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Kanpur (UP), April 8 The Uttar Pradesh Police claimed on Wednesday to have busted an interstate cyber fraud racket, arresting 19 youths from a village here, officials said.The arrests were made during a search operation by the cyber crime branch and the special operations group (SOG). Based on...

Prayagraj, April 7 The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a woman accused of defrauding a PhD aspirant of over Rs 22 lakh by promising a PhD degree and a position as an assistant professor.Dismissing a writ petition filed by Priyanka Sengar, a division bench comprising...

Noida, April 7 Noida Cyber Crime Police arrested four alleged cyber fraudsters in Sector 76 on Tuesday for duping foreign nationals by posing as "tech support" providers, an officer said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Shavya Goyal said the accused posed as technical support agents...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 7 Police have registered a case against 12 employees for allegedly issuing fake disability certificates to 14 beneficiaries without proper medical examination in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.Additional Superintendent of Police...

New Delhi, April 7 The Delhi Police has busted a fake call centre that allegedly defrauded people by selling fraudulent roadside assistance policies, arresting 12 people, including two owners, an official said on Tuesday.The racket was operating from the Guru Arjun Nagar area. Acting on inputs...

New Delhi, April 6 A threat to blow up a coaching institute in northwest Delhi was foiled with the arrest of a 31-year-old man who allegedly demanded Rs 21 lakh and posed as a gangster, police said on Monday.According to the police, the investigating teams travelled nearly 2,800 kilometres to...

Barwani, April 6 The WhatsApp account of the Barwani district collector in Madhya Pradesh was hacked by unidentified cyber fraudsters who sent messages to her contacts seeking money, officials have said."This is extremely important information. I want to inform all citizens that I have become...

Puducherry, April 6 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday criticized the ruling AINRC-BJP government over alleged manufacturing of counterfeit drugs, asserting that it was not just corruption but a murderous act as spurious drugs were being distributed across the country.Addressing a rally...

Thane, April 6 A case has been registered against three individuals for allegedly defrauding a woman from Thane city in Maharashtra of Rs 16.35 lakh by promising to get her daughter admitted to a prestigious engineering college, police said on Monday.Based on a complaint, the Kapurbawdi police...

Meerut/Bahraich (UP), April 6 – Three individuals have been arrested in Meerut and Bahraich districts, uncovering two separate multi-crore GST fraud rackets worth over Rs 27 crore, officials said on Monday.The accused in Meerut, identified as Wasim Akram alias Monu (38), had amassed input tax...

Mumbai, April 6 – The Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Police has arrested two individuals for allegedly attempting to extort ₹4 lakh from a complainant by using a letter purportedly carrying the forged signature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Monday.The accused were...

Nashik, April 5 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that the leak of call data records in the Ashok Kharat case will be investigated, while the assets of the arrested self-proclaimed godman will be investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.No one has the right to...

Thane, April 5 A family from Thane district in Maharashtra allegedly lost over Rs 1.66 crore to a man who exploited their fear of "black magic," promising them divine remedies through elaborate rituals and pilgrimages, police said on Sunday.The Kasarvadavali police district registered a first...

Thane, April 5 A case has been registered against five individuals for allegedly defrauding a trader from Thane district in Maharashtra of ₹30 lakh by falsely claiming to offer him a dealership in herbal liquor products, police said on Sunday.The trader, in his complaint on Friday, alleged...

Kanpur (UP), April 4 The son of jailed kingpin Vinod Agarwal was arrested for his alleged role in the large-scale codeine-based cough syrup trafficking network, officials said on Saturday.According to police, Shivam Agarwal, a chartered accountant, was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 and had...

New Delhi, April 4 A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Ghaziabad for allegedly cheating a Delhi woman out of over Rs 1.51 lakh by posing as a job applicant, police said on Saturday.The accused, Keshav Kumar Karn, a resident of Ghaziabad's Khoda Colony, was apprehended by a team from the...

New Delhi, April 4 Delhi Police has arrested two men from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly cheating a man here by posing as customer care executives of an e-commerce brand, an official said on Saturday."The case came to light after the complainant, Arvind, purchased an electronic shaver...

New Delhi, April 4 A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in judicial custody for 14 days, in connection with a money laundering case linked to the "fraudulent" acquisition of a Rs 45 crore property in Delhi.Siddiqui was produced before Additional...

Washington, Apr 3 A Chinese national has pleaded guilty in a US federal court to a USD 27 million fraud and money laundering scheme targeting nearly 2,000 victims, involving call centres based in India.Jiandong Chen, also known as "Little Tiger," a Chinese national, is the second defendant...

Thane, April 3 A 46-year-old man has been arrested in the city for allegedly defrauding jewelers, and gold bars worth approximately Rs 2.3 crore were recovered from his possession, police said on Friday.Jeevaram Vani Chaudhary was apprehended by the Crime Branch Unit-1 following an...