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New Delhi: A man was arrested from Krishna Nagar Saturday for allegedly stealing Rs 26 lakh from his father's bank account. He committed the crime out of resentment after the latter handed over the operations of their family parking business at Azadpur Mandi, which the son used to oversee, to his stepbrother, police said.The case came to light when the 68-year-old man visited the bank to update his passbook and found the money missing. He filed a complaint on National Cyber Crime Reporting Porta ...Read More >
Times News NetworkJaipur: In a comprehensive reshuffle of the state's police brass, the govt Wednesday appointed Sachin Mittal as the new commissioner of Jaipur police, continuing the trend of entrusting the city's top post to an officer of additional director general (ADG) rank.Mittal, a 1996-batch IPS officer who was serving as ADG (personnel) at police headquarters (PHQ), replaced Biju George Joseph, who had been holding that office since Aug 2023. In a swap, Joseph has been moved to PHQ to t ...Read More >
Jaipur: Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Sachin Mittal assumed charge as the new Jaipur Police Commissioner from his predecessor Biju George Joseph at an official ceremony held at the Commissionerate Saturday.Outlining his key thrust areas after taking office, Mittal said addressing cybercrime would be his topmost policing priority. "There has been a sharp rise in cybercrime, and the challenge is that its modus operandi keeps evolving. We will make the best use of available resources ...Read More >
Jaipur, Oct 25 (PTI) Newly-appointed Jaipur Police Commissioner Sachin Mittal on Saturday said he would strive to live up to the trust placed in him by the Rajasthan government, describing his assignment as "sensitive and important". Emphasising that cybersecurity is emerging as a major challenge for law-enforcement agencies, Mittal said, "A proposal for the required resources and technology has already been sent to the government. The state had also made announcements in the budget. The police ...Read More >
The Delhi Police discovered the new modus operandi while probing the case. Three people have been arrested so far When Debjani Das Choudhary's phone rang on a humid July morning, she had no reason to suspect anything was amiss. The nursing officer at a government hospital in Delhi answered the call which left her panicking: the caller said her name had allegedly surfaced in the money-laundering case filed against Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal. Within hours, police said, Debjani transferred ...Read More >
New Delhi: Over 200 educational institutions received hoax bomb threat emails on Friday.Delhi Fire Services confirmed that CRPF Public School in Dwarka, Shanti Gyan Niketan Secondary School in Goyla Dairy, and Sant Darshan Public School in Najafgarh were among the schools targeted. Other affected institutions included Blue Bells International School, DPS Dwarka, Modern School Barakhamba, St. Stephen's College, and multiple government and private schools across North, South, and West Delhi. Repor ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Goa for allegedly cheating a woman and her family of Rs 1.10 crore by offering her employment in a fake company. He had also falsely claimed to be associated with Unesco India and installed CCTV cameras to monitor them.The woman, a resident of Dwarka, has filed a complaint through the national cybercrime reporting portal, alleging that she was defrauded by Kunal Satish Helkar, a 24-year-old resident of Pune in Maharashtra, with fake job offers, c ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Karnataka police's special investigation team probing the alleged voter deletion scam in Aland constituency during the 2023 assembly polls has reportedly uncovered evidence of attempts to remove names from the electoral rolls, and identified six suspects.Sleuths said deletions were carried out at a cyber centre in Aland, where operators were allegedly paid Rs 80 per application. SIT sources said they suspect accused paid Rs 4.8 lakh to those who facilitated the deletions. Officials ar ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 22 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to immediately close transport check posts on all roads across the Telangana State and utilise the services of the staff working at the check posts for other official activities, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release. On the Chief Minister's instructions, the State Transport Department issued the orders to implement the government's decision of the closure of check posts ...Read More >
Bengaluru - CrowdStrike released the 2025 APJ eCrime Landscape Report, exposing a thriving Chinese-language underground ecosystem and the rise of AI-enhanced ransomware operations. Despite the Chinese government's internet restrictions and eCrime crackdown, anonymized marketplaces remain central to cybercrime activity across Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). This ecosystem provides a safe haven for Chinese-speaking actors to buy and sell stolen credentials, phishing kits, malware, and money-launderi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday appealed to active Maoists to surrender and join the mainstream, urging them to become partners in the nation's development and participate in the reconstruction of Telangana."Telangana had suffered from Maoist and terrorist activities in the past but the indomitable spirit displayed by (Telangana) police has led to decline in terror and naxal activities in the state in recent times. Many key Maoists have surrendered. I am appealing to all Mao ...Read More >
At a Police Commemoration Day event here, Adityanath laid a wreath at the Reserve Police Lines memorial, as the police band played patriotic tunes to mark the solemn occasion. "We have assembled today to pay homage to all martyred police personnel of the country who sacrificed their lives in service of the nation and demonstrated exemplary devotion to duty," the chief minister said. He noted that among those who made the supreme sacrifice in the past year were three brave police personnel from ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 21 (PTI) Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday made an appeal to Maoists to surrender and join the mainstream to be part of the growth of the country and discharge their duties for reconstruction of Telangana. Addressing the Police Flag Day parade, Reddy said the police department in Telangana has been given a free hand to make the state drug-free. "Maoist activities used to be there in Telangana earlier. But with various measures taken by police, peace prevailed. I am reque ...Read More >
Cuttack: The Odisha DGP, Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, on Thursday said maintaining communal harmony and ensuring the safety of women and children are the top priorities of the State police. Khurania said this while inaugurating the 70th State Police Duty Meet-2025 here at Reserve Police Ground. As many as 282 competitors, 43 K9 warriors (dogs), 43 handlers from 34 police districts of the State are participating in the professional competition to display excellence in policing skills. The meet will ...Read More >
As many as 1,061 stolen and lost mobile phones worth ₹3.2 crore were recovered by the Cyberabad police within 45 days, marking the ninth phase of mobile recovery operations. The phones were traced using the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal and formally handed over to their owners during a ceremony held at the Cyberabad Police Commissioner's Office on Thursday (October 16, 2025). DCP Crimes A. Muthyam Reddy said the recovered devices included 240 from Madhapur, 188 from Balana ...Read More >
A 72-year-old Mumbai businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 58 crore in a 'digital arrest' scam, one of the largest such cyber frauds reported involving an individual. Fraudsters posing as ED and CBI officials intimidated him and his wife via video calls, claiming he was involved in a money laundering case, and pressured him to transfer money to multiple bank accounts over two months. A 72-year-old businessman in Mumbai has allegedly been duped of a staggering Rs 58 crore in a 'digital arrest' s ...Read More >
Chenthamara, the accused in the Pothundy twin murders (file image) Chenthamara, the accused in the sensational Pothundy double murder case, was sentenced on Saturday (October 18, 2025) to double life imprisonment for a previous murder that occurred six years ago at Pothundy in Palakkad, Kerala. Pallakad Additional District and Sessions Court-IV Judge Kenneth George sentenced Chenthamara to a double term in prison and slapped a fine of ₹3.25 lakh for murdering his neighbour Sajitha on August 3 ...Read More >
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has unveiled a strategic plan to set up advanced, globally recognized prisons in each state for fugitives, aiming to enhance the justice system. He proposes revoking the passports of those with Interpol red notices, a move designed to hinder their international travel and mitigate the risk of them evading accountability. New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday suggested the creation of a special prison for fugitives in each state that meets internation ...Read More >
The trio's arrest comes a month after a woman from Kollam, Sujitha G., was arrested in the case; as many as 250 SIM cards, 40 mobile phones, laptops, and debit cards seized from a flat used by the accused The Kochi city cyber police, who are probing a massive cyber fraud in which a city-based pharmaceutical businessman allegedly lost ₹24.76 crore, have arrested three youths from Kozhikode who are suspected to have played a key role in the scam. The arrested are Rahees P.K., 39, of Koduvally, ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and CBI in a suo motu case initiated over digital arrest scams, where cybercriminals impersonating law enforcement officials extort money from people. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, while sending notice to the Centre and CBI, said it was aghast that the fraudsters behind such scams often use forged court orders to trick people into parting with their money. The bench sought assistance of the attorney ge ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad echoed with the sounds of drums and marching commands on Friday morning as 190 officer trainees of the 77th batch of IPS Regular Recruits (RR) graduated after completing 45 weeks of rigorous Phase I training.The chief guest, Border Security Force (BSF) director general Daljit Singh Chawdhary, emphasised the importance of upholding integrity and congratulated the officers for entering a proud legacy of service a ...Read More >
Mumbai: The fraudsters who coerced a couple to pay them Rs 58 crore allegedly kept them under digital arrest for 40 days and used elaborate tactics to convince them that they were under investigation by central agencies. As per the police probe, the money trail leads to China and Cambodia, indicating a transnational cybercrime network. Twenty-seven mule bank accounts were allegedly used to route the funds, which were layered across multiple shell entities before being moved overseas.According to ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested 12 members of a well-organised cybercrime network allegedly involved in digital arrest frauds, fake investment rackets and online romance scams, which defrauded victims of over Rs 2.6 crore, an official said on Friday. The arrests came following a week-long coordinated operation, spanning Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, he said. In one case in south Delhi, an elderly victim was defrauded of Rs 42.49 lakh after fraudsters, posing a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought to know from the ministry of home affairs and CBI what pan-India action was required to unearth cybercrime syndicates extorting money from people, especially senior citizens, by threatening them with digital arrest."We are of the prima facie view that stern action on panIndia basis with coordinated efforts between central (agencies) and state police is required to unearth the full extent of this criminal enterprise involving forgery of judicial documents ...Read More >
New Delhi: The crime branch has dismantled eight cyber crime modules and arrested 12 people from four states in a week-long operation. The accused had conned people of over Rs 2.6 crore in crimes such as digital arrests, romance scams and online investment frauds. Special CP (crime) Devesh Srivastava had tasked the cyber cell to trace the people behind a range of online scams recorded on the national cyber crime portal. A team comprising ACP Anil Sharma and others analysed money trails in variou ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and CBI in a suo motu case initiated over digital arrest scams, where cybercriminals impersonating law enforcement officials extort money from people. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, while sending notice to the Centre and CBI, said it was aghast that the fraudsters behind such scams often use forged court orders to trick people into parting with their money. The bench sought assistance of the attorney ge ...Read More >
Director General of Border Security Force, Daljit Singh Chawdhary, on Friday said that police worked shoulder to shoulder with other security forces during 'Operation Sindoor'. Speaking after reviewing the passing out parade of the 77th (Regular Recruits) batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) here, Chawdhary said in moments of great national challenge, the police do not stand alone. "We have seen this in operation ...Read More >
The office of the additional director general of police, Maharashtra Cyber, serves as the nodal agency for cybersecurity and cybercrime enforcement in the state. Digital arrest frauds, in which organised syndicates impersonate government or law enforcement officials to extort large sums from citizens, have been increasingly prevalent in recent months, with fraudsters mostly targeting senior citizens and duping them of substantial amounts of money. In the latest case, a 72-year-old senior citize ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Daljit Singh Chawdhary, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General, said here on Friday that the police had worked along with the security forces during Operation Sindoor in May. "In moments of great national challenge, the police do not stand alone," he said. "We have seen this in operations like 'Sindoor' where the police worked shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces and the Central armed police forces," he said while addressing the passing out parade of Indian Police Service ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took serious note of the digital arrest of a senior citizen couple, on the basis of forged orders of the apex court and probe agencies by fraudsters to extort Rs 1.05 crore, and issued notice to the Centre, Central Bureau of Inverstigation (CBI) and others after registering a suo motu case relating to digital arrests scams resulting into defrauding of senior citizens of their life savings. The matter came up before a bench comprising Justices Surya Kant an ...Read More >
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