BJP on Sunday accused the Congress of indulging in extortion after the Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said in an interview that if the industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani gave money to the party they would stop speaking against them.
The Cyber Crime unit of Malappuram police in Kerala have apprehended a Karnataka native allegedly involved in online trading and seized over 40,000 SIM cards and 180 mobile phones from his possession, police said on Saturday.
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.
The accused, identified as Md Faijan (35) and is a resident of Sawda in Delhi has six cases of murder, extortion, robbery, and theft registered against him.
After being released from the Bareilly jail after the Allahabad High Court granted bail to former MP Dhananjay Singh bail in a 2020 kidnapping and extortion case, Singh said that his best wishes are with his wife so that she emerges victorious in the elections.
The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), which is spearheading the ongoing 'Infinite Shutter Down,' to protest against extortion by underground groups, submitted a charter of demands to the chief minister seeking the addressal on five points.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Congress in Karnataka, saying that the party is not "running a government in Karnataka but an extortion gang" and has turned the "tech hub" into "tanker hub"
Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested an active member of the notorious Kala Jathedi-Anil Chippi gang who was wanted in a case of firing at a businessman's residence in Subhash Place, officials said on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Saturday, said that during the rule of Congress, SP, and BSP, the poor used to die of hunger while the people of SP used to indulge in extortion and the mafia used to seize the lands of the poor. Yogi added that the SP had nothing to offer to
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh came out heavily against the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal and said that extortionists, corrupt and criminals have flourished under the Trinamool Congress rule in the state.
"He (PM Modi) is saying that the government will not bear any corruption. On a larger scale, if you see, every party collects money from the public. No party is left out in the electoral bond matter, even the state parties. Every party has to come forward to clarify their stance. The use of