Bishnoi, aides used WhatsApp from Gujarat jail to extort victims: U.S. DoJ

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Bishnoi, aides used WhatsApp from Gujarat jail to extort victims: U.S. DoJ

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The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Bishnoi and his aides used WhatsApp from a Gujarat jail to extort victims, targeting prominent religious, social, and political leaders with violence. Bishnoi's lawyer demands supporting evidence for claims regarding the use of messaging apps for criminal activities.

Echoing NIA’s 2022 chargesheet, DoJ says Bishnoi’s “enterprise routinely targeted prominent religious, social, and political leaders with violence”; his lawyer says “authorities should give supporting evidence” of gangster using messaging apps

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