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Tag: Extortion

  • 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.

  • Three people threatened Punjab businessman in the name of Khalistani terrorist

    This incident took place in the Camp Clothing Market area of ​​Moga in the afternoon. All three people are reportedly associates of Arshdeep Dalla.

    The incident was captured on camera

    This attempt at extortion was captured in the CCTV camera. It is seen in the CCTV footage that the three associates of the terrorist are taking the phones of some employees of the shop. The shop owner was forced to talk to someone on the phone.

    The owner of the cloth shop prayed with folded hands and asked them to stop but it was of no use. An alert member of the shop staff became suspicious and called the police.

    ASI single-handedly arrested two

    At that time Assistant Police Sub Inspector (ASI) Satnam Singh was patrolling the area. They immediately reached the spot. He single-handedly surrounded them in the shop and caught two of them. However one person managed to escape. Police have said that all three people are associates of Arshdeep Dalla living in Canada.

    Earlier, an audio clip of Arshdeep Dalla threatening a businessman from Punjab for extortion had surfaced. In this it is heard – The businessman said, “We already have a lot of problems and you are already troubling us.” On this Arshdeep Dalla said – “Listen to me, now be ready to be troubled. ”

    Arshdeep Dalla is extorting money from businessmen, contractors, singers and liquor traders in Punjab through phone calls from Canada and is using that money to help in terrorist activities.

    Who is Arshdeep Dalla?

    Delhi Police has received information that Arshdeep Dalla is a Khalistani terrorist living in Canada. He has links with Pakistan’s terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba and wanted to target Hindu leaders in Punjab.

    Earlier this year, Dalla’s conspiracy to target leaders of Hindu organizations and BJP’s ideological wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was revealed during the Delhi Police action against two terror suspects. In January, the police had raided Jahangirpuri in Delhi and arrested Jagjit Singh Jagga and Naushad. Weapons were also recovered.

    According to the Delhi Police charge sheet filed in the court, Jagga revealed that he was in touch with Dalla. The charge sheet states that a Khalistani terrorist present in Canada had asked Jagga to be prepared for terrorist activities in Punjab.

    NIA has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has offered a reward of Rs 10 lakh for any information leading to Dalla’s arrest.

    Arshdeep Dalla was close to Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar was killed in Canada in June. After this, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau blamed “Indian agents” for Nijjar’s murder. After this a diplomatic dispute arose between India and Canada. India rejected Trudeau’s claims, calling them “absurd” and “motivated”.