"extortion"

A few persons had received messages through a whatsapp number and emails asking them to pay some money else face raids by different departments.

The duo, accustomed to a lavish life, were threatening businessmen in Gundala and Allapalli mandals for the past three months, demanding money for the Maoist party fund

Crime briefs from Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana

The "extortion" took place under the guise of vigilance inspections during the tenure of former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy

Gadhagoni Chakradhar Goud alleged he was put under life threat, torture, and interference made in his personnel life through illegal surveillance by some persons working in conspiracy

Unga and Sukki left the Maoist party and surrendered before the police, realising that Maoists lost the tribal's support

A clash broke out between the members of the proscribed outfit Jharkhand Sangharsh Mukti Morchathey and locals over extortion

The Hyderabad cybercrime police helped three citizens who were victims of cyber frauds to recover stolen funds through cyber attacks. A total amount of Rs. 44, 84,527 was refunded to the three victims.

The accused Riyaz was absconding. He was involved in a case under IPC Section 120 (B) read with Section 34 and Section 25 (1) A of the Firearms Act in 2013, the CP added.

Thanveer Ahmed, who runs a news channel on YouTube and Facebook, demanded Rs 1 lakh for removing the content about the family

Police arrested three persons of a YouTube channel for extortion based on a complaint by a private hospital management.

The alleged fraudster Riddh Bedi (26), a resident of Brookefield in Bengaluru, posed as a woman on social media platforms and used to befriend men and later threaten and extort money from them.

The accused went to the couple's house with the intention of burglary, but instead of stealing anything, he recorded their intimate moments

Male JD-S activist threatened him with lodging a case of sexual abuse if he failed to pay Rs 5 crore

The Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force team had caught Kadavath Somla Naik, a resident of Road No.1 Banjara Hills, for allegedly impersonating as a police officer and extorting money from people.

The man Marikonda Saikiran Teja (30), a resident of Gudimalkapur was allegedly threatening massage parlour and beauty parlour managements posing as intelligence department officer and extorting money.

Gagan Ajit Singh, 23, Anmoldeep Singh, 23, Hashmeet Kaur, 25, and Lymanjot Kaur, 21 -- all from Brampton and Mississauga -- face a laundry list of charges, which include extortion, firearms-related offences, and fraud.

In the video, some policemen were seen collecting money from a truck driver at Dalkhola in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal recently

A journalist was arrested here for alleged criminal conspiracy and extortion, police said on Friday.

Karnataka Police arrested a Kannada film producer in connection with raping a woman and trying to extort from the victim by threatening of leaking a video of the crime