Mumbai, March 31 – In a shocking case of cyber fraud, a 69-year-old retired senior officer from the DN Nagar area of Andheri in Mumbai was subjected to "digital arrest" for 25 days and defrauded of ₹1.57 crore by cybercriminals posing as police and court officials. The accused even staged a mock...
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...
New Delhi, March 21 A 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly staging a fake police arrest of two brothers in west Delhi, who were kidnapped and robbed of Rs 40 lakh in cash and other valuables, police said on Saturday.The arrested man, identified as Harish Sharma alias Rinku, was...
Janjgir-Champa, March 14 A 25-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh after receiving a threatening phone call from a man posing as a police officer, an official said on Sunday.The victim was identified as Sanat Kumar Kashyap, who worked at a...
Thane, March 11 A 64-year-old resident of Thane has allegedly been cheated of Rs 1.56 crore by a group of cyber fraudsters who placed him under "digital arrest" for almost a month after posing as police personnel, officials said on Wednesday.The fraudsters sent him multiple forged documents...
Thane, March 4 Police have arrested eight individuals for allegedly robbing a man from Pune of Rs 5 lakh by posing as police officers near a railway station in Kalyan, Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Wednesday.The incident occurred last week, they said.Assistant...
Singapore, February 27 A Malaysian man of Indian origin was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after deceiving her into believing that he was a police officer.Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on...
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New Delhi, February 26 – An elderly couple was robbed of approximately Rs 4 lakh and some valuables when three men, allegedly posing as officials, conducted an "ED raid" at their residence in New Friends Colony, southeast Delhi, according to police on Thursday.During the investigation, the...
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Mumbai, February 24 – Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, appealed to citizens on Tuesday not to respond to any video call about a "digital arrest," as it is non-existent and there is no legal provision for such an arrest.Scammers impersonating police or CBI...
Lucknow, February 17 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a couple in Lucknow of Rs 90 lakh by posing as Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officers and placing them under "digital arrest," police said on Tuesday.According to a police statement, a complainant reported that on...
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Thane, February 10 The Thane city police registered 11,965 crime cases in 2025, maintaining an overall detection rate of 78.8 per cent, the same as the previous year, according to official statistics.Kidnapping cases remained a major concern, with 1,291 incidents reported. The police solved...