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  • Prayagraj Coaching News: Threatened, Rs 1 Cr Extortion Demanded From New Institute, Claims Owner |

    Uttar Pradesh Crime News: In an incident that exposes the prevalent ‘gundaraj’ and ‘extortion gang’ in Uttar Pradesh despite CM Yogi Adityanath’s strict law and order claims, a coaching centre founder found himself in a precarious situation when a gang of 20-30 criminals stormed his newly opened institute and demanded Rs one crore extortion, claimed the owner. The owner shared the CCTV footage on social media and explained that the criminals had earlier demanded Rs 50 lakhs but the threat was ignored. However, days later, the gang entered the institute and demanded Rs 1 crore, warning to set the institute afire. 

    “On 4th September at 7 p.m. in my absence, 10-12 people came to the Prayagraj Institute and while abusing and threatening the staff, told them to tell their boss that if they want to run a coaching institute in Prayagraj, they should give 50 lakh rupees in a week or else they will burn down the coaching institute. The staff informed me, but I did not take it seriously and thought who would dare to do such a thing in today’s times. Someone may have come to ask for donations and may be trying to scare people. That is why I did not inform the police and I made a mistake,” said coaching owner Vivek Kumar.

    प्रयागराज में 10 सितंबर को मुझसे मांगी गई 1 करोड़ रुपए की रंगदारी और संस्थान पर हुए हमले के संबंध में मेरा पक्ष-
    मेरा नाम विवेक है और मैं एक छोटी सी कोचिंग का संचालक हूं…. मेरी कोचिंग मुख्य रूप से दिल्ली से चलती है। अभी जुलाई 2024 में मैंने एक ऑफलाइन ब्रांच प्रयागराज में ओपन… pic.twitter.com/lZhGa6qLV3
    — VIVEK KUMAR (@kmrvivek14) September 11, 2024

    Kumar further claimed that on 10th September, around 20 people entered the institute and started abusing the staff. “Within a few minutes of sitting, he started abusing the staff and said you are coming from outside and behaving like goons, I had told you to deliver Rs 50 lakhs in a week, now give Rs 1 crore rupees right now or else I will burn down the coaching centre right now…This was very horrifying, despite such strict law and order, these people kept us hostage for 40 minutes and kept scaring us by continuously threatening to kill us,” he claimed.

    The coaching centre owner alleged that the goons even misbehaved with the police. He said that an FIR has been registered in the case. “I had come to Prayagraj from Delhi on the assurance of better security from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath….I will not pay a single penny as extortion.
    If the chief minister says so, even if I have to take a loan or sell myself, I will give him Rs 1 crore for my and the institute’s safety, but I will not give a single penny to the goons,” said Kumar. 

  • Maharashtra: FIR Filed Against Former DGP, Six Others For Alleged Extortion |

    The Thane city police have lodged an FIR against seven individuals, including former Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey, on charges of alleged irregularities and extortion. The FIR, which was registered recently, is based on a complaint by Mumbai businessman Sanjay Punamiya, who claims that he was harassed by the accused between May 2021 and June 30, 2024.

    In addition to Pandey, the other individuals named in the FIR include retired ACP Sardar Patil, PI Manohar Patil, as well as Advocate Shekar Jagtap, Shyamsunder Agrawal, Subham Agrawal, and Sharad Agrawal.

    Punamiya alleged that the accused unlawfully reopened a 2016 case filed with Thane Nagar police, used threats of false cases against him and other businessmen, extorted money, and created forged documents. Additionally, they allegedly impersonated a Special Public Prosecutor to mislead the courts.

    The FIR lists several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), such as Section 166(a) for misconduct by a public servant, Section 170 for impersonation, Section 120B for criminal conspiracy, Section 193 for providing false evidence, and additional sections concerning forgery, extortion, and criminal intimidation.

    The police investigation into these allegations is ongoing, and no arrests have been made so far.

  • Extortion and bribery case: Bombay HC extends Wankhede’s meantime coverage from arrest until June 23

    By means of PTI

    MUMBAI: The Bombay Top Courtroom on Thursday prolonged until June 23 the meantime coverage from arrest granted to NCB’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede within the CBI’s case of extortion and bribery towards him.

    The CBI’s case is that Wankhede and 4 different accused had demanded Rs 25 crore bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan for now not framing his son Aryan Khan following the alleged seizure of substances from a cruise send in October 2021.

    A department bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S G Dige stated it might pay attention Wankhede’s plea looking for to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) FIR within the case on June 23.

    Wankhede’s recommend Aabad Ponda informed the HC that as in line with courtroom’s previous route, the Indian Earnings Carrier (IRS) officer gave the impression sooner than the CBI for interrogation seven occasions and has been cooperating.

    CBI’s recommend Kuldeep Patil informed the courtroom that the investigation within the case used to be at a a very powerful level. The bench stated it might pay attention Wankhede’s plea on June 23.

    “Meantime aid granted stands prolonged until the following date,” the courtroom stated.

    Wankhede moved the HC final month looking for a quashing of the case and likewise sought meantime coverage from any coercive motion.

    A holiday bench of the HC then granted meantime coverage to Wankhede from arrest until June 8 and directed him to cooperate with the investigation.

    The CBI in its affidavit filed final week hunted for the meantime coverage to be recalled, announcing it had a prima facie case towards Wankhede.

    Wankhede and others accused within the case had been booked on fees of legal conspiracy and extortion threats underneath the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act concerning bribery.

    Aryan Khan and a number of other others had been arrested in October 2021 for alleged ownership, intake and trafficking of substances.

    Later, Aryan Khan used to be granted bail through the top courtroom after spending 3 weeks in prison.

    The Narcotics Keep watch over Bureau (NCB) due to this fact filed its chargesheet however didn’t identify Aryan as an accused within the case mentioning loss of proof.

    The anti-drugs company had then arrange a distinct enquiry workforce to hold out an inquiry into the case and towards its personal officials.

    MUMBAI: The Bombay Top Courtroom on Thursday prolonged until June 23 the meantime coverage from arrest granted to NCB’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede within the CBI’s case of extortion and bribery towards him.

    The CBI’s case is that Wankhede and 4 different accused had demanded Rs 25 crore bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan for now not framing his son Aryan Khan following the alleged seizure of substances from a cruise send in October 2021.

    A department bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S G Dige stated it might pay attention Wankhede’s plea looking for to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) FIR within the case on June 23.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Wankhede’s recommend Aabad Ponda informed the HC that as in line with courtroom’s previous route, the Indian Earnings Carrier (IRS) officer gave the impression sooner than the CBI for interrogation seven occasions and has been cooperating.

    CBI’s recommend Kuldeep Patil informed the courtroom that the investigation within the case used to be at a a very powerful level. The bench stated it might pay attention Wankhede’s plea on June 23.

    “Meantime aid granted stands prolonged until the following date,” the courtroom stated.

    Wankhede moved the HC final month looking for a quashing of the case and likewise sought meantime coverage from any coercive motion.

    A holiday bench of the HC then granted meantime coverage to Wankhede from arrest until June 8 and directed him to cooperate with the investigation.

    The CBI in its affidavit filed final week hunted for the meantime coverage to be recalled, announcing it had a prima facie case towards Wankhede.

    Wankhede and others accused within the case had been booked on fees of legal conspiracy and extortion threats underneath the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act concerning bribery.

    Aryan Khan and a number of other others had been arrested in October 2021 for alleged ownership, intake and trafficking of substances.

    Later, Aryan Khan used to be granted bail through the top courtroom after spending 3 weeks in prison.

    The Narcotics Keep watch over Bureau (NCB) due to this fact filed its chargesheet however didn’t identify Aryan as an accused within the case mentioning loss of proof.

    The anti-drugs company had then arrange a distinct enquiry workforce to hold out an inquiry into the case and towards its personal officials.

  • Rajasthan’s gang reckoning | Gehlot cracks down on crime

    As Rajasthan information a spike in extortion, firing and different gang-related circumstances, state police in any case cross after organised crime networks and history-sheeters, each at the floor and on-line

    Jaipur,ISSUE DATE: Might 15, 2023 | UPDATED: Might 4, 2023 20:48 IST

    THE CLEAN-UP ACT: Police remove a suspect at Kotputli all through statewide raids on April 25. (Photograph: Purushottam Diwakar)

    Leader minister Ashok Gehlot perceived to have taken a leaf out of Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath’s e book in his deal with on the Rajasthan Police Basis Day match in Jaipur on April 16. “Our police might not be cowed down,” he declared. “Gangsters and criminals will have to both give up or they’ll be ruined.” That very same day, the praise cash on fugitives was once enhanced after a decade, with the state’s most sensible cop getting the powers to announce a praise of Rs 5 lakh, up from Rs 1 lakh.

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  • 4 booked in try to extort Rs 5 lakh, threatened to flow into guy’s daughter obscene footage in MP

    By way of PTI

    INDORE: A case has been registered in opposition to 4 individuals who allegedly tried to extort Rs 5 lakh from a person in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district by means of threatening to flow into obscene images of his daughter, police stated on Saturday.

    The primary accused and his accomplices, all citizens of Piploda village, allegedly confirmed the complainant obscene footage and movies of his daughter on Friday night, Kanadiya police station in-charge Jagdish Prasad Jamra stated.

    The accused allegedly threatened to make the footage and movies viral and demanded Rs 5 lakh from the complainant, he stated.

    Shaken by means of the risk, the person approached Kanadiya police station and lodged a grievance, he stated.

    The primary accused and his accomplices fled the village once they came upon concerning the police grievance and a manhunt has been introduced for them, the authentic stated, including {that a} case underneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code and Data Era Act has been registered.

    INDORE: A case has been registered in opposition to 4 individuals who allegedly tried to extort Rs 5 lakh from a person in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district by means of threatening to flow into obscene images of his daughter, police stated on Saturday.

    The primary accused and his accomplices, all citizens of Piploda village, allegedly confirmed the complainant obscene footage and movies of his daughter on Friday night, Kanadiya police station in-charge Jagdish Prasad Jamra stated.

    The accused allegedly threatened to make the footage and movies viral and demanded Rs 5 lakh from the complainant, he stated.

    Shaken by means of the risk, the person approached Kanadiya police station and lodged a grievance, he stated.

    The primary accused and his accomplices fled the village once they came upon concerning the police grievance and a manhunt has been introduced for them, the authentic stated, including {that a} case underneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code and Data Era Act has been registered.

  • Circle of relatives Problems Caution After Youngster Focused In Sextortion Scheme Dies Via Suicide

    The circle of relatives of Ryan Closing, a California youngster who took his personal lifestyles inside of hours of falling sufferer to a web based sextortion scheme, is talking out in hopes of serving to others keep away from what federal government warn is a dangerous and rising web rip-off concentrated on younger other folks.

    “We need to get Ryan’s tale in the market in order that no different circle of relatives has to move thru what we’ve got,” Closing’s mom, Pauline Stuart, stated in a video launched previous this month with California’s San Jose Police Division. “We need to train each folks and youngsters in regards to the dangers in the market, and particularly about sending compromising photos to other folks on the web.”

    Stuart stated Closing, 17, used to be a highschool senior, straight-A pupil and Boy Scout who used to be making plans to wait Washington State College. In February, he used to be contacted on-line by means of any person who claimed to be a lady.

    The individual despatched him a nude photograph and requested Closing to ship considered one of himself in go back. Closing did so, and used to be then advised that if he didn’t pay $5,000, the photograph could be made public and despatched to his friends and family.

    Closing stated he didn’t have that a lot cash to present, so the cybercriminal decreased it to $150, an quantity that Closing paid the use of his faculty financial savings, his mom advised CNN. However the individual wasn’t glad.

    “They stored hard increasingly more and hanging a variety of endured force on him,” she stated.

    That night, Closing stated excellent evening to his folks. Inside hours, he had died by means of suicide. In a be aware to his circle of relatives, he expressed his embarrassment in regards to the catch 22 situation he used to be in, his mom stated.

    “He selected to finish his personal lifestyles fairly than have his photos allotted on social media,” Stuart stated within the video. “He believed his popularity could be destroyed, and he used to be terrified what his family and friends would suppose.”

    Stuart inspired folks to speak to their youngsters “so children know they may be able to come to their folks in the event that they’ve made a mistake.”

    The FBI says it has gained more and more stories of kids being centered on-line in such blackmail schemes. In a public alert launched previous this month, the bureau’s San Francisco Department described how the extortion can spread:

    Sextortion starts when an grownup contacts a minor over any on-line platform used to fulfill and be in contact, equivalent to a sport, app, or social media account. In a scheme that has just lately turn into extra prevalent, the predator (posing as a tender lady) makes use of deception and manipulation to persuade a tender male, typically 14 to 17 years outdated, to interact in specific process over video, which is then secretly recorded by means of the predator.

    The predator then finds that they have got made the recordings and makes an attempt to extort the sufferer for cash to stop them from being posted on-line. Lots of the topics are in another country and can frequently call for cash in expanding quantities if any is shipped throughout the preliminary request.

    “We need to get Ryan’s tale in the market in order that no different circle of relatives has to move thru what we’ve got.”

    – Pauline Stuart, Ryan Closing’s mom

    “To stop endured victimization, it’s crucial youngsters come ahead to any person ― a guardian, instructor, caregiver, or legislation enforcement,” the FBI stated within the public alert. “Youngsters would possibly really feel a way of embarrassment from the sort of aggravating enjoy. Alternatively, sextortion offenders could have masses of sufferers international, so coming ahead to assist legislation enforcement determine, and in the long run apprehend suspects, would possibly save you further incidents of sexual exploitation from going on.”

    The FBI urges sufferers of such crimes to touch their native FBI box place of business, name 1-800-CALL-FBI, or record it on-line at guidelines.fbi.gov.

    “Our brokers see those circumstances so much and feature helped hundreds of younger other folks. Our objectives are to prevent the harassment, arrest the individual at the back of the crime, and let you get the strengthen you want,” the company stated. “When you’re now not feeling in a position to talk to the FBI, move to some other relied on grownup. Say you might be being victimized on-line and wish assist. Speaking about this may really feel not possible, however there are individuals who can assist. You don’t seem to be the only in hassle.”

    When you or any person you understand wishes assist, name 1-800-273-8255 for the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You’ll be able to additionally textual content HOME to 741-741 totally free, 24-hour strengthen from the Disaster Textual content Line. Out of doors of the U.S., please discuss with the Global Affiliation for Suicide Prevention for a database of assets.