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CASE 116 | Vinay Naik | February 2, 2022 | India
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 116
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date February 2, 2022
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original_date February 2, 2022
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year 2022
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month 2
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quarter 2022-Q1
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victim Vinay Naik
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location Pune, India
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country India
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scenario Kidnapping
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description Pune: 8 including cop arrested for kidnapping man to extort Bitcoin worth Rs 300 crore ( $50 million USD )
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 0
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 1
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted (null)
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coin_type (null)
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reports NDTV
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notes (null)
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
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their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
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same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Vinay Naik
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**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
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**Attack Method:** Kidnapping for ransom
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**Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
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**Crypto Stolen:** Approximately $50 million
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**Status:** Arrests made
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pune-bitcoin-fraud-pune-bitcoin-fraud-news-8-arrested-for-kidnapping-man-to-extort-crypto-worth-rs-300-crores-2743871
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 117: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source NDTV
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URL https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pune-bitcoin-fraud-pune-bitcoin-fraud-news-8-arrested-for-kidnapping-man-to-extort-crypto-worth-rs-300-crores-2743871
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 117, column "Articles"
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Length 1,817 chars
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Pune Cop Kidnapped Trader To Extort Bitcoins Worth Rs 300 Crore: Police
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During the investigation, it was revealed that a constable, Dilip Tukaram Khandare, while working with Pune cybercrime cell, had learnt that share trader Vinay Naik has bitcoin cryptocurrency worth Rs 300 crore.
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Asian News International
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India News
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Feb 02, 2022 09:59 am IST
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Published On Feb 02, 2022 08:48 am IST
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Last Updated On Feb 02, 2022 09:59 am IST
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Pune Bitcoin Fraud: All accused are in police custody. Pune:
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At least eight people, including a policeman, have been arrested in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad for allegedly kidnapping a man to extort bitcoin cryptocurrency worth Rs 300 crore, the police informed on Wednesday.
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According to Zone 2 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Anand Bhoite, during the investigation, it was revealed that a constable, Dilip Tukaram Khandare, while working with Pune cybercrime cell, had learnt that share trader Vinay Naik has bitcoin cryptocurrency worth Rs 300 crore.
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"Following this, Khandare hatched a conspiracy with other history sheeters to kidnap Vinay Naik and extort bitcoins," he said.
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Mr Bhoite added that the accused had kidnapped the victim of Tathawade from a hotel on January 14. The investigation began after an FIR was registered by the victim's friend.
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As per the police, fearing arrest, the accused released the victim and dropped him at a nearby area. The victim then informed the police that he was kidnapped for bitcoins.
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The arrested accused have been identified as Sunil Ram Shinde, Vasant Shyamrao Chavan, Francis Timothy D'Souza, Mayur Mahendra Shirke, Pradip Kashinath Kate, Dilip Tukaram Khandare, Nico Rajesh Bansal, Shirish Chandrakant Khot, and constable Khandare being the mastermind of this conspiracy.
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All accused are in police custody. Further investigation is underway.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
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!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
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!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
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!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
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Source ndtv.com
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URL https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pune-bitcoin-fraud-pune-bitcoin-fraud-news-8-arrested-for-kidnapping-man-to-extort-crypto-worth-rs-300-crores-2743871
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T13:30:16+00:00 via Wayback Machine snapshot 20250722103950, deterministic extraction (HTTP None)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-10 of 14
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Length 1,716 chars
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Integrity sha256 6d82433c550116011775da508cf05f4e908e5df636acae14bdaa4895bc3346b3
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Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-10 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 3 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 20.
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Note live URL was BLOCKED on the first pass; text comes from an archived copy dated 2025-07-22
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Archive http://web.archive.org/web/20250722103950/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pune-bitcoin-fraud-pune-bitcoin-fraud-news-8-arrested-for-kidnapping-man-to-extort-crypto-worth-rs-300-crores-2743871
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Caveat retrieved from a Wayback Machine snapshot, not the live page. The
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snapshot date is in the method line; the live URL was unreadable.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Pune Bitcoin Fraud, Pune Bitcoin Fraud News: 8 Arrested For Kidnapping Man To Extort Crypto Worth Rs 300 crores
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During the investigation, it was revealed that a constable, Dilip Tukaram Khandare, while working with Pune cybercrime cell, had learnt that share trader Vinay Naik has bitcoin cryptocurrency worth Rs 300 crore.
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Pune Bitcoin Fraud: All accused are in police custody.
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At least eight people, including a policeman, have been arrested in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad for allegedly kidnapping a man to extort bitcoin cryptocurrency worth Rs 300 crore, the police informed on Wednesday.
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According to Zone 2 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Anand Bhoite, during the investigation, it was revealed that a constable, Dilip Tukaram Khandare, while working with Pune cybercrime cell, had learnt that share trader Vinay Naik has bitcoin cryptocurrency worth Rs 300 crore.
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"Following this, Khandare hatched a conspiracy with other history sheeters to kidnap Vinay Naik and extort bitcoins," he said.
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Mr Bhoite added that the accused had kidnapped the victim of Tathawade from a hotel on January 14. The investigation began after an FIR was registered by the victim's friend.
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As per the police, fearing arrest, the accused released the victim and dropped him at a nearby area. The victim then informed the police that he was kidnapped for bitcoins.
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The arrested accused have been identified as Sunil Ram Shinde, Vasant Shyamrao Chavan, Francis Timothy D'Souza, Mayur Mahendra Shirke, Pradip Kashinath Kate, Dilip Tukaram Khandare, Nico Rajesh Bansal, Shirish Chandrakant Khot, and constable Khandare being the mastermind of this conspiracy.
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All accused are in police custody. Further investigation is underway.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 116
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