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Bengaluru, February 25 Two employees working on contract at a Central government office here were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly impersonating GST officials and extorting Rs 5 lakh from a gutka trader.The accused, identified as Nagaraja P and Dadapir, were working as housekeeping staff at...

Kolkata, February 25 – A young man was shot dead at close range by two unidentified individuals in the Golabari Police Station area of Howrah district, West Bengal, on Wednesday.The shocking incident, which occurred around 4 a.m., was captured on CCTV footage, according to police.The...

Silchar, February 24 A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by seven men who also extorted money from her while she was out with her boyfriend near Silchar town in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Tuesday.The victim filed a complaint of the incident, which took place on February 19...

Silchar, February 24 – A 25-year-old man, allegedly involved in a sexual assault incident reported on the Silchar Bypass in Cachar district, Assam, was arrested on Tuesday. Meanwhile, police urged the public to remain calm and refrain from spreading unverified information while the investigation...

Chandigarh, February 24 The Punjab Police claimed on Tuesday to have busted a module, backed by the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), with the arrest of two individuals involved in shooting incidents linked to extortion.Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said that two...

Mumbai, February 24 – Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar directed the state government on Tuesday to take serious note of the alleged threats given to Congress MLA Sajid Khan Pathan by members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.Congress MLA and legislative group leader Vijay Wadettiwar...

Chandigarh, February 24 The Punjab Police claimed on Tuesday to have busted a module, backed by the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), with the arrest of two individuals involved in shooting incidents linked to extortion.Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that two...

Mumbai, February 24 Congress MLA Sajid Khan Pathan has received a death threat and an extortion demand of ₹10 crore, allegedly from an associate of the Bishnoi gang, senior leader Vijay Wadettiwar told the Maharashtra assembly on Tuesday.He demanded that Khan be provided with immediate...

Faridabad, February 23 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 20 lakh in extortion money from a trader in Faridabad and threatening to shoot him if he did not comply, the police said on Tuesday.According to the police, the arrested individuals are Sagar (32), a resident...

Dehradun, February 23 Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the murder of gangster Vikram Sharma, which took place a few days ago near Silver City Cinemas on Rajpur Road in Dehradun, officials said on Monday.The main accused and six other individuals who are wanted will be...

Gurugram, February 23 – A retired Indian Army Colonel was allegedly assaulted and injured in a road rage incident in Gurugram after a minor vehicle collision escalated into violence, with police arresting five accused while one suspect remains at large.The victim, identified as Colonel Anil...

Bengaluru, February 23 – A 19-year-old college student in Bengaluru has reported a gang rape, and one of the accused has filed an FIR against the woman and a journalist, police said on Monday.Based on a complaint filed by 34-year-old Nikhil H.D., who is one of the accused in the case, the...

Bengaluru, February 23 A case of gang rape has been registered against two men after a 19-year-old college student alleged that they sexually assaulted her after forcibly administering her a tablet, police said on Monday.She claimed that the incident occurred at a private villa here on...

Kolkata, February 23 – Following the circulation of a video purportedly showing a civic volunteer engaging with West Bengal Police beating up a truck driver after he allegedly refused to pay extortion money, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, criticized the state...

Bokaro (Jharkhand), February 23 A man was shot dead by two armed attackers outside the Bokaro railway station in Jharkhand, police said on Monday.The incident took place around 9 pm on Sunday near an auto stand in the Bokaro Rail police station area, according to an officer.Inspector Shankar...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi High Court to decide within three weeks on the bail plea of Leena Paulose, the wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, in a case involving an extortion of ₹200 crore.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh...

Thane, February 23 Two unidentified individuals have allegedly kidnapped a 20-year-old man in Thane city, Maharashtra, and demanded ₹5 lakh from his friend for his release, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in the Manpada area on Saturday evening when the victim and his friend were...

Thane, February 22 Unidentified individuals have been booked for attempting to extort ₹10 crore from a prominent builder in Thane, claiming to be part of the "Bishnoi group," a police official said on Sunday.According to the complaint filed by the 60-year-old businessman at the Naupada police...

Beed, February 21 The brother of the murdered Beed sarpanch, Santosh Deshmukh, claimed that the absconding accused, Krishna Andhale, had visited his native village here three times in the past six months.Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was tortured and murdered on December 9, 2024, for opposing an...

Shivpuri (MP), February 21 Police have arrested 20 members of an inter-state gang for allegedly extorting crores by running a sextortion-cum-digital extortion racket, which was mainly operated from the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, an officer said on Saturday.Assets, including...