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The Delhi Police has arrested a sharpshooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Jitender Gogi gang and an accused in a National Investigative Agency case related to a grenade attack on two nightclubs in Gurugram.In a statement, the police said the accused, identified as Karamvir alias Kaju, a resident...

New Delhi, March 20 A sharpshooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Jitender Gogi gang and accused in an NIA case related to a grenade attack on two nightclubs in Gurugram, was arrested by Delhi Police after going missing for nearly two years since skipping bail in 2024, officials said on Friday.The...

Indore, March 20 Police on Friday registered a case against an unidentified person claiming to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang for allegedly demanding ₹15 crore in extortion from a real estate businessman from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.Additional Deputy...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

Faridabad, March 19 Faridabad Police arrested two men, including a 12th-grade student, after a brief encounter for allegedly firing shots at the office of a BJP leader and demanding an extortion of Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Thursday.The police recovered a pistol and a motorcycle from the...

New Delhi, March 19 A 26-year-old man who was wanted in connection with a shooting incident in east Delhi's Jagatpuri last year, allegedly in an extortion attempt at the behest of a gangster based in Punjab, has been arrested following a raid in Punjab, officials said on Thursday.The accused...

Islamabad, March 19 – A Christian man in Pakistan, accused under the country's controversial blasphemy laws, is awaiting a possible death sentence. The case has drawn attention due to the alleged "blasphemy business group," an organized network accused of making false accusations of blasphemy to...

Imphal, March 19 Security forces have arrested three militants, including a female cadre, belonging to different outlawed groups, allegedly involved in extortion in Manipur, a police statement said on Thursday.An active member of the KCP (PWG) was apprehended in Kongba Laishram Leikai in...

Quetta, March 18 – The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for attacks in the Kech district that killed three Pakistani personnel and critically injured four others. In addition, the armed group targeted Pakistani-backed death squads in the Washuk district, killing...

Thane, March 18 Thane Police has arrested jailed gangster Ravi Pujari in a 2017 extortion and firing case in the city and obtained his custody from a local court, officials said.The 57-year-old gangster was produced before a special MCOCA court on Wednesday, which remanded him in police...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi Police have arrested three individuals, including the alleged mastermind, for allegedly staging a shooting incident in Paschim Vihar, a suburb of Delhi, with the apparent aim of extorting financiers and evading loan repayments by posing as victims of foreign-based...

Ranchi, March 18 Four individuals were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a restaurant employee in Ranchi, Jharkhand, over an extortion demand, police said on Wednesday.The accused were apprehended after a brief gunfight with the police near Kenduadih in Dhanbad on Monday...

Ottawa, March 17 – The increasing threats of extortion faced by Punjabi builders in Vancouver, Canada, serve as a clear warning that unchecked organized crime does not remain confined to a suburb or group, but spreads across communities, erodes trust, stifles growth, and weakens the nation...

New Delhi, March 17 A Delhi court has rejected the bail application of an accused in a case registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), observing that they did not meet the stringent twin conditions for bail under Section 21(4)(b) and (5) of the Act.These...

Thane, March 15 A 45-year-old man died by suicide in the Thane district of Maharashtra after allegedly being blackmailed by cyber criminals who threatened to circulate doctored, obscene photographs of him on social media, police said on Sunday.An investigation has revealed that the victim, a...

Imphal, March 15 Four individuals have been arrested for extorting contractual nurses at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal, police said on Sunday.The arrests were made based on a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the victims, and Rs 39 lakh and a pistol...

Thane, March 15 Police have arrested two individuals for allegedly extorting Rs 2 lakh from a sweets businessman in Thane city, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The police had received a complaint from the businessman that two individuals were demanding Rs 5 lakh from him.After...

New Delhi, March 14 A 26-year-old man, allegedly associated with the Kapil Sangwan gang and involved in multiple criminal cases, has been arrested from the Mahendergarh district of Haryana, a Delhi police official said on Saturday.According to police, the accused, Lucky alias Bhawani, had been...

Patna, March 13 – In a major crackdown on illegal weapons, police in Bihar's Nawada district recovered an AK-47 assault rifle, two other rifles, and a large quantity of ammunition during a raid in Delwa village under the Rajauli police station, an official said.The operation was carried out...

Ranchi, March 13 The Jharkhand CID has arrested three men from East Singhbhum for placing a person under "digital arrest" and extorting more than Rs 38.62 lakh, according to a statement released on Friday.The arrests were made following a complaint lodged at the CID's cybercrime police station...