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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...

Dharamshala (HP), April 7 A resident of Shimla was arrested with 1.25 kilograms of charas and Rs 1 lakh in cash on the Mandi-Pathankot highway in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.According to officials, a police team from the Kandwal police post was conducting...

Sri Vijaya Puram, April 7 A total of 11 Myanmarese poachers have been arrested from a remote location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during a three-day operation that began on April 4, police said on Tuesday.The poachers were apprehended on Nancowry Island in the Nicobar district during...

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...

Gondia, Apr 6 Locals staged a sit-in protest in a village in the Gondia district of Maharashtra on Monday against the police for arresting a protester who was demanding the permanent closure of a liquor shop.Villagers demonstrated at the Amgaon police station following a heated exchange with...

Dehradun, April 6 Another man was arrested in connection with the killing of retired Army Brigadier Mukesh Joshi, who was caught in crossfire between two rival groups in Dehradun, police said on Monday.With this, all 10 accused in the March 30 incident in Johri village have been arrested...

Gurugram, April 6 The Nuh Police has arrested three suspects in three separate cases of creating fake social media profiles to commit cyber fraud, officials said on Monday.The accused were identified as Mursaleem and Javed, residents of Nuh, and Yusuf, a resident of Palwal. They were found in...

Mumbai, April 5 – Police in the Powai area of Mumbai have cracked a major gas cylinder theft racket and arrested three individuals. The main accused, Raj Chandrakant Kamble (45), along with two accomplices, have been taken into custody.A total of 45 gas cylinders and three stolen motorcycles...

Chandigarh, April 5 – The Punjab Police has cracked a cross-border drug smuggling module, arresting two individuals and recovering 4.13 kg of heroin, a top officer said on Sunday.Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that both individuals have prior involvement under the Narcotic Drugs...

New Delhi, April 5 Two members of a so-called "Doodh Chor" (milk thief) gang were arrested after a video purportedly showing the theft of dairy products in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar area surfaced online, police said on Sunday.The accused would follow milk supply vehicles and steal crates...

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...

Giridih, April 4 A man was arrested in the Giridih district of Jharkhand on Saturday for allegedly repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl, resulting in her pregnancy, police said.The 35-year-old man was arrested after the family of the girl, who is four months pregnant, filed a police complaint...

Medininagar, April 3 Police arrested two individuals following a brief encounter in connection with the murder of a businessman in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Friday, an official said.One of the accused, identified as Faiz Khan, sustained two bullet injuries to his legs, he said.The...

Khunti (Jharkhand), April 3 A 64-year-old woman was killed in her sleep, allegedly by a neighbor in the Khunti district of Jharkhand, leading to the arrest of the accused. Police said the incident occurred as a result of a dispute between the two over drinking liquor.According to a police...

Meerut (UP), April 3 In a dramatic turn of events, the wife of a BSF soldier, who was found dead with a gunshot wound at his home in Meerut last week, has been arrested for his murder along with four other people, including her alleged lover.The BSF soldier, Nain Singh, was found dead at his...

Jammu, April 3 Police on Friday apprehended two drug peddlers involved in inter-district trafficking and recovered heroin from their possession during a check in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.A police team, while conducting routine checks at a garage in Chenani...

Ranchi, April 3 Three people have been arrested, and a minor has been detained in connection with the alleged public humiliation of a 28-year-old woman and her minor daughter in Ranchi district, Jharkhand, police said on Friday.The victims were smeared with black paint on their faces and...

Varanasi (UP), April 2 Police in Varanasi on Thursday arrested Himanshu Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha's BHU unit, for allegedly assaulting a student after asking about his caste at Banaras Hindu University, officials said.The Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha is the student wing of the...

Hisar (HR), Apr 2 Police here rescued 13 camels being illegally transported for slaughter and arrested three people on charges of animal cruelty, officials said on Thursday.They said that acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted the truck carrying camels from Rajasthan to Hisar. When...