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Chandigarh, March 10 In a secure operations room in Punjab, screens display call records, digital maps, and intelligence alerts, while phones ring with updates from districts across the state.For the officers inside, it is the nerve center of a relentless battle against organized crime – one...

Mathura (UP), March 10 An RLD member of the UP legislative council (MLC) and four others have been booked here on the orders of a court for allegedly forging documents and attempting to grab land and extort Rs 5 crore from a company, police said on Tuesday.However, the MLC, Yogesh Nauhwar...

Chandigarh, March 9 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday accused the ruling AAP in Punjab of creating obstacles during his visits to the state.Saini further criticized the Bhagwant Mann-led government for distributing freebies at the end of their term while failing to fulfill...

Jaipur, March 9 The Rajasthan Assembly witnessed heated exchanges on Monday after a Congress MLA accused the Dungarpur police of extortion, filing false cases, and harassing poor tribal residents.Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress MLA Ganesh Ghoghra alleged that since the...

Kolkata, March 8 Two individuals accused of killing Osman Hadi, a Bangladeshi political activist whose daylight murder had sparked widespread violence in the neighboring country, were arrested by the West Bengal police's special task force (STF), an official said on Sunday.The two Bangladeshi...

Kolkata, March 8 – The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police announced on Sunday that they had arrested two Bangladeshi nationals, who were accused of the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a spokesperson for Inqilab Moncho and a leader critical of India, in December last year...

Chandigarh, March 8 – In an operation based on intelligence, the Punjab Police have busted an arms supply module by arresting two individuals, including a minor, and recovering five locally made 7.65 mm pistols from their possession, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here...

Kapurthala, March 8 The Punjab Police has busted an arms supply module with alleged links to handlers based in the Philippines and the UAE, and has arrested a man, officials said on Sunday.The police also detained a minor and recovered five locally made 7.65 mm pistols from their possession...

New Delhi, March 8 A Delhi court has acquitted gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and two others in a case related to an alleged extortion demand of Rs 1 crore, stating that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish the essential elements of the offense.Chief Judicial...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 7 A man who had been on the run for nearly nine years in connection with a 2017 murder case was arrested by the Mangaluru crime branch police in Bengaluru, officials said on Saturday.The accused, Sufiyan alias Kotreshi (31), was apprehended near the Shyampur...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 The Kerala police on Saturday warned the public against cyber fraudsters sending fake notices in the name of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre to extort money from individuals and institutions.In a statement, the police said that the fraudulent notices are...

Chandigarh, March 7 Amritpal Singh, a notorious gangster linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang and involved in extorting businessmen in Punjab, was apprehended at the Moldova border, a top police officer said on Saturday.His arrest followed an Interpol Red Notice issued at the request of the...

Paris, March 7 – A leading international press freedom organization expressed grave concern over a new wave of repression targeting Afghan refugees, including exiled journalists across Pakistan.Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that the escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan...

Gurugram, March 6 The Nuh Police has busted a blackmailing racket run by a brother-sister duo who allegedly attempted to extort Rs 5 lakh from a local resident by threatening to implicate him in a false rape case, officials said on Friday.The siblings were caught in a police trap on Thursday...

Mumbai, March 4 A 62-year-old stockbroker from Mumbai received a death threat from an unidentified caller using an international number, who demanded Rs 5 crore in extortion money from him, police said on Wednesday.The complainant received the threat message on WhatsApp.The sender allegedly...

Thane, March 4 A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing and extorting Rs 50,000 from a 15-year-old schoolgirl over six months in Thane city, police said on Wednesday.The accused, Prathamesh Desai, a resident of Lokmanya Nagar, was taken into custody following a...

New Delhi, March 3 – A defence entrepreneur based in the city recently received two threatening phone calls from abroad, warning him of dire consequences if he did not agree to their demands.The callers, allegedly the kingpin of international extortion rackets operating in foreign locations...

New Delhi, March 3 The BJP on Tuesday cited a claim made by the husband of a former Haryana Congress leader to allege that the Gandhi family attempted to "extort" Rs 7 crore from the couple in exchange for an assembly election ticket in the state.BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari...

New Delhi, March 3 The Delhi Police have busted an alleged interstate gang that defrauded and robbed people by posing as cryptocurrency traders, arresting four men who reportedly impersonated police officers to target a man in northwest Delhi, an official said on Tuesday.The accused have been...

New Delhi, March 3 The Delhi Police has taken cognizance of a complaint filed by a defense entrepreneur alleging fresh death threats from an international extortion network and has referred it to the Special Cell, an official said on Tuesday.According to a written complaint submitted at the...