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UP: Married woman Hina forces constable Shrikant to convert, blackmails over rape case and extorts Rs 17 lakhs

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2026

"Despite complying with her demands, the woman neither gave a statement in his favour nor married him," police stated.

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Meerut honeytrap racket busted: Two women, Amreen and Shamima, among four arrested for blackmailing a cloth trader with private videos and false cases

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2025

Arun initially paid ₹1.07 lakh in cash and also handed over a gold chain weighing around 10 grams.

Crime

Kanpur: Blackmailer bride arrested after multiple marriages with bank managers, police officials to extort money, 8 crores found in her accounts

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2025

Her first known targets were two bank managers, Ashish Raj and Amit Gupta, whom she married and later accused of rape.

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Gurgaon lawyer arrested for extorting money by filing false POCSO cases to benefit her alimony-seeking clients, was running a racket with husband and an...

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2025

Police seized ₹1.14 crore cash, ₹2.88 crore jewellery, and multiple fake IDs from their home.

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Aligarh: Family extorts Rs 46 lakhs by misusing the SC-ST Act, had filed 15 fake cases in 10 years for compensation; NCW demands strict...

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2025

An Aligarh family allegedly filed 15 fake SC/ST cases in a decade to pocket ₹46 lakh, prompting NCW to demand strict action.

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Journalist Shazia Nisar tries to extort Rs 65 Crore from CEO of Bharat24 by threatening him with a false rape case, arrested along with...

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2025

The FIR also named Adarsh Jha along with Shazia Nisar, a journalist formerly associated with a digital news portal, as an accomplice in the blackmail.

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The Hindu’s journalist Mahesh Langa faces another FIR, land broker accuses him of extortion for publicity in the paper

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2025

Another FIR was registered against Mahesh Langa, a journalist working with the English newspaper The Hindu, over extortion charges

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TMC spokesperson Jamshed Ali Khan accused of intimidation and blackmail: How a minor accident was used for extortion

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2024

In his statement, the victim said, "Jamshed Ali Khan is openly threatening me with physical assault if I don’t pay up the claimed amount and for daring to file these FIRs."

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