India, Nov. 24 -- A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a 35-year-old engineer from Texas, accused of creating multiple fake email accounts of a film industry professional from Mumbai to send obscene, threatening and defamatory messages to him and his associates for extortion.

According to the police, the incident dates back to 2022, when the complainant, A.S. Khandelwal, found that a fake Instagram account impersonating him surfaced, sending obscene messages to his contacts. Over the following months, Khandelwal and his relatives allegedly received numerous abusive and threatening emails from several fake IDs. Some messages were circulated to over 100 people, including relatives...