pornography: Two get 14 years RI for sexually assaulting minor girl

Additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Palwal, Prashant Rana while convicting the accused Joginder and Lokesh wrote that they kidnapped the 15-year-old school girl, sexually assaulted her, made an obscene video of her and stored it for extracting money from her father

Sentencing Joginder and Lokesh to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment, the judge in his order said that the two convicts have committed a most heinous offence in a cold-blooded manner, showing extreme depravity and meanness. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Dec 20, 2024 08:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Ludhiana: Father-son duo ‘try to bribe’ ADCP; arrested

The accused, Akash Gupta and his father Vijay Gupta, a retired government employee, were handed over to Ludhiana’s Division Number 8 police station, which formally arrested them

Ludhiana’s Division Number 8 station-house officer (SHO) inspector Balwinder Kaur said a case was registered under sections 308(2) (extortion) and 61(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 17, 2024 10:58 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

4 operatives of Arsh Dalla gang held for Mohali firing case

The accused had fired shots at a car accessories showroom in Phase 11, Mohali, to intimidate the shop owner for extortion, say police

The four gang members were arrested near Focal Point, Mohali, along with the weapons used in the crime. (HT)

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Updated on Dec 17, 2024 09:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Days after man dies by suicide, cops issue notice to wife in UP

Bengaluru’s Marathahalli police went to UP to issue a notice to the wife and the in-laws of a 34-year-old who died allegedly by suicide earlier this week

The engineer, who lived in Marathahalli, ended his life on Monday, leaving behind a note and a video accusing his wife and her family of mental harassment and demanding exorbitant sums of money (File photo)

india news

Updated on Dec 13, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bengaluru

Ghaziabad: 20-year-old woman trying to foist fake rape case on cousin held along with YouTuber

The police investigation, however, revealed that the woman allegedly entered into a conspiracy with Khan to implicate Shoaib in the fake rape case in order to settle a previous score with him

YouTuber Sartaj Khan, 50, a resident of Shalimar Garden and the 20-year-old woman in police custody. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 12, 2024 07:52 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Extortion case against 18 cops expunged

A case of extortion against 18 Chandauli policemen was expunged after allegations by dismissed constable Anil Kumar were found baseless, officials said.

The case was registered on the orders of the court of Ghazipur CJM Swapana Anand (For representation)

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Updated on Dec 02, 2024 07:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Varanasi

Anmol, a key operator of Lawrence Bishnoi’s global criminal syndicate

As per the Punjab police dossier, accessed by HT, Anmol looks after the cartel of extortion and also oversees the investment of the gang’s money in businesses outside India.

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother Anmol Bishnoi alias Bhanu

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Updated on Nov 20, 2024 08:12 AM IST

ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Man with ‘Bishnoi gang link' arrested for threatening YouTuber Sourav Joshi

The Nainital SSP noted that an FIR was immediately filed in this matter since involvement of Lawrence Bishnoi's name made it a sensitive case.

Sourav Joshi has over 29 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. (Instagram/@souravjoshivlogs)

india news

Published on Nov 19, 2024 08:22 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Gadoli helped his sister run jailed gangster Kaushal’s gang

In India, the accused, Manisha, was running her husband Kaushal Chaudhury’s gang in hopes to revive it with the help from of her brother, Saurabh Gadoli

Currently under a six-day police remand following her arrest in Sector 9’s Devilal Colony on Monday, Manisha is reportedly connected with at least six additional gang members, each with subordinate operatives to carry out assigned tasks (HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 14, 2024 08:36 AM IST

ByDebashish Karmakar

Firing incidents: Delhi Police orders checking of hotels to find criminals

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Published on Nov 13, 2024 04:14 PM IST

PTI |

Gurugram Police arrest wife of jailed gangster Kaushal Chaudhary

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Published on Nov 11, 2024 11:43 PM IST

PTI |

Maharashtra: Flying squad on poll duty extorts ₹85,000 from flower trader

The flying squad, which included two constables, allegedly threatened and extorted ₹85,000 from a flower merchant, without any due procedure.

Police registered a case against the accused after probing the complaint filed by a poll official. (PTI)

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Updated on Nov 10, 2024 03:41 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Police book two for extortion

Alankar police booked two persons for allegedly assaulting two persons and demanding an extortion of ₹10,000 from a roadside vendor on October 30

Alankar police booked two persons for allegedly assaulting two persons and demanding an extortion of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,000 from a roadside vendor on October 30. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

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Published on Oct 31, 2024 11:55 PM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

Congress leader, husband held for blackmailing former minister

The couple allegedly blackmailed Congress leader and former minister Maalikayya Guttedar, and demanded ₹20 lakh to withhold compromising audio and video clips recorded during WhatsApp calls

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested a senior district Congress leader in Kalaburagi, Manjula Patil, and her husband Shivraj Patil in connection with a case of alleged blackmailing and extortion (ANI)

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Updated on Oct 28, 2024 06:26 AM IST

ByCoovercolly Indresh, Bengaluru

Vizag honey trap case: How accused Joy Jemima used social media to con rich men

The 27-year-old woman and her accomplices ran a racket of promising love and marriage to men on social media to extort money from them

Joy Jamima and her accomplices used promises of love on social media to trap men and extort money from them. (Representational image)

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Published on Oct 22, 2024 05:23 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Karnataka Congress MLA booked for rape, kidnapping

MLA Vinay Kulkarni has filed a counter complaint accusing woman, and a pvt news channel MD of trying to extort ₹2 crore from him

An FIR has been registered against Dharwad Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni after a 34-year-old woman accused him of sexual assault and harassment (HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2024 07:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bengaluru

Garth Brooks breaks silence on rape allegation: ‘I do not fear the truth’

Denying the allegations made against him, Brooks said, “I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.”

(FILES) US singer Garth Brooks arrives for the 2019 MusiCares Person Of The Year gala at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2019. A lawsuit filed in California on October 3, 2024 alleged that US country music star Garth Brooks raped a makeup artist in her hotel room. The woman, identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe, claims the singer repeatedly subjected her to unwanted sexual advances, including exposing himself and groping her. (Photo by Valerie MACON / AFP)(AFP)

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Published on Oct 05, 2024 01:31 AM IST

ByArya Vaishnavi

Ghaziabad: Woman, accomplices held for honey trapping man to extort ₹10 lakh

Police said Mohammed and Chaudhary knew about Singh’s agency and its income and they roped in the woman to honey trap him and extort money from him

On October 1, Singh came to Ghaziabad for work and called up Kumar to collect the documents. She asked him to come to her house. He reached her house and was having tea when she started undressed herself, said a senior police officer. (Representational image)

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Updated on Oct 05, 2024 06:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Easy money plan foiled: 3 youths held for trying to extort ₹20L from Mohali chemist

The toy gun, a motorcycle and a car were recovered from the possession of the accused, identified as Sukhchain Singh, alias Jashan, 24; Aman, 21 and his cousin Vishal, alias Shaillee, alias Sahil, 21, all residents of Kurali

The accused, aged 21 to 24, copied the chemist’s phone number from his shop’s flex board to threaten him over the phone. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 04, 2024 10:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

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Bo Jackson gives up $21 million judgment in extortion suit against niece and nephew

Challa, an IIM-IIT graduate, said that her brother had gotten married in February 2019 and the alliance came to via a matrimonial site.

The complainant, Devender Kumar of Ram Darbar, Chandigarh, also alleged that the accused tried to implicate him by filming an obscene video

MUMBAI: Two brothers were arrested for hiring a shooter to kill a shopkeeper, aiming to prevent his testimony in an extortion case.

“My e-rickshaw and ₹2,200 were snatched from me...police did not register an FIR. The CO threatened to send me to jail under NDPS Act,” alleges man

The murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh has exposed the criminal activity in the district by a syndicate allegedly protected by NCP MLA Dhananjay Munde

Ravi knew the complainant closely and had hunch that the latter was having movable and immovable properties worth crores, police said

MUMBAI: Two men were arrested for kidnapping a call centre employee, forcing him to withdraw money, and filming a compromising video of him.

This is the second such case where Mandi police have been accused of extorting money in the name of implicating in a drug case

The Delhi Police encountered numerous challenges, including bomb threats, shootings, and gang-related murders

Women used to engage male victims physically and men, impersonating police officers, used to “raid” the locations

Additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Palwal, Prashant Rana while convicting the accused Joginder and Lokesh wrote that they kidnapped the 15-year-old school girl, sexually assaulted her, made an obscene video of her and stored it for extracting money from her father

The accused, Akash Gupta and his father Vijay Gupta, a retired government employee, were handed over to Ludhiana’s Division Number 8 police station, which formally arrested them

The accused had fired shots at a car accessories showroom in Phase 11, Mohali, to intimidate the shop owner for extortion, say police

Bengaluru’s Marathahalli police went to UP to issue a notice to the wife and the in-laws of a 34-year-old who died allegedly by suicide earlier this week

The police investigation, however, revealed that the woman allegedly entered into a conspiracy with Khan to implicate Shoaib in the fake rape case in order to settle a previous score with him

A case of extortion against 18 Chandauli policemen was expunged after allegations by dismissed constable Anil Kumar were found baseless, officials said.

As per the Punjab police dossier, accessed by HT, Anmol looks after the cartel of extortion and also oversees the investment of the gang’s money in businesses outside India.

The Nainital SSP noted that an FIR was immediately filed in this matter since involvement of Lawrence Bishnoi's name made it a sensitive case.

In India, the accused, Manisha, was running her husband Kaushal Chaudhury’s gang in hopes to revive it with the help from of her brother, Saurabh Gadoli

Firing incidents: Delhi Police orders checking of hotels to find criminals

Gurugram Police arrest wife of jailed gangster Kaushal Chaudhary

The flying squad, which included two constables, allegedly threatened and extorted ₹85,000 from a flower merchant, without any due procedure.

Alankar police booked two persons for allegedly assaulting two persons and demanding an extortion of ₹10,000 from a roadside vendor on October 30

The couple allegedly blackmailed Congress leader and former minister Maalikayya Guttedar, and demanded ₹20 lakh to withhold compromising audio and video clips recorded during WhatsApp calls

The 27-year-old woman and her accomplices ran a racket of promising love and marriage to men on social media to extort money from them

MLA Vinay Kulkarni has filed a counter complaint accusing woman, and a pvt news channel MD of trying to extort ₹2 crore from him

Denying the allegations made against him, Brooks said, “I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.”

Police said Mohammed and Chaudhary knew about Singh’s agency and its income and they roped in the woman to honey trap him and extort money from him

The toy gun, a motorcycle and a car were recovered from the possession of the accused, identified as Sukhchain Singh, alias Jashan, 24; Aman, 21 and his cousin Vishal, alias Shaillee, alias Sahil, 21, all residents of Kurali

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