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Three railway police officers in Mumbai were dismissed after extorting a jeweller at Mumbai Central station, highlighting issues of corruption and police misconduct. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsThree Mumbai railway police officers were dismissed for extorting a jeweller at Mumbai Central station.The officers threatened the jeweller with legal action after finding gold and cash in his luggage.The officers failed to follow standard operating procedures during the luggage check.The railway poli ...Read More >
Chabbewal (Punjab), Apr 3 (PTI) SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal announced on Friday that if the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) forms the government in 2027, it will implement a special industrial package for Punjab's Kandi region and establish a Kandi Area Development Ministry. Addressing a rally at Chabbewal, he stated that the package would include power and tax subsidies and that road improvements would involve constructing highways connecting Pathankot to Chandigarh and Amritsar to Anandpur Sahib. ...Read More >
Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Egra Assembly constituency, Dibyendu Adhikari, on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress, alleging that the dignity of women has not been upheld during its tenure in the state. Speaking to ANI, Dibyendu Adhikari said, "During the 15 years of rule in Bengal, the dignity of women has not been upheld... Funds sent by the Government of India end up in the pockets of the TMC. ...Read More >
The encounter took place during a late-night operation based on specific intelligence inputs. Police said Gupta opened fire on the police team, prompting retaliatory action in which he sustained bullet injuries. He has been admitted to a hospital and remains under police custody. Addressing a press conference, Bokaro SP Havinder Singh said, "The operation was part of a broader strategy to dismantle organised extortion networks targeting traders and businessmen. During the Balidih operation, the ...Read More >
Bokaro: Seven persons were arrested after the police busted an extortion racket in Balidih area on Thursday. The gang members were targeting local traders by threatening them in the name of notorious criminals, the police said.Weapons, mobile phones and sim cards were seized in the encounter, while the gang's kingpin Prince Kumar Gupta sustained injuries.Bokaro SP Harvinder Singh said, "The gang members were threatening local businessmen by making calls and sending messages from multiple mobile ...Read More >
Kolkata: In his first ever rally in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's bastion: Bhowanipore, union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday tasked BJP to defeat the Trinamul Congress supremo in her home turf and win 170 seats among 294 in the ensuing Assembly Election in the state. Mr Shah also announced his stay for 15 days in the state during the polls before he led a roadshow near Ms Banerjee's residence at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat and accompanied leader of the opposition and ...Read More >
Bokaro (Jharkhand), Apr 2 (PTI) Seven people were arrested from different parts of Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Thursday for extorting money from traders, police said. Those arrested have been identified as Prince Gupta, Shyam Kumar Singh, Ajay Singh, Bhupendra Singh, Omprakash Pal, Jaynendra Shukla, and Golu Kumar, an official said, adding that arms and ammunition have also been seized from them. The action was taken after police received several complaints from people about getting extorti ...Read More >
The cyber security bureau has advised people not to share personal documents carelessly ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested five for illegally sending SIM cards to Cambodia * Over 600 Indian SIM cards were smuggled since 2023 for cyber fraud activities * SIM cards were used for phishing, fake calls, identity theft, and extortion scams Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The Telangana Cyber Security B ...Read More >
Bokaro: In a major crackdown on organized crime, Jharkhand Police arrested seven operatives linked to the notorious interstate gangs of Aman Sahu and Prince Khan on Thursday. The crackdown effectively dismantled a local extortion ring that had been terrorizing businessmen, contractors, and real estate dealers across the industrial city. The operation took a dramatic turn in the early hours of Thursday. Acting on a disclosure from the gang's mastermind, Prince Kumar Gupta (alias 'Bhatia'), a pol ...Read More >
Moradabad (UP), Apr 2 (PTI) An alleged sharpshooter carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head was killed after an encounter during a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Moradabad police, officials said on Thursday. Ashu alias Monty, a resident of Meerpur Kala village in Hapur district, sustained bullet injuries during the exchange of fire in the Civil Lines area and was rushed to a hospital, they said. Police said the encounter took place near an under-constructi ...Read More >
Bokaro (Jharkhand): In a major crackdown on organised crime in Jharkhand's Bokaro, police have arrested seven operatives linked to the interstate gangs of Aman Sahu and Prince Khan, officials said on Thursday. These gangs are accused of running an extortion network and spreading fear among businessmen, police said. During the operation, the mastermind, Prince Kumar Gupta alias 'Bhatia', sustained a bullet injury in an encounter with the police and has been admitted to Bokaro General Hospital f ...Read More >
A wanted sharpshooter, Ashu alias Monty, was injured in a police encounter in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, after being pursued for attempted murder and extortion, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat organised crime in the region. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsAshu alias Monty, a sharpshooter with a Rs 50,000 reward, was injured in a police encounter in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.Ashu was wanted for attempted murder and allegedly demanding ₹5 crore in extortion from a Moradabad businessman.Polic ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): BJP candidate from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, Suvendu Adhikari, filed his nomination for the West Bengal elections on Thursday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP West Bengal President Samik Bhattacharya were seen accompanying Adhikari during the process. Also Read | 'Couldn't Live With Guilt': Techie Dies by Suicide After 11-Month-Old Son Accidentally Drowns in Bucket in Bengaluru. Suvendu Adhikari is contesting the two-phase West Be ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday raided six locations in Kolkata, including the residence of history-sheeter Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in Ballygunge and that of his close associate Rahul Das, in connection with a land-grabbing case. The agency is investigating a housing scam, focusing on allegations of land grabbing, illegal construction, and extortion. It is alleged that Sona Pappu and his associates ran an extortion racket under the guise of real estate promotion, and that th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal has upheld the Centre's decision to impose a five-year ban on the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and its factions, wings and front organisations. In its order, presiding officer Justice Nelson Sailo held that the outfit's activities are "detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India" and aimed at secession. The Tribunal said there was sufficient material to conclude that the group was engaged in activities amou ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal has upheld the Centre's decision to impose a five-year ban on the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) and its factions, wings and front organisations. In its order, presiding officer Justice Nelson Sailo held that the outfit's activities are "detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India" and aimed at secession. The Tribunal said there was sufficient material to conclude that the group was engaged in activities amou ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 1 (PTI) The TGCSB on Wednesday said it has arrested five people from here and Uttar Pradesh, for supplying over 600 Indian SIM cards to a cyber fraud syndicate operating from Cambodia, which defrauded Indian citizens of crores of rupees. The five cyber criminals were closely associated with the Chinese fraud syndicate in Cambodia wherein the Indian SIM cards were being used for cyber crime like phishing, identity theft, impersonation, and extortion, causing huge losses to Indian ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids on properties associated with Biswajit Podder and others allegedly involved in criminal activities ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal, the agency said. The federal investigative agency recovered arms and Rs 1.2 crore cash from Podder's premises. Podder, also known as Sona Pappu, is a familiar name among gangsters in Kolkata. Ever since he joined the construction business in 2010, Pappu enjoyed political patronage. He cur ...Read More >
Gurugram: Gurugram police arrested five key operatives of a major international cyber fraud network with links to the Philippines and Cambodia. The accused, arrested during raids at Gurugram's U-Block and Chakarpur localities, ran a sophisticated SIM box-based racket used for digital arrest scams. They operated a transnational syndicate that bypassed India's telecom systems to route fraudulent calls and extort victims. Addressing mediapersons, Gurugram Police DCP East Gaurav Rajpurohit said, " ...Read More >
Kolkata/New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday seized about Rs 1.2 crore in cash and a country-made pistol during searches in Kolkata as part of a money laundering investigation against an alleged criminal and his linked syndicate, official sources said. The action is being taken in the case against Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, who is booked in multiple cases of attempted murder and extortion, they said. The ED action has come amid two-phase assembly polls in West ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday seized about Rs 1.2 crore in cash during searches in Kolkata as part of a money laundering investigation against an alleged criminal and linked syndicate, official sources said. The action is being undertaken in the case against Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, booked on charges of attempt to murder and extortion, the sources said. The ED action has come amid two-phase assembly polls in West Bengal which are scheduled to be held ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday raided six locations in Kolkata, including the residence of history-sheeter Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in Ballygunge and that of his close associate Rahul Das, in connection with a land-grabbing case. The agency is investigating a housing scam, focusing on allegations of land grabbing, illegal construction, and extortion. It is alleged that Sona Pappu and his associates ran an extortion racket under the guise of real estate promotion, and that th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Supreme Court advocate and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka, best known for representing 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in their quest for justice, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The move is being seen as a shot in the BJP's arm as it gears up to oust the AAP government from Punjab in the Assembly polls due next year. Phoolka joined the party in the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, BJP national general secretary T ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The western region cyber police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allowing a cyber fraud racket to use his account to divert defrauded money from an Andheri based senior citizen who was cheated of ₹1.54 crore. The victim, a 69-year-old resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was trapped by a cyber criminal who called him in December 2025 and claimed he had been circulating obscene clips for extortion. Officers from the cyber cell said the frauds told the elderly they we ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out coordinated searches at multiple locations across Kolkata in connection with a case involving criminal syndicate activities linked to an alleged criminal Sona Pappu and his associates. ED's Kolkata unit is conducting raids at eight premises, including residential and commercial properties associated with Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Podder, Babu Sona alias Rahul Das, Sun Group, and Jay Kamdar. ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out coordinated searches at multiple locations across Kolkata in connection with a case involving criminal syndicate activities linked to an alleged criminal Sona Pappu and his associates. ED's Kolkata unit is conducting raids at eight premises, including residential and commercial properties associated with Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Podder, Babu Sona alias Rahul Das, Sun Group, and Jay Kamdar. ...Read More >
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Koya Community Youth Wing District President, Ganesh Madavi, on Monday said that people can move freely in the region as Naxalism seems to be on the verge of eradication, making the area safe and secure. Speaking to ANI, Madavi highlighted that Naxalism stayed in the region for nearly four decades, restricting the development there. "Naxalism appears to be on the verge of complete eradication. Compared to the past, the current situation presents a ...Read More >
Imphal: Security forces on Monday carried out a series of coordinated operations across Manipur, arresting three individuals allegedly involved in extortion and linked to proscribed insurgent groups, officials said. In Kakching district, security personnel arrested Mayengbam Amitap Singh (32), also known by the aliases Mukabala and Khaba, from Wabagai Thingel Leikai under the jurisdiction of Hiyanglam Police Station. He has been identified as a self-styled Sergeant Major of the Kangleipak Commu ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The western region cyber police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allowing a cyber fraud racket to use his account to divert defrauded money from an Andheri based senior citizen who was cheated of ₹1.54 crore. The victim, a 69-year-old resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was trapped by a cyber criminal who called him in December 2025 and claimed he had been circulating obscene clips for extortion. Officers from the cyber cell said the frauds told the elderly they wer ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Anti‑Corruption Bureau on Monday arrested Thimmajipet sub‑inspector Chalamalla Hari Prasad Reddy in Nagarkurnool district while allegedly demanding a bribe. Following his arrest, locals celebrated by bursting crackers and burning pots at Ambedkar Square, raising slogans against the tainted officer. According to the ACB, the SI had initially demanded ₹30,000 on March 5 and later accepted a part payment of ₹20,000. On March 12, he allegedly took the bribe from the complainant to re ...Read More >
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