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Hyderabad, Dec 5 (Maxim News): The Bhavani Nagar Police on Friday arrested four men, including a receiver, in the Rs 40 lakh robbery case reported at Talabkatta on November 30. The police recovered cash of Rs 34.6 lakh along with mobile phones, two-wheelers and a knife used in the offence. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Police said the key suspect, Mohd Zahid, a friend of the victim, Mohd Sultan had tipped off his associates after learning that the complainant had kept a large cash amount for a h ...Read More >
New Delhi: Four wanted criminals were injured in two separate police encounters in the city, officers said. Notorious criminal Kanishk, alias Kuku Pahadi, was shot in the right leg in Mehrauli on the intervening night of Oct 24-25. Police said that at 3.15 am on Saturday, a motorcyclist was signalled to stop but tried to flee, lost control and opened fire at the police team. "Shots were fired at sub-inspector Naveen and head constable Ravinder, who were protected by bulletproof jackets. In self- ...Read More >
New Delhi: At least 10 encounters were reported across the city this month, resulting in the arrest of over a dozen criminals and the death of five, including four members of a Bihar-based gang, police said.During the operations, bulletproof jackets came to the rescue of several policemen. "Sustained crackdown reflects the police's ongoing strategy to target organised crime networks and habitual offenders active in the capital and neighbouring states. In many cases, these criminals had a histor ...Read More >
The police said that a .32 bore pistol and cartridges were recovered from Himanshu's possession. New Delhi: A member of the notorious 'Gala Ghotun Gang' (roughly translated to the chokehold gang) in Delhi was arrested on Saturday night following an encounter with the police. The gangster, identified as Himanshu, was shot in the leg during the encounter with the police near the Badarpur Flyover Park. The police said that a .32 bore pistol and cartridges were recovered from his possession. Ga ...Read More >
New Delhi: Police have apprehended a brother-sister duo linked to Thak-Thak gang for a spate of chain-snatching incidents across south Delhi. The accused, a 24-year-old woman and her 17-year-old brother from Dakshinpuri, were allegedly involved in multiple cases reported from Malviya Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur and Kartavya Path. According to police, the siblings -- nicknamed "Bunty and Babli" -- mostly targeted women walking alone. The minor drove a two-wheeler while his sister, riding pillion, sna ...Read More >
New Delhi: When Ramkesh Meena (32) and Amrita Chauhan (21) met for a job interview at a Noida firm this May, little did they know their lives would be sucked into the vortex of a tornado of events well beyond their control. The chemistry between them was instant, and a quick chat led to a coffee date nearby. Before parting ways, the two exchanged numbers and promised to stay in touch. By August, their whirlwind romance culminated in the couple moving in together to a flat in Delhi. Their relatio ...Read More >
"On October 17, a food delivery agent named Shahnawaz, was robbed near Zamrudpur in Greater Kailash-I around 3.45 am, when he was heading towards Lajpat Nagar for a delivery. "Three men on a motorcycle intercepted Shahnawaz, threatened him with a knife, and took away his mobile phone, Rs 5,000 in cash, and his bike keys before fleeing from the spot," the DCP said. According to the officer, police examined more than 250 CCTV camera footage covering nearly 20 km, and traced the accused to a rent ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to all states and Union Territories regarding incidents of digital arrest scams across the country. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked all the states to furnish details of cyber arrest cases pending for investigation and posted the matter for hearing on November 3. It also contemplated handing over the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and inquired whether the CBI has ...Read More >
Kolkata: A mob of around 50, led by an auto driver, stormed a Sonarpur condominium, forced their way into the fourth-floor flat of customs inspector Pradeep Kumar and repeatedly assaulted him and his wife in front of their terrified four-year-old daughter on the night of Oct 23.Minutes before the assault, Kumar was involved in a brawl with the auto driver, Azizul Gazi, after his SUV grazed the three-wheeler while trying to negotiate a Kali Puja immersion procession, police said.Frantic calls fro ...Read More >
DCP (South-East) of Hyderabad S. Chaitanya Kumar opened fire with his service weapon on a rowdy sheeter involved in mobile phone snatching cases after the suspect allegedly attempted to attack a police constable with a knife at Victory Playground in Chaderghat on Saturday (October 25) evening. The offender sustained bullet injuries to his hand and stomach and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said that around 5 p.m., the DCP and his ...Read More >
Hyderabad: South East Zone DCP S Chaitanya Kumar recounted in his complaint how his armed guard's weapon fell on the road while attempting to apprehend the armed history sheeter, Md Omer Ansari, near Victory's Grounds in Chaderghat on Saturday.In the complaint, the DCP stated that he had retrieved the weapon and fired at Ansari when he attempted to attack the gunman with a knife. According to police, Ansari has been involved in cases of attempted murder, robbery, extortion and illegal arms posse ...Read More >
In a dramatic turn of events in Delhi, police engaged and fatally shot four notorious members of the 'Sigma Gang'. Known for their involvement in a series of murders and extortion schemes in Bihar, these criminals were reportedly gearing up for more illicit activities as the Bihar assembly elections approached. Just weeks ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, police on Thursday gunned down four wanted criminals allegedly involved in multiple cases of murder in Bihar. The operation was carried ...Read More >
The encounter took place late Thursday evening in a jungle area of Bhogi Majra, said police. Police gunned down a wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, and known to be a member of the Sanjeev Jeeva gang, during an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, officials said on Friday. According to a statement issued by the Shamli police, the encounter took place late Thursday evening in a jungle area of Bhogi Majra after Faisal (38) and an accomplice allegedly robbed a couple from Ba ...Read More >
Three men, Karthik, Glen, and Suyoga, were arrested for gang rape and dacoity in Bengaluru. Five men allegedly broke into a woman's flat, assaulted her, and stole cash and phones. The police are searching for the two remaining suspects. In a shocking incident of crime, three men have been arrested following a late-night invasion near Madanayakanahalli that resulted in a horrific gang rape and dacoity. The crime was perpetrated by a gang of five men who allegedly posed as police informants to ga ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Sheikh Riyaz, who had been on the run after allegedly stabbing Nizamabad district police constable Pramod, was finally apprehended on Sunday afternoon in Sarangapur after nearly two days of drama. On Saturday night, Riyaz had a lucky escape from the police dragnet, even though warning shots were fired into the air.Riyaz, a habitual offender and wanted in vehicle theft cases, was caught accidentally. Minutes prior to police laying hands on him, he allegedly attacked another individual ...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 >
Thiruvananthapuram: Judicial first class magistrate court in Ranni on Friday remanded Unnikrishnan Potti, the key accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, to the custody of the special investigation team (SIT) until Oct 30.Potti, who was taken into custody on Thursday from his residence at Pulimath, was subjected to several hours of interrogation at the crime branch headquarters in Eanchakkal before being formally arrested early Friday morning -- marking the first arrest in the case. He was la ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a late-night encounter in the forests near Bhavisa village under Kandhla police station limits in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, notorious gangster Nafis alias Muda, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, was shot dead by the police. Superintendent of Police (SP) Shamli, NP Singh, said amid the ongoing campaign against criminals, all outpost in-charges and station officers intensified night checks. On Friday night, near the Bhavisa outpost, police s ...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 >
New Delhi: Six people, including a woman, have been arrested for holding a 60-year-old woman captive using a toy pistol and robbing her at her residence in central Delhi's Ranjit Nagar. According to police, they received information about a robbery at gunpoint on Oct 5. The complainant, who lives alone, told police she was having tea with two of her house helps around 7 pm when two men forcibly entered the house. The intruders allegedly locked all three inside the bathroom and fled with Rs 5 lak ...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 >
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of incidents of digital arrest scams, where fraudsters impersonate law enforcement agencies or judicial authorities to extort money from citizens, particularly senior citizens, and sought a response from the Centre and the CBI. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi observed that the fabrication of judicial orders bearing forged signatures of the judges strikes at the very foundation of the pub ...Read More >
Sources said that as of now, the two arrested are claiming that it was the third accused who had provided the firearm that had been used in the robbery. The two persons arrested for robbery at a jewellery store in Ghatkopar were college students, police said, adding that they suspect that the accused wanted the money for gaming. The two college students, Tanish Bhaisade and Suraj Yadav, both aged 20, were picked up from a gaming zone by the police and produced before a court on Thursday. The ...Read More >
MUMBAI: A day after three masked college students stormed into a jewellery shop in Ghatkopar, slashed the store owner's throat and fled with gold worth ₹3 lakh, a preliminary probe has revealed that the trio, all in their early 20s, are gaming addicts who allegedly turned to armed robbery to fund their obsession. So far, the police have arrested two suspects, while the third accomplice, who had allegedly procured a pistol for the crime, is still at large. According to the Ghatkopar police, the ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two men, including a wanted criminal, were arrested after a late-night encounter on Bichhor-Indana Road on Tuesday.While Aabid, a resident of Bichhor, is undergoing treatment at Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Medical College in Nalhar after sustaining a bullet injury in his right leg, his associate Zahid Husain of Punhana was also arrested following a brief chase. Punhana CIA team of Nuh police intercepted the duo, who were allegedly on their way to smuggle cows. Punhana DSP Jitender Kumar s ...Read More >
Lucknow, Oct 6 (PTI) A 20-year-old youth addicted to mobile phone gaming allegedly killed his 45-year-old mother in Lucknow after she caught him stealing her jewellery to repay his mounting debts from online betting losses, police said on Monday. The accused, identified as Nikhil Yadav alias Golu, had tried to mislead the police by claiming that he and his mother had been attacked during a robbery at their home, they said. He was arrested from Fatehpur district by a joint team of Lucknow's PGI ...Read More >
Bareilly, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two more accused involved in the Bareilly violence have been arrested during an encounter, Bareilly Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anurag Arya said on Wednesday. He assured that the culprits behind the violence will not be spared and that the investigation is ongoing. SSP Arya said, "Two accused have been arrested during the encounter. They have been sent for medical treatment. Their names are Idris and Iqbal. Idris has around 20 cases registered against ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Crimes in Odisha rose in 2023 in comparison to cases in the previous two years. According to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of crimes in Odisha under Indian Penal Code (IPC) rose to 1,70,022 in 2023. NCRB, under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, also reported a 78% chargesheeting rate in Odisha crime cases for 2023. The corresponding number of crimes in 2021 was 1,24,956 and in 2022 it was 1,43,414. The report went on to specify ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Sep 30 (PTI) More than 8,900 incidents of violent crime were reported in Gujarat in 2023, a little less than the previous year's figure, as per the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The state's rate of violent crimes per lakh of population was almost half of the national rate. A total of 8,976 incidents of violent crime were reported in 2023, a decrease of 39 compared to the 2022 tally of 9,015. The figure translates into 12.5 incidents per lakh population, based ...Read More >
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