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Chandigarh: 5-year jail for CBI cop who extorted sedan from pharma firm
Threatening the officials of a Chandigarh-based pharmaceutical company of false implication in a case, the convict, Ravinder Kumar Singla, had extorted a Honda City from the firm, inviting strong rebuke from the CBI court
Published on May 04, 2025 08:26 AM IST
Aneesha Sareen Kumar, Chandigarh
BJP man attacked over enmity; Youth Congress leader, aide arrested
In April 2023, Punjab Youth Congress general secretary Sarvotam Singh, alias Lucky Sandhu, in association with a Mohali-based social media influencer, Jasneet Kaur, reportedly tried to extort money from Garcha by honeytrapping him
Published on Apr 27, 2025 05:58 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Mohali: Mastermind in Chandigarh University kidnapping case hatched the plot after learning of victim’s wealthy family
As per officials, accused Abhay, who hatched the conspiracy, did not himself join the kidnappers and witnessed the crime from a distance; when he got to know that victim’s friends have approached the police, he alerted the kidnappers who abandoned the victim near a canal in Ropar and fled in different directions
Published on Apr 21, 2025 05:32 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
2 private varsity students arrested for kidnapping fellow student in Mohali
The victim, Atharv Dhiman, 19, a first-year B.Tech student of the varsity, who hails from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, was allegedly kidnapped from the campus on Thursday; he was allegedly beaten up and bundled into a car before being driven away
Published on Apr 20, 2025 09:22 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Mohali
Man tries to extort money by impersonating gangster Goldy Brar's brother, held
The accused, identified as Lovejeet, a resident of Bargari in Faridkot, had demanded ₹1 crore as extortion money from an automobile showroom owner
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 07:22 PM IST
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