Param Bir Singh had questioned the two inquiries initiated against him by the state Home Department on April 1 and April 20, for allegedly violating service rules and another over allegations of corruption, terming them "mala fide" and intended to target and harass him.
The accused had made fake profiles on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms by posing as a woman, a senior police official said.
A police officer said that 8 accused have been arrested in this connection on Wednesday, most of whom are 10th-12th pass.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday questioned two drivers of suspended Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze, accused in the Mansukh Hiren death case.
A Delhi based man was threatened on a call by an unknown caller who asked him to pay Rs 5 crore as extortion. The man also threatened to kill him if the sum was not paid. The man's family was also threatened. The call came from an international number.
A man, who drove a Mercedes and extorted money from people on roads at gunpoint, has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said on Saturday.
A 49-year-old man was arrested for allegedly extorting money from the owner of a charitable dispensary in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.
A case has been registered against a woman, her husband and three others for staging an assault on the couple and claiming that it was done to force them to withdraw a rape case, the police said on Thursday.
Two persons have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district for allegedly posing as policemen and extorting money from commuters, an official said on Monday.
A Mumbai criminal Uday Pathak, who is lodged in jail in a murder case, has been booked for demanding Rs 5 lakh extortion money via WhatsApp.
The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a former aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim for allegedly extorting a city-based businessman, police said.
Strong evidence in the Madhya Pradesh honeytrap scandal suggests that huge amounts, running into several crores, was pocketed by the two women, who blackmailed a bunch of powerful bureaucrats and politicians in the state.
The sources said that the victim has been involved in the extortion call made to Chinmayanand by her male companion, Sanjay Singh, and two cousins, Sachin Sengar and Vikram, and is named as one of the accused in the case.
Sources said the SIT also booked the woman on charges of causing disappearance of evidence. The former Union minister was arrested by the SIT on Friday and sent to 14 days' judicial custody.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, after taking the cognisance of the charge sheet, posted the matter for scrutiny of documents on September 9. Gulab Singh Yadav is currently the lawmaker from Matiala Assembly constituency.
A senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer confirmed that CCTV footage retrieved from a hotel in Dwarka establishes the presence of the victim with the boy who reportedly made an extortion call to Chinmayanand.
The Government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.
The director had earlier worked with the producer, an official said, adding that the extortion bid was a fallout of a financial dispute between the two.
According to a complaint lodged by Singh, he was called along with his staff member at the Circuit House last night where the two were beaten up.
Additional sessions judge P G Tamakuwala declared Kotadiya a "proclaimed offender" (absconder) under section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC ).
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