Businessman held for blackmailing Anoushka ShankarSeptember 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Mumbai-based businessman has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing sitar player Anoushka Shankar, daughter of world-renowned artist Pandit Ravi Shankar, and demanding $100,000 for her "private" pictures, Delhi Police said Sunday. Delhi Police Special Cell sleuths arrested the businessman identified as Junaid, 29, on Sep 16.
Businessman found murdered in Delhi parkSeptember 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 36-year-old businessman was found murdered in a park in the national capital early Sunday, police said. The body of Sandeep Jain, owner of a sweets shop, was found around 5.30 a.m.
Businessman robbed of Rs.2 mn in DelhiAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A businessman was robbed of Rs.2 million in cash by three men at gunpoint outside a bank in east Delhi Monday, police said. The police received a call around 3.15 p.m.
Businessman loses Rs.1.15 million to robbersJuly 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a daring daylight robbery, a businessman was lost Rs.1.15 million to two armed men riding a motorcycle in the capital Friday. Sanjeev Gupta, who owns a food grain business, was going to his factory when his car was stopped by the assailants around 10.15 a.m.
Betting 'mafia' murders businessman in revenge killingJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 25-year-old businessman was allegedly killed by at least six armed men in northwest Delhi after he lodged a complaint accusing them of being involved in betting activities, police Monday said. Locals, however, alleged that some policemen had revealed the businessman's name to the accused.
Estranged wife, friend held for murdering Delhi businessmanJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 29-year-old woman and her male friend were arrested Friday for stabbing to death her businessman husband in the capital, police said. Sumit Kaur and Puneet confessed to killing Jagmohan Singh Kohli late Wednesday night at his Rajouri Garden residence in west Delhi, a police officer said.
Estranged wife, paramour held for murdering Delhi businessmanJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 28-year-old woman and her paramour were arrested Friday for stabbing to death her businessman husband in the capital so that the two could get married, police said. Sumit Kaur and Puneet, 31, confessed to killing Jagmohan Singh Kohli, 32, late Wednesday night at his Rajouri Garden residence in west Delhi, a police officer said.
Bihar man tries Dawood-style extortion in Delhi, failsJune 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking a cue from TV footage on India's most-wanted gangsters Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, a 32-year-old man tried to extort Rs.5 million from a city businessman but has landed behind bars, Delhi police said here Tuesday. Aslam Firoz, a resident of Champaran in Bihar, was arrested Monday from Badarpur in south Delhi on the complaint of a factory owner from whom he had demanded Rs.5 million as 'protection money' in the name of Chhota Rajan.
Two held for kidnapping, killing teenMay 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two men have been arrested here for abducting and murdering a 17-year-old teenager and demanding a ransom of Rs.5 million from his parents, police said Saturday. Gaurav, 27, and Mahender Giri, 27, were arrested Friday for the August 2008 abduction and murder of Chirag, the son of a businessman who lives in Tri Nagar in north Delhi.
Three held for killing police constableApril 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three people have been arrested here for killing a Delhi Police constable last month, officials said Friday. Kuldeep, 22, Sanjeev, 39, and Rajender, 30, were arrested late Thursday for the murder of Vijay Singh, who was posted as a constable in the Jahangirpuri police station.
Senior MCD official arrested for corruptionMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday was sent to two days' police custody after he was booked by the anti-corruption cell on the charge of demanding Rs.2 crores from a businessman. His junior was also jailed.
Senior MCD official booked on corruption chargesMarch 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was booked by the anti corruption cell on charges of having demanded Rs.20 million from a south-Delhi based businessman in a land-desealing case. MCD deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar from Najafgarh zone had allegedly demanded a sum of Rs.20 million from businessman Raghubir Singh for desealing a plot of land in south Delhi, where Singh had intended to construct a motel, a senior official of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Cell of the Delhi government told IANS.
Businessman shot dead in capitalFebruary 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A businessman was shot dead in broad daylight in the heart of the capital Sunday and the police suspected a financial dispute prompted the killing. Unidentified assailants shot at Ankit Minocha, a resident of Mehrauli, and three of his friends as their car passed by the Buddha Jayanti Park in New Delhi district at about 1.30 p.m.
Actor arrested for trying to extort money from Delhi businessmanJanuary 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A former TV and Bollywood actor and his aide were arrested in the capital for allegedly making threatening calls posing as underworld don Chhotta Shakeel's henchman to extort money from a Delhi based businessman, the police said Saturday. Aslam Ansari, 31, and Phool Singh, 25, were demanding Rs.5 million from the south Delhi garment exporter, and were arrested Thursday, the police said.
Bikers rob businessman outside bank in DelhiDecember 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - In yet another incident of daylight robbery involving motorbike-borne assailants in the capital, a businessman was robbed of Rs.100,000 outside a bank in south Delhi. Vikas Aggarwal, 36, was robbed when he came out of the Axim Bank's Lajpat Nagar branch after withdrawing the amount around 1.30 p.m.
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