Overview
- State STF is coordinating with police in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and other jurisdictions after a series of threats linked to the alias 'Harry Boxer', with officials treating all six cases as genuine while probing possible copycats.
- Indore police registered an FIR at Tukoganj after real estate businessman Sanjay Jain reported a Rs 15 crore demand from a caller using the Bishnoi gang name; investigators provided him a personal security officer.
- In Bhopal, jeweller and real estate businessman Gaurav Jain reported WhatsApp calls and audio messages demanding Rs 10 crore, prompting a Kolar Road police case under IPC Section 351(4) and a technical evidence review.
- Additional cases span Khargone, Ashoknagar and Mhow, including a Khargone incident where masked men were shown firing outside a trader’s home and multiple Ashoknagar businessmen reporting threats of up to Rs 10 crore.
- Police cite a common modus operandi of WhatsApp calls, voice notes and video calls routed through international numbers with VPN or proxy masking, complicating efforts to trace origins and identify handlers.