Mumbai: Police have registered a case against a man who allegedly cheated a woman out of gold jewellery worth around Rs 10 lakh by posing as a practitioner of black magic rituals, officials said on Saturday. According to the Vile Parle police, the accused, identified as Ramchandra Sutar, convinced the woman that her family was…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has busted two fake call centres in Andheri (East) and arrested nine people for allegedly cheating American citizens by posing as officials of a major online shopping company and the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Police said they received intelligence on December 9 about the centres operating out of two…
New Delhi: A 27-year-old law student from Delhi University was allegedly stabbed to death after a dispute with relatives in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Friday morning, police said. The incident took place around 11.30 am, when police received a PCR call reporting a violent altercation. Responding officers found the victim, identified as Md Irshad,…
Bengaluru: In a major breakthrough against inter-state smuggling, Bengaluru Police have seized red sandalwood worth Rs 1.75 crore and arrested five individuals involved in transporting the logs. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, police teams intercepted vehicles carrying the illegal timber in the Hulimavu and RT Nagar police station limits. The consignments were being smuggled in…
New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested a 23-year-old man accused of raping and brutally murdering a mentally challenged woman in Adarsh Nagar. The police described the suspect, identified as Salman alias Bona, as a “psycho killer” due to the extreme brutality of the crime. According to officials, Salman was tracked down and arrested from Vedach…
Nagpur: A 33-year-old man was murdered in Nagpur allegedly after he refused to share his cigarette lighter with a group of unidentified assailants, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday evening in the Bina Sangam area under the jurisdiction of Khaparkheda police station. The victim has been identified as Sushilkumar Gedam, officials confirmed….
New Delhi: A 20-year-old factory worker has been arrested for allegedly murdering an 11-year-old girl who had gone to his workplace in north Delhi’s Wazirabad to collect pending tiffin payment, police said on Saturday. Investigators suspect the child may have been sexually assaulted, though confirmation awaits the post-mortem report. According to police, the girl was…
Chandigarh: A 23-year-old woman, Sapna, was allegedly shot dead by her brother and his associates at her in-laws’ home in Kahni village under Sadar police station on Wednesday night, in what police say is a clear case of honour killing. Her brother-in-law, Sahil, suffered bullet injuries while trying to stop the attackers and is currently…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of a vast international cyber-slavery and human-trafficking racket linked to Chinese crime syndicates operating out of Myanmar and Cambodia. Deputy chief minister and Home minister Harsh Sanghavi announced on Tuesday that the accused, Nilesh Purohit, also known as Neel or “The Ghost”, was taken into custody by…
Thiruvananthapuram: A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death in a shocking incident near Thycaud on Monday evening, triggering widespread concern across the Kerala capital. The victim, Alan, a resident of Rajaji Nagar, was fatally injured during a clash behind the Thycaud temple around 6 pm. He was rushed to the Thiruvananthapuram General Hospital on a…
