Mumbai Police arrest close aide of bookie Anil Jaisinghani in extortion case of Fadnavis’ wife

Nirmal Jaisinghani, a close associate of bookie Anil Jaisinghani, was detained in connection with the blackmail and extortion case brought by Amrita Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

“Nirmal helped Anil Jaisinghani hide and provide him with logistic support and to book hotel rooms in his name,” an officer of the Mumbai police said. “Further investigation, in this case, is underway,” he added.
Mumbai Police on Friday said they added an extortion section against Anishka, who was arrested for allegedly threatening and blackmailing Amruta Fadnavavis.

“Extortion section 385 of the Indian Penal Code has been added against the accused, who threatened to make two videos viral and demanded a bribe from Amruta Fadnavis,” said an officer of Mumbai Police earlier in the month.

According to police, Anishka was arrested from Ulhasnagar on Thursday (March 16).
“The accused woman had sent two videos to Amruta Fadnavis, threatening to make them viral unless she paid a bribe of Rs 10 crore. The videos were not made by the accused woman,” the officer had said.

The Mumbai Police Department also stated that they were looking for the individual who created the tapes used by the accused woman to extort the Deputy Chief Minister’s wife. Amruta Fadnavis was arrested after filing a complaint with Mumbai Police stating that she was intimidated and urged to pay a bribe of Rs 10 crore by an acquaintance she named as Anishka, a designer.

“A case was registered against Anishka and her father for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 crore from Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis,” Mumbai Police said on Thursday.

The Mumbai Police Department also stated that they were looking for the individual who created the tapes used by the accused woman to extort the Deputy Chief Minister’s wife.

Amruta Fadnavis was arrested after filing a complaint with Mumbai Police stating that she was intimidated and urged to pay a bribe of Rs 10 crore by an acquaintance she named as Anishka, a designer.