A policeman died at a hospital within hours of his arrest by CBI on corruption charges in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.
Mumbai police on Friday added an extortion section against Anishka, who was arrested for allegedly threatening and blackmailing Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Officials of Mumbai police on Thursday arrested the designer Aniksha, who allegedly threatened and offered a bribe to Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Officials of the Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have arrested four persons, including a Sub-Inspector of the Cooperation Department and two officers of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, in separate cases of bribery, officials said on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Amruta Fadnavis filed a complaint with Mumbai Police alleging she was threatened and offered a bribe of Rs 1 crore by an acquaintance named Anishka, a designer.
"A case was registered against a woman designer, Aniksha and her father after they allegedly tried to bribe Rs 1 crore and threaten Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis," Mumbai Police said on Thursday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Karnataka Lokayukta plea against High Court decision to grant anticipatory bail to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Madal Virupakshappa in a corruption case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested an Inspector of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's son in a bribery case, asking if he has a "share" in the "corrupt money".
Shantanu Banerjee, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth wing leader, was produced before the court on Saturday after the Enforcement Directorate arrested him in connection with the bribe-for-job scam in the state school education department.
The arrested government employees were identified as Kanak Chandra Baruah, Lat Mandal, Office of the Revenue Circle Officer, Kalaigaon in Udalguri district and Dilip Borah, Gaonburah (village headman).
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Madal Virupakshappa whose son was arrested while he was taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakhs on March 3, appeared before Lokayukta in Bengaluru.