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Actor Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty. Actor Sushant Singh Rajput spent Rs ₹16.80 lakh on his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty during their live-in relationship on his own accord and this expenditure cannot be considered as embezzlement of funds or fraud, the Centre Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said. The actor, who died by suicide in 2020, was in a live-in-relationship with Rhea from April 2018 to June 2020. It was on Sushant's request that his manager Shruti Modi booked tickets for ...Read More >
Sabarimala temple's former administrative officer B Murari Babu has been taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team probing missing gold. Babu, suspended by the Travancore Devaswom Board, is accused in cases involving the disappearance of gold from temple idols and door frames. He allegedly forwarded proposals for electroplating, claiming the gold-clad plates were copper. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the missing gold from the Sabarimala temple has taken former administ ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged voter theft in Aland has written to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, requesting for details such as device ports, IP addresses and OTP trails that were reportedly used for filing 6,018 Form 7 applications for deletion of names from the voters' list of Aland constituency between February 2022 and February 2023. "The SIT is awaiting a reply from the CEO," sources told the TNIE. Even as the SIT is awaiting a response from ...Read More >
Kochi: The Opposition Congress-led UDF stepped up its demand for the resignation of Kerala's temple affairs (devaswom) minister VN Vasavan and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president PS Prasanth in the light of the recent High Court observations in the Sabarimala gold pilferage case. The HC division bench on Tuesday had raised the suspicion that top officials of the TDB may have colluded to conceal the misappropriation of gold from the gold-cladded plates covering the 'Dwarapalaka' (door ...Read More >
Kerala audit flags lapses in Guruvayur Devaswom Board records; BJP seeks CAG probe amid Sabarimala gold theft case. The 2019-2020 Kerala Audit report has highlighted multiple procedural lapses in the maintenance of records by the Guruvayur Devaswom Board. When auditors examined the board's income and expenditure for 2019-20, they found discrepancies, suggesting unscientific budgeting practices. The audit observations come amid ongoing allegations of missing gold from the Sabarimala Temple. The ...Read More >
Mangalore: In a display of rapid response and inter-departmental cooperation, the Mangalore police have successfully apprehended two individuals from Assam believed to be responsible for a string of apartment burglaries in the Lal Bagh Hat Hill vicinity. The suspects, identified as Abhijit Das, 24, and Deba Das, 21, were taken into custody in Bangalore on the morning of October 21, marking a resolution within 20 hours of the initial crime report. The case, officially registered at Urwa Police S ...Read More >
Kochi: The Kerala high court on Tuesday, hearing the suo motu issue of pilferage of gold from the 'Dwarapalaka' sculptures at the Sabarimala temple, directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to extend its investigation to uncover the 'larger conspiracy' involving officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) in suppressing the theft of gold assets since 2019. The division bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar conducted the hearing in-camera, restricting the attendance ...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 >
Thiruvananthapuram: The Tamil Nadu-based man who was arrested for allegedly raping a woman IT employee staying at a hostel room in Kazhakkoottam on Friday committed the crime during a theft attempt, said city police commissioner Thomson Jose on Monday. Meanwhile, the survivor, who is 25 years old, identified the accused, Benjamin, 38, a native of Madurai. Benjamin owns a truck and was the driver of the vehicle too. The crime took place when he arrived at Kazhakkoottam carrying cargo.The probe te ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (PTI) A 24-year-old man accused of stabbing to death a constable in Nizamabad district of Telangana was shot dead on Monday when police opened fire after he allegedly tried to attack them by snatching a pistol from a policeman. Nizamabad Commissioner of Police P Sai Chaitanya told reporters on Monday evening that sounds of breaking glasses and smashing doors was heard by three policemen on duty from the ward in government hospital where Shaik Riaz, accused in the murder of the ...Read More >
Kolkata: Hours after the sensational heist of French crown jewels from the Apollo Gallery in the iconic Louvre Museum in Paris, authorities at the Indian Museum took stock of the security at the largest museum in India by size of collection, which includes various types of jewellery and ornaments. Victoria Memorial Hall, the most-visited museum in the city, will also conduct an audit of the security on Tuesday.Speaking to TOI, Indian Museum director Arijit Dutta Choudhury said he held a meeting ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A bullet was recovered from a passenger at Hyderabad Metro Station here, police said. A 9 mm bullet was found in the bag of a youth at Moosapet Metro Station on Saturday night. The passenger was identified as Mohammed, a native of Bihar, who works in a fabrication unit here. The incident came to light when Mohammed placed his bag for screening before boarding the metro. Security personnel at the station noticed the bullet during the screening of the luggage a ...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 >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after his arrest, the special investigation team (SIT) investigating the Sabarimala gold theft case seized documents and collected evidence from the ancestral home of Unnikrishnan Potti, the first accused, in Karette on Saturday. The SIT also questioned Potti's family members about his financial transactions between 2017 and September 2025, including expenses related to gold, land, house construction, medical treatment, foreign and leisure trips, and bank deposits. Me ...Read More >
Unnikrishnan Potty, who allegedly sponsored gold plating of temple items in 2019, has been arrested from his Thiruvananthapuram residence. This comes after Kerala HC found that the items that Potty allegedly took for gold plating in 2019 had been missing gold. A Special Investigation Team probing alleged misappropriation of gold from the Sabarimala temple Thursday took Unnikrishnan Potty, who had sponsored gold-plating of temple items, into custody. Following directions from the Kerala High Co ...Read More >
* The Andhra Pradesh CID chief has reached Tirumala to probe the 2023 temple theft case * A special CID team has started seizing crucial records related to the Tirumala currency misappropriation * The High Court had ordered the CID to take charge and secure all documents Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Hyderabad: The chief of Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department, Dr Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, arrived in Tirumala today to probe the sensational Tirumala Tirupa ...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: In a shocker, intruders allegedly barged into a hotel in Gurgaon sector 42 where 4-5 cabin crew of Air India were staying on Wednesday (Oct 15) night. They were allegedly threatened to remain silent as they were robbed. Air India says immediately after the same was reported to the airline, the staffers were shifted to another hotel. An AI spokesperson said: "We are deeply concerned by an unfortunate incident of intrusion and theft at a Gurugram hotel where some of our crew colleagues ...Read More >
Gurugram, Oct 17 (PTI) Robbers allegedly stormed a guest house, where trainee women crew members of Air India were staying, in Sector 42 here in the wee hours on Friday. The robbers allegedly threatened to kill them and fled away with their belongings, police said. An FIR has been registered under Section 305 (theft) of the BNS at Sushant Lok police station in this case. An X user named Tarun Shukla shared a purported video of the room where the belongings were scattered. "Gurgaon horror for ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Rs 5 crore in cash, 1.5kg of gold jewellery, 22 luxury watches, keys to an Audi and a Mercedes, 40 litres of imported liquor, and multiple firearms -- these were seized by the CBI during a high-stakes raid that led to the arrest of Ropar Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and a middleman on ThursdayDocuments linked to immovable properties and assets across Punjab were also confiscated, exposing a sprawling alleged bribery network.The arrests came after an iron merchant from Fatehgarh ...Read More >
Bhopal: Police busted a gang involved in the theft of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) from the blood bank of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, by arresting its six members, a senior police officer said on Thursday. According to the police, six accused in the theft case were arrested and 1,123 units of FFP, stolen from the AIIMS, Bhopal, were recovered from them. The FFP is used in manufacturing of biomedical medicines. Police investigation suggested that the gang has so far s ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, was taken into custody by the special investigation team (SIT) for detailed interrogation. The team reached his residence at Pulimath early Thursday morning and took him into custody. He is currently being questioned at an undisclosed location in Thiruvananthapuram. It is not yet clear whether his formal arrest has been recorded, but police sources indicated that it is likely to follow soon.The interroga ...Read More >
Kozhikode: The Kozhikode rural police on Wednesday arrested two men in separate temple theft cases involving stolen cash and gold. In the first incident, Koyilandy police arrested Valiyeduthu Meethal Aneesh (42) for breaking open donation boxes (hundi) at the Veliyannur Theru Ganapathi Temple in Nambrathukara near Koyilandy. According to police, Aneesh broke five hundis in the temple and stole offerings collected since the Navaratri festival. The theft took place in the early hours of Wednesday ...Read More >
T'puram: The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) vigilance wing, probing alleged irregularities in the 2019 gold-plating of the Dwarapalaka idols at Sabarimala Temple, continued questioning Unnikrishnan Potti, the sponsor of the gold plating, for the second consecutive day on Sunday. Potti, who was interrogated for nearly four hours on Saturday, faced another two-hour round of questioning for clarifications. Speaking briefly while leaving the vigilance office, he denied any wrongdoing. "No one can p ...Read More >
Two persons allegedly involved in the September 26 violence in Bareilly were arrested following an encounter in C.B. Ganj area on Wednesday (October 1, 2025), police said, as the crackdown continued on suspected rioters and its support providers. Both the men sustained bullet injuries and are currently under treatment in police custody, a senior officer said. Earlier on Tuesday (September 30), the district chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) Shamsad and one suspect identified as Tajeem wer ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Police to file an updated status report along with an inquiry report into the alleged illegal apprehension and detention of two "minor" boys, who were apprehended in Delhi and later taken to Rajasthan in connection with a theft and trespass case. A bench of Justices Jyoti Singh and Anish Dayal was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by street hawker Kapoori Bai, who alleged that her son, 15 and a relat ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Oct 1 (PTI) Two persons allegedly involved in the September 26 violence in Bareilly were arrested following an encounter in CB Ganj area on Wednesday, police said. Both the men sustained bullet injuries and are currently under treatment in police custody, a senior officer said. "Idrees and Iqbal, originally residents of neighbouring Shahjahanpur district, were actively involved in the violence that erupted in Kotwali area last week, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anurag A ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that while the overall crime rate reduced in Mumbai between 2022 and 2023, it increased considerably in Pune and Nagpur during the same period. The number of crimes registered in Mumbai dropped from 69,289 in 2022 to 44,873 in 2023, while the other metro cities, Pune (12,542 cases in 2023 from 11,074 in 2022) and Nagpur (17,297 cases in 2023 from 12,889 in 2022) witnessed an upward spiral. Although the data show ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Crimes againsts in Telangana dipped by 1.4 per cent, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, 2023, indicated. The crime rate is calculated as crimes per one lakh of population. India registered 27,886 cases of crimes against senior citizens in 2023, a marginal dip from 28,545 in 2022. The majority of the crimes against elderly citizens included forgery, cheating, criminal trespass, and causing simple hurt. Over 600 forgery cases were registered in Telangana, where victims we ...Read More >
Jaipur: Jaipur ranks third in the country for a number of crimes, including murder, theft, sexual harassment, and outraging the modesty of women. The one crime, however, that is a real cause for concern for city cops is cheating.Data released Tuesday by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2023 shows Jaipur registering the highest number of cheating cases in cities across the country - a total of 3,331.The Pink City is followed closely by Bengaluru with 3,109 cases, New Delhi with 2,766 ...Read More >
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