Live
- Sensex, Nifty drift lower on profit booking
- Jagan treated cadres as ‘subordinates’, alleges Grandhi
- Mpower’s survey on edu loans
- IIP growth falls to 3.5% in Oct
- Easing food prices lower retail inflation to 5.48% in November
- Space allocation for packaging units at MSME parks on anvil
- Maha Kumbh: Yogi reviews preparations
- Gadkari on accidents: I try to hide my face in meetings abroad
- Abetment of suicide: Mere harassment not sufficient to find accused guilty says SC
- 6.79L homes to receive water under Amrut-II
2 held for extortion using Paritala Sriram’s name
Local police on Saturday arrested the driver, Mallikarjun, and clerk, Prasad, of a prominent businessman, Anjaneyulu, of the town for allegedly trying to extort Rs.10 lakh and a silk sari for ‘Sunithamma’,
Hindupur: Local police on Saturday arrested the driver, Mallikarjun, and clerk, Prasad, of a prominent businessman, Anjaneyulu, of the town for allegedly trying to extort Rs.10 lakh and a silk sari for ‘Sunithamma’, after issuing telephonic threats in the name of Paritala Sriram. Sriram is the son of State Minister Sunitha, the widow of assassinated Telugu Desam leader Paritala Ravi.
- Duo wanted Rs 10 lakh & a sari for ‘Sunithamma’
- Businessman complains to police
- Take strong against anyone trying to extort money: Minister
The duo allegedly made telephone calls, using cell phones, to Anjaneyulu’s sons holding out threats to them, with the hope of securing the amount. They reportedly stated that they would send a person in car to collect the sum.
Sensing something fishy, the businessman approached the police, who nabbed Mallikarjun and Prasad. Learning about this episode, Sunitha directed the police to take strong against those resorting to extortion in the name of Paritala family.
