The NIA raided locations in Bihar linked to Naxal activities, focusing on the case of Rohit Rai and Pramod Yadav, who were arrested for ties to CPI (Maoist) and previous plans to extort money from local businesses.
"The accused is a habitual thug who identifies himself in many bogus forms and has operated in a similar manner in the entire the city for last seven months," the Guwahati Commissioner of Police (CP) said.
A spate of extortion calls to car dealers recently had triggered panic among them and the accused Karan Dhingra (aged 30) allegedly hatched a plan to extort money using the same modus operandi.
Addressing the public on Saturday during 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Maharashtra's Mumbai, the Congress MP said, "They (BJP) extort money through electoral bonds and then use the same to topple the governments of Maharashtra, Goa, Manipur, and Arunachal, wherever they want."
Delhi Police has arrested two persons for allegedly attempting to extort money from a girl by the threat of circulating her private photos on social media.
The Dwarka District Court dismissed the bail plea in view of the seriousness and gravity of the alleged offence. The court also said that the Delhi police has not invoked sections related to dacoity as one of the accused is a police constable.
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a 52-year-old man and his son for allegedly trying to extort money, thrashing a restaurant owner in Delhi's Qutub Road, Nabi Karim area.
Chugh said media reports suggest that a liquor nexus mafia comprising Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sateyndra Jain and K. Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister KCR, operated in Delhi to extort money running into crores of rupees.
The accused has been arrested by Navghar Police on the basis of a complaint lodged by the journalist. A case under Sections 506 and 170 of the IPC has been registered against him, the police said.