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The Hindu
29-07-2025
- The Hindu
Couple booked for alleged bid to extort ₹30 crore from IT firm owner
The Ernakulam Central police have registered a case against a couple on charge of bid to extort ₹30 crore from an IT company owner by allegedly threatening to defame him and inflict heavy loss to his company's business. The accused are Swetha Babu and her husband Krishnaraj of Thrissur. The case was registered on a complaint by Venu Gopalakrishnan who runs a company at Infopark Kochi. The first accused, Swetha, used to be an employee with the petitioner's company before she resigned. According to the first information report (FIR), the accused threatened to spread rumours about the petitioner's alleged illicit affair with the first accused and implicate him in a rape case. The accused allegedly made the threat to three other employees of the company, including a director, who were called up to a premier hotel in the city on July 23 around 7 p.m. The accused allegedly asked them to get an affidavit promising ₹30 crore signed by the petitioner. They allegedly demanded that ₹10 crore be credited to the first accused's account and to give two cheques of ₹10 crore each. The accused allegedly forced the petitioner to transfer ₹50,000 to the first accused's bank account on July 28, the FIR said. The police booked the accused under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 308 (2) (extortion), and 3 (5) (common intention).
Time of India
29-07-2025
- Time of India
Couple held for extorting money from IT firm owner
Kochi: City police arrested a woman and her husband for allegedly attempting to extort money from her former employer. The arrested persons were identified as Swetha Babu and Krishna Raj of Chavakkad, Thrissur. According to police, the couple allegedly threatened to defame the owner of an IT company with a false allegation of him having an illicit relationship with Swetha and also warned him that they would trap him in a rape case. They demanded the victim to transfer Rs 10 crore rupees to Raj's account and Rs 20 crore in two cheques. On July 28, 2025, they extorted Rs 50,000 from him from an intermediary's account and obtained a Rs 20 crore cheque from the company director on July 29, 2025, causing substantial financial damage to the company. Following this, the victim filed a case. The probe team soon arrested the couple and found the Rs 20-crore cheque and agreement papers from their possession. Man held for theft: Police arrested a 56-year-old man for allegedly stealing around Rs 5 lakh from a business establishment. Police identified the arrested person as Hanifa Hussein, a resident of Mulavoor. Police said that on July 26, Hussein stole the amount from a grocery store at Arakuzha Road Junction, while the owner's attention was diverted. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Container Houses In Cengkareng Container House | Search Ads Search Now Undo Worker falls to death: A 43-year-old man died after he fell from the first floor of an under construction building in Eloor on Tuesday evening. Police identified the deceased as Niyaz, a native of Mattanchery. He accidently fell while doing painting works, police said.
