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NEW DELHI: Delhi Police crime branch has arrested four men for stealing mobile phones during the 'Lalbaugcha Raja' Ganesh idol immersion and other visarjan sites in Mumbai. A total of 45 high-end mobile phones were recovered. According to the police, the gang, which operated in multiple modules, used to target processions and densely crowded gatherings. These stolen mobile phones were to be transported and sold in Nepal, a senior police officer said. The kingpin, Mohannad Shakil, a resident of Kanpur, along with his associates, had travelled to Mumbai to commit large-scale thefts. Intelligence suggested they would return to Delhi by train from Mumbai. Police mapped the location of the suspects' mobile numbers against trains arriving from Mumbai, and four people with 45 high-end mobile phones were nabbed, DCP(crime) Vikram Singh said. The accused have been identified as Mohammad Shakil (49), Mohammad Shafiq (34), Shamshul Hasan (40), and Dilshad (36). The stolen mobiles were usually taken to Rupriya, UP, where they were sold to one Rijwan (now residing in Nepal) through his brother Shoib, said police.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday received the second bomb threat in less than a month. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday received the second bomb threat in less than a month, which was reportedly delivered via email in Russian language to the bank's official website. Acting on the bank's complaint, the Mumbai Police launched an investigation and filed a case against an unknown individual at the Mata Ramabai Marg (MRA Marg) police station. The Zone 1 DCP of the Mumbai Police sa ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 5 (PTI) The Assam Congress on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into alleged illegal stone mining in Karbi Anglong district in violation of a Supreme Court order. Addressing a press conference here, former Rajya Sabha member Ripun Bora also alleged that Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Chief Executive Member Tuliram Ronghang was allowing illegal activities in the district in nexus with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. "Large-scale illegal stone mining is taking place in the hills of Karbi Anglong in violation of the Supreme Court order. The SC had banned mining in and around K ...Read More >
Berhampur (Odisha), Jun 6 (PTI) Environmental activist Medha Patkar on Saturday appealed to the people of Odisha for protection of Rushikulya river. The government planned to construct a dam in the river Pipalapnaka under Sorada block in the district. While participating in the Save Rushikulya river movement in Ganjam district, she said, "Rivers may be small or big, but they are our mother. We have to protect the rivers from attacks." She attended a meeting were organised by the Rushikulya Banchao Kriyaanusthan Committee (RBKC) and the Centre for Climate Justice, spearheading the agitation a ...Read More >
"He was earlier apprehended by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with another fraud case and is currently in judicial custody. "The case was initially registered in January 2017 based on a complaint from a private bank," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) Vikram K. Porwal said in a statement. The bank had alleged that 467 fake Foreign Inward Remittance Certificates (FIRCs) were submitted by 18 account holders - belonging to 17 different firms - at its Naraina ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): In a major crackdown, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Delhi Police has busted an interstate drug syndicate and seized 348.176 kilograms of Ganja, officials said. According to Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police, ANTF, Crime Branch, Delhi, the seized contraband is valued at approximately Rs 1.75 crore in the international market. The drug was being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to the Delhi-NCR region, concealed beneath a consignment of watermelons in a truck. Two individuals, identified as Intezar Malik and Rizwan, have been arrested in c ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
Hyderabad: As the sensational murder of a 32-year-old private land surveyor G Tejeswar in Gadwal district rocked the State, his parents broke down before the police for losing one of their twin sons within one month of their marriage. The marriage of Tejeswar, a resident of Gadwal, was performed with Aishwarya, hailing from Kurnool, on May 18, 2025. However, he was murdered on June 17. As information related to the arrest of Aishwarya, her mother Sujatha, paramour V Tirumala Rao and other supari gang members on Thursday informed them, his parents - Jayaramudu and Shakunthala wept inconsolabl ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A 32-year-old private land surveyor in Telangana's Jogulamba Gadwal district, who was found dead within a month of his marriage, was murdered by three killers hired by his 23-year-old wife and her boyfriend, a manager in a housing finance company, police said on Thursday. Eight people, including V Tirumala Rao, manager at a Canfin Homes branch, the victim's wife G Aishwarya, and the three hired killers - Kummari Nagesh, Chakali Parashuramudu, and Chakali Rajesh - have been arrested for the murder, said Jogulamba Gadwal superintendent of police (SP) T Srinivasa Rao. Aishwarya's mot ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Five men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 30-year-old man in Munirka and attempting to extort money from him while posing as Delhi Police personnel, officials said on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Parvesh (25), a property dealer, Aryaman Chaudhary (22), Ritik Gauhar (23), a freelancer, Dev Anand Yadav (23), a driver and Sharman Rai (22), police said. According to officials, the incident took place around 1.20 am on June 16. The victim, Joshua Hmar (30), filed a complaint at Kishangarh police station, stating that he was abducted by four individuals nea ...Read More >
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], June 27 (ANI): Police seized a gun and Rs 50,000 from the accused in the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, Superintendent of Police (SP) Herbert Pyniaid Kharkongor said on Friday. SP Herbert Pyniaid Kharkongor told the reporters, "A weapon was seized yesterday, including a gun with ammunition and Rs 50,000, which we recovered from the vehicle. Since we have police custody, we will further interrogate more... Raj and Akash disclosed a weapon in the bag, allowing us to proceed accordingly..." Also Read | 'Not Right to Impose Hindi on Primary Students': Sharad Pawar Sa ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside Law College. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the A.C.J. ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 29 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday said that people need to be made more aware of combating cybercrime and that criminal activities should be prevented using the internet. 'Cybercrime is in such a place that it is like fighting with shadows. For this, there is a need to be more technically skilled. Along with this, people need to be more aware and alert about cybercrime. The police system should be further developed and strengthened in line with crime. And the reputation of Tripura Police should be kept intact,' he said. Chief Ministe ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 29 (ANI): Pimpri Chinchwad Police arrested a self-proclaimed godman for allegedly practising black magic, cheating people and secretly keeping a watch on them through a mobile phone, stated a senior police official. The accused, identified as Prasad Bhimrao Tamdar (29) was running an ashram in the Bavdhan area under the Pimpri-Chinchwad police area, where he claimed to provide solutions to various issues of people through astrology and black magic. According to police officials, Tamdar would ask his visitors to download an app on their mobiles, which would gi ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta received a death threat through a phone call made to the Ghaziabad Police Control Room (PCR) late last night, officials said. According to the Ghaziabad Police, the threatening call was made to the PCR on 'Dial 112' helpline at around 11:30 pm on Thursday, but the caller's phone was switched off shortly afterwards as the police tried to reach him. "Following the incident, we informed the Delhi Police and are actively investigating to get more details," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) City, Dhawal Jaiswal, said. He said efforts were also on to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Delhi Police have initiated the process to deport 31 Bangladeshi nationals who were living illegally in the North West district of Delhi. The deportation process began on Saturday after the individuals were brought to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in RK Puram, officials said. Earlier this week, the North West District Police apprehended 18 Bangladeshi nationals who were found residing illegally in the city. The arrests were made during a special operation conducted on Tuesday by the Foreigner Cell unit in the Bharat Nagar police statio ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the BJP government over the death of a nine-year-old girl in the national capital, alleging that it is ruining the law and order situation in the national capital. 'This incident of rape and murder of a 9-year-old innocent girl in Delhi has shocked everyone. BJP has ruined the law and order situation in Delhi, our daughters are not safe even in the four-engine government of BJP. Home Minister Amit Shah and his four-engine government will have to answer. The daughters of Delhi want answers as well as justic ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 29-year-old woman was found murdered in a hotel room in central Delhi's Paharganj on Sunday.Police have arrested a man who has claimed to be in a relationship with the victim and checked into the hotel with her on Saturday.According to investigators, the accused suspected the woman was in a relationship with another person, which may have led to the crime.The deceased was identified as Sarika, while the accused, 31-year-old Sachin, was a resident of north Delhi. Both worked in a cloc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested three fraudsters from Rajasthan's Mewat for running a sextortion racket that extorted Rs 14 lakh from a man in the capital. The accused posed as Crime Branch officers, manipulated the victim into a compromising situation during a WhatsApp video call, and then used the footage to blackmail him over several days.According to police, the accused contacted the complainant via WhatsApp video call and played a pre-recorded obscene video featuring a woman. "The complainant told police officers that he was manipulated into getting nude, and subsequently, his video ...Read More >
Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the presence of her mother. The minor, who had been living with her father following her parents' separat ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A man who issued a death threat to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has been arrested by a team from the North-West District Special Staff of the Delhi Police. The accused was apprehended from Ghaziabad following swift investigative efforts after the threatening call was made late on Thursday night. According to police officials, the threat call was made to the Ghaziabad Police Control Room (PCR) while the accused was allegedly under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after the threat was received, the Delhi Police Control Room was alerted, and the matter w ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): In a major crackdown, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Delhi Police has busted an interstate drug syndicate and seized 348.176 kilograms of Ganja, officials said. According to Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police, ANTF, Crime Branch, Delhi, the seized contraband is valued at approximately Rs 1.75 crore in the international market. The drug was being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to the Delhi-NCR region, concealed beneath a consignment of watermelons in a truck. Two individuals, identified as Intezar Malik and Rizwan, have been arrested in c ...Read More >
New Delhi/Ghaziabad, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's security was beefed up on Friday after a caller issued a death threat by dialling up the police control room in the neighbouring city of Ghaziabad, an official said. The caller, who made the death threat to Delhi Chief Minister, turned off his mobile phone immediately after communicating the message to the PCR at 11 p.m. on Thursday, said Ghaziabad's Deputy Commissioner of Police (City). The inter-state coordination cell of Ghaziabad Police informed the Delhi Police about the death threat call made in connection ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside," the management of the historic mosque said in a statement. ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Two accused of helping Sonam Raghuvanshi murder her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, in Meghalaya in May have withdrawn their previous confessions and chosen to remain silent before the magistrate, said the police on Friday. Shillong City Superintendent of Police Herbert Pyniaid Kharkongor, who leads the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case, stated that Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi did not make any statements when presented before the magistrate on Thursday. "We produced only two out of the five accused. They declined to speak. However, we have substantial mat ...Read More >
Bhopal: The tragic end of an Indore couple's honeymoon in the scenic terrains of Shillong in Meghalaya still shrouded in mystery. Body of the husband, Raja Raghuvamsi (29), was recovered in a gorge near the Wei Sawdong falls in Shillong four days ago, but his widow Sonam seemed to have vanished into thin air with the rescue teams finding no trace of her even a fortnight after her disappearance. Her brother Govind Raghuvamsi who has been camping at the site for the past two weeks suspected that she might have been abducted by the assailants who had allegedly killed her husband. "The rescue t ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: The brother of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the Indore woman who has been missing from Meghalaya's Sohra (Cherrapunjee) area since May 23, suspects she was abducted by local miscreants. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, was recovered from a gorge on June 2. The police said he was murdered. Govind Raghuvanshi, the missing woman's brother, said there was every reason to believe she was abducted by locals. He expressed disappointment with the search operation, which he said gave the impression that the police were looking for her body. "Sonam's belongings, including two ...Read More >
Delhi Police's North West District Special Staff has arrested a man from Ghaziabad for allegedly threatening to kill Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, the accused, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time, first called to speak to his estranged wife, and later issued a threat to the Chief Minister. He is a law graduate and was reportedly upset after his wife left him. During the investigation, the man allegedly tried to mislead the p ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A chemist and a lab operator have been arrested for allegedly selling medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits illegally. Two separate FIRs were lodged against the accused at Sector 10 and Sector 9A police stations, police said on Friday.The pharmacy was sealed and medical officials have initiated proceedings to cancel its licence. District drugs control officer Suresh Verma said the department received information about illegal sales of MTP kits - also called abortion kits - from Juneja Chemist, located near Civil Hospital. A pregnant woman, who was deployed as a decoy customer, v ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) The Delhi Police has stepped up security arrangements across the national capital to maintain law and order and ensure peaceful celebration of Eid ul-Azha on Saturday, an official said. To maintain law and order during festivities, elaborate deployments have been made in sensitive areas, with the Rapid Action Force (RAF), paramilitary forces, and local police teams mobilised. Multiple check posts have been set up across Delhi, and electronic surveillance has been intensified to monitor suspicious activity. A senior police officer said, "Strict vigilance is being maint ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Special Cell team of Delhi Police has busted an international racket involved in the supply of high-quality fake Indian currency notes of Rs 500. The police have arrested a key member of the cartel and recovered fake currency notes worth Rs 4 lakh in the denomination of Rs 500. The police have seized the recovered fake notes and are interrogating the accused to ascertain the truth about other members of the gang. According to the police, the 22-year-old accused, identified as Naushad Alam, is a resident of Bihar's Bettiah. He was involved in the circulation of high-quality Fake ...Read More >