A source said that Sadhna had attacked Chaudhary with a knife after they met on pretext of some compromise at a park while the train was halted for sometime at the railway station in Delhi.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/man-enroute-kerala-attacked-in-delhi-brother-sister-held-ld/

“Atiq Ahmed, during his interview with media persons on March 29, claimed that he would be brought out from jail on the pretext of something followed by his murder.

Source: https://southasiandaily.com/real-jungle-raj-is-in-uttar-pradesh-says-rjd-after-atiq-murder/

Five persons from Sewri lodged a complaint against a group of individuals, including a peon in Mantralaya, for allegedly duping them of Rs 20 lakh under the pretext of facilitating jobs at the secretariat.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/family-duped-rs-20-lakh-fake-job-mantralaya-1-held-mumbai-police-8620231/

He continued: “Then it could be a pretext to check whether or not this is true, whether it happened, and if it did, where and by whom.”

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/04/12/video-appears-to-show-russian-troop-beheading-ukrainian-pow/

In the end the show was cancelled owing to animal welfare concerns (three horses had died during filming – one reviewer wondered whether it was from boredom), although Biskind implies that it was a pretext for closing down an expensive mess.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/12/peter-biskind-easy-riders-raging-bulls-pandoras-box-greed-lust-lies-that-broke-television-sopranos-succession

I think it does so definitively, but the charge was nothing more than an obvious pretext to begin with.

Source: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/11/another-word-from-melissa-p.php

It urged Danish law enforcement to take a hard stance against incitement and ensure it doesn’t happen again under any pretext.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/islamic-organizations-condemn-quran-burning-in-denmark/

Just a pretext for DeSantas to take over for public safety.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12760662?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

“Making efforts to extract the caller from his anonymity on the pretext of the supply of extortion money and an effort was made near Begumpur chowk to deliver the money.

Source: https://www.mangalorean.com/man-arrested-for-making-extortion-calls-to-businessmen/

Moon Seong Mook, an analyst for the Seoul-based Korea Research Institute for National Strategy, said North Korea could use the South Korea-US drills as a pretext to resume testing activities.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/worldnews/2023/05/25/south-korean-and-us-troops-hold-live-fire-drills-near-border-with-north-korea/

Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said the suspect was arrested after he allegedly defrauded one of the women, identified as Judith, under the pretext of marrying her.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202310070152.html

No pretext can justify such unilateral action, which threatens thousands of civilians already affected by months of illegal blockade and goes against the efforts of the international community to reach a negotiated settlement.”

Source: https://moderntokyotimes.com/armenians-attacked-by-azerbaijan-france-calls-unsc-meeting/

Officers have been accused of disproportionately using pretext stops to search and question Black and Latinx drivers, potentially leading to higher uses of force or killings among those groups.

Source: https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/sfpd-pretext-stop-policy-union-blame/

“On that day, Arman had called Mahir on the pretext of giving the girl's phone back to him.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/delhi-crime-youth-stabbed-to-death-for-speaking-to-girl-near-lakhan-chowk-3-arrested

On this pretext, they allegedly took him to a secluded area near their locality, where the incident took place.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/indore-child-stripped-religious-slogans-madhya-pradesh-booked-minors-8555978/

Or they just want to upstage the applecart in a manner that will put the country in the harm’s way, and give a pretext to their plot for an interim government?

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/2023-poisoned-chalice-and-the-conspiracies-by-kassim-afegbua/

Perhaps his most shocking act came when he killed a rival, then lured his pregnant girlfriend to the murder scene on the pretext that the man was waiting to see her.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11659481/How-Matteo-Messina-Denaro-run-ground-Sicily-30-year-manhunt.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Police raided the forest after receiving information of the deaths on "ignorant citizens starving to death under the pretext of meeting Jesus after being brainwashed" by Nthenge.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kenya-cult-probe-exhumes-21-bodies-police-sources-182573

''Previously, after a similar warning was issued, a merchant vessel was seized by Iranian authorities under a false pretext,'' the firm warned.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/shippers-warned-to-stay-away-from-iranian-waters-over-seizure-threat-as-us-iran-tensions-high/600296700/

Sergey Alimov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Yevgeny Prigozhin used a false pretext to lead his Wagner Group forces in an armed insurrection against the Russian state, according to a senior U.S. official.

Source: https://www.mycentraloregon.com/2023/06/27/canada-breaks-record-for-annual-wildfire-smoke-emissions/