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Patna, April 3 – In a major crackdown, a joint team of police and administration carried out a late-evening raid in Sasaram on Friday, uncovering alleged immoral activities operating from two marriage halls and detaining around 50 male and female individuals.According to the circle officer of...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a proclaimed offender and businessman from Rajouri Garden in west Delhi on Friday in connection with a Rs 41 lakh fraud involving a Noida-based bank in 2008, an official said.After the arrest, Davinder Pal Singh was...

Latur, April 3 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a police inspector and a constable for accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 in Udgir, Latur district, Maharashtra, an official said.The accused, inspector Rajkumar Pujari of Udgir Rural police station and constable Rahul Nagargoje, were...

Indore, April 3 Three members of a "honey trap" gang, including two women, were arrested in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly extorting money from a former soldier after threatening to file a rape case against him, a police official said on Friday.One of the women contacted the complainant...

Mumbai, April 3 Activist Anjali Damania alleged on Friday that at least 17 calls were exchanged between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the rape accused, self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, during an unspecified period in the past.Some leaders from the BJP and NCP had also...

Jaipur, April 3 The Rajasthan Police has cracked a cyber fraud racket offering "escort services," which was operating from a remote island near a dam in the Dungarpur district, and has arrested 12 people, officials said on Friday.Acting on a tip-off received by the district cyber cell on...

Chandigarh, April 3 – A trial court in Panchkula, Haryana, on Friday closed the Enforcement Directorate's complaint against Congress leader and two-time Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) regarding the re-allotment of a plot for institutional use at old rates...

Kathmandu, April 3 A Chinese national has been arrested in connection with his alleged involvement in defrauding people through a multi-million rupee cryptocurrency scam, police said on Friday.A police team arrested Zhu Yi-eng, 35, from the capital's Thamel area on Thursday along with details...

Beed, Apr 3 A man was arrested for allegedly stealing a gold ring from a person after promising to show him magic, a Beed police official said on Friday.The incident took place on February 1 when the victim, Bhima Jadhavar, was waiting at the Kaij bus stand to go to Pune for medical treatment...

Beed, Apr 3 Three individuals, including a woman, have been arrested in Beed district, Maharashtra, for allegedly defrauding a man of ₹23.42 lakh by threatening him with "digital arrest," police said on Friday.The police recently arrested the accused, Prasann Ajay Kasat (31), his wife, Swati...

New Delhi, April 3 The Delhi Police has busted a counterfeit toothpaste manufacturing unit operating in the outer Delhi area of Khanjawala and arrested its owner, an official said on Friday.Acting on a tip-off, a team raided a godown in Mahaveer Vihar on Thursday and seized a large quantity of...

Bhopal, April 3 – Politics in Madhya Pradesh has intensified after a Delhi court convicted Datia Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in a 28-year-old cooperative bank fraud case and sentenced him to three years in prison.The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi found Bharti and co-accused Raghuvir Sharan...

Bengaluru, April 3 An FIR has been registered against a man and his accomplices for allegedly defrauding a company of Rs 6 crore by falsely claiming to be associated with an IT company and promising to facilitate CSR funds for its projects, police said on Friday.The crime is said to have taken...

Washington, April 3 – A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to involvement in a $27 million fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted around 2,000 elderly victims across the United States. Investigators have linked the operation to call centres based in India.Jiandong Chen, also known as...

Washington, April 3 The FBI has arrested eight people in California for allegedly defrauding the national healthcare system for over USD 50 million by operating "sham hospice care facilities".The FBI action was undertaken in coordination with the Vice President J D Vance-led Task Force to...

Ahmedabad, April 2 – The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has uncovered a network of bank accounts linked to at least 41 cyber fraud complaints across India, and has arrested six individuals accused of facilitating financial transactions for a wider cryptocurrency scam syndicate.The arrests...

Indore, April 2 A case of fraud has been registered against seven customers from Indore who are associated with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), for allegedly misusing more than Rs 5.7 crore that was wrongly deposited in their digital wallets, police said on Thursday.Police are...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti and a former bank employee to three years in prison in a fraud case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011.Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh...

Gurugram, April 1 Gurugram police said on Wednesday that they had busted a cyber fraud racket with links to the Philippines and Cambodia and arrested five people for using and delivering illegal SIM boxes.These devices, also known as GSM gateways, are primarily used to hold several SIM cards...

New Delhi, April 1 Two Delhi Police personnel were suspended and arrested for allegedly robbing a businessman from Uttar Pradesh of Rs 8.4 lakh near Ajmal Khan Park in central Delhi, police said on Wednesday.The accused, sub-inspector Mahavir and constable Vicky, posted at Desh Bandhu Gupta...