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Nashik, March 26 Police have filed a fresh case against arrested self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat after a Pune-based businessman accused him of cheating him out of Rs 6 crore by promising to help him start a logistics business abroad, officials said on Thursday.The complainant alleged that...

Thane, March 26 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a businessman of lakhs of rupees by promising to arrange a ₹50 crore investment in his company, police said on Thursday.Vinod Yadav alias Baba Yadav and Dilip Mamtora, along with another individual, allegedly provided...

Jaipur, March 26 – A roadside potter who received a staggering tax notice of nearly Rs 9 crore from the Income Tax Department last year is once again in extreme distress, as the department has issued another staggering tax demand of nearly Rs 9 crore from the poor man, leaving his family in...

New Delhi, March 26 Delhi Police have arrested a 44-year-old woman and her associate for allegedly running a honey-trap and extortion racket by filing multiple criminal cases to pressure victims into monetary settlements, an official said on Thursday.The accused woman, a resident of Daryaganj...

New Delhi, March 26 The CBI has conducted searches at the residences of two former directors of Reliance Telecom and the company office after registering an FIR against them in connection with an alleged fraud of Rs 114.98 crore in State Bank of India, officials said on Thursday."The Central...

Taipei, March 26. Reports of Taiwanese citizens going missing, being arrested or questioned, or having their personal freedoms restricted in China have reached 313 since January 2024, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) revealed in a report, according to local media on Thursday.Of the 313 cases...

New Delhi, March 26 The London High Court relied on the "quality of assurances" given by the Government of India in its note verbale while rejecting fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi's petition to reopen his case against extradition, officials said.Modi, who is wanted in India in connection...

New Delhi, March 26 – Following an advisory issued by the Union Home Ministry regarding individuals attempting to promote radicalization in the event of a war in Iran, the Intelligence Bureau has now raised an alert against a charity scam.Several groups have emerged, collecting donations in...

Amaravati, March 26 The Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) has arrested two individuals linked to a large-scale fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) racket as part of an intensified crackdown on organized GST evasion.The arrests were made by DGGI's Visakhapatnam Zonal...

Srinagar, March 26 – The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch said on Thursday that it was conducting house searches in connection with a fraud case during the Covid period, in which large sums of money were misappropriated.A statement from the Crime Branch said that the Economic Offences Wing...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 Odisha Police have arrested a man from West Bengal for his alleged involvement in an online investment fraud case involving ₹12.33 crore, a senior officer said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Rahul Jaiswal (36), a resident of Kolkata, was arrested based on a...

Mumbai, March 25 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ridiculed claims made by alleged con artists, including self-proclaimed astrologer Ashok Kharat, on Wednesday, saying that if black magic actually worked, the world would look very different."If problems could truly be solved...

Gurugram, March 25 The Gurugram Police have arrested the wife of a yoga teacher after she was caught red-handed allegedly taking Rs 1 lakh from a woman who was blackmailed by the couple for the last three years, officials said.The yoga teacher was accused of having an intimate relationship...

Kurukshetra, March 25 A 44-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after being harassed by visa agents who allegedly took a large sum of money from her under the promise of sending her son abroad, police said on Wednesday.Malkit Kaur lived in a village near Kurukshetra and had been under...

Guwahati, March 25 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately ₹55.33 lakh in connection with a large-scale fraud linked to the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme in Assam...

New Delhi/Aizawl, March 25 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 21.65 crore belonging to several car dealers and individuals in connection with a fake vehicle loan fraud involving Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services...

New Delhi, March 25 The Delhi Police has arrested six suspects linked to multiple interstate cybercrime syndicates allegedly involved in "digital fraud," fake IPO and trading scams, uncovering a scheme involving around ₹10.6 crore related to 89 complaints, an official said on Wednesday.The...

Ranchi, March 25 The Jharkhand CID has arrested a man from Darbhanga in Bihar for allegedly extorting over Rs 10 lakh from an elderly person, after placing him under "digital arrest," officials said on Wednesday.The accused, posing as officials from law enforcement agencies, "intimidated and...

Hyderabad, March 25 A 46-year-old man, who was posing as a dentist and allegedly running an illegal clinic here for the past 14 years, was arrested, police said on Wednesday.The accused, who claims to have completed an intermediate course, was found running the dental clinic without a BDS...

Latur, March 25 A man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer to cheat people in Latur district, Maharashtra, by claiming to help recover stolen property, officials said.The accused reportedly tracked theft cases in newspapers, used fake documents and a purported UPSC...