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Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A 32-year-old inter-state thief was arrested after hiding inside a pond for nearly five hours while trying to escape from police in Jabalpur on Wednesday. He was hiding from the Railway Protection Force near Sihora Railway Station. According to information, the incident happened early on April 6 when RPF staff noticed a suspicious man getting down from Train No. 11753 around 4:50 am. He allegedly tried to steal a woman's purse inside the train and then ran away from ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have busted multiple inter-state cyber and financial fraud syndicates, including a racket that duped an NRI in a fake air ticket booking scam, as part of a major crackdown under Operation Cy-Hawk-04 in the South-West district.The large-scale operation, led by the Cyber Police Station with support from district units, resulted in the arrest of 113 accused across 57 cases. Investigators linked 303 complaints registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) to m ...Read More >
New Delhi: Under Operation CyHawk 4.0, Delhi Police have uncovered a major network in what is their largest coordinated crackdown on cybercrime to date. Mohammad Javed, son of the owner of the popular food chain 'Khan Chacha', has been arrested. The case centres on a mule bank account used in a "digital arrest" scam. Police said an ICICI Bank account was operated under the name 'Saleem Javed - Rule the Rolls Since 1960', allegedly linked to 'Khan Chacha' in Khan Market. Fraud amounting to appro ...Read More >
Khan Chacha was founded in Delhi in 1972. New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested the son of the founder of the popular restaurant chain, Khan Chacha, for allegedly facilitating cyber fraud by allowing fraudsters to use his bank account for channelling proceeds of crime. The police arrested Mohammad Javed and 'bound down' Khan Chacha director Mohammad Salim for allegedly allowing cyber thugs to use the bank account as a mule account to process money extorted from victims of the digi ...Read More >
Delhi Police CyHawk 4.0 detains 8371, arrests over 1400 in major cyber fraud crackdown, exposes Rs 519 crore scams with global links, seizes key evidence and freezes funds In one of its largest-ever crackdowns on cybercrime, the Delhi Police launched a massive, coordinated operation across the national capital, detaining thousands of suspects and uncovering fraud networks linked to scams worth over Rs 519 crore nationwide. The operation, dubbed "CyHawk 4.0," involved simultaneous raids across ...Read More >
Delhi Police have successfully shut down a fake call centre operating from Pitampura, arresting 19 individuals for their involvement in a sophisticated loan and insurance fraud targeting people across the country. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsDelhi Police busted a fake call centre in Pitampura, arresting 19 people involved in a loan and insurance scam.The scammers posed as finance company representatives, luring victims with loan offers and insurance schemes.Victims were tricked into paying p ...Read More >
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Gautam rejected the bail plea of teenager Abuzar Gaffari, who has been accused of committing offences under Sections 318 , 112 , 317 , 49 , and 3 of the BNS, along with Section 66 of the Information Technology Act. "This court is of the view that the role attributed to the applicant is not peripheral. Economic offences involving organised cyber fraud have serious ramifications on society and financial systems, and are required to be dealt with strictly," th ...Read More >
Jabalpur (MP), Apr 8 (PTI) A 42-year-old man hailing from Uttar Pradesh, wanted in several cases of thefts on trains, has been arrested in the district after a five-hour operation involving an anxious wait on the edge of a pond, police said on Wednesday. Harvinder Singh (42) alias Sunny allegedly tried to steal a woman's purse in an AC coach of the Rewa-Itwari Express in the wee hours of Monday when it was passing through Jabalpur district, said a Railway Protection Force (RPF) official. He wa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested over 600 people and rounded up more than 8,300 suspects during its Operation CyHawk 4.0, a large-scale crackdown on cybercrime conducted on April 6 and 7, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police officer said the son of a Delhi-based eatery chain owner is also among arrestees. "Due to losses in business, the son of the famous eater chain's owner provided his bank account to move proceeds of cybercrime on a commission basis, where he rece ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): In one of the largest coordinated operations against cybercrime in recent years, Delhi Police have dealt a significant blow to online fraudsters operating from the national capital under a city-wide crackdown named Operation CyHawk. As per the release, conceived and directed by Commissioner of Police Satish Golchha, IPS, the operation marked a decisive shift from reactive measures to dismantling the entire cybercrime ecosystem. The month-long intelligence gathe ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have recovered a total of 220 mobile phones worth Rs. 20 lakh which were either lost or stolen by conducting special drives. Disclosing this at a press meet yesterday, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar said that the mobile phones were handed over to 197 owners after they produced relevant documents. The City Police Commissioner said that if a mobile phone is stolen or lost, the phone owner should log on to https://ceir.sancharsaathi.gov.in, enter the m ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In a major breakthrough, the cyber crime branch police on Tuesday busted a fake SIM card racket and arrested two PoS (point of sale) agents involved in issuing hundreds of fraudulent connections. Police officials said the accused used a single individual's photograph to activate nearly 246 SIM cards, which were registered under different names and addresses. Officials suspect these SIM cards may have been used in cyber crimes. Additional DCP (crime) Shailendra Singh Ch ...Read More >
During the investigation, police uncovered a well-organised network operating across multiple states with links to international cyber fraud syndicates, particularly in Cambodia. "We have so far identified over 260 bank accounts linked to more than 100 fictitious companies used to channel the proceeds of crime. The total number of complaints linked to the syndicate stands at 2,567," police said. The key accused, Karan Kajaria, was apprehended at Kolkata airport on April 3 after a Look Out Circ ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) A 28-year-old man has been arrested from Ghaziabad for allegedly cheating a Delhi woman of more than Rs 1.51 lakh on the pretext of filing a job application, police said on Saturday. Accused Keshav Kumar Karn, a resident of Ghaziabad's Khoda Colony, was apprehended by a team from the Cyber police station in Shahdara district. A mobile phone and a SIM card were recovered from his possession, officials said. According to police, the case was registered on November 13, 2025 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3: For millions of Indians travelling abroad each year, one of the first challenges after landing has nothing to do with immigration queues or luggage belts. It is the scramble for mobile connectivity -- navigating unfamiliar telecom stores, paying steep roaming charges, or going without data until hotel Wi-Fi becomes available. A rapidly maturing technology is now poised to make that experience obsolete. Also Read | Airline Seat Policy Rollback: Govt Suspends 60% Free ...Read More >
New Delhi - Reliance Jio continues to lead India's telecom subscriber growth, adding 1.6 million users in January 2026, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) continues to struggle with subscriber losses, according to a report by JM Financial. Bharti Airtel also saw gains, adding 1.2 million subscribers during the same period, while Bharat Sanchar Nigam added 0.4 million. The overall net wireless subscriber additions for the Indian telecom industry - excluding machine-to-machine (M2M) subscribers and 5G fixe ...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 >
Hyderabad: In a major breakthrough, the Telangana cyber fraud racket busted involving SIM cards smuggled to Cambodia has exposed a large international network targeting Indian citizens. The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested five members of the gang who were allegedly involved in sending Indian SIM cards abroad to carry out cyber frauds worth crores. The operation began on March 31 at Shamshabad Airport, where officials intercepted a suspect trying to board a flight. This incident led to ...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 >
New Delhi: Communication service apps need to report compliance with SIM-binding rules by December 31, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Telecom, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, said that the web services of mobile apps are required to be logged out on the basis of risk-based analysis, and the government has not specified any time period for the log out. "The government has issued directions to certain app-based communication service pro ...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 >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Communication service apps need to report compliance with SIM-binding rules by December 31, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Telecom, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, said that the web services of mobile apps are required to be logged out on the basis of risk-based analysis, and the government has not specified any time period for the log out. "The government has issued directions to certain app-based communicatio ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a major crackdown, a gang involved in the illegal supply of Indian SIM cards to cybercrime networks operating out of Cambodia has been busted in Telangana. Five persons have been arrested for the crime, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) officials said on Wednesday. The gang had allegedly smuggled over 600 SIM cards to foreign countries since 2023, they said. According to TGCSB Director Shikha Goel, the prime accused, Rizwan (29), was arrested from Uttar Pradesh. The othe ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A cyber fraud module operating an illegal SIM box network -- with links to the Philippines and Cambodia -- has been busted in the city.Five people have been arrested during the last two weeks, police said on Wednesday, adding that the accused were nabbed from different locations, including Gurgaon, Kasganj, Ahmedabad and Jalgaon.Investigators said the equipment -- SIM boxes (GSM gateways) -- was used for routing and diverting calls over the internet, masking the origin of calls and enab ...Read More >
Mumbai: Top private sector banks and telecom companies are replacing one-time passwords (OTPs) and are jointly developing a 'silent authentication mechanism'-a background check that verifies whether the mobile number linked to a banking app matches the SIM currently active on the device. If a discrepancy is detected, the transaction can be flagged or blocked in real time without any action required from the customer. The technology will also be extended to eSIM environments. This additional lay ...Read More >
Kanpur (UP), Apr 1 (PTI) The probe into an alleged illegal kidney transplant racket in Kanpur has intensified, with police issuing lookout notices against four key accused doctors and expanding the investigation into a suspected multi-city network, a senior official said on Wednesday. Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said lookout notices are being initiated against four doctors -- Rohit alias Rahul, Anurag alias Amit, Afzal and Vaibhav -- who are currently absconding and are believed to be cent ...Read More >
Kanpur (UP), Apr 1 (PTI) The probe into an alleged illegal kidney transplant racket in Kanpur has intensified, with police issuing lookout notices against four key accused doctors and expanding the investigation into a suspected multi-city network, a senior official said on Wednesday. Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said lookout notices are being initiated against four doctors -- Rohit alias Rahul, Anurag alias Amit, Afzal and Vaibhav -- who are currently absconding and are believed to be cent ...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 >
Gurugram, Apr 1 (PTI) Gurugram police said on Wednesday they have busted a cyber-fraud racket with links to the Philippines and Cambodia and arrested five people for using and delivering illegal SIM boxes. The devices -- also known as GSM gateways -- are primarily used to hold several SIM cards and make international calls appear as domestic. The SIM boxes were supplied through the China-Nepal-Bihar route and used to commit cybercrimes, including call diversion, police said. A recovery of 13 ...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 >
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