cybercrime

Hyderabad, March 4 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday night and urged him to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state in view of its growing administrative and security needs.The two leaders also discussed the...

New Delhi/Hyderabad, March 4 Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday and briefed him on the recent surrender of several Maoist leaders in the state.The Chief Minister, accompanied by Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy and...

Srinagar, March 4 – Police in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, announced on Wednesday that they had registered FIRs against MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and former mayor, Junaid Azim Mattu, for "spreading misleading content online."The police stated, "Acting on credible information regarding the...

Gandhinagar, March 3 – The State Cyber Crime Cell of the CID in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, has busted an inter-state cyber fraud racket allegedly responsible for cheating victims for over ₹39.41 crore, officials said on Tuesday.Two men, identified as Amit Gangera, a hair salon operator, and...

Srinagar, March 3 Several places erupted in mass protests in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in solidarity with the Iranians and condemning the killing of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha directed officials to be on high alert and chaired a meeting of top...

New Delhi, March 3: Investigations into several drug cases in India, especially in the South, are increasingly being linked to cartels based in Thailand. While Thailand itself is a major market in terms of consumption, there are various cartels that are operating in India.Investigators have...

New Delhi, March 3 The Delhi Police has taken cognizance of a complaint filed by a defense entrepreneur alleging fresh death threats from an international extortion network and has referred it to the Special Cell, an official said on Tuesday.According to a written complaint submitted at the...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police on Monday seized 12 illegal SIM boxes along with over 100 SIM cards and detained two persons allegedly involved in the racket, officials said.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a special team of the commissionerate police...

Rajkot, March 2 Reporting cybercrime incidents as early as possible can ensure swift intervention, significantly increasing the chances of recovering the defrauded money, Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) K L N Rao has said.Rao chaired a high-level crime conference in Rajkot on Sunday...

New Delhi, March 1 The Delhi Police has arrested 27 men in connection with cyber fraud cases involving more than Rs 1.5 crore, from 11 states, following a week-long pan-India operation, an official said on Sunday.According to the police, the accused were involved in at least 10 major cyber...

London, March 1 An elderly Indian-origin couple from Leicester, who were swindled out of a significant portion of their savings when they booked a flight to Ahmedabad only to discover the tickets were fake, are sharing their experience as a cautionary tale for others.Dinesh, 80, and Shashikala...

Noida (UP), February 28 – A tragic and disturbing incident has come to light from the Phase 3 police station area of Noida in Uttar Pradesh. A 19-year-old woman is alleged to have committed suicide after being subjected to continuous blackmail and threats of having objectionable videos and...

Shivamogga (Karnataka), February 27 Three individuals have been arrested in connection with cyber fraud cases involving over Rs 82 crore and 352 complaints registered nationwide, police said here on Friday.The accused have been booked by the cybercrime police station under Section 66(D) of the...

New Delhi, February 27 The Delhi Police has arrested a 30-year-old cyber fraudster, alleged to be involved in multiple cases across states, for duping a city resident of Rs 6 lakh by posing as a KYC official, officials said on Friday.Bimal Rabidas, a resident of Dhanbad in Jharkhand, was...

Gandhinagar, February 27 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Friday that forensic science is a shield that protects the integrity of justice against both technical deception and informational distortions.He was speaking at the 4th Convocation of the National Forensic Sciences University...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 27 A court in Ganjam, Odisha, has issued a notice to a man, allegedly for the attachment of his property acquired through operating mule bank accounts to aid cybercriminals, police said on Friday.The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Khallikote, issued a...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 – The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has arrested a 31-year-old cybercriminal from Bihar for his alleged involvement in a Rs 2.06 crore investment fraud case, a senior police official informed on Friday.The accused, identified as Prins Raj of Ratanapur in Begusarai...

New Delhi, February 27 The Delhi Police have arrested two brothers for allegedly defrauding a woman from Rohini by fraudulently transferring her mobile number and misusing her credit card details, according to a statement released by the police on Friday.The accused have been identified as...

New Delhi, February 27 The Delhi Police has arrested a 22-year-old woman suspected of arranging mule bank accounts for an alleged interstate cybercrime network, and recovered dozens of ATM cards, cheque books, and electronic devices from her possession, an official said on Friday.The accused...

Kochi, February 27 Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala accused the Chief Minister's Office on Friday of leaking the personal details of over one crore people in Kerala, including lakhs of women registered under the Stree Suraksha scheme, to a private agency for election-related purposes...