A case has been registered against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others, on the orders of a Bengaluru Special Court, over allegations of extortion through the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme. The complaint was filed by Adarsh Iyer of the Janaadhikara Sangharsha Sanghatane (JSP), accusing Ms Sitharaman and others of orchestrating an extortion racket under the guise of electoral bonds.