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Who Is Wilawan Emsawat? Thai Woman Who Trapped Monks With 80,000 Nudes, Social Media And Extorted Rs 100 Cr In Blackmail

Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into hiding. The scale and seniority of those involved have shocked many in Thailand, a country where more than 90% of the population practices Buddhism.

Jul 18, 2025, 22:43 PM IST

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

The Prayagraj coaching centre owner alleged that the goons even misbehaved with the police. He said that an FIR has been registered in the case. 

Sep 12, 2024, 08:28 AM IST

Police Raids Police In Uttar Pradesh: Rs 1.5 Crore Monthly Extortion Racket Exposed

A vigilance inquiry into the properties of the Deputy SP Sadar, Narhi police station SHO, and police outpost in charge has been ordered, according to a statement issued by the government. 

Jul 26, 2024, 21:48 PM IST

Agra: Mother-In-Law Demands Rs 5 Lakh For Daughter's Return; Husband Complains Of Extortion

The wife went to her parental home and declined her husband's requests to return to her in-laws' residence. 

Mar 27, 2024, 17:45 PM IST

Gwalior SHO Honey Trapped, Filmed Secretly By Facebook Friend, Blackmailed

Timesh Chari, the SHO of Hazira Police Station in Gwalior, forged an online friendship with a woman through the popular social media platform Facebook. 

Nov 07, 2023, 12:23 PM IST

Cyber Fraud Alert! A Call For Escort Services, Then A Loot By 'Journalist And Cop'

They targeted their victims through various websites like RentMan, Skoka, Locanto, Gigolo, Massage Republic etc and asked them for services.

Jun 16, 2023, 21:04 PM IST

Who Is Anil Jaisinghani, The Man Who Tried To Blackmail And Extort Rs 10 Crore From Devendra Fadnavis' Wife Amruta?

Anil Jaisinghani is a bookie who has been arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly blackmailing Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Jun 07, 2023, 08:11 AM IST

Delhi Police Busts Honey Trap Gang, Accused Used Women ‘Masseuses’ to Cheat Victims

Honey-trap gang busted in Delhi: The accused used women ‘masseuses’ to lure and then cheat victims, said Delhi Police. The accused have been identified as Sunny Suneja, Md. Shafiq, Deepak Budhiraja, and Hemlata. 

Feb 06, 2023, 07:37 AM IST

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's EXPLOSIVE claim: 'Jailed AAP leader Satyendra Jain EXTRACTED Rs 10 crore for my protection’

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar is currently lodged at Delhi’s Mandoli jail. He was arrested for allegedly extorting money from high-profile people, including former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh’s wife Aditi. He was shifted from Tihar jail to Mandoli jail in Delhi in August this year after he made repeated requests for a transfer to another jail. He claimed he had received death threats from within the Tihar jail.

Nov 01, 2022, 12:23 PM IST

Enforcement Directorate officers acting as 'ATM' for BJP, being probed: Sanjay Raut

“The ED and some of its officials have become an ATM (automated teller machine) for the BJP,” Raut said, maintaining he has shared details of the same with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Mar 08, 2022, 18:29 PM IST

Married man held captive, extorted of over Rs 6 lakh by a woman he met on dating app

A 36-year-old married man from Maharashtra was forced to pay the ransom of over Rs 6 lakh after he was held captive by a woman he met on a dating app.

Jan 24, 2022, 19:38 PM IST

Rajkummar Rao warns against fake email sent in his name to extort Rs 3 crore

Rajkummar Rao has warned against the fake email sent in his name to extort Rs 3 crore in the name of online fraud. 

Jan 05, 2022, 16:27 PM IST

Enforcement Directorate arrests former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in extortion, money laundering case

The former Maharashtra Home Minister had gone to the ED office for the multi-agencies probe into the allegations of extortion and corruption hurled against him by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Nov 02, 2021, 06:22 AM IST

Mumbai Police records statement of witness Prabhakar Sail for 8 hrs in Aryan Khan case

Prabhakar Sail appeared before the city police on Tuesday evening and the process of recording his statement was completed at around 3 am on Wednesday, he said.

Oct 27, 2021, 11:26 AM IST

Ashram set violence: MP minister asks makers to inform about objectionable scenes

Bobby Deol-starrer web-series 'Ashram' sets was vandalised by Bajrang Dal activists. They also threw ink on director Prakash Jha, and accused him of huring sentiments of Hindus.

Oct 25, 2021, 18:29 PM IST

Devendra Fadnavis complaint about Transfer racket to Maharashtra Governor

After meeting the Governor, Devendra Fadnavis held a press conference and asked why Uddhav Thackeray is silent in the case of Vaze and Extortion.

Mar 24, 2021, 13:14 PM IST

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh accused of extortion

A big twist has come in Mumbai's high-profile case. Where a car full of explosives was found outside the house of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, then the body of car owner Mansukh Hiren was found. After that Mumbai police officer, Sachin Waze was arrested in the case. And now, with an interesting twist in this whole case, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has shaken the politics of Maharashtra by mentioning a letter by his tweet, know the whole matter.

Mar 21, 2021, 09:54 AM IST

11-year-old boy from Ghaziabad blackmails his own father for Rs 10 crore, know more here

In an outrageous incident, an 11-year-old boy from Ghaziabad used YouTube to learn hacking tricks. A case is registered under different sections of IPC including criminal intimidation, insulting the modesty of women and intentional insult to provoke breach of peace and section 66D of the IT Act in Ghaziabad.

Jan 28, 2021, 21:41 PM IST

Man held for extorting gold after posing as custom officer in Delhi

After finding gold bars in victim's bag, the accused, impersonating as custom officials, threatened him of implicating him in a criminal case and took the bag on the pretext of examination and fled. 

May 25, 2019, 22:50 PM IST

Couple arrested in Delhi for running extortion racket

A 25-year-old man and his girlfriend were arrested here for allegedly clicking objectionable photos of their massage clients and blackmailing and extorting money from them, the police said on Friday.

Sep 21, 2018, 23:03 PM IST