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Singham with a twist in Delhi: Influencer woman cop, a businessman’s abduction, 5 arrests

Sub-inspector Neetu Bisht, along with 2 constables, head constable & ‘middleman’, were held Sunday. SI is said to be the mastermind of the operation carried out in west Delhi.

Extortion FIR against woman who accused Haryana BJP chief Badoli & singer Rocky Mittal of gang rape

Panchkula Police have booked the woman & 3 others on Mittal’s complaint for alleged extortion, criminal intimidation & criminal conspiracy.

‘Shimla ED office a den of extortionists’: What complainants against ED officers facing CBI probe say

An ED assistant director, who is absconding, & 2 enforcement officers allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 25 cr from 4 businessmen, accused in another case. CBI lodged 2 FIRs Sunday.

A ticket to your own abduction. How UP gang ‘lured’ Sunil Pal, Mushtaq Khan

Police arrested 5 of the gang that allegedly abducted and extorted money from Mumbai artistes, posing as an event management company. Mastermind Lavi among 5 others on the run.

Bengaluru techie suicide note alleges extortion by wife, in-laws. ‘Will stop funds to wage war on me’

Wife, her mother, brother and uncle booked for 'explicit instigation for suicide, harassment, extortion' after police find note near body of Atul Subhash at his Bengaluru residence.

How a 2020 ‘extortion list’ of Mughalsarai police has snowballed into ongoing cop-cop war

Four years after list went viral, FIR was lodged against 18 UP cops in November on Ghazipur CJM's order. Now, police submits report claiming FIR was filed to demoralise force.

Delhi court extends custody of AAP’s Balyan for another day. Cops say 2 ‘victims’ have come forward

Two-time AAP MLA from Uttam Nagar, Naresh Balyan was arrested Saturday after being questioned in connection with extortion case registered last year against gangster Kapil Sangwan.

Posing as ED officers, conmen ‘almost extort Rs 5 cr from businessman’. Delhi Police file case

7 men allegedly landed at Chhatarpur residence of businessman, grilled him about account withdrawals. They stayed the night, took him to bank next day but fled when lawyer turned up.

No CCTV or weapon of offence, chargesheet relies on Vikash Yadav’s disclosure in 2023 extortion case

Chargesheet against Vikash Yadav states that ex-RAW official accused by US in foiled plot to assassinate Pannun admitted to kidnapping and extorting Delhi-based cafe owner.

Karnataka Police lodge FIR against Sitharaman, BJP leaders & ED officers over poll bond ‘extortion’

FIR registered on special court's orders. Complaint alleges that accused 'committed extortion under guise & garb of electoral bonds', benefited to the tune of over Rs 8,000 crore.

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China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.