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Gurugram, March 30 Gurugram Police on Monday arrested a person for illegally setting up a slum with at least 150 huts on government land in Sector 53 and housing residents there, collecting money from them, officials said.An official from Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) filed a...

Mumbai, March 30 A 69-year-old man was cheated of Rs 1.57 crore in a cyber fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.The victim, a resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was tricked by a cyber criminal who contacted him in December last year and claimed that he was...

New Delhi, March 30 – Security agencies are closely monitoring a growing network of social media accounts allegedly operated by gangsters linked to Khalistan, who are increasingly using displays of wealth and luxury to attract young recruits in Punjab and Haryana.According to officials, these...

Malappuram (Kerala), March 30 A man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort money from a relative of IUML state president Sayyid Sadikkali Shihab Thangal by threatening to circulate defamatory images of the leader online in Perinthalmanna, police said on Monday.The accused...

Jammu, March 29 A resident of Haryana, who was among the five accused recently arrested in a case of job fraud and extortion, died after allegedly complaining of severe stomach pain while at a police station on Sunday, an official said.The police have initiated an inquest into the incident...

New Delhi, March 29 Delhi Police has busted a gang of fake loan recovery agents operating a sophisticated extortion racket on the side of the road in east Delhi, and has arrested four people, an officer said on Sunday.The accused allegedly used a mobile application to identify vehicles with...

New Delhi, March 29 A shooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Goldy Brar-Virender Charan gang has been arrested from the Sainik Vihar area of Delhi, with a pistol and ammunition recovered from his possession, police said on Sunday.The accused, Deepak Kumar alias Dilawar (26), a native of Unnao...

New Delhi, March 29 – The Delhi Police have arrested a shooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Goldy Brar-Virender Charan gang and recovered a loaded semi-automatic pistol from his hideout in the national capital, officials said.The accused has been identified as Deepak, also known as Dilawar...

Bareilly (UP), March 28 The son of a petrol pump owner and his three associates have been arrested for allegedly illegally entering a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) depot in Aonla in the Bareilly district and threatening its official after he refused their demand for more fuel...

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...

Mumbai, March 28 Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Saturday demanded the death penalty for self-proclaimed religious figure Ashok Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman over the past three years.Kharat has been named...

Mumbai, March 28 Police have registered a case against Amit Ghawate, zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, in connection with the suicide of Gurunath Chichkar, a builder based in Navi Mumbai and father of a drug syndicate "kingpin" who was deported from Malaysia last year, an official...

New Delhi, March 28 – The Counter-Intelligence Unit of the Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested two shooters belonging to the Himanshu Bhau gang from Maharashtra. Both accused were also wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and had been involved in a series of brazen criminal...

New Delhi, March 28 With Jaish-e-Mohammad largely in a subdued state, its operatives within India have been instructed to find new ways to raise funds for operations in Jammu and Kashmir.Jaish-e-Mohammad was one of the most severely affected terrorist groups during Operation Clean Sweep. Not...

Quetta, March 28 – The Balochistan Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks targeting telecommunications infrastructure and a Frontier Corps (FC) post across Balochistan, reportedly resulting in casualties among security personnel and significant material...

Mumbai, March 28 – Two Mumbai Police constables have been arrested on charges of kidnapping and robbery, which took place in a "filmy" style from Juhu to Dahisar, the Mumbai Police said on Saturday. The accused allegedly stole $10,000 from a delivery executive, while three other accomplices are...

New Delhi, March 28 Two alleged members of the notorious Himanshu Bhau gang were arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police from Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.The accused, Lakshya and Neeraj, were wanted in multiple criminal cases, including a firing incident in Delhi carried...

Chandigarh, March 27 The "Gangstran Te Vaar" campaign launched by the Punjab Police to make the state free of gangsters, has resulted in the blocking of 643 social media pages that glorify weapons, said the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), on Friday.The...

Jammu, March 27 Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed on Friday to have busted a job fraud and extortion racket, arresting five people, recovering Rs 34 lakhs, and rescuing two victims from captivity at a hotel in Kolkata.Superintendent of Police, Jammu city south, Ajay Sharma, said the group was...

Mumbai, March 27 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, has received more than 50 calls in the last five days reporting crimes allegedly committed by him or providing related information, officials said on Friday.Kharat...