Extortion Allegations

Two alleged sharpshooters of the Gogi gang run by jailed gangsters Deepak Boxer and Ankesh Lakra have been arrested for a firing incident outside a sweet shop in Nangloi in west Delhi related to an extortion bid, an official said on Sunday.

A Bengaluru Special Court has ordered the filing of an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over allegations of extortion through the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme.

The trial follows a two-year investigation into the alleged extortion and kidnapping of the former Manchester United midfielder in a high-profile case that emerged in 2022.

Days after a 16-year-old alleged that she was raped in a moving car, the UP Police said that the case filed in the incident was part of a conspiracy to trap the accused. The victim, a resident of Jhansi, had claimed she was kidnapped and gang-raped.

A woman was arrested for allegedly posing as a police inspector and extorting money, officials here said on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Rekha Tiwari from Samastipur, Bihar. Her associate has also been detained, they said.

Mubita Nawa faces allegations of kidnapping and extortion linked to a £105M court case involving businessmen Vinod and Uddit Sadhu.

An influential student union of the Naga tribes in Manipur's Senapati district has started what it calls a "non-cooperation movement" over alleged harassment, extortion and threats on a national highway.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged extortion attempt on a doctor who runs a private clinic in the Janakpuri area here, police said on Friday.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Leena Paulose, wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, challenging the Delhi High Court order, which adjourned her bail appeal in the Rs 200-crore extortion case.

The Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court order directing the CBI to probe allegations of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault against suspended Trinamool leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates.

A disturbing incident has come to light in Delhi, where a man was allegedly forced to pose with a naked woman, slapped and extorted for money inside a hotel room in Delhi's Paharganj.

Three men were arrested for allegedly extorting money and jewellery from the wife of a naval officer by posing as seers and threatening her with a dummy snake in Delhi's RK Puram area, police said on Tuesday.

The CBI will investigate allegations of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault that surfaced from Bengal's Sandeshkhali ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Calcutta High Court said Wednesday.

Police have registered a case against a 30-year-old man from Punjab for allegedly raping a 49-year-old woman from Nagpur and extorting Rs 7 lakh from her, police said on Monday.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government received a stern reprimand from the state's High Court Thursday as it heard affidavits regarding the violence and allegations of extortion and sexual assault from Sandeshkhali before the election.

Two alleged sharpshooters of the Gogi gang run by jailed gangsters Deepak Boxer and Ankesh Lakra have been arrested for a firing incident outside a sweet shop in Nangloi in west Delhi related to an extortion bid, an official said on Sunday.

A Bengaluru Special Court has ordered the filing of an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over allegations of extortion through the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme.

The trial follows a two-year investigation into the alleged extortion and kidnapping of the former Manchester United midfielder in a high-profile case that emerged in 2022.

Days after a 16-year-old alleged that she was raped in a moving car, the UP Police said that the case filed in the incident was part of a conspiracy to trap the accused. The victim, a resident of Jhansi, had claimed she was kidnapped and gang-raped.

A woman was arrested for allegedly posing as a police inspector and extorting money, officials here said on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Rekha Tiwari from Samastipur, Bihar. Her associate has also been detained, they said.

Mubita Nawa faces allegations of kidnapping and extortion linked to a £105M court case involving businessmen Vinod and Uddit Sadhu.

An influential student union of the Naga tribes in Manipur's Senapati district has started what it calls a "non-cooperation movement" over alleged harassment, extortion and threats on a national highway.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged extortion attempt on a doctor who runs a private clinic in the Janakpuri area here, police said on Friday.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Leena Paulose, wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, challenging the Delhi High Court order, which adjourned her bail appeal in the Rs 200-crore extortion case.

The Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court order directing the CBI to probe allegations of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault against suspended Trinamool leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates.

A disturbing incident has come to light in Delhi, where a man was allegedly forced to pose with a naked woman, slapped and extorted for money inside a hotel room in Delhi's Paharganj.

Three men were arrested for allegedly extorting money and jewellery from the wife of a naval officer by posing as seers and threatening her with a dummy snake in Delhi's RK Puram area, police said on Tuesday.

The CBI will investigate allegations of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault that surfaced from Bengal's Sandeshkhali ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Calcutta High Court said Wednesday.

Police have registered a case against a 30-year-old man from Punjab for allegedly raping a 49-year-old woman from Nagpur and extorting Rs 7 lakh from her, police said on Monday.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government received a stern reprimand from the state's High Court Thursday as it heard affidavits regarding the violence and allegations of extortion and sexual assault from Sandeshkhali before the election.