Nagpur, May 29 (IANS) BJP Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui has allegedly received death threats and extortion demands through WhatsApp messages, prompting him to file a complaint with the Nagpur Police.The threatening messages were sent from mobile number 8899162823 between May 25 and May 27, following which Siddiqui approached the police.According to the FIR, the unidentified accused demanded an amount ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore through UPI and bank transfer.The send…
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Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch on Monday arrested another member of an inter-state gang accused of blackmailing and extorting victims through fake astrology and “kinnar guruma” profiles on Instagram, with investigators uncovering transactions worth nearly Rs 60 lakh linked to the accused over the last two years. The latest accused, Vikas Bhargav, a resident of the Gangashahar area of Bikaner, Rajasthan, was arrested in Jaipur and brought to Ahmedabad.He was produce…
Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) A court in Ajmer has ordered the registration of a case against Bharatiya Janata Party City President Ramesh Soni for allegedly reposting and sharing an objectionable social media post targeting the Delhi Chief Minister. The order was issued by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (No. 2), directing the Ganj Police Station to register the case.The matter arose from a complaint filed by Shreyans Surana, a resident of Foy Sagar Road.Through his counsel, Advocate Vaibhav J…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Mohammad Kashif, accused in a money laundering case involving allegations that he posed as a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union ministers to extort money from people by using morphed photographs and fabricated invitations.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh set aside an Allahabad High Court order refusing bail to Kashif in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case registered …
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) Ambikesh Mahapatra, the Jadavpur University professor who was arrested in 2012 for circulating a cartoon of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress supremo, accusing her of fostering “hooliganism” in the state and enforcing “excessive control over institutions”, ranging from the police administration to the media. Mahapatra was arrested in April 2012 after forwarding an email containing a cartoon se…
Chennai, May 15 (IANS) Pointing out that there had been certain unlawful theatrical screenings of actor Suriya’s eagerly awaited action entertainer ‘Karuppu’ in North India due to the unauthorized and illegal activation of KDMs by Qube Cinema Technologies, the makers of the film have now cautioned the public not to download, circulate, exhibit or share any unauthorized content relating to the film ‘Karuppu’.Vijayan Subramanian, the legal counsel for Dream Warrior Pictures, the makers of the Tami…
Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested two members of an interstate cyber fraud gang involved in a “digital arrest” scam in which a senior citizen woman was cheated of Rs 55.50 lakh after being impersonated and coerced through fabricated legal threats and forged official communications. According to police, the case was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2…
Patna, May 9 (IANS) A serious incident has emerged from Muzaffarpur involving alleged death threats to BJP MLA Ranjan Kumar. The legislator has submitted a written complaint to the Mithanpura Police Station, seeking registration of an FIR and strict legal action.According to Ranjan Kumar, misleading and defamatory posts were being circulated on social media to damage his image.He alleged that when he objected to these posts, he received threats of being killed with an AK-47 rifle.In …
Jaipur, May 8 (IANS) Acting on intelligence inputs from the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad, a case has been registered against Gurwinder Singh at Sadar Patti Police Station in Tarn Taran district after pro-Khalistan content was found on platforms linked to him. Agencies are now expanding the investigation to trace the wider network and identify possible associates linked to the anti-national activities.The action has been taken under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the…
Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police on Thursday busted an illegal international call centre operating from a residential flat in the Naroda area, allegedly involved in defrauding United States citizens by posing as representatives of a fictitious loan company and collecting fraudulent processing fees. The raid was carried out by the Naroda police following specific intelligence received during patrolling near Karaikat Cross Roads.A police team led by Sub-Inspector V.R. Chaudhary, under …