Category: Crime

Ballia: A suspected livestock smuggler was apprehended after being injured in a shootout with police here, authorities said Thursday. The shooting broke out late Wednesday night in the Sikandarpur region of Ballia district. Additional Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Shukla stated that a police squad was conducting inspections along a route going to the river […]

New Delhi: Southwest District’s Cyber Police Station dismantled a sophisticated interstate cyber fraud syndicate on Monday, arresting three key operatives who duped unemployed youth with fake overseas job offers. The gang had swindled Rs 1.80 lakh from a victim through mule bank accounts, with members hailing from Gujarat, West Bengal, and Haryana—including an assistant bank […]

Deoria: Police nabbed a wanted criminal with a Rs 25,000 reward during an encounter in Deoria district on Tuesday, according to police. The culprit, Govind Kumar alias Kedar, a resident of Barauli village in the Bhaluani police station area, was shot in the leg during the gunfight on late Monday night, according to authorities.

Shahjahanpur: Police captured three accused livestock traffickers during an encounter in Shahjahanpur district on Monday, according to police. Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi said a tip-off was received in Khutar that a party of cattle smugglers was on their way to Barkliganj to butcher animals. When a police unit arrived at the scene, the smugglers […]

Etawah: A 16-year-old girl was hacked to death with an axe here, reportedly by her cousin following a family quarrel, authorities said on Friday. On Thursday, an incident occurred in Muraitha village, near Ikdil police station. Pallavi was the name of the adolescent who died. Pallavi was aiding her mother in cooking supper at 9 […]

Delhi: In a significant move to protect endangered red sanders, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) on Friday announced the release of ₹39.84 crore to Andhra Pradesh. This allocation designates ₹38.36 crore for the state’s Forest Department and ₹1.48 crore for the State Biodiversity Board, pushing the total funds disbursed under the Access and Benefit Sharing […]

Muzaffarpur: A horrifying incident took place in a house located in the Motipur Nagar Parishad area of the district. A massive fire broke out in a residence, leaving ten members of the same family severely burnt. Five of them lost their lives, while the remaining five are critically injured. Among the deceased are a husband, […]

New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has intensified its offensive against Dawood Ibrahim’s drug network in India. The recent arrests of Danish Chikna and Mohammad Salim Sheikh have dealt a severe setback to the D-Syndicate. Intelligence agencies are maintaining close surveillance over this network, which operates actively in Maharashtra and neighboring states. The D-Syndicate […]

New Delhi: A Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) accused of accepting a ₹50 bribe could not prove his innocence during his lifetime. However, after 37 years, the Supreme Court has finally given him justice, acquitting him of all charges. The apex court ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish the bribery allegations against him. Although […]

The Antwerp Court in Belgium has approved the extradition of India’s fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi to India. The court stated that Choksi is not a Belgian national but a foreign citizen, and the charges against him in India — fraud, corruption, and forgery — are of a serious criminal nature. The Antwerp Court expressed […]