An ex-employee, formerly an engineer in a ship management company, allegedly extorted approximately Rs 1.97 crore from the firm's managing director in Mumbai. The extortion involved threats to expose a video depicting one of the company's vessels discharging untreated sewage in the United States' territory to the Coast Guard, as reported by news agency PTI quoting police.

Following a complaint filed by the managing director, an FIR has been registered under Section 384 (related to extortion) and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code against the alleged perpetrator. The ship management company operates from Churchgate in South Mumbai, with additional offices in Delhi and Singapore.