crime investigation

Jammu, March 30 The Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch has filed chargesheets against four accused in three separate cases involving a chit fund fraud, a fake government job racket, and criminal conspiracy in the districts of Jammu and Doda, an official said on Monday.A chargesheet...

Mumbai, March 29 Twenty-seven LPG cylinders, including five that were full, have been stolen from a delivery vehicle in Mumbai, prompting the police to launch an investigation into the case, an official said.The theft at Charkop in Kandivali (West) comes amid concerns about gas supply due to...

Mumbai, March 28 A total of 27 LPG cylinders, including five that were full, were stolen from a delivery vehicle in a western suburb of Mumbai, prompting the police to launch an investigation, an official said on Saturday.The theft at Charkop in Kandivali (West) comes amid allegations of...

New Delhi, March 28 The CBI has arrested an alleged killer of a student who had evaded authorities for over two decades while living under an assumed identity in Nagpur, Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.Durga Bahadur Bhat Chetri, alias Deepak, was apprehended on Friday in connection...

Panaji, March 28 Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar on Saturday claimed that the sex scandal involving the son of a councilor involves more than 100 minor victims, and that the police were initially reluctant to register a case.Soham (20), son of Sushant Naik, a member of the Curchorem Municipal...

Ahmedabad/Surat, March 27 – A key figure in a counterfeit currency racket involving forged Rs 500 notes has been arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch. The investigation, which has expanded to include a network allegedly linked to a self-proclaimed spiritual leader known among associates as...

Patna, March 27 – Three children from a family were brutally murdered in Aurangabad district, Bihar, on Friday, allegedly by their uncle, police said.According to police, the incident occurred in Khuthatan village, under the Haspura police station area, on Friday. The accused – identified as...

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has cracked a black market operation involving the illegal sale of LPG cylinders in the Rohini area of New Delhi. Police have seized 50 illegal LPG cylinders in this case, and have also apprehended a father and son involved in the operation. The police have also...

Agra (UP), March 26 The body of an eight-year-old girl, who had gone missing from outside her house, was found inside a flour drum kept in a room belonging to a tenant here, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred in Siddharth Nagar, in the Tajganj area, when the girl, a Class 1 student...

Hazaribag, March 26 A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the murder of a girl in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said on Thursday.Bishnugarh Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) B N Prasad told

New Delhi, March 26 – A total of 52,494 individuals were arrested under the provisions of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966, related to the unlawful possession of property belonging to Indian Railways during the last five years (2021–2025).Of these, complaints were filed...

Chandigarh, March 26 – In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police have busted an interstate illegal weapons supply module with the arrest of two accused from Uttar Pradesh, recovering 10 7.65mm country-made pistols along with 20 magazines from their possession. This was announced by Director...

Ghaziabad, March 25 A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly shooting dead his wife and his close friend over suspicion of an illicit relationship in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.The accused, Rashid, was arrested by Tronica City police in the evening...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 – The Odisha Police have arrested a man from Kolkata in connection with a multi-crore online investment scam in which a businessman from Cuttack was cheated of over Rs 12.33 crore, a senior Crime Branch official said on Wednesday.The 36-year-old accused, identified as...

New Delhi, March 25 – The Anti-Snatching Cell of the South-West District Police has arrested two alleged snatchers after a sustained operation lasting more than 15 days, officials said on Wednesday. The police also recovered a scooter used in the crime, the clothes worn during the offense, and a...

Ghaziabad (UP), March 25 Police have arrested three more alleged members of a Pakistan-linked espionage network that was sending sensitive information to the neighboring country, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to 21, an official said.The accused include Sameer alias Shooter...

New Delhi, March 24 The government said on Tuesday that no centralized data is maintained on incidents of "hate speech, racial slurs, harassment, and discrimination" against people from the Northeast, while emphasizing that policing and public order fall under the purview of state governments...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 23 Three individuals were arrested and 26 grams of the banned narcotic substance, MDMA, worth approximately Rs 2.5 lakh, were seized during a raid by the City Crime Branch police, the police said on Monday.The raid was conducted in the Pumpwell-Ekkur area here on...

New Delhi, March 23 A 23-year-old domestic helper has been arrested in Jammu for allegedly stealing ₹3.5 lakh from the house of an elderly resident in Mukherjee Nagar, a north-west Delhi area, an official said on Monday.The accused, identified as Tilakram, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, has been...

Chaibasa, March 23 A police constable died after his service rifle discharged "accidentally" in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, an official said on Monday.The deceased, identified as Ajay Kishore Khakha (42), was stationed at the CRPF camp in Palisai. He was a resident of Raidih in...