Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued a warning about cyber criminals who are engaged in 'blackmail' and 'digital arrest' while impersonating as officers from government agencies like NCB, CBI, RBI and other Law Enforcement Agencies as well as state and Union Territory Police.<
Data collected by Sahil, an NGO dedicated to addressing child sexual abuse, reveals a disturbing trend: the majority of abusers are individuals known to the victims, such as acquaintances, neighbours, or even family members.
An FIR was filed against a couple and five others for allegedly forcing a 28-year-old woman to convert to Islam by blackmailing her using her private photos, police said.
Delhi Police arrested one person from Indore for pretending to be a woman and blackmailing people on WhatsApp after filming objectionable videos during conversation, police said on Sunday.
The founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has said that Pakistan's integrity can only be guaranteed by stopping military establishments from indulging in the country's political and economic affairs.
The mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, alleged that the Moscow authorities are "blackmailing" her to accept a secret burial of her son, after she was allowed to see the corpse for the first time since his mysterious death in prison, The Washington Post reported.
Various congress leaders including MLA from Jabhua Vikrant Bhuria, former treasurer of MP Congress Govind Goyal, former Lok Sabha Candidate of Congress party Devashish Jarariya and former MLA Madhu Bhagat received the notice from the IT department.
A 41-year-old man was booked for allegedly raping his 22-year-old friend by blackmailing her and trying to defame her by distributing printouts of their private chats among her neighbours, police said.
Three accused were arrested on December 1 by Noida police in a horrific gang-rape incident that took place in June 2023 after being allured for a job. After being blackmailed the victim registered the case on December 30. Two accused are still absconding.
The complainant alleged that the man had offered to speak with her on this matter but when she went to meet him, the accused allegedly spiked her drink, following which she lost consciousness and he raped her.
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly extorting over Rs 10 lakh from a woman after threatening to upload her "indecent photographs" on social media, police said on Thursday.