Extortion  

A complaint against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders was filed by one Adarsh Iyer from the Janaadhikara Sangharsha Sanghatane, alleging that extortion was carried out through electoral bonds.
 

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The Supreme Court granted an interim stay on Allahabad high court order on former BJP member Chinmayanand, allowing him to access certified copy of the rape accuser’s statements.  On September 21, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had arrested Chinmayanand and sent him to jail. The law student was also booked on alleged charges of extortion against Chinmayanand.

The bail plea of former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, against whom a law student had levelled rape charges, has been rejected. Chinmayanand who was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences has been discharged. The bail plea of his accuser who is arrested on charges of extortion has also been rejected.

The Special investigation team (SIT) that is currently probing the Shahjahanpur rape case said that the law student was arrested after she affirmed that she demanded Rs 5 crore as extortion money from Swami Chinmayanand. The matter came to light on Wednesday (Sept 26). 

The 23-year-old law student who had accused BJP leader Chinmayanand of rape, has been arrested by a special team probing the case. The arrest was made on charges of extortion. 

The law student who had accused BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of rape has been handed over to SIT and the Allahabad high court has refused to grant stay with respect to her arrest. Meanwhile, on September 23, Chinmayanad was admitted to the hospital following symptoms of angina.
 

The anti-extortion cell (AEC) of Mumbai Police arrested a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Anees Ibrahim. The arrest was made at Kannur airport in Kerala after he landed from Dubai.

 

Mumbai Police have arrested the nephew of Dawood Ibrahim from the Mumbai international airport. Two days ago, Mumbai Police's anti-extortion cell arrested Ahmed Raza Wadharia, a close aide of Dawood's gang member Fahim Machmach, in an extortion case
 

The Mumbai Police booked Bollywood actor-director Aditya Pancholi based on some serious charges of physical abuse, harassment and extortion with respect to actress Kangana Ranaut, says sister Rangoli Chandel

The 12 top I-T officers who were dismissed by the Centre are accused of corruption, extortion or sexual harassment. The names of the officials have not been divulged yet.

On Tuesday, Mamata Banerjee had told a public rally that every time PM Modi referred to the Trinamool as a party of tolabaji or extortionists, she felt like giving him a "tight democratic slap". 
 

Chief Executive Officer of Asianet News, Abhinav Khare found himself in soup after an employee, Sonam Mahajan accused him of sexual harassment. Through the course of investigations, police say that the complainant's claims lack 'substance'.

The owner of Paytm had made a complaint with the police that their employees had stolen some data from the company and were blackmailing. They were demanding Rs 20 crore for not leaking it.

Ravi Pujari, who is wanted in India in a number of cases including extortion, kidnapping and murder cases, was on the run for the last 15 years.