The Crime Investigation Department handed over the suspended Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, following the Calcutta High Court's directive.
"Acting on specific intelligence inputs on movement of cadres for carrying out abduction and extortion in general area Sangsa village, in Mon district of Nagaland, the troops of Assam Rifles launched an operation, on the intervening night of March 3-4. On intercepting the cadres, the Assam R
The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday convicted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Prakash Jarwal and his associate Kapil Nagar for abetting a doctor's suicide. They also have been held guilty for the offence of criminal conspiracy for extortion and threat to deceased Rajender Singh.
Accusing the BJP-led government of being "autocratic" and trying to capture democracy through "extortion and financial terrorism", Congress on Thursday said that the banks were forced to transfer about Rs 65.89 crore from the party's bank deposits even as Income Tax Appellate Tribunal had pu
A national team of police forces has been formed in Canada to coordinate investigation and information sharing about extortion cases targeting South Asian people and businesses.
Taking to social media handle, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav posted on X, "Both the accused have a criminal history with several criminal cases of attempt to murder, extortion, robbery, and arms act registered against them in Chandigarh and Haryana."
In its closure report, the CBI has mentioned the allegations made by the complainant are not corroborated by any independent evidence, the complaint was filed after at least 5 years of occurrence, and the complainant could not give any exact date, time, place, etc. for meetings in Thane for
A local court in Dediapada in Narmada district on December 18 sent Chaitar to judicial custody at the end of the three-day police remand in the November 2 case of alleged extortion and assault of forest officials.
The event, organised by the Vedic Hindu Cultural Society of British Columbia's comes in the wake of warnings by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of an extortion racket threatening local business owners.
The spokesperson was asked about the growing concern in the Indo-Canadian community living in Canada's British Colombia about getting extortion calls and threat calls in the last two months and if the Indian government was monitoring the situation
The dismissed police personnel have been identified as Mukul Yadav Sub Inspector, posted at Gola Ka Mandir police station, head constable Vikas Tomar and constable Rahul Yadav posted at Gwalior Crime Branch. They extorted around Rs 23 lakh from bookies in the district, a senior police offici