DailyWorld News - The First International Newspaper From India https://dailyworld.in/ Sat, 20 Sep 2025 22:44:13 +0530 en https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-police-arrest-7-more-in-cm-relief-fund-fraud-case-639529.html Hyderabad Sep 19 Hyderabad police have arrested seven more persons for misappropriation of Rs 871 lakh from the Telangana Chief Ministers Relief Fund CMRF According to police the accused were fake beneficiaries who posed as genuine and defrauded the government as well as genuine beneficiaries who were entitled to the reliefThe accused fraudulently caused the sanctioned CMRF cheques to be deposited into their personal accounts and subsequently withdrew the funds They also misappropriated the amountJubilee Hills Police Station SHO K Venkateshwara Reddy said on Friday that all seven accused including two women are natives of Godavarikhani in Pedapally districtThe accused are Potla Ravi 46 Janagama Nagaraju 40 Mateti Bhasker 33 Dharmaram Raju 50 Kampalli Santhosh 35 Chityala Laxmi 65 and Asampelli Laxmi They were all arrested on Thursday and produced before the court for judicial remandThe arrests were made in connection with five cases booked since last year The accused were booked under sections 409 417 419 467 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code IPC and Section 66C of the Information Technology ActAccording to police the arrested individuals voluntarily admitted and confessed to their involvement in the commission of the above offencesThe SHO said that other accused persons have been identified but are currently absconding The police are also making efforts to recover the misappropriated fundsIn July the police arrested four accused in the same case Jogula Naresh Kumar 42 Balagoni Venkatesh 37 Korlapati Vamshi 24 and Pulipaka Omkar 34 had criminally conspired and misappropriated funds sanctioned under the CMRFThe police officer said that after the 2023 Assembly elections and the defeat of the BRS government Naresh Kumar who was working in the office of one of the then ministers took possession of 230 sanctioned but undistributed chequesNineteen of those cheques issued to applicants who had not followed up were allegedly deposited in forged bank accounts with similar names at the SBI branch on Road No 5 in Jubilee Hills HyderabadThe main accused identified 19 cheques issued to applicants who had not followed up and deposited them into bank accounts at theSBIs Jubilee Hills branch with similar names using forged details IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-police-arrest-7-more-in-cm-relief-fund-fraud-case-639529.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-nigerian-nationals-living-illegally-in-delhi-detained-to-be-deported-639562.html New Delhi Sep 20 The Delhi Police has detained three Nigerian nationals found to be living illegally in India officials said on Saturday Deportation proceedings have been initiated through the Foreigners Regional Registration Office FRRO after completing necessary legal formalities the Operations Cell of Delhi Polices South West District added The Nigerian individuals have been identified as 29yearold Eloumuno Gabriel a resident of Amambra 33yearold Chinedu Paulinus a resident of Asaba and 26yearold Sunusi Sani a resident of LagosAccording to police the trio initially insisted that they possessed valid visas deposited with the Nigerian mission However verification carried out with the High Commission of Nigeria and the Immigration Department revealed that they had overstayed in India and had not returned to their country despite the expiry of their visasAuthorities had received Intelligence inputs regarding illegal African migrants residing in Sagarpur and Palam village areasActing on the tipoff a police team intercepted the three suspects and sought identification documents When they failed to produce valid visas they admitted to living in India illegallyA search of their mobile phones led to the recovery of digital copies of their passports and Nigerian national ID cardsThe police said that during questioning the men revealed that they had been doing housekeeping jobs along with some African acquaintances in Shahpura Gurugram and NoidaThey were residing in Dwarka Sector01 near Palam village at the time of their detention and were looking for work when apprehended officials confirmedPolice have said the trio will remain in custody until the deportation process is completed in coordination with immigration authorities IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-nigerian-nationals-living-illegally-in-delhi-detained-to-be-deported-639562.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-two-inmates-escape-from-jaipur-central-jail-raising-fresh-security-concerns-639594.html Jaipur Sep 20 Security at Jaipur Central Jail has once again come under question after two inmates escaped in the early hours of Saturday The jailbreak which occurred around 3 am has sparked serious concerns as the same jail had previously been the source of threats to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal SharmaAccording to officials the two inmates managed to escape by scaling the main boundary wall using a rubber pipe connected inside the jail likely from the bathroom areaThe jail administration discovered the escape during routine checks and immediately alerted the police An investigation has been launchedADG Prisons Roopendra Singh confirmed the incident and identified the two escapees One inmate is from Karauli district and the other from Uttar PradeshAnas Kumar son of Nafish Khan is a native of Talawali Bagiya Firozabad UP and was living in Pratap Nagar Jaipur He was arrested in a theft case and had been in jail since September 15Nawal Kishore Mahawar son of Sohan Lal is a resident of Karauli He has been jailed since September 17 after being arrested by the Sanganer police in a theft casePolice have launched a search operation to track down the fugitives The ongoing security concerns have once again been highlighted as this is not the first time Jaipur Central Jail has faced questions over its securityRecently prisoners accused of murder were found to have uploaded a threatening reel on Instagram from inside the jail suggesting access to mobile phones and a lack of surveillanceNotably Chief Minister Bhajan Lal has received threats twice from within this jail On both occasions inmates allegedly used smuggled mobile phones to issue threats raising alarms at the highest level of state governanceThe latest escape has intensified demands for a thorough review of prison security protocols and accountability from jail staff IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-two-inmates-escape-from-jaipur-central-jail-raising-fresh-security-concerns-639594.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/another-student-found-dead-at-iit-kharagpur-in-west-bengal-suicide-suspected-639641.html Kolkata Sep 20 The death of another student allegedly by committing suicide was reported at IIT Kharagpur in West Bengal on Saturday police said The body of a researcher student was recovered from the BR Ambedkar Hall at IIT KharagpurThe police of Hijli outpost under Kharagpur Town police station recovered the bodyAccording to police sources the name of the deceased is Harsh Kumar Pandey 24He was pursuing PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the instituteHe hailed from JharkhandThe police have started an investigation into the matter trying to ascertain how it happened and what is the reason behind itA hanging body of a student was recovered from the institute It has been sent for an autopsy Prima facie it looks like a case of suicide But the cause of death will only be ascertained after we get the autopsy report and whether any foul play was involved a senior officer of Kharagpur Town police saidThe family members of the student have been informed about the tragic deathAccording to sources the institute will soon issue a statement in this regardThis is the sixth death reported from IIT Kharagpur this year a premier institute of excellence in the countryOut of the six five were found hangingIn January a thirdyear student of electrical engineering Shaon Malik died in an apparent death by suicideIn April a finalyear student of Ocean Engineering Aniket Walker was found dead in similar conditionsIn May 22yearold thirdyear civil engineering student named Mohammad Asif Qamar was found hangingIn July a fourthyear Mechanical Engineering student named Ritam Mondal 21 was found hanging in his hostel room He was a resident of Regent Park in south KolkataIn the same month Chandradeep Pawar a 19yearold Electrical Engineering student had choked on a normal cough and cold tablet he tried to gulp after dinner in the Nehru Hall messThis was only instance in the last five deaths which was not a suicide case IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/another-student-found-dead-at-iit-kharagpur-in-west-bengal-suicide-suspected-639641.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-45-crore-assets-in-pmla-case-linked-to-mps-education-scam-639664.html Indore Sep 20 In a significant crackdown under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 the Directorate of Enforcement ED Indore SubZonal Office has provisionally attached 14 immovable properties worth Rs 45 crore The assets are linked to a massive financial fraud involving the Block Education Office BEO in Katthiwada District Alirajpur Madhya PradeshThe action stems from an FIR filed by Katthiwada Police which claimed widespread misappropriation of government funds between 2018 and 2023Officials and employees of the BEO allegedly cleared fraudulent bills via the Integrated Financial Management System IFMS siphoning off public money meant for educational developmentEarlier ED had conducted search operations under Section 17 of PMLA resulting in the seizure of incriminating documents and the freezing of substantial bank balancesThe main accused Kamal Rathore was arrested on August 7 2025 and remains in judicial custodyAccording to ED findings approximately Rs 2047 crore was embezzled through 917 fake bills and funnelled into 134 bank accountsThe accused reportedly laundered the funds by withdrawing large sums in cash transferring money among relatives and investing in real estate across Alirajpur and Panna districtsProperties were acquired in the names of family members and later sold to obscure the illicit origins of the fundsThe attached properties are believed to be part of the laundering network used to conceal the proceeds of crimeED officials confirmed that the investigation is ongoing with efforts focused on tracing additional assets and mapping the full extent of the money trail This case highlights the growing use of digital financial systems in orchestrating complex frauds and underscores the importance of vigilant oversight in public sector transactionsThe EDs swift action sends a strong message about accountability and the consequences of financial misconduct in government institutionsFurther developments are expected as the probe deepens into one of Madhya Pradeshs most significant educationrelated financial scams in recent years IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-45-crore-assets-in-pmla-case-linked-to-mps-education-scam-639664.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/smokescreen-or-strategy-why-isi-is-unlikely-to-shift-terror-bases-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-639672.html New Delhi Sep 20 Over the past week there have been many reports relating to the damage caused to the terror infrastructure in Pakistan following Operation Sindoor Terrorists on their own have been posting videos about the damage caused to the Muridke training camp of the LashkareTaiba Further terrorists of the JaisheMohammad have openly spoken about how their chief Masood Azhars family was blown to pieces due the operation that India undertook to avenge the Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 innocent livesAmidst this there was also news that terror groups are shifting out of Bahawalpur and Murdike and setting up their camps and headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPWhile outfits such as the LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammad have terror bases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Indian Intelligence agencies however have doubts on this claimOfficials say that given the current equation that Pakistan has with the Afghan Taliban the ISI would not risk moving major operations of its top two terror outfits to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Afghan Taliban would be breathing down their neck and to add to the misery of the ISI would be the TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTPThe TTP is very active in Pakistans northwest province Khyber PakhtunkhwaThere are operations that are carried out on a regular basis by the Pakistan Army against the TTP and this has made the place extremely volatile Hence the ISI may not take the gamble and shift the major bases of the two terror groups to KPThis week the security forces in Pakistan gunned down three terrorists including an Afghan national in KP The three were said to be involved in a bombing in Peshawar which led to the death of a subinspector and constableLast weeks raids by the Pakistan security forces in KP led to the death of 19 soldiers and 45 terrorists Pakistan has repeatedly said that the TTP with the help of the Afghan Taliban carries out attacks on Pakistani soldiersKhyber Pakhtunkhwas proximity to the Afghan border also makes the place a high risk zoneThe TTP has been accused of using the Afghan border to launch attacks against the Pakistan ArmyTaking all these aspects into mind the ISI may not want the terrorists of the LashkareTaiba or the JaisheMohammad to be caught in a cross fire Intelligence Bureau officials say that putting out news stating that operations are being moved to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to escape from the radar of the Indian forces could be a smoke screen to divert attentionPutting out such material gives the ISI the breathing space to create new infrastructure for the terror groups Pakistan may not have expected in its wildest dreams that India could carry out an operation of such a scale The precision strikes and the depth is what hit Pakistan the most and caused it major embarrassmentOfficials say that despite Operation Sindoor Pakistan will not change its policy regarding terror However this time it does know that any terror attack will be treated as an act of war and India will hit harderIn such an event it would want to ensure that even if there is a hit there is no major damage to terror infrastructure Operation Sindoor was a huge setback for terror groups especially the JaisheMohammad and LashkareTaiba There is panic among the ranks the ISI knows thisGiven the circumstances and taking into consideration the might of the Indian armed forces and also the rising tensions with the Afghan Taliban Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would not be the best option for the ISI to set up terror operationsIn the aftermath of Operation Sindoor the ISI started to pull terror camps and related infrastructure from known places It was decided that the main facilities such as the headquarters and the training camps will be set up close to army installations This decision was taken keeping in mind that in case of an operation by the Indian armed forces the Pakistan Army would be able to protect the terror infrastructure IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/smokescreen-or-strategy-why-isi-is-unlikely-to-shift-terror-bases-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-639672.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-properties-valued-at-rs-115-crore-in-zoom-developers-money-laundering-case-639686.html Bhopal Sep 20 In a decisive move under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 the Bhopal Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate ED on Saturday has provisionally attached three immovable properties worth Rs 115 crore in Maharashtra The action carried out on September 19 2025 is part of an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities involving Ms Zoom Developers Private Limited ZDPLThe probe was initiated based on FIRs and charge sheets filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIs Bank Security and Fraud Cell in New Delhi and the Economic Offences Wing EOW in MumbaiThese documents revealed that ZDPL fraudulently obtained funds from Punjab National Bank PNB and other consortium banksAccording to the ED findings the embezzled funds classified as proceeds of crime were routed through joint ventures such as Zoom Hindustan Peter Oates Joint VentureThe money was ultimately diverted to entities including Ms Hindustan Mortar Lining Limited Liability Partnership and its associates who used the funds to acquire immovable assetsThis latest attachment adds to a growing list of enforcement actions in the caseThe ED has previously issued five provisional attachment orders seizing movable and immovable properties valued at Rs 13134 croreAdditionally one prosecution complaint and two supplementary prosecution complaints have been filed signalling the agencys commitment to pursuing legal accountabilityThe attached properties are believed to be part of a complex laundering network designed to obscure the origins of the defrauded fundsThe ED officials emphasised that the investigation is still underway with efforts focused on tracing additional assets and identifying all beneficiaries involved in the schemeThis case underscores the scale and sophistication of financial frauds targeting Indias banking system and highlights the role of joint ventures and shell entities in laundering illicit fundsThe EDs continued action reflects its resolve to dismantle such networks and recover public moneyFurther developments are expected as the investigation progresses IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-properties-valued-at-rs-115-crore-in-zoom-developers-money-laundering-case-639686.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 20:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/west-bengal-man-handed-20-year-ri-for-raping-minor-daughter-639699.html Kolkata Sep 20 A fasttrack district court in Alipurduar district of West Bengal on Saturday sentenced a convict of raping his own minor daughter multiple times in 2023 to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years The fasttrack court even imposed a financial penalty of Rs 10000 on the convicted father In case of nonpayment of the penalty amount he will be subjected to rigorous imprisonment for another two monthsThe police complaint against the convicted father a resident of the Shamuktala area in Alipurduar district of West Bengal was filed by his own minor daughter at the local station in January 2023 accusing her father of raping her multiple timesIn her complaint she said that after her mothers death a few months before she and her minor daughter stayed at their ancestral residence with their father As per the complaint after some time after her mothers death she was raped for the first time by her own father and thereafter he committed the crime many more timesAlthough she remained silent initially after some time she decided to bring the matter to the notice of the police The police after an initial investigation arrested the accused father and registered a case against himDuring the investigation it was also revealed that he used to physically torture his deceased wife when the latter was alive In the same year the police filed the charegsheet against the accused at the fasttrack court at Alipurduar and thereafter the trial process startedThe statements of a total of 15 witnesses were recorded during the trial process and finally the accused father was first convicted and then sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonmentThe court has also directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the victimWest Bengal had been in the national headlines for the last one year over reports of ghastly rapes and rapemurder instances with many cases involving minors The most talked about case on this count was the ghastly rape amp murder of a lady junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College amp Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises last year IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/west-bengal-man-handed-20-year-ri-for-raping-minor-daughter-639699.html Sat, 20 Sep 2025 22:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-five-govt-officers-accused-in-the-ongoing-cgpsc-recruitment-scam-639507.html New Delhi Sep 19 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has arrested five accused to unearth the larger conspiracy in the selection of candidates in the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission 2020 amp 2021 exams The arrested accused include Chhattisgarh Public Service Commissions CGPSC then Secretary Jeevan Kishore Dhruv the CGPSCs then Controller of Examination Arti Wasnik Deputy Collector Sumit Dhruv son of the then CGPSC Secretary Deputy Collector Misha Kosle daughterinlaw of the brother of the then CGPSC Chairman and District Excise Officer Deepa Adil also a daughterinlaw of the brother of the then CGPSC ChairmanThe CBI registered the case RC1242024A0004 on February 16 2024 on the basis of the notifications dated February 16 2024 and April 10 2024 issued by the Chhattisgarh governmentIt is alleged in FIR that the then Chairman CGPSC the then Secretary CGPSC and other persons of Public Service Commission Chhattisgarh while holding various posts in the CGPSC conducted examination and interview during the year 2020 to 2022 and got their son daughter and relatives selected the CBI said in a statementAccording to the CBI for the various posts in CGPSC for the year 2021 a total of 129206 candidates appeared in the Preliminary Examination out of which 2548 candidates cleared the Preliminary examinationA total of 509 cleared the main examination and were selected to appear for interviews while 170 candidates were selected for various posts in CGPSC 2021In the said case the then Chairman of CGPSC the then Deputy Controller of Examinations CGPSC along with four selected candidates and one private person have already been arrested All of them are in judicial custody All five accused are to be produced before the Honble court for taking police remand in the case it saidFurther Investigation is underway to investigate the role of other suspect candidates who were selected in the CGPSC examination IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-five-govt-officers-accused-in-the-ongoing-cgpsc-recruitment-scam-639507.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-bank-official-for-swindling-rs-16-crore-of-127-account-holders-639518.html Mumbai Sep 19 A suspended official of Bank of India was arrested by the ED for illegally closing 127 dormant Savings and Current Accounts Term Deposits TDs and Senior Citizen Savings Scheme SCSS accounts and shifting Rs 1610 crore to his personal account over the past two years an official said on Friday The Enforcement Directorate ED Mumbai arrested Hitesh Kumar Singla Staff Officer of Bank of India under suspension on September 17 from Ahmedabad Junction Railway Station under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 the official said in a statementThe official said Singla was produced before the Special PMLA Court Greater Bombay which sent him to ED custody for seven daysThe ED initiated investigation into the matter based on an FIR registered by Central Bureau of Investigation ACB Mumbai against Singla and others under Section 409 of IPC criminal breach of trust Section 3165 of BNS and Section 132 read with Section 131a of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988The ED investigation revealed that during May 2023 and July 2025 Singla with mala fide and criminal intent fraudulently closed Term Deposits TDs Public Provident Funds PPFs Senior Citizen Savings Scheme SCSS accounts Savings Bank SB accounts and Current Accounts CAs without authorisationThe proceeds were credited into his personal savings accounts maintained with the State Bank of India the ED saidThe accused targeted vulnerable customers such as senior citizens minors deceased customers and inoperativedormant accounts in order to avoid detection it saidThe diverted funds were layered and transferred in a piecemeal and concealed manner By this modus operandi Singla defrauded the Bank of India and its customers to the tune of Rs1610 crore thereby causing loss to the bank damaging its reputation and eroding public trust by misusing his official position the statement saidSince the detection of the fraud Singla had been absconding and failed to report to the Bank of India it saidActing on specific intelligence supported by technical surveillance the ED successfully intercepted and arrested him at Ahmedabad Junction despite his repeated attempts to evade detection by frequently changing seats and coaches while travelling on board the Mahamana Express from Ujjain to VeravalAfter his arrest searches under Section 17 of PMLA were conducted at the premises of one of his associates the ED said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-bank-official-for-swindling-rs-16-crore-of-127-account-holders-639518.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/andhra-liquor-scam-ed-seizes-incriminating-material-during-searches-639526.html Hyderabad Sep 19 The searches conducted by the Directorate of Enforcement ED at various places in the country in connection with the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam led to the recovery and seizure of incriminating material evidencing bogusinflated transactions leading to the generation and movement of Proceeds of Crime the agency said in a statement on Friday Searches also led to the seizure of bogus invoices and transport challans containing nontransport vehicle details parallel invoices evidencing differential and inflated prices chats evidencing involvement of certain accused persons who are absconding and believed to be in Dubai and transfer of Proceeds of Crime POC to them the agency statement saidUnaccounted cash of Rs 38 lakh was seized from one of the premises Ledgers indicating remittance abroad of POC worth several crores were also seized it saidThe EDs Hyderabad Zonal Office conducted searches on Thursday at 20 locations in Hyderabad Bengaluru Chennai Thanjavur Surat Raipur Delhi NCR and Andhra Pradesh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA in connection with the liquor scamSearches were conducted at the premises of entitiesindividuals who facilitated payment of kickbacks through bogusinflated transactionsThe agency initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by AP CID under various sections of the IPC for loss to the government exchequer to the tune of Rs 4000 crore On February 5 the Andhra Pradesh Government constituted a Special Investigation Team SIT to investigate the caseThe FIR alleged that the in new liquor policy from October 2019 to March 2024 the accused persons indulged in brand killing and new brand promotion which involved sidelining popular liquor brands like McDowells Royal Stag Imperial Blue etc that refused to pay kickbacks and instead promoting new or spurious brands in exchange for huge payments from distilleries and suppliers The procurement system was shifted from automated to manual giving scope for manipulation in the Order for Supply OFSThe SIT has filed a charge sheet and supplementary charge sheets inter alia alleging replacement of automated system with manual approvals allowing manipulation of brandwise indenting and supply volumes favouring select group of distilleries and marketing firms coercing suppliers into paying 1520 per cent of their invoice value as kickbacks failing which their brands were suppressed or delisted creating shell distilleries to channel funds and secure inflated OFS volumes appointing key officials who facilitated brand approvals manipulated eligibility norms and suppressed dissenting suppliersThe charge sheets also allege that kickbacks were generated through procurement manipulation fake vendor payments shell companies and were used for election purposes personal benefit and transfer of funds abroadThe ED investigation revealed that certain accused persons deliberately discouraged the placement of orders for established brands withheld legitimate payments owed to the distilleries and exerted pressure on distilleries amp demanded illicit paymentskickbacks in lieu of OFSMoney trail investigation by the ED revealed that part of the payments given by Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited APSBCL to the suppliers were transferred to various entities on the pretext of the supply of goods or services However these transactions were found to be bogus and the recipients of these funds were either nonexistent shell entities or unrelated personsentitiesIn several cases where the entities were related to their line of business the transactions were found to be inflated Funds were also transferred by the suppliers to jewellers to acquire goldcash which were handed over to the accused persons as kickbacks Thus bogusinflated transactions were used to siphon off funds under the guise of business transactions thereby facilitating the generation and movement of illicit funds in the form of kickbacks to the accused persons IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/andhra-liquor-scam-ed-seizes-incriminating-material-during-searches-639526.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/businessman-samir-modi-arrested-in-rape-case-lawyer-terms-allegations-false-and-concocted-639328.html New Delhi Sep 18 Businessman Samir Modi was arrested at the airport on Thursday following a LookOut Circular LOC issued by the Delhi Police Modi was returning to India after a business trip to Europe when he was taken into custody Samir Modi brother of Lalit Modi was presented before a Delhi court which remanded him to one day of police custody A First Information Report FIR was registered last week at the New Friends Colony Police Station following a complaint by a woman who alleged she had been in a longterm relationship with Modi since 2019 In a press statement Modis lawyer described the allegations as false and concocted and claimed they were motivated by attempts to extort money from him Significantly on August 8 and August 13 2025 Samir Modi had filed complaints before various police officers for extortion and blackmail by the same lady supported by WhatsApp chats in which she demanded an amount of 50 crores the statement said It further criticized the police action as hasty stating This is a clear case of abuse of the provisions of law and also hasty acts of the police in making an arrest without verifying the facts Samir Modi had met with the investigating officer on this old case before his visit abroad and he was arrested on his return to India arbitrarily The statement stressed the allegedly fabricated nature of the complaint saying A detailed perusal of the alleged complaint will immediately show these claims of extremely serious and grave offenses to be wild and scurrilous stories Accusations refer to events alleged to have begun four years ago and continued thereon which in itself speaks volumes about the nature and origin of this complaint and the complainants motives By the complainants own version of events alleged meetings were in public places restaurants commercial office premises and residences The intent of the complainant cannot be ruled out to be anything but malafide and devoid of any truth of said allegations it added Modi who is involved in several businessrelated litigations is described in the statement as a respectable businessman who has full faith in the judiciary of our country and agencies who will not only investigate but immediately bring closure to this matter IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/businessman-samir-modi-arrested-in-rape-case-lawyer-terms-allegations-false-and-concocted-639328.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-police-issue-advisory-warning-citizens-against-malware-attacks-cyber-fraud-639337.html Jaipur Sep 19 In response to rising cases of malware hacking and online fraud the Cybercrime Branch of Rajasthan Police has released an advisory urging citizens to stay alert against fake websites phishing links and malicious apps Superintendent of police Cybercrime Shantanu Kumar Singh advised people to regularly scan their devices using the eScan Bot Removal App to prevent malware infections and safeguard personal and financial data The advisory aims to safeguard citizens from potential cyberattacks and guide them with preventive measuresSP Cybercrime Shantanu Kumar Singh further said that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting people using fake websites malware and phishing attacks These attacks are usually carried out by sending malicious links through smartphones laptops banking apps or social mediaOnce a user clicks on such links malware infiltrates the device putting personal and financial data at risk To avoid such attacks the advisory suggests a simple and effective method scanning devices regularly using the eScan Bot Removal AppSteps recommended in advisory say that first app should be opened on your mobile or computer and Scan should be selected on the main screen Choose the Full Scan option Once completed the app will generate a report highlighting any bots malware or suspicious filesUsers can then delete harmful files by selecting the RemoveDelete option Repeating this process regularly will help keep devices safe from malware threats said SinghIn a recent case in Hyderabad digital arrest by cyber fraudsters claimed the life of a 76yearold retired government doctor who died of a heart attack allegedly after three days of harassmentPolice said conmen posing as police and enforcement officials extorted Rs 66 lakh after accusing her of involvement in human trafficking and continued sending threats even after her deathThe scammers subjected her to 70hour digital arrest by using forged documents bearing the logos of the Supreme Court the Enforcement Directorate ED and the Reserve Bank of India RBIEven after coercing her into transferring the money from her pension account the fraudsters continued harassing her through video calls and fake court noticesThe victim who was in severe distress due to the harassment collapsed with chest pain on September 8 and succumbed the next dayThe elderly woman who served as the chief senior resident medical officer at Area Hospital in Malakpet was first contacted by fraudsters from a WhatsApp number on September 5 They allegedly used the Bengaluru police logo on the profile and after accusing her of human trafficking threatened to arrest her under the National Security Act if she failed to transfer the money IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-police-issue-advisory-warning-citizens-against-malware-attacks-cyber-fraud-639337.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/six-arrested-for-assaulting-policeman-in-kolkatas-netaji-nagar-area-639339.html Kolkata Sep 19 A policeman was beaten up while trying to stop a chaos in Netaji Nagar area in South Kolkata A subinspector of the local police station on Thursday reached the said area after receiving information about a gathering of miscreants with weapons in front of a lawyers house When he tried to bring the situation under control the miscreants attacked him The police on Thursday arrested six people in connection with the incidentAccording to the police the local police station last on Wednesday night received information that about 8 to 10 miscreants had gathered in front of the house of lawyer named Dipayan Ghosh a resident of Netaji Nagar The miscreants were reportedly carrying knives and other weapons They were allegedly threatening the lawyer who is also the Trinamool Youth President of Ward 99 in Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC area On receiving the news of the commotion local police station subinspector Dinabandhu Kesh along with constables reached the spot When he tried to bring the situation under control the miscreants allegedly attacked the policemanThe injured subinspector was left bleeding in the attack by the miscreants According to police sources the miscreant group was led by a man named Jayanta Ghosh Apart from this several women were also in the group When the police tried to arrest the miscreants it is alleged that the women obstructed the police personnelFollowing the scuffle three miscreants were arrested at the spot while Jayanta Ghosh fled A few minutes later Ghosh and his associates created a ruckus inside Bagha Jatin State General Hospital assaulting the medical staff and the onduty doctorThe police rushed to the hospital and during this second round of scuffle the miscreants attempted to attack the officers with a surgical instrument before being overpowered Three more persons including Jayanta Ghosh were arrested from the hospital taking the total number of arrests in the incident to six Total six persons have been arrested for assaulting a policeman and also threatening a lawyer We are investigating the matter said a senior officer of Kolkata Police A suo motu case has been registered at Netaji Nagar Police Station against the arrested and an investigation has started IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/six-arrested-for-assaulting-policeman-in-kolkatas-netaji-nagar-area-639339.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-worth-over-rs-5-crore-seized-at-lucknow-airport-two-arrested-639356.html New Delhi Sep 19 In a major drug bust Customs officials at Lucknows Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport arrested two Mumbai men with drugs worth Rs five crore The arrests were made on Thursday said the Customs Department in a press release issued by the Office of the DeputyAssistant Commissioner Air Customs at the airportThe operation was held after getting specific intelligence inputs and conducting further analysis Two passengers arrived at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow on September 17 from Bangkok on flight number FD146The passengers were intercepted and sent to the green channel for Xray examination of their personal belongings and baggage by Customs officials deployed at the bus standSubsequently upon checking the black baggage being carried by the passengers eight green polythene packets containing NDPS substance suspected to be GanjaMarijuana Hydroponic Seeds with a net weight of 4917 kg were recoveredWhen the green substance was tested it prima facie appeared to be ganjamarijuana hydroponic seedsThe Customs officials have registered a case of smuggling of NDPS substances packed in eight packets suspected to be GanjaMarijuana Hydroponic Seeds These eight packets were vacuumpacked plastic bags containing NDPS substances The value of the substance is approximately Rs 4917 croreThe press statement said In view of the above it is clear that the passengers have violated the provisions of Section 8 of the NDPS Act 1985 and have committed offences punishable under Sections 20 and 23 of the NDPS Act 1985Accordingly the passengers were arrested under Section 43 of the NDPS Act 1985 said the officials The green substance suspected to be ganjamarijuana hydroponic seeds was seized along with the packaging material under Section 43 of the NDPS Act 1985Further investigation is ongoing in the matter said the officialsEarlier in the month the Narcotics Control Bureau Chennai arrested three persons including a Nigerian after busting a major cocaine syndicate at the airport At the time of the arrest the accused were carrying 5618 kilograms of cocaine worth at least Rs 60 crore which was seized by the authorities IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-worth-over-rs-5-crore-seized-at-lucknow-airport-two-arrested-639356.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-techie-shot-by-us-cops-family-seeks-meas-help-to-bring-body-back-to-india-639364.html HyderabadNew Delhi Sep 19 An Indian man was shot by the police in California after he allegedly stabbed his roommate with a knife earlier this month officials said However his family has alleged racial discrimination and demanded a thorough probe into the circumstances leading to his death According to an NDTV report they have also sought the assistance of the Ministry of External Affairs MEA to transport his mortal remains to India In a statement police said Mohammed Nizamuddin from Mahabubnagar in Telangana was shot after he was found inside his residence in Santa Clara with a knife on September 3 pinning down his roommate who had sustained several injuries in a scuffleThe police said they had reached the residence in response to a 911 call about a stabbing incident A purported altercation between Nizamuddin and his roommate had gone out of control leading to the attackSCPD officers arrived encountered the suspect and were involved in an Officer Involved Shooting The suspect was transported to a local hospital where they were later pronounced deceased The victim was transported to a local hospital and is being treated for their injuries NDTV reported quoting the police statementThe Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office and the Santa Clara Police Department are conducting a joint investigation This remains an active and open investigation As the investigation progresses we expect to provide an update tomorrow afternoon it addedThe Indian mans family however said it was Nizamuddin who called the police for help before being shot by themNizamuddin had pursued a Masters in Computer Science at a Florida college and was working at a technology company in CaliforniaThe family said that the youth was a quiet and religious person and had even publicly raised complaints of racial harassment wage fraud and wrongful termination from his jobAccording to NDTV his family also pointed out a LinkedIn post by him that said I have been a victim of racial hatred racial discrimination racial harassment torture wagefraud wrongful termination and obstruction of Justice Enough is enough white supremacyracist white American mentality has to endHe also detailed allegations of poisoning of his food eviction and what he described as continued surveillance and intimidation by a purported detectiveThe family has sought a thorough probe into the allegations made by Nizamuddin and the circumstances that led to his deathAccording to NDTV Majlis Bachao Tehreek spokesperson Amjed Ullah Khan who met Nizamuddins father Mohammed Hasnuddin said he has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urging him to request the Embassy of India in Washington DC and the Consulate General in San Francisco to provide a detailed report on the matter and help with repatriation of the remains of the young man and related formalities IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-techie-shot-by-us-cops-family-seeks-meas-help-to-bring-body-back-to-india-639364.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/retired-soldier-arrested-for-objectionable-post-on-karnataka-cm-639390.html Bengaluru Sep 19 The Bengaluru Police on Friday arrested a retired soldier on charges of posting an objectionable message against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah The arrested person has been identified as 40yearold Vasanth Kumar a resident of Sakaleshpura in Hassan districtThe Cyber Wing of the Central Crime Branch CCB carried out the arrestAfter retirement Kumar has been engaged in agriculture in his native placePolice said Kumar had posted an objectionable message against Siddaramaiah on his Facebook page named Hanuma BhaktaHe had taken exception to Siddaramaiah questioning President Droupadi Murmu at a recent event in Mysuru where the Chief Minister had asked if she knew the Kannada language In response the accused allegedly used abusive language against the Chief MinisterThe police registered a suo motu case in this regard and arrested himSiddaramaiah while delivering his speech at the inaugural address at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing AIISHs Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in Mysuru city in Karnataka on September 1 questioned President Droupadi Murmu whether she knew the Kannada languageAfterwards in her inaugural address President Murmu also conveyed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Kannada is not my mother tongue however I respect all languages cultures and heritage Everyone should strive to preserve language and culture and take steps toward their promotionOn August 30 the Kengeri Police in Bengaluru arrested an assistant priest of a temple for uploading an abusive post on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the Mysuru Dusshera row He was dismissed from service hours after his arrestGururajachar was arrested based on a complaint by the Bengaluru West Division Congress Committee after the video clip went viralOn May 6 a warder at the Mysuru Central Jail was arrested for allegedly recording an abusive video against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and sharing it on social mediaThe accused warder Madhu Kumar was arrested by Bettadapura Police in Mysuru district The warder was also suspended pending a departmental inquiry IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/retired-soldier-arrested-for-objectionable-post-on-karnataka-cm-639390.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/2-nabbed-for-stock-market-fraud-aiding-cyber-syndicates-in-duping-victims-of-rs-6-crore-639397.html New Delhi Sep 19 In a major crackdown on cyberenabled financial fraud the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police Crime Branch on Friday apprehended two key accused in a multicrore stock market scam The victims were cheated of nearly Rs 6 crore through fake IPO funding and stock market schemes The two accused named Kulwant Singh and Devender Singh were arrested by the cyber cell for acting as account holders for organised cyber fraud syndicatesThey provided victims bank accounts to interstate cyber syndicates enabling diversion and laundering of victims funds through multiple channelsThe syndicates lured the investors with false promises of IPO funding and highreturn stock market schemesThe accused facilitated fraudulent transactions of 20 lakh part of 6 crore via their Bank of Baroda account in the name of Akhil Bhartiya Gareeb Jan Seva Trust The Trust was registered before the SubRegistrar as an NGOTrust and a Current Account was opened in the Trusts name for banking operations This account was found to be linked with 10 complaints on the National Cybercrime Reporting PortalTheir modus operandi involved enticing investors with fake trading applications and persuading them to join these groups in hope of monetary gains The investors were contacted by the syndicates via social media and WhatsAppWhen victims wanted to withdraw they were coerced and threatened that if they left the group they would have to forgo their money Also funds were layered through multiple bank accounts to conceal the sourceUpon interrogation the Crime Branch found 30 firstlayer bank accounts including the Akhil Bhartiya Gareeb Jan Seva Trust Bank of Baroda The Trust account was being used as a primary laundering conduit and 20 lakh was traced into this account so farBoth accused repeatedly provided TrustCurrent Accounts and full banking access to handlers for commissions despite being linked to multiple NCRP complaintsThe accused provided the registered Trusts Current Account to the fraud syndicate in exchange for monetary consideration 30000 per month for the accounts availability and 5 per cent commission on each transaction routed through the accountThese arrests expose the deep nexus of organised cyber fraud and disrupt crucial financial pipelines misused to cheat citizens across the country IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/2-nabbed-for-stock-market-fraud-aiding-cyber-syndicates-in-duping-victims-of-rs-6-crore-639397.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-to-submit-yet-another-status-report-on-rg-kar-rape-amp-murder-case-next-month-639416.html Kolkata Sep 19 The CBI will submit yet another status report next month on the progress of its investigation into the ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of staterun RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August last year Sources said that this would be the seventh status report to be filed by the central agency to the trial court in the matterIncidentally the trial court at Sealdah in Kolkata where the CBI will submit its seventh status report on November 14 is the same court that last year sentenced the sole convict in the case Sanjay Roy to life imprisonmentThe sources said that in the report the investigating officials of the central agency are expected to give details about the suspicious role of certain cops of Kolkata Police in the initial investigation of the caseIn fact the counsels of the victims parents have again and again raised questions on the role of these officials of Kolkata Police while the latter were carrying out the initial investigationRecently the victims parents have even accused the CBI of allegedly conducting a lackadaisical probe into the issue of the larger conspiracy behind the crime of rape and murderIn the fresh and seventh report the CBI officials are also expected to highlight the allegations of the victims parents that on the morning of August 9 last year when their daughters body was recovered from the seminar room within the hospital premises one RG Kar official called them up and allegedly tried to mislead them by describing the rape and murder as a case of suicideOn September 12 CBI submitted its sixth status report in the matter to the court On that day the counsel of the victims parents raised the question at the trial court whether CBI had been able to track on whose instructions such nefarious attempts to mislead the victims parents were madeThe judge of the trial court then observed that the CBI should at least track the RG Kar staff who tried to mislead the victims parents by describing the rape and murder as a case of suicideCurrently the matter is being heard at three courts namely the Supreme Court the Calcutta High Court and the trial court at Sealdah in Kolkata IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-to-submit-yet-another-status-report-on-rg-kar-rape-amp-murder-case-next-month-639416.html Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delay-in-home-delivery-ed-attaches-gurugram-developers-assets-worth-rs-255-crore-639304.html New Delhi Sep 18 A township developers properties worth Rs 25528 crore were attached by the ED in connection with cheating and fraud with home buyers who were not delivered the promised houses and plots on time said an official on Thursday The action by Directorate of Enforcement ED Gurugram Zonal Office against Ramprastha Promoters and Developers Pvt Ltd RPDPL on Wednesday was taken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 the official said in a statementTh investigation agency revealed that RPDPL had collected Rs 1100 crore from more than 2600 homebuyers for various projectsThe provisionally attached properties include plots lands and residential flats commercial buildings of RPDPL its group companies and Directors relative of Directors key managerial persons said the statementThe official said that the ED initiated investigation on the basis of multiple FIRs registered by Economic Offences Wing EOW New Delhi and Haryana PoliceIt was alleged in the FIRs that RPDPL and its promoters have cheateddefrauded various home buyersplot buyers for failing to deliver the promised flats and plots within the promised timeframes which ended 1014 years agoThe ED investigation revealed that RPDPL launched various projects such as Project Edge Project Skyz Project Rise and Ramprastha City plotted colony project in Sectors 37D 92 93 and 95 Gurugram in 20082011 and possessions of flatsplotted lands was promised within 34 years of launch However the company failed to meet the deadlinesTh ED investigation revealed that RPDPL had collected Rs 1100 crore from more than 2600 homebuyers for the said projectsThe PromotersDirectors of RPDPL diverted hundreds of crores collected from homebuyers to its group companies as advances for purchase of land parcels instead of using the same for completion of promised homes which ultimately led to failure to deliver the flats and plots till date said the EDEarlier in this case the ED had arrested Arvind Walia and Sandeep Yadav both Directors and majority shareholders of RPDPL on July 21 under the provisions of PMLA 2002 Both the arrested persons are in judicial custodyMoreover the ED had conducted search operations and issued a Provisional Attachment Order resulting into attachmentfreezing of various bank balances movable assets immovable properties of RPDPL its group companies and directorsrelative of Directors amounting to Rs 57221 crore The total attachmentseizure in this case till date stands at Rs 82749 crore the ED said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delay-in-home-delivery-ed-attaches-gurugram-developers-assets-worth-rs-255-crore-639304.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fugitive-wanted-in-sensational-murder-in-sarita-vihar-two-years-ago-arrested-639150.html New Delhi Sep 18 A fugitive wanted in a sensational murder case in Sarita Vihar Police Station area was arrested by the police on Thursday after bring apprehended from Gurugram after two years of being on the run The 27yearold man Somnath Patro was the prime accused in the sensational murder of a man in 2023 in Sarita Vihar and had been evading arrest since thenSomnath Patro was declared a Proclaimed Offender by a Delhi court in the case and had been a wanted man since thenOn September 15 2023 a 39yearold man Ardhendu Mandal residing at House No C143 Gali No 9 Aali Vihar in Sarita Vihar was brutally murdered by the accused person and his accomplices using a knifeThe crime led to the registration of FIR No 4912023 on September 16 2023 under Sections 147148149174A30232334 IPC at Police Station Sarita Vihar in SouthEast DelhiFive accused persons were caught by the police in connection with the murder but one of the prime accused Somnath had been deliberately evading arrest for the past two years since the registration of the case The trial court had also declared Somnath a Proclaimed Offender in connection with the crimeThe AntiNarcotics Squad of the Delhi Police had been on the lookout for Somnath in order to being him to justiceThe AntiNarcotics Squad mounted technical and manual surveillance on the movement of the accused and ultimately Head Constable Mohit Vashisth of the squad traced the fugitive in Gurgaon where he had been hiding under an assumed identityThrough a wellcoordinated operation a team of the AntiNarcotics Squad comprising SI Sudhir ASI Upender Head Constables Mohit Karamveer Kuldeep Pradeep among others led by Inspector Vishnu Dutt successfully raided and apprehended Somnath Patro from near the Lohiya Farms in Bhondsi area of Gurugram HaryanaOn sustained interrogation accused Somnath Patro revealed that he had been living under the police radar for the last two years by working as a delivery boy and changing mobile numbers frequently by using a different mobile phone each time to avoid detectionAt the time of the crime Somnath Patro used to reside at Jhuggi No02 New Priyank Camp Near Kali Mandir Sarita Vihar in Delhi and worked as a delivery boy He was previously involved in another case and an FIR had been filed against him in the CR Park Police Station in Delhi IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fugitive-wanted-in-sensational-murder-in-sarita-vihar-two-years-ago-arrested-639150.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/driver-arrested-after-delhi-police-van-mows-down-man-639176.html New Delhi Sep 18 Delhi Police have arrested PCR van driver Constable Khimesh Singh after the vehicle ran over a man near the Ramakrishna Ashram Marg metro station on Thursday An FIR has been lodged and police officials confirmed he along with others in the van at the time of the incident are being interrogatedThe victim Ganga Ram who ran a small tea stall to support his family died instantly after Constable Khimesh allegedly pressed the accelerator by mistakeThe van mounted a roadside ramp and crushed Ganga Ram Locals said he has around four to five daughters and the family depended entirely on the tea stall for survivalResidents accused the local police of running an illegal outpost in the area where liquor bottles were also allegedly recoveredThey claimed that the constables and other officers who inspected the area in the PCR vans were often drunk which ultimately led to this fatal incident The AntiCorruption Branch has also been deployed to investigateAt around 510 am the 112 PCR van struck and killed the physically challenged man in his 50sA Delhi Police PCR van comes and kills this man who is a very poor person with small children These police officials used to come here to a nearby spot where they used to drink and spend the night They have constructed an illegal structure there where they used to drink every day People could not stop them a local told IANSThe driver was drunk and killed this man The van was speeding and rammed into a man who used to run a tea stall These police officials came here daily and got drunk Today they killed an innocent person another resident allegedNew Delhi Additional DCP Hukma Ram reached the scene soon after the incidentHe said that all government funding and assistance available will be provided and the police personnel are currently being held accountableThe DCP said that a case has been registered against the accused and strict action will followThe Delhi Police Crime team took the body into custody and sent it for a postmortem to Lady Harding Hospital IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/driver-arrested-after-delhi-police-van-mows-down-man-639176.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/minor-rape-case-yoga-instructor-arrested-in-bengaluru-639177.html Bengaluru Sep 18 A yoga instructor has been arrested on the charges of raping a minor girl in Bengaluru police said on Thursday The 17yearold girl has filed a police complaint alleging rapeDCP West S Girish said police have filed a case against the accused who ran a yoga centre in the RR Nagar area under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act POCSOThe accused used his position to sexually assault the minor promising to help her win an international medalAfter the complaint was lodged police began a manhunt for the accused and arrested himPolice investigation revealed that the yoga instructor was also involved in the rape of 10 to 15 women who attended classes at his yoga centreThe police have seized his mobile phone and are urging other victims to come forward and file a complaint A video related to the crime was also recovered and more women are expected to file complaints against him according to police sourcesMore details are yet to emerge regarding the incidentEarlier on August 6 a 22yearold Moulvi was arrested by Karnataka Police in connection with the alleged rape of a fiveyearold girl in the states Belagavi district The police stated that the incident which took place in 2023 came to light after CCTV footage went viral on social mediaIn May a selfproclaimed pontiff from Karnatakas Belagavi was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girlAccording to reports the incident occurred on May 13 when the minor girl was returning from a relatives house The accused claiming he would safely drop her home instead lured her to a lodge in Raichur There he allegedly held her for two days and raped her He later took her to another lodge in Bagalkot where he continued to abuse her sexually the reports said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/minor-rape-case-yoga-instructor-arrested-in-bengaluru-639177.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/liquor-scam-case-ed-searches-multiple-locations-in-hyderabad-639197.html Hyderabad Sep 18 The Enforcement Directorate ED conducted searches at multiple locations in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad on Thursday The ED officials were carrying out searches at the premises linked to some businessmen as part of the investigation into money laundering allegationsThe central agency conducted searches at a couple of villas in Wellington Enclave in West Maredpally of Secunderabad Searches were also on at some premises in Mahindra HillsThis is said to be part of nationwide searches by the ED in connection with moneylaundering intermediaries allegedly involved in the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam The intermediaries are alleged to have played a key role in routing nearly Rs 3500 crore through benami firms shell entities and hawala networks The Special Investigation Team SIT probing the alleged liquor scam that took place during the previous YSR Congress Party rule filed its second supplementary charge sheet before the ACB Court in Vijayawada on MondayThe SIT outlined the alleged involvement of Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy Venkatesh Naidu Balaji Kumar Yadav and Naveen Krishna stating that illicit proceeds were laundered through them The accused allegedly acted as conduits diverting the funds into shell companies and benami accountsThe SIT has named 48 persons in the case of whom 12 have been arrested Four of them were recently granted bail by the ACB CourtMeanwhile the SIT will be producing the accused including YSRCP MP Midhun Reddy before the ACB Court to request a further extension of their judicial custodyLast month the SIT filed the first supplementary charge sheet highlighting the alleged role played by then Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan ReddyThe SIT has not named Jagan Mohan Reddy as an accused in the case but alleged that he took decisions to modify the excise policy to use the liquor business for illegally amassing wealthIt is alleged that lowprofile individuals including office employees were used to launder kickbacks from liquor companies Employees including office boys working in the companies owned by the accused were used as couriers to deposit illicit cash into a network of bank accounts linked to the syndicate IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/liquor-scam-case-ed-searches-multiple-locations-in-hyderabad-639197.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/yoga-instructor-sexually-assaulted-me-during-thailand-competition-teenager-tells-police-639198.html Bengaluru Sep 18 A teenager has stated in her complaint against a yoga instructor that he sexually harassed her when she went to Thailand in 2023 to participate in a yoga competition police said Police said the accused who is from Assam is the Secretary of the Karnataka Yogasana Sports Association KYSAAccording to the police complaint The victim had known the accused since 2019 She started participating in yoga competitions in 2021 The girl went to Thailand with the accused to participate in a competition when she was 17 years old and the accused sexually harassed her After this incident the victim stopped participating in yoga competitionsIn 2024 the victim joined a yoga institute in Bengaluru which was run by the accused Since then the accused has been sexually harassing her The accused also promised that he would help her win a medal in a national yoga competition and get her a job placement He then sexually exploited her on the premises of the yoga institute in August 2025 according to the complaintThe accused also attempted to get physically intimate with her on August 22 telling her that he would get her a placement in a statelevel competition it saidThe police have booked an FIR under relevant sections of the BNS Act and Section 12 of the POCSO ActThe victim had filed the police complaint on August 30Police investigation revealed that the yoga instructor was also involved in the rape of 10 to 15 women who attended classes at his yoga centreThe police have seized his mobile phone and are urging other victims to come forward and file a complaintA video related to the crime was also recovered and more women are expected to file complaints against him according to police sourcesFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/yoga-instructor-sexually-assaulted-me-during-thailand-competition-teenager-tells-police-639198.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-police-arrest-two-for-slaughtering-cows-dumping-carcasses-in-forest-639201.html Karwar Karnataka Sep 18 The Karnataka police have arrested two individuals for allegedly slaughtering cows and dumping their carcasses in a forest area in Bhatkal town of Karwar district officials said on Thursday The arrested duo identified as Mohammad Saman 19 and Mohammad Raheen 20 both residents of Bhatkal were apprehended based on a complaint filed by a forest officerAccordingly an offence was registered at the Bhatkal Shahar Police Station under the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act 2020The police have seized the vehicle used in the crime Both the accused have been produced before the court and remanded in judicial custodyThe action was taken following a complaint lodged by Forest Officer Maruti of the Bhatkal Sub DivisionIn his complaint the forest officer stated that on September 11 around 2 pm the accused entered the restricted Mugdum Colony Gudde forest area and allegedly dumped cow carcass parts including skin horns and bones after slaughtering the animalBased on the complaint the Bhatkal Shahar Police registered an offence under Section 412 of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act 2020 as well as Section 3293 of the BNS ActPolice teams were constituted to trace the accused who were later arrested The Karwar Superintendent of Police commended the cops for solving the case and apprehending the accusedOfficials and citizens in the state are making continued efforts to prevent the slaughter of cowsAs many as 49 cows were rescued from slaughter near the Bengaluru border in August 2025 and later shifted to a goshalaIn June 2024 over 100 cows and bulls were rescued from slaughter in Bengaluru during Bakrid in operations supported by organisations such as the Gau Gyan FoundationThe Kankanady police in Mangaluru district have arrested three persons in connection with a cattle theft reported from Adyar on September 13Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy said a cow was stolen from the house of one Umesh Alva in Tajipodi Adyar The Kankanady Town Police traced the stolen cow and arrested three persons identified as Shabaz Ahmed of Adyar Mohammad Suhan of Arkula and Valachil Khader Mohammad alias Koli Monakka of Adyar in this connection IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-police-arrest-two-for-slaughtering-cows-dumping-carcasses-in-forest-639201.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/teachers-job-scam-bengal-minister-faces-ed-heat-over-rs-1273-cr-fictitious-transactions-639216.html Kolkata Sep 18 The fate of West Bengal Minister Chandranath Sinha will hinge on his clarifications regarding the alleged fictitious financial transactions of Rs 1273 crore identified by the Enforcement Directorate ED in connection with the states primary teacher recruitment irregularities The matter is set for a crucial hearing at a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA court in Kolkata this SaturdaySinha through his counsel is expected to respond to the Enforcement Directorates earlier submission regarding the disputed transactions in bank accounts held by him individually or jointly with his family membersSources aware of the development said that depending on the clarifications provided by Sinha through his counsel at the special court later this week the Enforcement Directorate is likely to seek the ministers custody for interrogationThey added that the investigating officials are primarily seeking two clarifications from the minister regarding the fictitious transactions the first being the source of funds behind a series of inward remittances mostly in cash made to these bank accounts during a specified periodSources said the ED officials are seeking two clarifications from the minister regarding the fictitious transactionsThe first clarification relates to the source of funds behind a series of phased inward remittances largely in cash credited to the bank accounts during a particular periodThe second concerns the omission of these transactions from the tax declarations of the minister and his family membersThe ED has already told the special court that during questioning the minister failed to provide satisfactory answers on either pointThe ED officials have traced illegal transactions worth Rs 1273 crore allegedly linked to irregularities in the recruitment of primary teachers in the state to bank accounts held by the minister and his family membersDetails of these fictitious transactions were included in the EDs sixth supplementary charge sheet filed at the special court earlier this monthOn September 6 Sinha had surrendered before the same court in connection with the agencys probe into the alleged recruitment scam The court granted him interim bail on a personal bond of Rs 10000 with certain conditionsIn its charge sheet the ED highlighted a series of large cash deposits made in phases into a joint bank account held by the minister and his wife Kuntala Sinha at a Kolkata branch of a public sector bankAccording to the sixth supplementary chargesheet a total of Rs 118 crore was deposited in cash into this account between January 2016 and November 2019 identified as the peak period of the alleged school recruitment scam IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/teachers-job-scam-bengal-minister-faces-ed-heat-over-rs-1273-cr-fictitious-transactions-639216.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-valued-at-over-rs-143-crore-seized-in-mizoram-amp-manipur-3-held-639219.html AizawlImphal Sep 18 In a major haul the security forces have seized drugs valued over Rs 143 crore and arrested three persons in Mizoram and Manipur over the past 24 hours officials said on Thursday A defence spokesman said that in a major strike against crossborder narcotrafficking Assam Rifles based on specific intelligence conducted a search operation on Wednesday night near Zote village in Mizorams Champhai District which shares an unfenced border with MyanmarDuring the operation troops intercepted a suspected individual carrying a consignment On being challenged the person abandoned the load and fled into the nearby deep jungle taking advantage of the terrain A thorough search of the area led to the recovery of 34218 kg of highly addictive and banned methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 10265 croreThe spokesman said that in another operation Assam Rifles seized 12 grams of heroin valued at approximately Rs 84 lakh at Zemabawk in Mizorams Aizawl district on Wednesday nightActing on specific intelligence about the trafficking of narcotics a joint operation of Assam Rifles with the Territorial Army Aizawl was launched at the Zemabawk areas and during the operation one suspected drug peddler was intercepted and searchedDuring the search of the individual 12 grams of heroin were recovered from him The apprehended individual was identified as Lalchchuanmawia 25 a resident of Zote in Champhai DistrictThe seized narcotics along with the apprehended individual have been handed over to the Excise and Narcotics Department Aizawl for further investigation This successful operation underscores Assam Rifles unwavering resolve to combat narconetwork along the IndiaMyanmar border while safeguarding the youth of the Nation from the scourge of drugs an Assam Rifles statement saidIn Manipur security forces arrested two suspected drug smugglers and recovered brown sugar and methamphetamine tablets worth around Rs 40 croreA police official in Imphal said that the seizure of drugs and the arrests took place in Tengnoupal district bordering Myanmar during two separate operations conducted during the past 24 hoursIn the first operation the security forces intercepted a van at the Naka Check Post in the Tengnoupal police station areaThe driver Md Nousad 21 a resident of Kakching district was arrested Around 50 packets of methamphetamine tablets weighing 108 kg the van and a mobile phone were seized from himThe estimated value of the drugs is over Rs 30 crore Subsequently security forces intercepted another van at the same checkpostThe driver Hengougin Haokip 23 a resident of Kangpokpi district was arrested Seized from him were 11 soap cases containing 125 grams of brown Sugar the vehicle and a mobile phone The estimated value of the drugs is over Rs 10 croreMeanwhile Assam Rifles seized heroin valued at approximately Rs 2010 crore in MizoramAccording to a defence spokesman acting on specific intelligence about the trafficking of narcotics an operation was launched on Tuesday night at Thingluang Kai in the Melbuk Road area in Mizorams Champhai district and seized 2462 kg of heroin valued at Rs 2010 croreThe latest seizure of drugs was the biggest haul of narcotics after the Mizoram government on September 1 launched a fourmonthlong special campaign and antidrug operation to curb the illegal trade of drugs and their menaceA variety of drugs especially highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin and different types of contraband including exotic animals are often illegally traded through six districts in Mizoram Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip These six districts share unfenced borders of 510 km with Myanmar From Mizoram these drugs are ferried to other parts of the country and abroad including Bangladesh through Assam and Tripura IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-valued-at-over-rs-143-crore-seized-in-mizoram-amp-manipur-3-held-639219.html Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-cancels-bail-of-chhota-rajan-in-hotelier-murder-case-638977.html New Delhi Sep 17 The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of mafia don Rajendra S Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan in the 2001 sensational murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed the special leave petition SLP filed by CBI Central Bureau of Investigation challenging a Bombay High Courts order granting bail to Chhota Rajan and suspended his life sentenceThe Justice Nathled Bench noted the submission of Additional Solicitor General ASG SV Raju who appeared on CBIs behalf that Chhota Rajan stood convicted in four other cases and remained absconding for around 27 yearsAfter a Special MCOCA Court convicted Rajan and others in the sensational murder case and handed him his second life sentence in nearly nine years Rajan filed an appeal before the Bombay High CourtIn October last year a Bench of Justices Revati MohiteDere and Prithviraj K Chavan suspended the sentence pending disposal of the criminal appeal and ordered his release on bail However Rajan could not avail the benefit of bail as he is already serving a life sentence in New Delhis Tihar Central Jail for the 2011 daylight murder of crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey at PowaiThe Shetty murder case was among the dossier of 71 major offences that were handed over by the CBI to the Indonesian government after Rajan was nabbed in the tourist haven of Bali and subsequently deported to India in November 2015Shetty the owner of the Golden Crown Hotel in south Mumbai was shot dead by two gunmen on May 4 2001 with the hit ordered by Rajan a bitter rival of the absconder terrorist don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar triggering a huge sensation in the hospitality and political circlesAfter the long trial the Special MCOCA Court Special Judge A M Patil found Rajan guilty and sentenced him to life in jail along with the other accused Rahul Pansare Ajay Mohite and Pramod DhondeShetty had become a victim in an alleged extortion case and had been provided with police security which was withdrawn a couple of months before he was targeted and killed IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-cancels-bail-of-chhota-rajan-in-hotelier-murder-case-638977.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-dies-after-targetted-stabbing-in-eastern-australia-638986.html Sydney Sep 17 A man has died after being stabbed in a targetted attack in eastern Australia on Wednesday morning Emergency services were called to reports of an assault on a street near the rural city of Grafton 490 km northeast of Sydney in the state of New South Wales NSW around 1 am local time on WednesdayPolice officers arrived and found that a 35yearold man had been stabbed by unknown assailants while walking along the street Xinhua News Agency reportedHe was treated by ambulance paramedics but died at the sceneNSW Police said in a statement that initial inquiries indicated that the stabbing was a targetted attackLocal detectives have commenced an investigation with assistance from the state homicide squad and police said the area is expected to remain a crime scene for a considerable amount of timeOn September 6 two people died following a stabbing in Melbournes western suburbs that police are treating as a targeted attackEmergency services were deployed to reports that a person was seriously injured in Cobblebank 34 km west of central Melbourne shortly before 8 pm on September 6They arrived and located a 12yearold boy at the scene with critical injuries according to a police statementCPR was commenced but he died at the sceneA short time later police found a 15yearold boy seriously injured on a nearby street He was treated but also died at the sceneA crime scene was established and homicide squad detectives commenced an investigation into the exact circumstances of the deathsPolice said that the incident is being treated as a targeted attackThis comes just days after a teenager was charged over a stabbing at a western Sydney train station that left a boy in a critical condition in hospital on September 3Police in the state of New South Wales NSW said that emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at a railway station in Merrylands 20 km west of central Sydney around 515 pm on MondayA 16yearold male victim was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics and taken to the hospital in a critical conditionInvestigators believe that the 16yearold boy had interacted with two males who were not known to him before they assaulted him and left the sceneNSW Police said that a 17yearold attended a police station on Tuesday afternoon where he was arrested and charged with seven offences including wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm being armed with intent to commit a serious offence and using a knife in a public placeHe was refused bail and will make an initial appearance before a childrens court on Wednesday Police inquiries into the incident are ongoing IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-dies-after-targetted-stabbing-in-eastern-australia-638986.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/five-year-jail-for-ex-custom-inspector-in-rs-32-crore-fraud-case-in-visakhapatnam-638991.html Visakhapatnam Sep 17 A CBI Court here has sentenced a former inspector of Central Excise amp Customs and a private person to five years in jail in a Rs 3228 crore fraud case The court convicted and sentenced Kalaka Ramdas the then Inspector Central Excise amp Customs Srikakulam Range Srikakulam and a private person Polaki JanakiramThe case was registered in 2005 and at the time of filing the charge sheet in 2008 Ramdas was Superintendent Customs amp Central Excise in the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs amp Central Excise VisakhapatnamThe CBI said in a statement on Wednesday that the court also convicted Janakiram of Vandragi village of Srikakulam district and a private entity Sri Balaji General Trading Company The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 553 lakh on themThe CBI had registered a case on August 30 2005 for criminal conspiracy to cheat Excise and Customs Jankiram impersonated as Palla Kesava Rao and they established the accused firm in the name of SBGTC Sri Balaji General Trading Company Janakiram by impersonating as Kesava Rao and by forging the signatures in the name of the nonexistent Kesava Rao applied to VSEZ Visakhapatnam for a trading license and an import and export code and also applied to the Central Excise for declaring the premises as a Warehousing Station under the Customs ActAccording to the CBI Janakiram by impersonating as Kesava Rao procured duty free materials from the three firms at Maligaon and also by import and fraudulently cleared them as deemed export to the three firms at Mumbai against Advance Release Orders AROs in violation of EXIM Policy guidelines in conspiracy with the accused public servant namely K Ramdas the then Inspector Central Excise amp Customs Srikakulam Range Srikakulam and others and thereby cheated Excise and Customs Duty of Rs 3228 crore on the procured materialsAfter completion of the investigation CBI filed a charge sheet on August 29 2008 The Central agency said after the pronouncement of judgement convicts Kalaka Ramdas and Polaki Janakiram were sent to Central Prison Visakhapatnam IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/five-year-jail-for-ex-custom-inspector-in-rs-32-crore-fraud-case-in-visakhapatnam-638991.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-bust-fake-international-call-centre-main-accused-among-10-arrested-639027.html Kolkata Sep 17 The Kolkata Police on Wednesday unearthed a fake international call centre racket and arrested ten persons including the prime accused officials said The police recovered more than Rs 10 lakh in cash several mobile phones and two cars from the accused and launched an investigation into the racket as well as its operationsThe police also arrested the main accused Javed Khan during raids on the gangs dens following the complaintsA police officer said the fraudsters had set up fake call centres at several locations in Kolkata from where they would call American citizens posing as representatives of an international financial technology company They lured victims with false promises of technical support or money transfersMany foreigners fell prey to the fraud of the gang After receiving a complaint we began an investigation and on Wednesday morning carried out raids at several locations across the city Ten persons were arrested from two flats including the prime accused Javed Khan the officer saidThe police recovered a large quantity of gold 10 mobile phones eight laptops a router and ten watches of different companies from their places besides more than Rs 10 lakh in cashThe police also seized three books with financial transaction details of the gang and two cars a Skoda Slavia and a Mahindra XUV allegedly owned by the accusedThe investigators are also trying to identify other people linked to the call centre racketWe are examining whether a larger gang is involved More details will emerge once we secure the custody of the arrested persons the officer saidThe arrested accused will be produced in a city court later in the day We will seek their custody for further investigation into the racket said the officer IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-bust-fake-international-call-centre-main-accused-among-10-arrested-639027.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/prime-accused-in-gorakhpur-neet-aspirant-murder-case-arrested-in-encounter-639076.html Lucknow Sep 17 The Gorakhpur police on Wednesday arrested Rahim Khan the prime accused in the murder of NEET aspirant Deepak Gupta after an encounter in which he was injured Khan was admitted to a hospital for treatment while a pistol and a motorcycle were recovered from himGupta a medical aspirant was allegedly killed by cattle smugglers in Gorakhpur on Monday Rahim Khan had been named as one of the accused in the caseGorakhpur SSP Raj Karan Nayyar said four accused have been arrested so far while two others are still abscondingHe said Khan opened fire when cornered by the police team forcing them to retaliate which led to his injury Two other accused Chhotu and Raju are being interrogatedNayyar added that police have announced a reward for the absconding accused whose identities have been confirmed and five dedicated teams are conducting raids to nab themThe victims family members had held a protest against the killing and asked for justiceReacting to the encounter Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav launched a sharp attack on the government questioning its law and order recordBefore 2022 a businessman from Kanpur died in police custody and now a young student preparing to become a doctor has been killed in Gorakhpur What was the police doing in the Chief Ministers home district despite such a huge cattle smuggling incident Why was an encounter necessary he askedCalling the encounter preplanned Akhilesh Yadav alleged When a senior officer went to Gorakhpur it was decided then It didnt happen that night but the encounter took place while our press conference was underwayThe SP chief asserted that encounters wont improve law and order they will improve only by giving opportunities to good officers not by assigning police stations on the basis of caste He accused the government of using encounters to hide its failures and alleged that those involved in cow slaughter were linked to the BJP with the administration complicit in the Gorakhpur incident IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/prime-accused-in-gorakhpur-neet-aspirant-murder-case-arrested-in-encounter-639076.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/decomposed-body-of-schoolgirl-missing-for-20-days-recovered-teacher-arrested-639077.html Kolkata Sep 17 The decomposed body of a seventh standard student was recovered after she went missing for about 20 days The incident took place at Rampurhat in West Bengals Birbhum district She was a student of Shyampahari Sri Ramakrishna Shikshapeeth in RampurhatThe family of the deceased accused the physics teacher of that school Manoj Kumar Pal of kidnapping and murdering the student Based on their complaint the police on Wednesday morning arrested the accused teacherAccording to the complaint lodged by the family the student had left home on August 28 to take her tuition The family members had filed a missing person complaint with Rampurhat police station after she did not return home Later the family members alleged that Manoj Kumar Pal a physics teacher at the school where she was studying had kidnapped herLate on Tuesday night the Rampurhat police recovered her decomposed body of the student from a wetland near Kalidanga village under Rampurhat police stationFollowing the recovery of the body the missing person diary was converted into a murder case The police said the body was cut into pieces and thrown into the waterWe recovered the body which was cut in pieces It started decomposing Based on the complaint by the family of the student the teacher has been arrested A murder case has been registered An investigation into the incident has started said a senior officer of Birbhum district policeThe police are trying to find out the motive behind killing the student and whether any physical torture was inflicted on her before the murder However since the body parts started decomposing it will be difficult to establish the physical assault The body has been sent for postmortem and forensic experts have been called The arrested person is being questioned by police officers IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/decomposed-body-of-schoolgirl-missing-for-20-days-recovered-teacher-arrested-639077.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/daylight-bank-robbery-in-ktaka-raises-concerns-siddaramaiah-insists-on-preventive-measures-639080.html Vijayapura Sep 17 The daylight bank robbery reported from Vijayapura district in Karnataka has raised law and order concerns in the state Commenting on the incident Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Wednesday that he has directed the police to take preventive measures to avoid such incidents in the futureSpeaking to reporters in Kalaburagi CM Siddaramaiah stated Regarding the robbery at the SBI Bank in Vijayapura and the security concerns it is stated that the car used in the robbery has already been traced and the district SP has been instructed to track down the criminals involved Related officials have been instructed to stay vigilantIt is the responsibility of individual banks to appoint security personnel while the police provide overall security Instructions have been given to the police to take preventive measures to avoid such incidents in the future CM Siddaramaiah statedThe daring bank robbery took place on Tuesday evening at the SBI Bank branch in Chadachana Vijayapura districtPreliminary investigations have revealed that the robbers made away with Rs 1 crore in cash and 20 kilograms of gold articles from the bankAn official statement regarding the amount of cash and gold looted is yet to be issued by the bankPolice investigations revealed that the accused escaped towards Pandharapura in the neighbouring state of MaharashtraAfter committing the crime they fled using different routes However the robbers abandoned the car used in the theft midway in a village after entering a deadend roadThe police stated that the robbers threatened the bank staff and customers with a countrymade pistol looted the cash and gold and carried them away in bagsAround 4 pm one of the robbers a masked man entered the bank and remained inside until the arrival of his associates It is suspected that he had been frequenting the bank for a few days observing and identifying key spotsAt around 6 pm the gang of robbers entered the bank Meanwhile two robbers waited outside while the others tied the hands and legs of the staff and customers inside the bank before committing the robbery The age of robbers is expected to be between 20 to 30 yearsAs news of the bank robbery spread like wildfire customers rushed to the bank on Wednesday morning to verify and confirm whether their gold jewellery pledged for loans and kept in lockers was safe or taken away Many elderly women and others were seen arguing with security guards and bank staff demanding to meet the managerThe police have taken up further investigations IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/daylight-bank-robbery-in-ktaka-raises-concerns-siddaramaiah-insists-on-preventive-measures-639080.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/tn-catering-firm-alleges-rs-12-cr-loss-over-costume-designers-posts-madras-hc-adjourns-hearing-639087.html Chennai Sep 17 A catering company on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that it had suffered cancellation of catering and food service contracts worth Rs 12 crore over the last 15 days allegedly due to disparaging social media posts by costume designer Joy Crizildaa The company named Madhampatty Thangavelu Hospitality Private Limited which owns the popular trademark Madhampatty Pakashala claimed the brand had been severely tarnished after Crizildaa who says she is married to one of its directors Madhampatty Rangaraj began posting damaging content onlineAppearing before Justice N Senthilkumar senior counsel PS Raman assisted by Vijayan Subramanian argued that the hashtags used in the posts were diverting potential customers searching for the companys menu on social media towards defamatory contentThe reputational harm is immense and customers are backing out of contracts Raman told the court while pressing for an injunction to restrain the designer from using such hashtagsOpposing the plea senior counsel S Prabakaran representing Crizildaa disputed the companys claim of losses amounting to Rs 12 crore He pointed out that no such assertion had been made in the plaint and argued that it was being raised only orally during the proceedingsIf they claim such loss it must be in writing he said Defending his clients posts Prabakaran said her freedom of speech and expression could not be curtailed He also conveyed her personal anguish quoting her statement I have been cheated after marriage Now I am in an advanced stage of pregnancy My life has been ruined The counsel further questioned why the company appeared to be shielding its director noting that Crizildaa had filed a police complaint against Rangaraj on August 29Immediately thereafter the company rushed to court with a trademark suit This raises doubts about the maintainability of their case he arguedThe court also recorded that Rangaraj himself had filed a separate suit seeking protection of his personality rightsJustice Senthilkumar directed the Registry to number his suit if all papers were in order and list it along with the companys case on September 24The judge said the companys request for an interim injunction against the use of hashtags would be considered on the next date of hearing IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/tn-catering-firm-alleges-rs-12-cr-loss-over-costume-designers-posts-madras-hc-adjourns-hearing-639087.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/tribal-youth-kidnapped-in-mp-maoists-threaten-execution-warn-villagers-639090.html Balaghat Sep 17 Tension gripped the Lanji region of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh after suspected Maoists allegedly kidnapped a tribal youth from Pusera village and reportedly killed him triggering widespread panic among locals Inspector General Balaghat Sanjay Kumar confirmed the youths disappearance and the recovery of the pamphletsSpeaking to IANS the senior police officer said The youth identified as Devendra Kushwaha alias Dhaddu was reportedly abducted late Tuesday night A police team has been dispatched to search for him We cannot say he has been killed as we have yet to recover his body The police are on an intensive search in dense forest area Only after the youth is found we will be able to confirm what actually happened it is a Naxalite kidnapping or if other motives are involved Investigations are underwayFollowing the abduction villagers discovered two pamphlets written in red ink purportedly left behind by members of the Malajkhand Area Committee of the Communist Party of India Maoist One pamphlet accuses Devendra of being a police informant and declares that he has been sentenced to death The second warns villagers to refrain from cooperating with security forces and threatens consequences for those who doPrima facie the case appears to be linked to the Malajkhand Area Committee of CPI Maoist another police officer saidAccording to the contents of the first pamphlet Devendra had allegedly provided intelligence on Maoist movements and camps to the police on multiple occasions It claims he was once detained in the forest under the alias Dahan and had been regularly supplying yoghurt and milk to the Pitkona police stationThe pamphlet concludes that based on these activities Devendra was deemed guilty and sentenced to death by the Maoist groupSecurity forces have intensified search operations across the Malajkhand belt deploying personnel to locate the missing youth and prevent further escalationThe incident has reignited fears among villagers many of whom now hesitate to engage with law enforcement due to threats from insurgents This latest episode underscores the persistent challenge of Naxalism in Madhya Pradesh even as the Union Home Ministry has set March 2026 as the target for the complete eradication of the movementAuthorities are urging calm and cooperation from locals while assuring that every effort is being made to ensure Devendras safe recovery and restore peace in the region IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/tribal-youth-kidnapped-in-mp-maoists-threaten-execution-warn-villagers-639090.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-court-attaches-properties-of-senior-passport-superintendent-in-disproportionate-assets-case-639096.html New Delhi Sep 17 The Ld Special Judge CBI Court Ghaziabad issued an order on Wednesday for attachment of two properties of Senior Passport Superintendent then posted at Regional Passport Office RPO Ghaziabad in a Disproportionate Assets case The name of the accused Senior Passport Superintendent is Deepak Chandra and he is now posted at RPO MumbaiAccording to the CBI it registered the case on March 24 this year against the said accused It was alleged that the accused public servant had acquired Disproportionate Assets amounting to Rs 8506900 14643 per cent during the check period ie July 30 2018 to September 30 2024During the course of investigation a search was conducted at the residential premise of the accused which led to the recovery of huge unaccounted cash of around Rs 60 lakh details of investments in immoveable properties as well as details of various expenses of high magnitude the agency said in its press statement on WednesdayInvestigation also revealed that during the Check Period the accused public servant had made investment in two immovable assets ie one residential flat in Raj Nagar Extension Ghaziabad and one commercial shop in Greater Noida West Gautam Buddha Nagar beyond his known sources of income it further addedOn the application of the CBI the court issued an adinterim order for attachment of the abovementioned propertiesPublic servants are entrusted with the responsibility of serving the nation and its people but cases like that of Senior Passport Superintendent Deepak Chandra highlight how some misuse their positions for personal gainCorruption not only erodes public trust but also creates unnecessary hurdles for ordinary citizens who depend on these officials for essential servicesBy amassing Disproportionate Assets and indulging in illegal enrichment such officers betray their dutyThe CBI Courts decision to attach his properties sends a strong message that abuse of power will not be tolerated reinforcing accountability and integrity in public service IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-court-attaches-properties-of-senior-passport-superintendent-in-disproportionate-assets-case-639096.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-polices-sia-arrests-notorious-narcotic-smuggler-absconding-for-over-3-years-639097.html Srinagar Sep 17 The JampK Polices Special Investigation Agency SIA on Wednesday said it has arrested a notorious narcotic smuggler who was absconding for more than 3 years The SIA on Tuesday arrested a key narcotic smuggler who was wanted in a narcoterror case namely Zafraan Khan son of Shafi Ullah Khan resident of Mohra Dawran Uri of District Baramulla who was evading arrest for the last three years amp he was apprehended by a special SIA team from Kathua district the SIA said in a statementHis arrest marks a severe blow to the narcoterror module backed by Pakistanibased terror handlers This module was involved in the smuggling of narcotic substances through the LOCs Uri sector and subsequent transportation and sale in both the Kashmir valley and Jammu region Sale proceeds of these narcotic substances were later channelised to sustain the waning terrorism in JampK The arrest pertains to a case registered under FIR No 132022 US 82129 NDPS Act1317183840 of the UA P Act which pertains to the recovery of one kg heroin seven Kg poppy straw and four kg poppy seeds it addedAccording to the SIA the charge sheet in this case has already been filed against five members of this narcoterror module under the UA P and NDPS Acts so farThis arrest would help SIA track forward amp backward linkages in this case with a view to dismantling the narcoterror modules operating in the valley the statement said The SIA said that over the last few months it has intensified its crackdown against NarcoTerror networks across the Kashmir ValleyJust last week another notorious terror handler Abdul Rashid Bhat who was absconding for more than two years was arrested from Pulwama it saidThe results of these crackdowns highlight the unrelenting efforts from SIA Kashmir in their quest towards dismantling the terror ecosystem the statement said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-polices-sia-arrests-notorious-narcotic-smuggler-absconding-for-over-3-years-639097.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-gangsters-behind-firing-at-disha-patanis-bareilly-home-killed-in-ghaziabad-encounter-639105.html New Delhi Sep 17 IANS Two men accused of opening fire at Bollywood actor Disha Patanis ancestral residence in UPs Bareilly were gunned down in a police encounter in the states Ghaziabad on Wednesday officials saidnbspThe suspects identified as Ravindra of Rohtak and Arun of Sonipat were linked to a prominent transnational gang headed by Canadabased gangster Goldy BrarnbspA Delhi Police personnel was injured during the operationnbspThe case dates back to the early hours of September 12 when shots were fired around 345 am at Patanis family home in Bareillys Civil Lines areaThe actors father retired Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagdish Singh Patani her mother and elder sister Khushbu were present at the house at the timenbspNo injuries were reported but the firing rattled the quiet neighbourhood Soon after Goldy Brar claimed responsibility for the attack through a social media post screenshots of which went viralnbspIn his message Brar alleged the shooting was in retaliation for remarks allegedly made by Disha Patani and her sister against religious figures Sant Premanand Maharaj and AniruddhacharyaThe post carried direct threats and mentioned several of his associatesnbspActing on intelligence inputs a joint team of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Forces Noida unit and the Delhi Polices Crime Intelligence Unit traced the suspects to GhaziabadnbspAccording to officials the duo opened fire when the team tried to intercept them In retaliatory fire both accused sustained serious injuriesnbspThey were disarmed and rushed to the hospital where they were declared dead reports saidPolice confirmed that a Delhi Police official was injured during the exchange but is out of dangernbspInvestigators said the encounter marks a significant breakthrough against Brars network which has been attempting to expand its footprint in Uttar PradeshnbspSecurity at Patanis Bareilly residence has since been strengthened while agencies continue to probe wider gang links https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-gangsters-behind-firing-at-disha-patanis-bareilly-home-killed-in-ghaziabad-encounter-639105.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bihar-inter-state-cyber-fraud-gang-busted-84-mobile-phones-seized-639110.html Patna Sep 17 Police in Bihars Purnea district on Wednesday busted an interstate cyber fraud gang involved in stealing mobile phones siphoning money from victims UPI accounts and then reselling the devices in the market The breakthrough came when a police team from Sahayak Khajanchi police station noticed seven young men sitting nervously at the local bus stand Their suspicious behaviour led to a search which uncovered 84 stolen mobile phones four Aadhaar cards and eight SIM cardsSP Sweety Sehrawat addressing the media revealed that members of the gang had stolen 23 phones from Prime Minister Narendra Modis rally on September 15These individuals targeted crowded markets and political rallies After stealing phones they would unlock them with the help of technical experts access OTPs transfer money from UPI accounts to fake accounts and finally sell the phones SP Sehrawat saidAn FIR has been registered at the Sahayak Khajanchi police station against all seven accusedThe gang operated across Bihar Jharkhand and West Bengal Two members were technical experts responsible for breaking phone locks Of the seven arrested six are from West Bengal and one is from JharkhandThey had been staying in various hotels in Belauri for the past three to four monthsThe accused have been identified as Munna Kumar Rajesh Kumar Mahto Pappu Mahto alias Pappu Nonia Kapoor Mahto Ganesh Kumar Mahto Kartik Nonia and one minor teenagerAmong them Ganesh Kumar Mahto is a native of Sahebganj district in Jharkhand while the other six accused are from West BengalThe arrested men have been sent to jail and efforts are underway to trace the rightful owners of the recovered mobile phones Police are also investigating the financial fraud trail linked to fake accounts used for UPI theftsSP Sehrawat assured that further action will be taken to dismantle the broader network connected to this cyber fraud racket IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bihar-inter-state-cyber-fraud-gang-busted-84-mobile-phones-seized-639110.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/lodha-developers-former-director-arrested-in-rs-85-crore-fraud-case-639114.html New Delhi Sep 17 Mumbai Polices Crime Branch has arrested Rajendra Narpatmal Lodha a former director of Lodha Developers Limited for his alleged involvement in a fraud worth Rs 85 crore officials said on Wednesday The arrest was made from his Worli residence by the property cell of the Mumbai Polices Crime BranchThe case began after Lodha Developers one of Indias largest real estate companies filed a complaint accusing Rajendra Lodha his son Sahil Lodha and several associates of largescale fraud misappropriation of assets and criminal breach of trustPolice allege that Rajendra Lodha who was authorised only to acquire land for the company misused his position to carry out unauthorised sales of companyowned propertiesHe is also accused of undervaluing land deals and being involved in illegal Transferable Development Rights TDR transactionsFollowing his arrest Rajendra Lodha was produced before a court which sent him to police custody till September 23Police officials said his alleged role in the fraud was uncovered during the investigationInvestigators say Lodha forged agreements MoUs and other documents to facilitate the transactionsThe complaint highlights that land in Panvel Ambernath and Kalyan was siphoned off through fraudulent deals while fake bookings and cash transactions were shown in the companys marquee project Lodha New Cuffe ParadeIn Bhopar village Kalyan over 715 lakh square feet of TDR was allegedly sold illegally causing a direct loss of around Rs 49 croreLodha Developers confirmed the development in an official statement The company said it maintains a zerotolerance policy towards misconduct regardless of the seniority or position of the individual involvedThe firm added that Rajendra Lodha had resigned from all positions on August 17 at the companys request after its Ethics Committee reviewed his conductThe company also clarified that Rajendra Lodha is a distant relative a fourthdegree connection of its Managing Director and CEO Police said further investigation into the case is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/lodha-developers-former-director-arrested-in-rs-85-crore-fraud-case-639114.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/chhattisgarh-police-rule-out-involvement-of-maoists-in-tribal-villagers-murder-639115.html Raipur Sep 17 Police authorities in Chhattisgarhs Aranpur region have confirmed that the murder of a tribal villager initially suspected to be the work of Maoists was in fact the result of personal enmity The incident which occurred in Neelavaya Patelpara village under the jurisdiction of Aranpur police station had initially sparked concern due to the areas history of Naxalite activity The victim identified as 55yearold Bandi Korram son of Mukka Korram and belonging to the Madia tribal community was found dead on the morning of September 17Given the regions vulnerability to Maoist violence preliminary investigations considered the possibility of Maoists involvement However following a prompt and thorough inquiry police officials have ruled out any connection to insurgent groupsBased on the evidence collected and statements from local villagers it is clear that this was not a Naxalite incident The murder stemmed from a longstanding personal dispute between the deceased and the accused police said in a statementEyewitness accounts and forensic findings point to a history of tension and unresolved conflict that ultimately led to the fatal confrontation the police official saidA formal case has been registered at the Aranpur police station and authorities are actively pursuing the accused Police have assured that the perpetrator will be apprehended shortly and face appropriate legal consequencesIn light of the initial confusion law enforcement officials have issued a public advisory urging residents not to fall prey to rumours or misinformation We appeal to the general public to remain calm and refrain from speculating If anyone has relevant information they should report it directly to the Aranpur police station the advisory statedOn April 2 2025 a major encounter occurred near Aranpur in Dantewada district where 13 Maoists were killed during a joint operation by DRG Bastar Fighters and CRPF This was one of the deadliest antiNaxal operations in the region this year Nearly 300 Maoist casualties were recorded in just the first 150 days of 2025making it the deadliest pace since 2009 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/chhattisgarh-police-rule-out-involvement-of-maoists-in-tribal-villagers-murder-639115.html Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/five-bangladeshi-students-suspended-by-nit-silchar-for-hostel-violence-deported-638732.html Guwahati Sep 16 Five Bangladeshi students who were suspended by the authorities of National Institute of Technology NIT in Assams Silchar were sent back to their homes officials said on Tuesday Dilip Kumar Baidya the director of NIT told IANS We have taken strict actions against five students from Bangladesh studying under Indian Council for Cultural Relations ICCR scholarships after they were found involved in violent clashes on campus earlier this month Following their suspension all five students were sent back to their homes in Bangladesh as they will not be able to attend classes hereThe students all in their third year were also found in possession of narcotic substances officials saidThe institutes director Prof Dilip Kumar Baidya confirmed that they have been suspended for two semestersWe have adequate evidence to establish their involvement in the violence They have been suspended for one academic year and expelled from the hostel Since they cannot continue their studies here they have been repatriated Baidya saidThe incident took place on the night of September 8 when a group of Bangladeshi students allegedly attacked their compatriots Eyewitnesses said the accused reportedly under the influence of drugs went on a rampage armed with rods knives and screwdrivers leaving several students injuredThe assault which lasted nearly half an hour resulted in two students being admitted to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital with serious head injuriesSS Dhar dean of students welfare said narcotic substances were recovered from the rooms of the accusedThe primary reason for disciplinary action was the campus violence but suspected drug use was also considered he notedAccording to students the attackers first targeted peers from their own batch before turning on senior students who tried to interveneWitnesses alleged the lights were deliberately switched off during the assault to intensify the attack The institute carried out an internal inquiry while an ICCR officer from the Guwahati zonal office also visited the campusWe are satisfied with the investigation and the disciplinary measures taken The ICCR director who came down was also convinced so there was no need to involve the police Dhar said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/five-bangladeshi-students-suspended-by-nit-silchar-for-hostel-violence-deported-638732.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/interpol-makes-record-synthetic-drug-seizures-across-18-countries-638777.html New Delhi Sep 16 The International Criminal Police Organisation INTERPOL in one of its biggest worldwide operations against drug trafficking made a massive seizure of synthetic drugs valued at 65 billion the global crime policing body said on Tuesday The authorities intercepted a total of 76 tonnes of drugs including 51 tonnes of methamphetamine along with fentanyl heroin cocaine and chemical precursors from across continents including Asia and North AmericaA total of 386 arrests were made during the twoweek operation including a red corner notice suspect running a largescale methamphetamine smuggling operation into Incheon National AirportThe record confiscation of drugs took place under Operation LionfishMayag III conducted over a period of 15 days from June 30 to July 13The Operation LionfishMayag III was focused on combating the manufacturing trafficking and smuggling of synthetic drugs across 18 countries in Asia and North AmericaIn Sri Lanka the Operational Coordination Unit brought together specialised officers and international partners to work together in realtime on transnational casesIn India the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB authorities dismantled a top Darknet drug syndicate known as KetamelonLSD blots and ketamine as well as digital assets with an estimated value of 87000 were seized by the authorities Investigations revealed the vendor was responsible for more than 600 drug shipments in the past 14 monthsIn Myanmar two vehicles carrying 22kg of heroin hidden in pineapples and the other containing 525 million yaba pills were impounded Investigations traced both shipments to the same person and a subsequent house search led to the seizure of an additional 4 million pillsIn the Lao PDR 39 tonnes of methamphetamine and 10 production machines were seized leading to the arrest of two individualsIn the Maldives authorities intercepted 386kg of ketamine concealed inside a surfboard while in Myanmar the traffickers concealed the heroin in powdered teaThe LionfishMayag III also caught many big fish of drug trafficking in Mexico and the United StatesIn Mexico the authorities seized more than 190000 fentanyl tablets and 17 tonnes of methamphetamineIn the United States the Drug Enforcement Administration officers seized MDMA pills laced with fentanyl while in Indonesia authorities intercepted 116kg of xylazine a veterinary tranquilliser often mixed with fentanyl heroin or cocaine said an official statementIt further said that the authorities are witnessing a rise in nitazenes highly potent synthetic opioids with up to 200 times the potency of morphineSmall amounts are enough to be deadly making them more profitable easier to transport and increasingly difficult to detectThe US authorities also seized a parcel containing metonitazene at JFK Airport sent from the United Kingdom and a separate package containing protonitazene at Chicago OHare Airport sent from ChinaSpeaking on the multinational police operation the INTERPOL Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza said The drugs trafficked by transnational criminal networks fuel violence cripple economies and endanger public health Each successful seizure highlights the power of law enforcement working together to protect lives and dismantle these threats IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/interpol-makes-record-synthetic-drug-seizures-across-18-countries-638777.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cattle-smuggler-in-gorakhpur-kills-19-year-old-neet-student-accused-identified-638781.html Gorakhpur Sep 16 In a shocking incident that has sparked outrage a 19yearold student preparing for NEET was brutally killed by an alleged cattle smuggler in Gorakhpur The incident took place late on Monday night and has led to widespread unrest in the villageFollowing the murder chaos broke out in the area Senior officials including the SP North police station incharge SSP IG and DM were present at the sceneAll accused involved in the case have been identified and five dedicated police teams are currently working to arrest themThe incident occurred around 1230 AM on Monday night when cattle smugglers arrived in the village with three vehicles They began releasing cattle tied to pegs triggering an alarm among villagersIn response several villagers including 19yearold Deepak Gupta ran to stop them Deepak raised an alarm and gave chase to the smugglers Unfortunately he was caught forcibly made to sit in a pickup van and taken awayAfter reportedly driving around with him for about an hour the smugglers pushed him out of the moving vehicle resulting in his deathFollowing the murder a furious crowd set a DCM truck on fire The smugglers managed to flee in another vehicleLocal residents gathered in protest blocking the road at Jungle Dhushad Tensions escalated and a heavy police presence was deployed to maintain order The DM DIG SSP and other senior officials visited the victims family as investigations continuedSSP Rajkaran Nair provided an update on the case and said We got to know about this incident at 3 AM A case has been registered under the relevant Sections and the postmortem of the body is being conducted Whatever further information comes out in the postmortem you will be informedSome people said there was a firearm injury I have also seen the body prima facie injuries were found but no firearm injury has been observed so far Whatever facts come out in the postmortem report we will share with you All the accused involved in this case have been identified and five teams are currently working on arresting them Our teams have been sent to the areas where the accused reside They are working urgently and arrests will be made soon he addedHe further added As I told you they had come in two vehicles One of those vehicles got stuck in the village and the smugglers fled Currently a combing operation is underway in the village One of the cattle smugglers who was caught and beaten by the villagers is injured and receiving treatment Our team is handling that as wellThe operation is still ongoing in the area and our teams are tracking down the rest of the accused whose names have surfaced Five teams are working on this case After speaking to the family we will proceed with further legal actions Any updates will be shared with the media he saidHe also confirmed that some police personnel were injured during the incidentLast night as I told you when the youth was being beaten by the villagers some stones thrown at him also hit our policemen One officer is receiving treatment and several others were injured he saidHighlighting the demands made by the victims family he stated The family has demanded the arrest of all the accused and the harshest punishment against them They want the culprits punished in the court Their primary demand is for strict action and since we have many witnesses in this case strong action will certainly be taken against all those found guiltyMeanwhile District Magistrate Deepak Meena also reacted and assured that every step was being taken to support the family and ensure justiceHe said As you all are aware this tragic incident has taken place and the police are taking action Continuous arrests are ongoing and strict action will be taken against those responsibleAll necessary steps have already been initiated We have formed a threemember committee The postmortem is being conducted with videography The family has been informed and we are in continuous contact with them All formalities regarding the financial assistance and government aid permissible to the family are being completed at the earliest he saidWe have also spoken to the family in detail Apart from the financial assistance any other problems or issues the family is facing will be addressed and resolved promptly he addedThe DM further elaborated on the ongoing process of financial supportRight now the formalities are being completed We are calculating under which heads the family is eligible to receive compensation Once we receive all the necessary documents we will clear the assistance amount immediately he statedHe reiterated the administrations commitment to full support and said We will continue to stay in touch with the family and resolve any additional concerns they may have The administration is standing with them in this difficult time IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cattle-smuggler-in-gorakhpur-kills-19-year-old-neet-student-accused-identified-638781.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rs-2-crore-cash-seized-in-acb-raids-on-telangana-official-638836.html Hyderabad Sep 16 Telanganas AntiCorruption Bureau ACB on Tuesday seized Rs 2 crore cash during the raids on the premises of an official of the electricity department Sleuths of the antigraft agency have been conducting searches at the premises of Ambedkar Assistant Divisional Engineer ADE and his relatives since Tuesday morningAmbedkar who works as the ADE in the Manikonda area in Hyderabad allegedly amassed huge wealth disproportionate to his known sources of incomeFifteen teams of ACB officials were conducting searches at multiple locations in the cityACB officials identified three plots owned by Ambedkar He also owns a building in the Gachibowli areaThe officials also seized gold jewellery during the searches They were assessing the value of the jewellery The officials were also examining the documents pertaining to the property owned by Ambedkar and his relativesThis is the second major case of disproportionate assets detected by the ACB in less than a monthOn August 19 the ACB had unearthed assets of over Rs 5 crore during raids on a TahsildarThe officials conducted searches at seven locations linked to Bandi Nageswara Rao Tahsildar of Warangal Fort Mandal in Warangal districtDuring the searches at locations linked to him and his relatives the ACB officials unearthed movable and immovable properties including a house worth Rs 115 crore agricultural land of 1710 acres Rs 143 crore 70 tola gold ornaments and 1791 kg silver 23 wrist watches two fourwheelers and one twowheeler along with household articles The worth of the identified properties is about Rs 50225198 as per document value the ACB saidOn September 9 a woman Town Planning officer in Hyderabad was caught redhanded while taking a bribe of Rs 4 lakh to do an official favourThe ACB caught Maniharika a town planning officer in the Narsingi municipal office when she was accepting the bribeShe had demanded Rs 10 lakh bribe from one Vinod to clear his application under the Land Regularisation Scheme LRS and was caught accepting Rs 4 lakhVinod had lodged a complaint with the ACB which laid a trap and caught the officer redhanded IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rs-2-crore-cash-seized-in-acb-raids-on-telangana-official-638836.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/locals-protest-in-gorakhpur-with-road-blockade-after-cattle-smugglers-kill-19-year-old-neet-aspirant-638838.html Gorakhpur Sep 16 Tension gripped Gorakhpur on Tuesday after a 19yearold NEET aspirant was allegedly killed by cattle smugglers triggering angry protests by locals who blocked the road The victims family demanded justice for the young manHe should be hanged a relative said demanding strict action not only against the smugglers but also against any negligent police personnelSenior officials including the District Magistrate DIG and SSP rushed to the scene and are currently investigating the incidentEyewitness Vivek Nishad along with his grandfather recounted the horrific incidentThe cattle smugglers came attacked the victim and carried him After carrying him for a few kilometres they shot him said VivekThe victims uncle had alerted the village chowkidar Gayasuddin who promptly informed the policeEarlier in the day Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognisance of the murder in Gorakhpur and he directed senior officials to visit the spot meet the victims family and ensure strict action against the culpritsThe Chief Ministers Office shared on social media platform X Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the tragic incident that took place in Gorakhpur and directed senior administrative officials to reach the spot and communicate with the victims family and take strict action against the culpritsFollowing the murder chaos broke out in the area Senior officials including the SP North police station incharge SSP IG and DM were present at the sceneAll accused involved in the case have been identified and five dedicated police teams are currently working to arrest themThe incident occurred around 1230 AM on Monday night when cattle thieves arrived in the village with three vehicles They began releasing cattle tied to pegs triggering alarm among villagersIn response several villagers including 19yearold Deepak Gupta ran to stop them Deepak raised an alarm and gave chase to the smugglers Unfortunately he was caught forcibly made to sit in a pickup van and taken awayAfter reportedly driving around with him for about an hour the smugglers pushed him out of the moving vehicle resulting in his deathFollowing the murder a furious crowd set a truck on fire The smugglers managed to flee in another vehicleLocal residents gathered in protest blocking the road at Jungle Dhushad Tensions escalated and a heavy police presence was deployed to maintain order The DM DIG SSP and other senior officials visited the victims family as investigations continuedSSP Rajkaran Nair provided an update on the case and said We got to know about this incident at 3 AM A case has been registered under the relevant Sections and the postmortem of the body is being conducted Whatever further information comes out in the postmortem you will be informedSome people said there was a firearm injury I have also seen the body prima facie injuries were found but no firearm injury has been observed so far Whatever facts come out in the postmortem report we will share with you All the accused involved in this case have been identified and five teams are currently working on arresting them Our teams have been sent to the areas where the accused reside They are working urgently and arrests will be made soon he saidHe further added As I told you they had come in two vehicles One of those vehicles got stuck in the village and the smugglers fled Currently a combing operation is underway in the village One of the cattle smugglers who was caught and beaten by the villagers is injured and receiving treatment Our team is handling that as wellThe operation is still ongoing in the area and our teams are tracking down the rest of the accused whose names have surfaced Five teams are working on this case After speaking to the family we will proceed with further legal actions Any updates will be shared with the media he saidHe also confirmed that some police personnel were injured during the incidentLast night as I told you when the youth was being beaten by the villagers some stones thrown at him also hit our policemen One officer is receiving treatment and several others were injured he saidHighlighting the demands made by the victims family he stated The family has demanded the arrest of all the accused and the harshest punishment against them They want the culprits punished in the court Their primary demand is for strict action and since we have many witnesses in this case strong action will certainly be taken against all those found guiltyMeanwhile District Magistrate Deepak Meena also reacted and assured that every step was being taken to support the family and ensure justiceHe said As you all are aware this tragic incident has taken place and the police are taking action Continuous arrests are ongoing and strict action will be taken against those responsibleAll necessary steps have already been initiated We have formed a threemember committee The postmortem is being conducted with videography The family has been informed and we are in continuous contact with them All formalities regarding the financial assistance and government aid permissible to the family are being completed at the earliest he said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/locals-protest-in-gorakhpur-with-road-blockade-after-cattle-smugglers-kill-19-year-old-neet-aspirant-638838.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/gang-rape-survivor-under-treatment-justice-will-be-delivered-puri-district-collector-638860.html Bhubaneswar Sep 16 Puri District Collector Dibya Jyoti Parida on Tuesday assured that justice will be delivered in the gangrape case Reacting to the shocking incident of gangrape near the Baliharchandi shrine in Puri he said that the police investigation into the matter is currently underway and appropriate steps are being taken to ensure justiceSpeaking to the media Parida said The police are actively investigating the incident The survivor is receiving proper medical treatment and her health condition is being monitored closelyHe further assured that the district administration is fully committed to supporting the victim and cooperating with law enforcement to ensure a swift and thorough investigationTwo people have been arrested and one was detained in connection with the caseAs per reports the 19yearold student along with her boyfriend visited the Baliharachandi Temple in Brahmagiri to offer prayers on Saturday afternoonLater the couple went to a nearby area to spend some quality time While the couple was having a conversation at an isolated spot the accused persons following them reached thereThey allegedly captured some intimate photos and videos of the couple and started blackmailing themThe accused persons first forcefully took away Rs 2000 from the couple and later sexually assaulted the college student after tying her boyfriend to a tree in the jungle on Saturday afternoonThe accused persons had also reportedly assaulted the victim and her boyfriend after committing the crimeThe girl who initially avoided filing the complaint about the incident finally mustered the courage and complained to the police on Monday eveningBased on the complaint police registered a case and immediately arrested one person Shiba Sahoo of Chandiput village while detaining one accused person the brother of Sahoo in this connectionThe police have also managed to nab the prime accused Manoj Behera in the case while he was trying to flee to Andhra Pradesh late Monday night IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/gang-rape-survivor-under-treatment-justice-will-be-delivered-puri-district-collector-638860.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-a-hub-of-drug-mafia-under-congress-govt-says-union-minister-pralhad-joshi-638713.html BengaluruNew Delhi Sep 15 Union Food Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Monday that under the Congressled state government Karnataka is becoming a hub for drug mafia Speaking to reporters in Delhi Union Minister Joshi while criticising the Congress government said Drug and ganjarelated cases are increasing day by day in the state As a result the valuable lives of the youth are being sacrificedIs the Congressled government which is involved in appeasement politics blind to this situation he askedIt is coming to light that the drug trade is being carried out openly in many parts of the state Still the state government which is supposed to take strict action is remaining silent the Union Minister saidThere are reports that police officials are colluding with drug peddlers in these cases he addedThe Union Minister alleged that this is proof of the Congress governments negligence and corruption and it is leading the youth community astrayThe Congressled governments misrule in Karnataka has crossed all limits Karnataka known as a wellcultured state is now being turned into a haven for criminals he saidHe urged the Karnataka government to take stringent action to control the drug and ganja mafiaUnion Minister Joshi accused the Congress government of running a shameless administration where public safety security and the rule of law have completely collapsedIn a shocking development 11 policemen posted with two police stations including a Police Inspector were suspended pending departmental inquiry on charges of colluding with a drug peddling nexus in Bengaluru last weekAccording to the police the accused officers were hand in glove with a gang of peddlers selling drugs used as sedatives in and around the west divisionThe suspended personnel include a Police Inspector Head Constable Assistant SubInspector and Police Constables posted with Chamarajpet and JJ Nagar police stationsThe suspended officers allegedly collected protection money from the peddlers every month in exchange for allowing them to sell tidel tablets to be used as drugs after dilutionThe racket was busted when RR Nagar police arrested a group of six peddlers including Salman Nayaz Ullah Nayaz Khan and Taher Patel on August 22The accused were caught redhanded while selling narcotic tablets to customers who were students and young employeesThe police seized 1000 tablets from themDuring the investigation police found that the accused were in regular contact with officers from Chamarajpet and JJ Nagar police stationsThe nexus came to light when the accused persons mobile phones were examinedIt was found that the drug peddlers were in direct contact with the accused officers exchanging audio messages and regular messages regarding financial transactionsInvestigating officers also found that the cops were partying with the accused personsThe investigation further revealed that the police were colluding with the peddlers receiving protection money and socialising with themThe accused officers used to collect between Rs 15 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from the peddlers IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-a-hub-of-drug-mafia-under-congress-govt-says-union-minister-pralhad-joshi-638713.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/trump-condemns-murder-of-indian-man-in-texas-promises-justice-638551.html Washington Sep 15 US President Donald Trump has reacted to the brutal killing of an Indian national by an undocumented immigrant in Texas promising prosecution of the accused to the fullest extent of the law who will be charged with murder in the first degree I am aware of the terrible reports regarding the murder of Chandra Nagamallaiah a wellrespected person in Dallas Texas who was brutally beheaded in front of his wife and son by an ILLEGAL ALIEN from Cuba who should have never been in our Country Trump posted on Truth SocialTrump also blamed the previous Biden administration for releasing the murder accused into the communityThis individual was previously arrested for terrible crimes including child sex abuse grand theft auto and false imprisonment but was released back into our Homeland under incompetent Joe Biden because Cuba did not want such an evil person in their Country Rest assured the time for being soft on these Illegal Immigrant Criminals is OVER under my watch Trump addedOn September 10 41yearold Nagamallaiah was fatally attacked and decapitated at a motel in Dallas Texas 37yearold Martinez was arrested and charged with capital murder He is accused of beheading Nagamallaiah and leaving the victims head in a trash binA disturbing video circulating on social media showed Martinez chasing the victim with a machete and continuing the attack until Nagamallaiah was decapitated He then kicked the victims head into the motel parking lot before picking it up and placing it in a dumpsterOn Friday the US Department of Homeland Security DHS announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE has started the process of the attackers removal from the countryIn a statement DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughli also accused the Biden administration of allowing undocumented immigrants into the countryThis gruesome savage slaying of a victim at a motel by Yordanis CobosMartinez was completely preventable if this criminal illegal alien was not released into our country by the Biden Administration she addedAccording to the DHS Martinez was in ICE Dallas custody at the Bluebonnet Detention Centre until he was released on an Order of Supervision on January 13 2025 under the Biden administration IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/trump-condemns-murder-of-indian-man-in-texas-promises-justice-638551.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/allahabad-hc-to-hear-today-mosque-committee-plea-in-sambhal-jama-masjid-violence-case-638557.html Prayagraj Sep 15 The Allahabad High Court will on Monday take up the Sambhal Jama Masjid violence case following a petition filed by mosque committee Chairman Zafar Ali challenging the police charge sheet Ali has moved the trial court seeking quashing of the charge sheet filed in connection with the clashes that erupted during the survey of the Sambhal Jama Masjid on November 24 2024His name surfaced during the investigation leading to his arrest and subsequent imprisonment On July 24 the High Court granted him bailThe matter is listed before a single bench of Justice Sameer Jain which is expected to hear the case later in the dayThe development comes in the backdrop of a Special Investigation Team SIT of the Uttar Pradesh Police filing a mammoth charge sheet running over 4400 pages across six cases linked to the deadly violenceOfficials announced that Shariq Satha a resident of Sambhal is believed to be the mastermind behind the riots The violence resulted in five deaths and many injuriesSatha who allegedly operated a car theft ring involving over 300 stolen vehicles from the DelhiNCR region has also been connected to underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistans intelligence agency the ISI Investigators revealed that he fled India using a forged passportInvestigators uncovered a series of suspicious financial transactions linked to account holders in Sambhal along with the discovery of foreignmanufactured cartridges at the sites of the clashesPolice reported that Sathas close associates were responsible for the gunfire that resulted in the deaths of four victims However there was no First Information Report FIR filed regarding the fifth death raising additional questionsThe charge sheet has named Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq and the son of local MLA Iqbal Mahmood among the accused In total 37 individuals have been specifically identified while an additional 3750 people are accused but remain unnamed in connection with the violence IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/allahabad-hc-to-hear-today-mosque-committee-plea-in-sambhal-jama-masjid-violence-case-638557.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/elite-forces-dismantle-maoists-key-network-in-jharkhand-operations-638583.html Ranchi Sep 15 In a year of relentless counterinsurgency operations the elite 209 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action CoBRA has emerged as a formidable force against Maoists in Jharkhand With precision courage and tactical brilliance the unit has dismantled key elements of the insurgent network marking 2025 as a turning point in the regions fight against leftwing extremismThroughout the year 209 CoBRA neutralised 20 hardcore Maoists striking at the very heart of the movements leadershipAmong those eliminated were two Central Committee Members the highest rung of Naxal command along with two BJSAC BiharJharkhand Special Area Committee Members four Zonal Committee Members ZCMs two SubZonal Committee Members SZCMs and three Area Committee Members ACMsThese figures were not just foot soldiers but strategic planners recruiters and enforcers whose absence has left a vacuum in the insurgent hierarchyIn addition to these neutralisations the unit apprehended three Maoists alive including one SZCM one ACM area committee member and a cadreThese arrests have yielded critical intelligence further weakening the operational capabilities of the remaining factions and sowing fear among their ranksThe scale of material recovery underscores the intensity of the operations CoBRA troops seized 32 sophisticated automatic weapons 345 kilograms of explosives 88 detonators and over 2500 rounds of live ammunition The haul also included large quantities of warlike stores indicating the extent of militarisation within the Naxal infrastructureBeyond combat engagements the unit successfully dismantled 18 Naxal hideouts and destroyed 39 bunkersThese actions have crippled the insurgents ability to regroup plan ambushes and store arms effectively severing their logistical backboneSecurity analysts view these achievements not only as tactical victories but as strategic milestonesBy targeting leadership disrupting supply chains and reclaiming territory 209 CoBRA has delivered a decisive blow to Maoists in JharkhandThe morale among security forces is high while the insurgent movement reels from the loss of its core leadership and operational assetsAs the year closes the success of 209 CoBRA stands as a testament to the power of coordinated intelligence groundlevel grit and unwavering commitment to restoring peace and stability in the region IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/elite-forces-dismantle-maoists-key-network-in-jharkhand-operations-638583.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-for-sexually-harassing-woman-animal-lover-in-bengaluru-638594.html Bengaluru Sep 15 The Karnataka Police on Monday arrested a man on charges of sexually harassing a female animal lover within Amrutahalli police station limits in Bengaluru The accused has been identified as Manjunath According to police the incident took place on September 7 at 1150 pm and the victim an animal lover filed a complaint Considering the case seriously the police launched a hunt for the accused and arrested him after tracking him downPolice stated that the victim a young woman noticed a stray dog wailing after being hit by a vehicle She stopped her car and rescued the dog from the roadside The accused who was passing by on a bike noticed her and went awayWhile the victim was cleaning her hands to wash off the blood stains of the dog at a nearby petrol bunk the accused approached her on the bike touched her inappropriately and escaped from the spot The woman then went to the Amrutahalli police station and lodged a complaint In her statement she said that the accused had touched her private parts and fled urging legal action against himThe police have registered a case of sexual harassment against the accused and are investigating the matter Further details are yet to emergeThe Karnataka Police had arrested a man and his son after the CCTV footage of a woman being sexually harassed in public in the Bengaluru Rural district went viral on social media on June 24 The arrested were identified as John Richard 23 and his father Kanika SwamyA woman was allegedly sexually harassed beaten up and abused in full public view near Bengaluru on June 23 The disturbing incident was captured on a CCTV cameraThe woman was out to buy groceries around 4 pm in Renuka Yellamma Layout near Mailasandra nearly 12 km away from Bengaluru when a group of men blocked her way The footage showed the men following her and trying to touch and speak with her At one point one of the men was seen slapping her as she struggled to get awayThe men reportedly thrashed her when she tried to resist the harassment and defend herself In the clip she was seen trying to fight back She was later rescued by locals and a friend of hers However the friend has been arrested for beating up one of the men who harassed her Shortly after the accused allegedly stormed into the womans neighbourhood and attacked the residents who had come to her rescue IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-for-sexually-harassing-woman-animal-lover-in-bengaluru-638594.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/chain-snatchers-attack-two-women-in-bengaluru-with-sword-loot-gold-jewellery-638687.html Bengaluru Sep 15 A concerning incident of two chain snatchers threatening two women with a sword and attacking one of them for resisting has been reported from the Ishwarinagar locality of Girinagar police station limits in Bengaluru on Monday Homemaker Varalaxmi who has been attacked by robbers is presently being treated at a hospitalPolice sources stated that Varalaxmis two fingers have been severely damaged in the attackThe development has raised concerns regarding the safety of women in Bengaluru The incident took place on Saturday and has come to light latelyAccording to police Usha and Varalaxmi both homemakers were returning home on foot at about 1030 pm after attending an orchestra programme organised as part of the Ganesh festival in the area The chain snatchers followed them on a bike waylaid them and threatened them with swords to give away their gold jewelleryThe women told police that the robbers pointed swords at their necks and asked them to give up their jewels Usha gave away her gold chain out of fear and shock While Varalaxmi resisted the attack she didnt give away her gold chainAs she held the gold chain tightly in her hand The robber in a bid to snatch it attempted to hit her with his sword Varalaxmi in a bid to prevent the attack had tried to hold the sword in her hands Due to the impact Varalaxmis two fingers were severely damaged The robber was able to snatch her gold chain and push her to the ground and escapedPolice stated that the chain snatchers had robbed a 10gram gold chain of Usha and Varalaxmis gold chain weighing 45 gramsThe chainsnatching incidents were also committed in Girinagar Indiranagar Kottanur and Konanakunte localities of Bengaluru between the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday The police are verifying whether the same persons riding a bike were involved in all these crimesThe police have got the CCTV footage of the accused moving on a bike and a special team has been formed to nab them The police suspect that the chain snatchers observed the two women in the programme and zeroed in on them IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/chain-snatchers-attack-two-women-in-bengaluru-with-sword-loot-gold-jewellery-638687.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-school-turned-into-drug-unit-probe-underway-638497.html Hyderabad Sep 14 Telanganas Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement EAGLE on Sunday continued its probe into how a private school in Secunderabad here was turned into a narcotics manufacturing unit The premises of Medha High School in the Bowenpally area were being used to produce Alprazolam EAGLE officials saidDuring the raid on Saturday the EAGLE team seized 35 kg of Alprazolam 43 kg of semifinished Alprazolam Rs 21 lakh in cash large quantities of raw material and manufacturing equipmentThe cash seized by the team is said to be the earnings from two days sales of the drugEAGLE team arrested three accused including mastermind Malela Jaya Prakash Goud 39 a resident of Mahabubnagar and director of Medha High SchoolGoud was running the school meant to educate children up to Class 7 About 130 children were enrolled in the school The investigations revealed that the school was only a cover to avoid suspicionWhile the cellar of the building houses classrooms the ground floor accommodates a bank and part of the first floor is also used for teachingGoud who had previously run a toddy shop in Mahabubnagar came in contact with Guruva Reddy who introduced him to Alprazolam manufacturingHe had set up a production facility in the back portion of the building and began distributing narcotics to toddy depots in Boothpur and the surrounding areas of the Mahabubnagar district for mixing with toddyHe had even paid Rs 2 lakh to Guruva Reddy for the manufacturing formula Police said Goud was aided by his employees in running the tradeP Uday Sai 23 a driver and G Murali Sai a transporter were also arrested along with GoudThe drug manufacturing facility was allegedly in operation for the last one yearActing on credible intelligence the EAGLE team raided the premises apprehended the accused and seized evidenceEAGLE officials were questioning the accused to identify and arrest other individuals involved in the network An official said efforts were on to identify those who were supplying chemicals to GoudAlprazolam and other dangerous sedatives are mixed with toddy to give a kick Alprazolam was found in the samples of toddy after adulterated toddy claimed the lives of nine persons and left 50 others ill in the Kukatpally area of Hyderabad in July IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-school-turned-into-drug-unit-probe-underway-638497.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/maoist-with-rs-2-lakh-bounty-arrested-in-maharashtras-gadchiroli-638506.html Mumbai Sep 14 In a major success for antiNaxal operations the Gadchiroli Police on Sunday arrested an active Maoist as he was caught doing recce in the Tirkameta forest area of Tadgaon The arrested Maoist was identified as Shankar Bhima Mahaka 32 resident of Paraynar in Gadchiroli He is an active member of Bhamragarh Dalam a specialised Maoist unit and has been found to be involved in many incidents of murder arson and explosionsThe accused was arrested after two units of the Special Operations Team found a youth in suspicious circumstances while conducting a search operation in the Tirkameta forest area under Bhamragarh subdivisionDuring interrogation he was identified as Shankar Mahaka a Maoist carrying a reward The Maharashtra government had announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his arrestPolice investigation also revealed that Shankar Mahaka was involved in the incident of setting on fire 19 vehicles worth Rs 2 crore engaged in the construction work of the DhodrajIrpanar road in 2022 A case was lodged against him at the Laheri subpost A total of four criminal cases were registered against the accused including murder arson and other serious casesAccording to Gadchiroli Police the accused was doing a recce of the area with the intention of ambushing the security forces Police arrested him and started further actionNotably the consistent and coordinated operation by the police in Naxalhit Gadchiroli district has caused major damage to the ultras and their bases Since January 2022 the Gadchiroli Police have arrested a total of 109 MaoistsApart from Gadchiroli two antiMaoist operations in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand took place on Sunday which resulted in the killing of a Maoist with Rs 8 lakh bounty on his head officials informedAccording to reports the gun battle broke out between security forces and Maoists during a combing operation in the Bijapur forests of Chhattisgarh The operation saw a Maoist carrying a bounty of Rs 8 lakh gunned down in the encounter A series of weapons and BGL launcher were recovered from the spot IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/maoist-with-rs-2-lakh-bounty-arrested-in-maharashtras-gadchiroli-638506.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-travel-operator-defrauded-of-rs-195-crore-in-gujarat-638515.html Vadodara Sep 14 A woman travel operator was duped of over Rs 195 crore in Gujarats Vadodara on the pretext of arranging travel packages to Dubai and Vietnam Cyber Crime Police officials said The complainant Kavita Rachchh a resident of the Kalali area and associated with the travel business alleged that the fraudsters first gained her trust by completing earlier bookings and even paying her commissionAccording to the complaint Rachchh received an email from a person claiming to represent STH Journey Solution Pvt Ltd on March 5 under the name of Innatosh Holiday Initially bookings for flights and hotels went through smoothly with commissions paid on time Later on May 5 the accused offered a Dubai package worth Rs 85500 for a group of 30 people which was later expanded to 64 travellersAdditionally a Diwali package to Vietnam worth Rs 91500 was booked for a Rajkotbased group However the tickets provided turned out to be bogus While the Dubai package included fake flight tickets the Vietnam package had no promised facilities or return ticketsRachchh stated that she transferred Rs 8036 lakh through bank accounts Rs 1051 lakh via online transactions and Rs 104 crore through the traditional Angadia courier system amounting to a total of Rs 195 crore Police said the accused lured the operator into repeated transactions via email and WhatsApp before disappearingBased on the complaint a case has been registered against unidentified persons under charges of criminal breach of trust cheating and provisions of the Information Technology ActMeanwhile in Gujarat visa fraud cases continue to surface with rackets duping aspiring migrants on the promise of overseas jobs education or travelAgents lure victims with offers of lucrative opportunities in the US Canada and Europe often charging lakhs of rupees for forged documents fake invitations and bogus tickets Several cases have involved the use of student visas or tourist visas as cover for illegal immigration while others have seen victims stranded abroad without supportPolice say such scams thrive on the desperation of families seeking better prospects with investigations regularly leading to arrests of agents operating in Ahmedabad Anand and North Gujarat IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-travel-operator-defrauded-of-rs-195-crore-in-gujarat-638515.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bangladeshs-interim-govt-struggles-as-mob-violence-minority-attacks-undermine-credible-elections-638541.html New Delhi Sep 14 The promise of restoring democracy in Bangladesh after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024 has given way to rising lawlessness mob justice and emboldened radical groups raising doubts about the credibility of elections under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunuss interim administration Hasinas dramatic downfall was hailed as an opportunity to reset Bangladeshs politics but the absence of strong institutions and factional divides quickly created a power vacuumYunuss caretaker government envisioned as a technocratic bridge has instead presided over cascading disorderIn the year following Hasinas exit rights groups documented 637 lynchings nationwide with mob justice replacing formal dispute resolution according to a report by European TimesIn January 2025 the police themselves acknowledged the scale of violence releasing a controversial report that sought to downplay the communal dimension Out of 1769 attacks against minorities authorities claimed that more than 1200 were politically motivated rather than religiously inspired with only 20 classified as purely communal the report saidPolice often accused of complicity or paralysis have failed to restore public trust Minority communities remain the most vulnerableBetween August 2024 and mid2025 watchdogs recorded 2442 incidents of communal violence targeting Hindus Buddhists Christians and Ahmadis including arson killings and sexual assaultsA February 2025 UN report warned of deliberate attacks on minorities and indigenous groups accusing the interim government of failing to act Local leaders say only token investigations have been opened with just 62 cases registered and 35 arrests madeNotably radical voices have also gained ground In March thousands of HizbutTahrir supporters marched openly in Dhaka demanding an Islamic CaliphateUniversities and media outlets now face intimidation while women report escalating harassment in public spacesThe deteriorating security environment has raised alarms over the feasibility of upcoming elections in the South Asian countryAnalysts argue that without law and order minority candidates and secular voices cannot campaign freely polling officials cannot operate safely and voters cannot participate without fear IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bangladeshs-interim-govt-struggles-as-mob-violence-minority-attacks-undermine-credible-elections-638541.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-cbi-books-sacked-narcotics-wing-constable-for-fraud-in-recruitment-test-638542.html New Delhi Sep 14 The CBI has registered an FIR against a dismissed constable of Central Bureau of Narcotics CBN earlier posted in Rajasthans Kota for securing the government job by fraudulent and impersonating means four years ago an official said on Sunday Havildar Md Zakir Hussain now dismissed has been booked for criminal conspiracy impersonation forgery cheating public servant obtaining undue advantage for dishonest performance of dutyHussain a resident of Patna came under the lens after the authorities complained that his thumb impression was found changed at various stages of the recruitment examination The criminal involvement of unidentified SSC officials and examination conducting authority is also suspected in the alleged fraudulent recruitment process in 2021CBN Commissioner Dinesh Baudh based in Madhya Pradeshs Gwalior gave a written complaint to the CBI on September 4 to register an FIR against HussainThe CBI FIR said It is alleged that thumb prints of Md Zakir Hussain were found dissimilar and unidentical with respect to the thumb prints obtained of the examinee during various stages of examinationThe facts and circumstances as revealed from the perusal of documents received through reference from CBN disclose commission of criminal offences under section 120 B read with 419 420 468 471 of Indian Penal Code and section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 as amended in 2018 against Md Zakir Hussain said the FIR approved by Manisha Choudhary Deputy Inspector General of Police AntiCorruption Branch JaipurThe FIR against the sacked constable was registered a day after a similar complaint was filed against Inspector Pradeep of the CBN CommissionerThe CBI registered the FIR against the inspector on September 11 after receiving a complaint on September 4Inspector Pradeep a resident of Panipat in Haryana is accused of getting a job through cheating in Staff Selection Commission SSC Combined Graduate Examination2019Inspector Pradeep has also been accused of criminal conspiracy impersonation forgery cheating public servant obtaining undue advantage for dishonest performance of duty in the FIR registered by the CBIThe CBI FIR said It is further alleged that thumb prints of Pardeep were found dissimilar and unidentical with respect to the thumb prints obtained of the examinee during various stages of examination The criminal Involvement of unknown officials of SSC and exam conducting authority is highly suspected in this illegal amp fraudulent recruitment process IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-cbi-books-sacked-narcotics-wing-constable-for-fraud-in-recruitment-test-638542.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-arrest-fiance-of-rg-kar-student-found-dead-in-hotel-room-in-bengals-malda-638422.html Kolkata Sep 14 The police on Sunday arrested the fiance of the female medical student of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital who died under mysterious circumstances on September 12 The fiance identified as Ujjwal Soren was arrested from Malda district after tracking his mobile phone said the police He was questioned by the police officersSoren originally hails from the Purulia district We have arrested the fiance of the medical student as per the complaint lodged by her mother We tracked him through his mobile phone tower location We are questioning him to find out more about the incident Investigation is on a senior police officer of Malda district said earlierOn Saturday the mysterious death of a tribal female medical student of staterun RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was reported in Malda districtThe death as informed by the police on Saturday occurred on Friday afternoon while the deceased was in Malda reportedly with her fiance Ujjwal Soren a junior doctor with Malda Medical College and HospitalThe woman is an original resident of Balurghat in South Dinajpur district where her parents stayThe victims parents on Saturday afternoon claimed that the death of their daughter was an unnatural one Her mother also claimed that her daughters fiance was responsible for the death as he wanted to avoid marrying her daughter even as both had intimate relationsOfficers of the English Bazar Police Station in Malda district started an investigation into the matter after registering a case of unnatural deathAs per statements given by the victims mother to both the police and the local media persons on Saturday afternoon her daughter had an affair with the said junior doctor of Malda Medical for a long timeAround four days ago the victims mother claimed her daughter went to Malda to settle things out with her fiance and she also rented a hotel room in Malda town She was found dead in the hotel roomSoren had been absconding since the time the death of the victim was reported IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-arrest-fiance-of-rg-kar-student-found-dead-in-hotel-room-in-bengals-malda-638422.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-police-deport-sudanese-national-after-arrest-in-drug-cases-638424.html Hyderabad Sep 14 Hyderabad Police have deported a Sudanese national who was arrested in two drug cases and was overstaying in India Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing HNEW which arrested Mohamed Yagoub Mohamed Ali said he was deported to prevent him from indulging in undesirable activities detrimental to national securityAccording to police he came to India on a student visa in July 2012 and took admission in the BCA course at PG College Secunderabad Osmania University Later he moved to ECIL and rented an independent house However he discontinued his BCA second year due to financial problems and got associated with a Tanzanian national residing in another portion of the same houseIn 2018 Kushaiguda police arrested him in an NDPS case and seized eight wet Ganja plants from his possession He was sent to Chanchalguda Jail faced trial and after over one year he was released on bailIn 2020 he got associated with a Tanzanian national a drug consumer and moved to Paramount Colony Tolichowki The Rajendranagar Police raided the premises in 2021 and seized seven grams of charas and heroin from Mohamed Ali He was arrested sent to jail and released on bail after one yearAccording to YVS Sudheendra Deputy Commissioner of Police Task ForceHNEW he continued indulging in drug trafficking and maintained links with drug peddlers On the intervening night of October 24 and 25 2024 acting on credible information the HNEW team apprehended him and another Sudanese national Mohammed AbdulRhman Osman Osman was found in possession of a narcotic drug MDMAMohamed Ali was overstaying in India for over 12 years despite the expiry of his passport in 2016 and the visa in 2013 As he had no valid travel documents he was indulging in the illicit trafficking of drugs Therefore a decision was taken to deport him to his countryHNEW initiated the deportation process with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office FRRO Hyderabad His emergency travel document was obtained from the Sudan High Commission New Delhi as his passport and visa had expired An exit permit was also secured from FRRO Hyderabad His travel ticket was booked from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport MumbaiA team of HNEW led by GS Daniel Inspector escorted and deported the foreigner to Sudan IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-police-deport-sudanese-national-after-arrest-in-drug-cases-638424.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-chargesheets-3-in-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-case-foreign-terror-links-under-probe-638439.html New Delhi Sep 14 The National Investigation Agency NIA has filed a charge sheet against three individuals for their alleged involvement in the Amritsar temple grenade attack that shook Punjab in March The charge sheet was submitted before the Special NIA Court in Mohali Punjab on FridayThe three accused Vishal Gill alias Chuchi Bhagwant Singh alias Manna Bhatti and Diwan Singh alias Sunny have been formally charged for their roles in the conspiracy and execution of the grenade attack on Thakurdwara Sanatan Temple in Chheharta AmritsarAccording to the NIAs official statementVishal Gill was one of the two bikeborne assailants who hurled the grenade in the early hours of March 15 2025 The other attacker Gursidak Singh alias Sidki was killed in a police encounter two days after the incidentThe agency further revealed that Bhagwant Singh had played a key role by providing shelter concealing weapons and offering logistical support including motorcycles used for reconnaissance Diwan Singh meanwhile has been charged with harbouring the coaccused and destroying critical evidenceAnother accused Sharanjeet Kumar was arrested from Gaya Bihar by the NIA on September 5 and remains under investigation The agency is also pursuing Badalpreet Singh a foreignbased absconder along with other unidentified conspiratorsInvestigations have also uncovered the transfer of terror funds from foreign handlers to local operatives through UPI and MTSS channels which are being further probed the NIA added in its press releaseThe NIA stated that the terror module behind the attack was part of a larger conspiracy orchestrated by India and foreignbased operatives with the intent to spread fear and incite communal unrest in Punjab and across the countryEfforts are ongoing to identify additional absconders and trace international linkages connected to the attackThe Amritsar temple grenade blast is one of several recent incidents in Punjab that security agencies believe are part of renewed attempts by foreignbacked terror outfits to destabilise peace in the region IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-chargesheets-3-in-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-case-foreign-terror-links-under-probe-638439.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 13:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-arrested-for-gang-raping-woman-in-bhubaneswar-hotel-638451.html Bhubaneswar Sep 14 Three persons have been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a woman who was a Facebook friend of one of them in Bhubaneswar said a police official on Sunday The accused persons were identified as Chandan Ku Hati alias Chandu 25 and Prasanna Ku Acharya 37 of Chasikhanda village under Biridi police station area and Rajesh Kumar Das 32 Jagatsinghpur Town police station area of Jagatsinghpur districtPolice sources claimed that the 23yearold victim came into contact with the prime accused Chandan through the popular social media platform FacebookSubsequently the two developed a romantic relationship through their interactions on Facebook During the frequent interactions the accused Chandan allegedly promised to help the victim meet a musician and get a chance as a singerChandan in connivance with other accused persons hatched a plan and called her to a lodge on the pretext of a photo shootAs per the complaint lodged by the survivors sister trusting in the promise made by her accused boyfriend the victim on September 10 left her house to meet a musician Later the accused persons Chandan and Prasanna took the victim to a lodge located in the Chandrasekharpur area of the city where the prime accused Chandans friend Rajesh works as a caretakerThe victims sister in her complaint alleged that the accused persons sexually abused the woman with the help of the accused caretaker at the lodgeBased on the complaint the police started an investigation into the matter after registering a case 14725 in this regard on September 11During the investigation it came to light that the accused had lured the victim under false pretences of helping her meet a musician They made her consume some drugspiked food items in the lodge They forcibly confined her in a room of the lodge where she was subsequently sexually abused by the accused persons The accused Rajesh who was the caretaker of the lodge facilitated the accused in committing the heinous crime said a senior police officialThe police said that following reliable information all three accused persons were arrested on Saturday and confessed to their crimes during interrogation They were produced before the court which sent them to judicial custody IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-arrested-for-gang-raping-woman-in-bhubaneswar-hotel-638451.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-man-kills-ailing-son-throws-body-in-musi-river-638453.html Hyderabad Sep 14 In a shocking incident a man killed his threeyearold son and dumped his body in the Musi River here The incident took place in the Bandlaguda area of Chandrayangutta on Friday night but came to light late Saturday after the father confessed to the crime when grilled by policePolice with the help of HYDRAA and Disaster Response Force DRF were searching for the body in the Musi River on SundayAccording to police Mohammed Akbar 35 a vegetable seller confessed to killing his younger son Mohammed Anas and throwing the body into the river from Nayapul bridgeThe child was reportedly ill and there used to be frequent fights over this between Akbar and his wife Sana BegumOn Friday night when Sana Begum who works as a caretaker at a hospital left for her duty Akbar strangled Anas to death by using a pillow He then wrapped the body in a bag carried it on the bike and dumped it into the river from NayapulAkbar later lodged a complaint with the police that his son had gone missing He told police that his relatives who had taken Anas to their home called him saying they dropped him near the house but he was not seenPolice grew suspicious after they checked Akbars mobile phone as he had not received any calls They also scanned the footage from the CCTV cameras near his house and saw him leaving the house early in the morning with a bag When grilled by the police Akbar confessed to the crimePolice registered a case and arrested Akbar Though police started searching the childs body in the Musi River on Saturday evening it was not found The search resumed on Sunday morningThe HYDRAA and DRF personnel were continuing their efforts Officials believe that the body might have washed away as there is a good flow of water following the release of flood water from the twin reservoirs IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-man-kills-ailing-son-throws-body-in-musi-river-638453.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/couple-arrested-in-keralas-pathanamthitta-for-honeytrap-assault-on-youths-638461.html Pathanamthitta Sep 14 A couple from Charalkunnu in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala has been arrested for assaulting young men after luring them into a honeytrap police said on Sunday Police added that they were shocked by the disturbing videos the duo had filmed on their mobile phonesAccording to investigators the first case came to light when Reshmi the wife befriended a 19yearold youth from Ranni over the phone and later invited him to her homeOn September 1 her husband Jayesh picked up the unsuspecting youth from Maramon Junction and took him to their residenceThere the victim was forced to pose as if he was engaged in sexual relations with Reshmi while Jayesh recorded the actWhen the youth resisted Jayesh allegedly threatened to kill him tied his hands with a shawl and pressed a knife to his neckJayesh stamped on the youths chest and legs and then beat him with a rod handed over by ReshmiThe victim was further tortured his hands tied with a cycle chain and suspended with a rope while Reshmi reportedly used a cutting plier on his fingerThe couple also slapped him repeatedly sprayed a substance on his navel causing swelling and forced him to reveal his phone passcodesThe couple allegedly stole the victims phones Rs 19000 from his wallet and abandoned him near an auto stand stripped of his pantsMedical examination revealed multiple bruises and injuries on the victims arms chest stomach forehead and legsInitially the youth avoided telling police the truth due to shame but growing suspicion led to the unmasking of the couples rolePolice also revealed that the duo had similarly targeted another victim a youth from Alappuzha employed in BengaluruHe was picked up from Thiruvalla assaulted peppersprayed on his genitals and later dumped by the roadsideThe accused also stole his iPhoneBased on the seriousness of the allegations Pathanamthitta Superintendent of Police V Ajith has constituted a special investigation team to conduct a detailed probeThe couple has been booked for assault wrongful confinement criminal intimidation extortion and theft IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/couple-arrested-in-keralas-pathanamthitta-for-honeytrap-assault-on-youths-638461.html Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/romanian-phd-student-at-bhu-found-dead-under-suspicious-circumstances-638287.html Varanasi Sep 13 A Romanian student pursuing a PhD in Indian Philosophy at Banaras Hindu University BHU was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her rented accommodation in Varanasi police said on Saturday The deceased was identified as 27yearold Philip Francisca who had been residing in a room under the Chowk police station areaAccording to officials when Francisca failed to respond to repeated knocks on her door late Friday night her landlord alerted the policeOfficers reached the spot opened the room with a duplicate key and discovered her lying motionless on the bedACP Dashashwamedh Ghat Atul Anjan Tripathi told reporters Yesterday we received the information and we reached the spot Upon investigating her friends informed that her name is Philip Francisca and that she is from Romania She was a student at the BHU and had been living here for many yearsPolice confirmed that no notes or medicines were recovered from the room though preliminary inquiries suggested that Francisca had a medical historyWe also got to know through her friends that she had been suffering from epilepsy since childhood and she used to take medicines regularly Forensic samples have been collected and the postmortem report will clarify the cause of death Tripathi saidAuthorities added that Franciscas family has been contacted through the Romanian Embassy and that her mortal remains will be handed over once her relatives arrive in IndiaPolice have seized her passport visa and mobile phone as part of the investigationOfficials said Francisca had a valid visa until 2027 and had been living in Varanasi for a considerable period following earlier study stints in Surat and AmritsarFurther investigations are underway and more details are awaited IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/romanian-phd-student-at-bhu-found-dead-under-suspicious-circumstances-638287.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jadavpur-university-student-died-by-drowning-says-initial-autopsy-report-638303.html Kolkata Sep 13 The thirdyear female student of Jadavpur University in West Bengal has died by drowning according to the initial postmortem examination report However it is not clear from the initial autopsy report whether she was drunk or notAccording to the police they are awaiting the viscera report which will take some time to arrive to determine whether drugs or other toxic substances were present in her body at the time of drowningHowever the initial autopsy report stated that no signs of injury were found on the bodySources said that the female student along with some of her friends was drinking alcohol beside a pond on the campus Later all of them wanted to get into the water During police interrogation the friends claimed that they warned the female student not to get into the water as she didnt know how to swimHowever she went into the pond as it was not that deep She soon lost her balance and began drowning said the sourceHer friends picked her up from the pond and called for help The security guards were also informed When she was taken to the hospital the doctors declared her deadThe real cause of why she drowned in that pond will be ascertained once the viscera report comes The initial autopsy report says she died by drowning said a police officerFollowing the tragic death of a thirdyear female student on the campus Jadavpur University authorities have tightened security and imposed several restrictions for students and outsidersIn a circular issued late Friday night the varsity authorities have forbidden trespassing morning and evening walks use of narcotics and alcohol inside the campus and entry through valid identity cardsThe victim is a thirdyear student majoring in English Literature at the university While the body was recovered a little after 10 pm on Thursday a cultural programme was ongoing within the university campus by the members of Students Federation of India SFI the students wing of the CPIMAlthough the cultural programme was stopped immediately after the information surfaced about the recovery of the students body questions are being raised about whose permission the same programme was continuing within the campus after 10 pmAfter the body of the student was recovered it was immediately rushed to the nearby KPC Medical College and Hospital where she was declared dead IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jadavpur-university-student-died-by-drowning-says-initial-autopsy-report-638303.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bootlegger-held-with-5-736-bottles-of-illicit-liquor-in-delhi-638305.html New Delhi Sep 13 The Outer North District Police have arrested a 25yearold bootlegger who was transporting thousands of bottles of illicit liquor concealed inside sacks of cattle feed in Shahbad Dairy officials said on Saturday The accused identified as Saurabh Singh son of Kehar Singh and a resident of Vijay Vihar was apprehended late on September 10 following a tipoff police saidSingh already a repeat offender with two previous cases under the Excise Act was found ferrying liquor from Haryana to Delhi for illegal sale According to Delhi Police a secret informer alerted Head Constable Jaideep during patrol duty about the consignmentA raiding team led by Inspector Pramod Tomar along with SI Rohit Khasa ASI Narender HC Jaideep and HC Naveen Hooda was quickly formed under the supervision of ACP Operations Dinesh Kumar and overall command of DCP Outer North Hareshwar SwamiPolice laid a trap in the Shahbad Dairy area and intercepted a Tata Intra pickup truck DL1LAL0137On checking officers discovered 1520 sacks of cattle feed stacked inside the vehicle Hidden within them were 5400 quarters and 336 bottles of illicit liquor all of which were seized on the spotA case was registered under the Delhi Excise Act The accused was planning to sell illegal liquor in Delhi Suppliers have been using this technique to hide illegal liquor After the arrest of the accused this technique used by the illegal liquor suppliers has been busted said Delhi Police in its press statementDuring interrogation Singh confessed that he had procured the liquor from Haryana to sell in DelhiPolice are verifying his claims and probing possible links with a larger supply networkThe seized vehicle along with the illicit liquor has been taken into custody and a case has been registered under the Delhi Excise ActOfficials said efforts are underway to trace other members of the syndicate IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bootlegger-held-with-5-736-bottles-of-illicit-liquor-in-delhi-638305.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/6-000-kg-copper-worth-rs-55-lakh-seized-truck-driver-among-four-held-for-faking-robbery-638309.html New Delhi Sep 13 The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has cracked a sensational highway theftcumrobbery case within 48 hours recovering 6000 kg of stolen copper scrap worth Rs 55 lakh and arresting four men including the truck driver who posed as the victim an official said on Saturday According to police the case FIR No 60725 was registered on September 10 at New Usmanpur police station after driver Manish Kumar claimed he was robbed while transporting copper scrap from Libaspur to MadoliHe alleged that a car intercepted his truck near Signature Bridge its occupants posed as bank officials forced entry into the vehicle and injected him with a sedativeKumar later regained consciousness at Jag Pravesh Hospital to find the cargo missingA team led by Inspector Pukhraj Singh under ACP Ashok Sharma and supervised by DCP Crime Branch Harsh Indora analysed over 200 CCTV footages and phone recordsDuring questioning Kumar gave conflicting statements and eventually confessed to staging the robbery with accomplicesPolice identified the arrested men as Manish Kumar the driver revealed as the key conspirator Aditya Kumars friend from Bihar and coconspirator Arun Soni a junk dealer from Kotla Vihar and mastermind who arranged the logistics and disposal plan and Ramzan a Gonda resident who injected Kumar to lend credibility to the fake robberyRecoveries include the entire copper consignment packed in 80 bags the TATA709 truck used in the crime and the injection with a syringePolice said Kumar a habitual drinker from Azamgarh UP had lost several jobs and planned the heist with Soni Aditya an unemployed graduate and Ramzan a drug addict joined the plot for quick moneyThe swift and efficient investigation by the Crime Branch NRI not only led to the arrest of all accused persons involved in this meticulously planned criminal conspiracy but also ensured recovery of the entire stolen property The operation stands as a testament to the commitment of Delhi Police towards public safety and prompt resolution of heinous crimes said DCP Harsh Indora IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/6-000-kg-copper-worth-rs-55-lakh-seized-truck-driver-among-four-held-for-faking-robbery-638309.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/11-policemen-suspended-over-nexus-with-drug-peddlers-in-bengaluru-638316.html Bengaluru Sep 13 In a shocking and concerning development 11 policemen attached to two police stations including a police inspector have been suspended pending departmental inquiry on charges of colluding with a drug peddlers in Bengaluru on Saturday According to police the accused officers were hand in glove with a gang of peddlers selling drugs used as sedativesThe suspended personnel include Police Inspector Head Constable Assistant SubInspector and police constables attached to Chamarajpet and JJ Nagar police stationsThe suspended officers allegedly collected protection money from the peddlers every month in exchange for allowing them to sell tablets as sedativesThe racket was busted when RR Nagar Police arrested a group of six peddlers including Salman Nayaz Ullah Nayaz Khan and Taher Patel on August 22 The accused were caught redhanded while selling narcotic tablets to customers who were students and young employees The police seized 1000 tablets from themDuring the investigation police found that the accused were in regular contact with officers from Chamarajpet and JJ Nagar police stations The nexus came to light when the accused persons mobile phones were examined It was found that the drug peddlers were in direct contact with the accused officers exchanging audio messages and regular messages regarding financial transactionsInvestigating officers also found that the cops were partying with the accused personsThe matter was brought to the notice of ACP Kengeri Gate Bharath Reddy who submitted a detailed report to the DCP West after thorough investigation The case was later handed over to Vijayanagar ACP Chandan for further detailed probeThe investigation revealed that the police were colluding with the peddlers receiving protection money and socialising with them The accused officers allegedly used to collect between Rs 15 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from the peddlersThe accused sold tidal tablets which are not for sale without a doctors prescription The drug peddling nexus operated in the western part of the city especially in Chamrajpet JJ Nagar and RR Nagar for over a year IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/11-policemen-suspended-over-nexus-with-drug-peddlers-in-bengaluru-638316.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 18:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-21-year-old-afghan-woman-gang-raped-in-refugee-camp-638336.html Peshawar Sep 13 In a horrific incident a 21yearold Afghan woman was allegedly gangraped by five men in a refugee camp set up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Haripur city the local media reported on Saturday According to the First Information Report FIR the victim was on her way to Camp16 for work when five men forcibly dragged her into nearby fields and raped her for two hoursThe FIR further stated that the perpetrators also snatched Rs3000 in cash and a gold nose pin from the victim She identified the suspects as Bacha Nadi Rozi Khan Javed and Naseer The complaint added that when she tried to resist the men physically assaulted her leaving her injured Pakistans leading newspaper The Express Tribune reported on SaturdayThe Khalabat police have booked all five suspects under Section 375A of the Pakistan Penal Code which states that when rape is committed by two or more persons in furtherance of the common intention of all each of such persons shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life the report addedThe newspaper detailed that the incident has sparked outrage among local residents while the victims family has demanded exemplary punishment for the culpritsInterestingly Pakistan has designated Haripur Rawalpindi Attock Islamabad and Murree as safe zones amidst the ongoing crackdown on vulnerable Afghan refugees who are being repatriated forciblyAccording to the UN refugee agency since April more than 483700 Afghans have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan including 145200 in August alone with some 55000 making the journey in just the final four days of the monthSince April 1 some 57300 individuals have been arrested and detained including PoR cardholders In August alone some 9000 arrests were recorded compared to some 3400 in the entire month of JulyA UN document detailed that as of September 4 at least 531700 Afghans have returned from Pakistan in 2025 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-21-year-old-afghan-woman-gang-raped-in-refugee-camp-638336.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/daughter-in-law-of-former-wayanad-dcc-treasurer-commits-suicide-alleges-betrayal-by-congress-638345.html Wayanad Sep 13 In a turn of events that has deepened the crisis within the Congress Kerala unit in Wayanad Padmaja daughterinlaw of former Wayanad District Congress Committee DCC Treasurer NM Vijayan attempted suicide on Saturday by allegedly slitting her wrist She was admitted to a private hospital in Bathery where police said her condition is stable and the injuries are not lifethreateningSpeaking to the media Padmajas son said First the family lost my grandfather NM Vijayan and due to all the issues my father is now sickNow my mother is also affected I have two siblings and how are we going to go forward we do not know the distraught elder son of Padmaja saidReacting to the news of the attempted suicide ND Appachen the Wayanad District Congress President said the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee KPCC has given Padmaja what was said would be given referring to the Rs 20 lakh given to PadmajaBut she Padmaja is demanding crores of rupees from the Congress We feel the CPIM and the BJP is playing behind the scenes The KPCC will always keep its word As part of the assurances given by the KPCC things are being done Appachen addedA suicide note was recovered from the spot in which she wrote Murderous Congress here is one more victim for youThe suicide attempt came just a day after Padmaja publicly accused the Congress leadership of failing to honour the promises made to Vijayans family following his death by suicide over mounting debtsShe launched a scathing attack on the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee alleging that despite repeated assurances the party had failed to clear the familys financial liabilitiesCongress betrayed us again I have lost faith in the party organisation They kill the sincere and allow thieves to roam around in white clothes Even when my husband was in the hospital we did not have money to pay his bills The party is killing those who trust it We dont need Congress charity anymore Padmaja then saidAccording to her Vijayan had left behind debts amounting to Rs 25 croreWhile Congress leaders had initially promised to settle the liabilities only Rs 20 lakh has been disbursed so farShe alleged that Congress MLA T Siddique had signed an agreement promising repayment but later backed outWhen I went to the lawyers office to complete the contract Siddique got angry she claimedThe family now plans to petition Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the issue alleging that the Congress subcommittee formed to address their grievances had turned a blind eye IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/daughter-in-law-of-former-wayanad-dcc-treasurer-commits-suicide-alleges-betrayal-by-congress-638345.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/maoist-leader-sujata-surrenders-in-tgana-marks-turning-point-in-anti-lwe-campaign-638347.html RaipurHyderabad Sep 13 In a major breakthrough in Indias fight against leftwing extremism LWE senior Maoist commander Pothula Padmawati alias Sujata surrendered before Telangana Police on Saturday A Central Committee member of the banned CPI Maoist Sujata had been active for decades across Telangana Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and carried a bounty of Rs 1 croreHer surrender is being seen as a significant blow to the Maoist movement and a symbolic collapse of morale within its ranks Telangana Police said on SaturdaySujata 62 hails from Peninskal Padu village in Katu Mandal Gadwal district Born into an agricultural family her father Thimarati served as a village postmaster while her mother Wanka was a homemakerShe was married to Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji a prominent Maoist leader and former secretary of the West Bengal State Committee who was killed in an encounter in 2011The couple had one daughterInspired by early Leftist figures such as Patel Sudhakar Suryam RK Sudhakar and Sugna Sujata joined the CPIML Peoples War Group in 1982Over the years she rose through the ranks serving as a village campaigner commander of multiple Talams and eventually as incharge of the South Bastar DivisionIn 2023 she was inducted into the Maoist Central Committee and also served as editor of Puri a magazine published in the Koya language DGP Telangana Dr Jitender told the media during a press conferenceCiting health concerns and ideological disillusionment the top cop said Sujata expressed her desire to live peacefully with her family and reintegrate into societyTelangana Police confirmed she will receive Rs 25 lakh under the states comprehensive rehabilitation policy along with other benefits extended to surrendered cadresHer surrender follows a series of highprofile eliminations of senior Maoist leaders including Baswaraju and Balakrishna both killed in ChhattisgarhThese actions along with Union Home Minister Amit Shahs announcement to eliminate LWE by March 2026 have intensified pressure on the organisation he saidMaoist commander and Central Committee member Sujata who was active in Chhattisgarh and Telangana for several decades and had a bounty of Rs 1 crore on her head got disillusioned with the Maoist ideology and surrendered in Telangana BJP Chhattisgarh unit posted on XIn 2025 alone 44 underground cadres from Telangana and Chhattisgarh have surrendered including several senior leadersOfficials believe Sujatas exit will disrupt Maoist command structures and encourage others to follow suit further accelerating the governments campaign for peace and stability in longaffected tribal regions IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/maoist-leader-sujata-surrenders-in-tgana-marks-turning-point-in-anti-lwe-campaign-638347.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/body-of-75-year-old-man-found-at-residence-in-kolkata-son-in-law-held-638360.html Kolkata Sep 13 The body of an elderly man covered in blood was recovered from a house in Golf Green area in Kolkata on Saturday police said The deceased has been identified as 75yearold Shamik Kishor Gupta a retired government employeeRecently Shamiks daughter married to a person named Sanjib DasThe police have arrested the soninlaw Sanjib Das in connection with the incidentAccording to a senior police officer prima facie it appears to be a case of dowryrelated incident as Sanjib has been accused of allegedly beating his wife for moneyThe couple got married about 20 days ago and since then there have been constant arguments between the soninlaw and the fatherinlaw the police saidAccording to the familys neighbours the soninlaw had an argument with his fatherinlaw over money on Friday night as well This has been going on since Sanjib married the retired government employees daughter The soninlaw has been arrested and we are questioning him the police officer saidAccording to the police the elderly man had multiple injury marks on his body which was recovered from the staircase of the houseThe incident created outrage in the area as the neighbourhood is considered to be one of the most peaceful and quiet areas in KolkataLocal sources also told the police Shamiks wife and children used to live in his house The daughter got married 20 days ago There have been trouble in the inlaws house since the marriage The soninlaw often abused the daughter and sometimes he would come to the inlaws house and start an argument over money The same situation arose on Friday night as there was a lot of shouting and screamingSources said that the elderly man might have been pushed on the stairs of the house due to a heated argument with his soninlawThe police have started investigating the matter and also questioning the family members for more information IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/body-of-75-year-old-man-found-at-residence-in-kolkata-son-in-law-held-638360.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 21:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/daughter-in-law-of-former-wayanad-dcc-treasurer-attempts-suicide-alleges-betrayal-by-congress-638361.html Wayanad Sep 13 In a turn of events that has deepened the crisis within the Congress Kerala unit in Wayanad Padmaja daughterinlaw of former Wayanad District Congress Committee DCC Treasurer NM Vijayan attempted suicide on Saturday by allegedly slitting her wrist She was admitted to a private hospital in Bathery where police said her condition is stable and the injuries are not lifethreateningSpeaking to the media Padmajas son said First the family lost my grandfather NM Vijayan and due to all the issues my father is now sickNow my mother is also affected I have two siblings and how are we going to go forward we do not know the distraught elder son of Padmaja saidReacting to the news of the attempted suicide ND Appachen the Wayanad District Congress President said the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee KPCC has given Padmaja what was said would be given referring to the Rs 20 lakh given to PadmajaBut she Padmaja is demanding crores of rupees from the Congress We feel the CPIM and the BJP is playing behind the scenes The KPCC will always keep its word As part of the assurances given by the KPCC things are being done Appachen addedA suicide note was recovered from the spot in which she wrote Murderous Congress here is one more victim for youThe suicide attempt came just a day after Padmaja publicly accused the Congress leadership of failing to honour the promises made to Vijayans family following his death by suicide over mounting debtsShe launched a scathing attack on the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee alleging that despite repeated assurances the party had failed to clear the familys financial liabilitiesCongress betrayed us again I have lost faith in the party organisation They kill the sincere and allow thieves to roam around in white clothes Even when my husband was in the hospital we did not have money to pay his bills The party is killing those who trust it We dont need Congress charity anymore Padmaja then saidAccording to her Vijayan had left behind debts amounting to Rs 25 croreWhile Congress leaders had initially promised to settle the liabilities only Rs 20 lakh has been disbursed so farShe alleged that Congress MLA T Siddique had signed an agreement promising repayment but later backed outWhen I went to the lawyers office to complete the contract Siddique got angry she claimedThe family now plans to petition Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the issue alleging that the Congress subcommittee formed to address their grievances had turned a blind eye IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/daughter-in-law-of-former-wayanad-dcc-treasurer-attempts-suicide-alleges-betrayal-by-congress-638361.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 21:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistani-origin-man-indicted-in-attempted-child-kidnapping-case-of-canadian-child-638367.html Washington Sep 13 A naturalised United States citizen from Pakistan residing in Wayne County Michigan has been charged with attempted kidnapping of a minor child according to the federal authorities The US Attorney Jerome F Gorgon Jr accompanied by Acting Special Agent in Charge Matthew Stentz of Homeland Security Investigations HSI Detroit announced that a criminal complaint had been unsealed charging 46yearold Pakistaniorigin man Shahzad HameediAccording to the criminal complaint Hameedi began dating a single mother in Windsor Canada under the alternate name Sheraz Hameed After she restricted his access to her minor child Hameedi embarked on an operation to kidnap the child in June 2025In an official statement on Thursday the US Attorney Generals office said that during the investigation agents recovered a laminated ransom note and evidence showed that Hameedi had researched tranquilizers and assembled items such as a stun gun a toddler life vest zip ties duct tape rubber gloves and strong cold medication with a funnelIt added that evidence also showed Hameedi surreptitiously crossing the border to Canada and entering the childs home at night where he tried to strangle the mother before being chased away Two days later the accused again entered the home and assaulted the childThe defendants alleged plan to kidnap a young child by sneaking across the border and entering Canada breaking into a mothers home at night strangling her and then assaulting her innocent young child two days later is diabolical No parent or child should ever be subjected to this wickedness We will bring the full force of the law against violent predators US Attorney Gorgon saidHSI is committed to working with our Canadian partners to hold criminals accountable and safeguard innocent children on both sides of the Northern border Im proud of the HSI agents the Windsor Police Service and the prosecutors who worked tirelessly to bring charges in this case said acting Special Agent in Charge StentzAccording to the statement the case is being investigated by the HSI and the Windsor Police Service IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistani-origin-man-indicted-in-attempted-child-kidnapping-case-of-canadian-child-638367.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rg-kar-rape-murder-case-cbi-submits-6th-status-report-at-trial-court-in-kolkata-638157.html Kolkata Sep 12 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI on Friday submitted its sixth status report in its investigation into the ghastly rape amp murder of a lady junior doctor of staterun RG Kar Medical College amp Hospital in Kolkata in August last year The sixth status report was submitted on Friday afternoon at a trial court at Sealdah in central Kolkata which sentenced the sole convict in the crime of rape and murder Sanjay Roy a then civic volunteer attached to Kolkata Police to life imprisonmentHowever the CBI had already approached the Calcutta High Court seeking the death penalty for Roy and the latter had submitted an acquittal petition at the same courtCurrently the CBI is conducting a probe into the angles of a larger conspiracy in the crime of rape and murder and the aspect of tampering with and altering of evidence while the initial investigation in the matter was being conducted by the Kolkata police before the charge of the probe was handed over to the CBI by a division bench of the Calcutta High CourtCurrently the matter is being heard in a parallel manner at three courts namely the Supreme Court the Calcutta High Court and the trial court at Sealdah in KolkataThe victims parents have already accused the CBI of being lackadaisical in its probe into the angle of a larger conspiracy behind the crimeOn Friday after the CBI submitted its sixth status report in the matter at the trial court the counsel of the victims parents pointed out that initially one official of RG Kar tried to mislead the victims parents by describing the rape and murder as a case of suicideThe counsel of the victims parents questioned whether CBI could track on whose instructions such nefarious attempts were madeIf CBI continues its probe in such a manner the truth will never be revealed the counsel of the victims parents arguedThe judge of the trial court then observed that the CBI should at least track the RG Kar staff who tried to mislead the victims parents by describing the rape amp murder as a case of suicide IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rg-kar-rape-murder-case-cbi-submits-6th-status-report-at-trial-court-in-kolkata-638157.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/suspect-arrested-in-killing-of-trumps-close-supporter--638161.html New York Sep 13 We got him Utah Governor Spencer Cox said announcing on Friday the arrest of the alleged assassin of US President Donald Trumps close supporter Charlie Kirk Tyler Robinson was turned in by his father who recognised his photographs circulated by law enforcement and had heard him making radical statements Trump said without naming him on Fox News before Coxs announcementAnd the father convinced the son this is it he saidKirk a conservative youth leader with a large following was shot dead on Wednesday when he was speaking at a university in UtahTrump attributed his victory last year to Kirk mobilising young people to vote for him and he emerged as an adviser to TrumpKirk was close to Vice President JD Vance and had lobbied with Trump to make him his running mateCox who identified Robinson said at a news conference with Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel at his side in Salt Lake City The family member referenced a recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner prior to September 10 and in the conversation with another family member Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to the Utah Valley University UVUThey talked about why they didnt like him and the viewpoints he had he saidRobinsons father told his priest about him after recognising him in the photographs and he contacted law enforcementHe was arrested without incidentCox and Trump have said that they would seek the death penalty for RobinsonUtah is the only state which has provisions for a firing squad to carry out executionsKirk was invited to UVU by its chapter of Turning Point USA the conservative youth group he foundedUtah officials on Thursday released video of the assailant jumping off the roof of a building and running away towards a wooded area where they later retrieved the gun used in the shootingKirks killing was the latest in the tide of political violence in the USThe trial is continuing on Friday of the man who is charged with trying to assassinate Trump last year after the thenpresidential candidate had narrowly escaped another attempt with a slight injuryIn June a man assassinated the former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and her husbandIn April an assassination attempt was made on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro by setting his residence on fireLast month a transgender person opened fire at a Catholic school in Minnesota killing two children IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/suspect-arrested-in-killing-of-trumps-close-supporter--638161.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/indian-national-brutally-killed-in-texas-consulate-assures-support-to-family-637977.html Houston Sep 12 An Indian national Chandra Nagamallaiah was tragically killed at his workplace in Dallas Texas in a shocking act of violence The Consulate General of India in Houston confirmed the incident and expressed condolences to the victims family In a post on social media platform X the Consulate statedConsulate General of India Houston condoles the tragic death of Mr Chandra Nagamallaiah an Indian National killed brutally at his workplace in Dallas Tx We are in touch with the family and offering all possible assistance The accused is in the custody of Dallas Police We are following up on the matter closelyNagamallaiah was attacked with a machete and beheaded allegedly after an argument with his employeeAccording to local authorities 50yearold Nagamallaiah originally from Karnataka was involved in a workplace dispute at a motel where he and the accused 37yearold Yordanis CobosMartinez were employedThe altercation reportedly began when Nagamallaiah instructed the accused not to use a malfunctioning washing machine and asked another staff member to translate the messageThis reportedly upset CobosMartinez who then armed himself with a machete and attacked Nagamallaiah multiple times Despite efforts to escape the victim was pursued by the accused Nagamallaiahs wife and 18yearold son who were present at the site tried to intervene but were unable to stop the assaultPolice reports indicate that the accused carried out further acts of violence before being apprehended by law enforcement near the scene He was found in possession of the weapon and taken into custody immediatelyLocal media reports suggest that surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts played a key role in the swift arrest The Dallas Police Department is continuing its investigation and has confirmed that charges will be filedThe Indian Consulate in Houston has assured the victims family of all possible assistance including coordination with local authorities and support with legal and logistical mattersAuthorities are calling for a thorough and impartial investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/indian-national-brutally-killed-in-texas-consulate-assures-support-to-family-637977.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jadavpur-university-female-student-found-dead-in-mysterious-circumstances-637986.html Kolkata Sep 12 The body of a female student of Kolkatas iconic Jadavpur University JU was recovered under mysterious circumstances beside a water body within the university campus late Thursday night The victim is a thirdyear student majoring in English Literature at the university While the body was recovered a little after 10 pm on Thursday a cultural programme was ongoing within the university campus by the members of Students Federation of India SFI the students wing of the CPIMAlthough the cultural programme was stopped immediately after the information surfaced about the recovery of the students body questions are being raised about whose permission the same programme was continuing within the campus after 10 pmAfter the body of the student was recovered it was immediately rushed to the nearby KPC Medical College amp Hospital where she was declared deadThe body has been taken for postmortem purposes following which the real reason for her death could be ascertained Now questions are being raised on what prompted the deceased student to reach the deserted place beside the water body within the campus during those late hours and that too when a cultural programme was taking place within the campusThe police have started an investigation into whether she went near the water body after being called by someone or went voluntarily to meet someoneSince microphones were used during the cultural event and the students and alumni present were dancing and singing even if the student had shouted it could not have been audible to others said an insider at JUMeanwhile Trinamool Chhatra Parishad TMCP the students wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress had blamed the lackadaisical approach of the JU authorities in ensuring proper internal security arrangements within the university campus as one of the main reasons behind the mysterious death of the said studentThe University has not had a permanent vicechancellor for a long time Various antisocial activities take place on the Jadavpur campus until late at night evading the surveillance of the authorities We had been constantly demanding the installation of CCTV machines and permanent police posting within the campus for a long time Those who are against the installation of CCTV and police posting cannot avoid responsibility for this unfortunate and unnatural death said TMCPs state president in West Bengal Trinankur Bhattacharya on Friday morningSFIs national general secretary Srijan Bhattacharya said that they were shocked by the incident Only Trinamool can have a mentality like this and talk about political scheming on this unfortunate incident and that too at this moment There was CCTV at RG Kar Medical College amp Hospital But did it prevent the rape and murder of the lady junior doctor there There were CCTV cameras at Kasba Law College But it did prevent the rape of a student there Were the Leftist students responsible for the RG Kar and Kasba Law College mishaps Bhattacharya questioned IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jadavpur-university-female-student-found-dead-in-mysterious-circumstances-637986.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/violent-rampage-indian-origin-motel-manager-beheaded-in-texas-637987.html Washington Sep 12 In a gruesome incident an Indianorigin man was fatally attacked and beheaded at a motel in Dallas Texas According to local media reports Chandra Nagamallaiah 50 who managed the motel was repeatedly assaulted with a machete by the accused The brutal attack left him fatally wounded and authorities say the assailant also decapitated Nagamallaiah during the assaultThe extreme nature of the violence has shocked the local community and drawn widespread attentionThe accused Yordanis CobosMartinez 37 was arrested and charged with capital murder He is accused of beheading Nagamallaiah and leaving the victims head in a trash bin authorities saidCobosMartinez is currently being held at the Dallas County Jail pending further proceedings Court records indicate that he is an undocumented immigrantAccording to official documents on Thursday morning CobosMartinez was instructed by Nagamallaiah not to use a broken washing machine at the motel Martinez reportedly became agitated when Nagamallaiah did not speak to him directly and instead relied on a woman present to translate the instructionsA disturbing video circulating on social media shows Martinez chasing the victim with a machete and continuing the attack until Nagamallaiah was decapitatedAs the brutal assault unfolded Nagamallaiahs wife and son rushed out of the motels front office in a desperate attempt to intervene They pleaded with CobosMartinez to stop the attack and tried to shield Nagamallaiah from further blows Despite their frantic efforts the assailant continued his violent rampageThe footage reportedly shows Martinez kicking the victims head into the motel parking lot before picking it up and placing it in a dumpsterPolice apprehended Martinez as he attempted to flee the scene Authorities have not released further details about the motive behind the attack and the investigation is ongoingThe incident has sparked outrage and concern among the residents and the broader Dallas community IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/violent-rampage-indian-origin-motel-manager-beheaded-in-texas-637987.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-women-among-four-illegal-bangladeshi-migrants-detained-in-delhi-637988.html New Delhi Sep 12 Four illegal Bangladeshi migrants including three females were detained in Delhi police said on Friday adding that their deportation process has been initiated The four had been living in the national capital since 2017The police acted on secret information received by Head Constable HC Sundar Singh regarding some illegal Bangladeshi female migrants roaming in the Kapashera areaThe individuals were identified and pointed out by the informer a Delhi Police statement saidActing swiftly on this input the team approached the suspected individuals asked for identification documents and conducted a thorough enquiry The individuals failed to produce any valid documents and admitted to being illegal Bangladeshi migrants who had entered India through the Bangaon border and Tripura state in 2017 and some came to India through an Indian visa but did not return said policeThey disclosed that they were seeking housekeeping jobs in Mumbai and Delhi but were unable to secure suitable employment Consequently they settled in Delhi near KapasheraOn the day of their apprehension they were searching for work During analysis of their mobile phones and social media accounts the team contacted their family members and obtained their identity documents National ID cards of BangladeshA total of three females and one male suspect were detained After thorough verification and enquiry the necessary legal formalities were completed leading to the cancellation of their Indian identity and their deportation was initiated through the Foreigners Regional Registration Office FRRO New DelhiThe four were identified as Farjana Akter a resident of Southpara Gazirchar Alyamadrasa Ashulia Dhaka Bangladesh Nazma Begum a resident of Kudaliba Kotwali District Jessore Bangladesh Resma Aktar a resident of Palpara Road Shibbari Sonadanga Model Khulna Bangladesh and Orko Khan a resident of Kudaliba Kotwali Jessore BangladeshThe action was taken to prevent crime and monitor foreigners residing illegally in its jurisdiction said the South West District PoliceThe police said that dedicated teams of Operations CellSWD have been directed to gather intelligence and take strict action against illegal migrantsAccordingly a dedicated team comprising SI Anil HC Sundar HC Deepak HC Sandeep Ct Rajesh Ct Mohit WCt Somata WCt PC amp WCt Manisha was constituted under the leadership of Insp Gajender Singh IC Anti Narcotics CellSW amp under the supervision of Sh Vijaypal Tomar ACPOperations South West District according to the press note issued by Amit Goel Deputy Commissioner of Police South West DistrictThe team was briefed to identify illegal migrants by conducting thorough checks particularly in vulnerable areas of the SouthWest District IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-women-among-four-illegal-bangladeshi-migrants-detained-in-delhi-637988.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajkot-civic-body-clears-illegal-constructions-worth-rs-94-crore-near-trp-fire-site-637991.html Rajkot Sep 12 In a fresh demolition drive following the TRP Game Zone fire tragedy the Rajkot Municipal Corporation RMC on Friday cleared illegal constructions spread across three highvalue plots collectively worth over Rs 94 crore The Town Planning TP Department razed six huts and a large shed covering 9923 sqm of land including areas reserved for social infrastructure and educational facilitiesAccording to RMC officials the action covered a sheet shed on 3695 sqm of land opposite the burnt TRP Game Zone reserved for social infrastructure and valued at Rs 3695 crore three huts on a 1004 sqm residential plot worth Rs 10 crore near Sayaji Hotel and three more huts on 5224 sqm of land in Nanamwas RK Nagar Main Road earmarked for a school and valued at Rs 4701 crore Despite the largescale clearance officials did not disclose the identities of those who had encroached on the plots In addition the civic body used bulldozers to clear a 200meter stretch of encroachments along a 15meterwide TP road near Laxminagar NalaAt Silver Gold Residency in Nanamwa an illegal 42 sq m commercial construction raised by Bhupatbhai Gamara on margin space was also demolished after repeated notices under Section 2601 and 2602 went unheededThe crackdown comes amid heightened scrutiny of illegal structures across Rajkot particularly in areas adjoining the TRP Game Zone where one of the states deadliest fire incidents claimed multiple lives earlier this yearOn May 25 2024 a massive fire broke out at the TRP Game Zone an indoor recreational facility in the NanaMava area of Rajkot Gujarat The blaze spread rapidly through the structure which was largely made of inflammable materials like fibre sheets plywood and tin sheds At least 33 people including children were killed making it one of the deadliest fire incidents in Gujarat in recent yearsMany victims were trapped inside as the game zone reportedly had inadequate fire safety measures and insufficient exits Investigations revealed that the facility was operating without proper fire safety clearance and had flouted multiple building and safety regulations The Rajkot Municipal Corporation and local officials came under severe criticism for negligence and allowing the game zone to function despite repeated warnings IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajkot-civic-body-clears-illegal-constructions-worth-rs-94-crore-near-trp-fire-site-637991.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jilted-lover-stabs-ktaka-woman-for-refusing-marriage-proposal-638008.html Udupi Karnataka Sep 12 In a shocking case a youth allegedly stabbed a young woman on her birthday after she refused his marriage proposal in Karnatakas Udupi district said police on Friday The incident happened in Kokkarne village near Brahmavar town in Udupi district on ThursdayThe 24yearold victim Rachita Poojari is in serious condition and is being treated at Manipal KMC Hospital The accused has been identified as Karthik who resided in a neighbouring house He allegedly tried to slit her throat after stabbing her in the chestPreliminary investigations suggest that the accused stabbed her because her family did not agree to his marriage proposal The woman is battling for her life at the hospitalThe accused jilted lover waylaid the victim while she was on her way to work and suddenly attacked her with a knifeThe police stated that the victim Rachita and Karthik had been in a relationship for the past few years The accused had fixed a date for their marriage and pressured her to agree to it However Rachitas family members who opposed the relationship did not consentAfter being convinced by her parents Rachita blocked Karthiks mobile phone number for two weeks Enraged by this the accused turned hostile He confronted Rachita under the pretext of wishing her on her birthday and again asked her to marry him When she outrightly rejected his proposal he stabbed herFurther investigation is ongoingOn February 24 three cars were set on fire and one motorbike badly damaged in south Bengaluru in what is suspected to be an act of vengeance by a jilted lover The incident was reported from the CK Achhukattu police station limits in Bengaluru Two of the three cars that were gutted belonged to the womans parents The accused in his late 20s a rowdy sheeter Rahul aka Star Rahul and his gang members a cabbie by profession allegedly broke the windows and used the interior materials to set the vehicles ablaze police saidThe accused and his associates went to the womans residence at midnight called out to her father and her elder brother and accused them of influencing the woman They assaulted the brother and later torched the vehicles IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jilted-lover-stabs-ktaka-woman-for-refusing-marriage-proposal-638008.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-intensify-probe-into-sensational-murder-of-hyderabad-woman-638018.html Hyderabad Sep 12 Cyberabad Police have intensified the probe into the sensational murder of a housewife at a flat in an apartment building at Kukatpally here Two police teams left for Jharkhand where the two accused domestic helps of the victim are suspected to have escaped after committing the crime on WednesdayPolice suspect that the offenders boarded a train at Hafeezpet Railway Station to flee the city A scooty used by them to escape from the apartment building was found parked outside Hafeezpet Railway StationThe investigating officials were working on various clues gathered from the spot and during the scanning of CCTV footage at various locationsPolice formed five special teams to nab the accused who escaped with cash and gold ornaments after killing the womanRenu Agarwal 50 was found in a pool of blood when her husband Rakesh Agarwal and son reached home on Wednesday evening after their phone calls went unansweredAccording to police the assailants tied the hands and legs of the woman and stabbed her indiscriminately with a knife and scissorsRakesh who is in the steel business and his son had left for the shop at Fatehnagar in the morning and Renu was alone in the flat at Swan Lake CondominiumHarsha 20 a native of Jharkhand who was hired as domestic help by the Agarwal family about 10 days ago and Roushan who also hails from Jharkhand and was working as a help in another flat in the same apartment complex allegedly killed the womanThey allegedly hit the woman on her head with a cooker before tying her They tortured her to get the keys to the cupboard and lockers The assailants stole the gold jewellery she was wearing and also looted jewellery and cash from the cupboardThe assailants took a bath apparently to wipe out evidence before leaving the flat The CCTV footage shows the duo leaving the flat with a bag They were also captured on CCTV in the liftThe accused fled on a twowheeler belonging to Roushans employer and headed towards KPHB Colony IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-intensify-probe-into-sensational-murder-of-hyderabad-woman-638018.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-woman-kills-husband-blames-tiger-attack-to-claim-compensation-638032.html Mysuru Sep 12 A shocking incident of a woman killing her husband and falsely claiming he died in a tiger attack to seek compensation money was reported from Mysuru district of Karnataka on Friday The incident took place in Chikkahejjur village in Hunsuru taluk of the district The accused wife has been identified as Sallapuri and the deceased husband is 45yearold Venkataswamy Police investigation revealed that the woman had poisoned her husband and later confessed that she killed him to obtain the hefty compensation provided by the government for deaths caused by wild animal attacksThe police stated that the couple worked as labourers in areca nut fields On Monday a tiger was sighted in the Hejjur village The accused claimed that her husband went missing and that the tiger might have killed him and dragged the body away to an undisclosed locationThe police and forest department sleuths launched a joint operation to track Venkataswamys body Since it was raining the sleuths could not detect any tracks in the area where the deceased was last seen as claimed by the woman While searching in the vicinity of Venkataswamys house they found his body hidden in a cow dung pile behind the houseAfter grilling the wife Sallapuri confessed to the murder She stated that her motive was to claim the hefty government compensation provided for deaths due to wild animal attacksThe accused wife Sallapuri had conspired to kill her husband taking advantage of rumours about a tiger roaming in Hejjur village said the officialIn her statement she claimed that she heard the roar of a tiger nearby and at that moment her husband had gone out of the house The accused accompanied the forest and police teams into the forest area located close to her homeWhen the sleuths could not find the body they grew suspicious and launched a search operation around the house The woman later confessed that she had killed her husband by poisoning his food and then dragged the body to the backside of the house where she hid it in a pile of cow dungShe also admitted that while working at the areca nut farm she overheard a conversation stating that the government provides Rs 15 lakh as compensation for victims of wild animal attacks which prompted her to plan the murder The incident was reported by Hunasuru Rural Police Station and further investigations are ongoing IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-woman-kills-husband-blames-tiger-attack-to-claim-compensation-638032.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ganesh-visarjan-violence-making-inflammatory-speeches-not-acceptable-says-ktaka-minister-638039.html Bengaluru Sep 12 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has stated that anyone who acts against the law will face action from the police and making inflammatory speeches is not acceptable He said this while commenting on developments surrounding the Ganesh Visarjan violence in Maddur town of Mandya districtSpeaking to the media in Bengaluru on Friday Parameshwara said Regarding the Maddur incident from the beginning we have been saying the matter should not be politicised It should be left to the police The police will arrest those who threw stones and take action according to the law Whether the person is a Muslim a Hindu or anyone else if someone acts against the law action will be taken This matter should be left to the police Instead of doing all that going around making inflammatory speeches and inciting people is not correctWhat achievement do they expect by speaking theatrically and using inappropriate words It is clearly evident that all of this is being done for political reasons said the MinisterThe police department has registered a suo motu case against BJP MLC CT Ravi for delivering a provocative speech targeting a section of society The BJP and Hindu leaders visited Maddur town and delivered speeches after the Ganesh Visarjan violence incidentRegarding the transfer of an Additional Superintendent of Police ASP over the Ganesh Visarjan violence he said that if there is an internal lapse action should be taken accordingly Whether it is an Inspector or a SubInspector if a duty lapse is identified the department will take action he saidRegarding the Dhamasthala matter where activist Mahesh Shetty Timrodi has filed a complaint about four suspicious deaths in three lodges in response to media queries he said that it is under the Special Investigation Team SIT verification whether the complaint should be accepted or not If attempts are made to steer the case in another direction the SIT will conduct a fresh investigation accordinglyWe do not decide anything based on someones statement Whatever complaints are submitted before the SIT supported by evidence will be examined by them and a decision will be made If government approval is needed they will seek it As of now no such approval has been requested he statedRegarding what we do on a daily basis the SIT does not share it with the media or the public Many details are not disclosed publicly This should not be misconstrued as the SIT slowing down or investigations not proceeding Until complete information is available the SIT will not disclose anything to us either Parameshwara statedOn the question of why no arrests were made against those supporting complainant Chinnayya in the Dhamasthala case he said We cannot direct the SIT about whom to arrest and when We cannot immediately arrest someone just based on what the media says The SIT will collect the necessary evidence and proof before taking any actionHe clearly stated that security will be provided to Booker awardee writer and activist Banu Mushtaq and that nobody should make any comments regarding itWe have been discussing the relaxation of the age limit for police constable recruitment We are examining what other states have done For several years there have been no recruitments for the constable posts There have been demands to increase the age limit by two or three years Many people have approached me regarding this and I have instructed the DGP accordingly After the proposal arrives we will take the next steps The interdistrict transfer of police couples is being carried out as per government orders he stated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ganesh-visarjan-violence-making-inflammatory-speeches-not-acceptable-says-ktaka-minister-638039.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-huge-haul-of-arms-seized-along-indo-pak-border-two-held-638059.html Chandigarh Sep 12 In a remarkable display of intelligencedriven coordination and operational excellence the Border Security Force BSF and the Punjab Police have conducted a joint operation and recovered a big haul of arms and ammunition comprising 16 pistols and arrested two smugglers the border guarding force said on Friday The recovery comes just hours after one of the largest seizures of pistols in recent times in which two smugglers were apprehended and a huge cache of arms comprising 27 pistols and ammunition was seized Both seizures were reported in the Fazilka sector The latest one was carried out by the BSF intelligence wing in close collaboration with the Crime Investigation Agency CIA of Fazilka in Theh Kalandar village The tactically executed operation culminated with the seizure of 16 pistols 38 magazines 1847 rounds and 01 motorcycle alongside the apprehension of two smugglers The operation was set in motion following an intelligence input received by the BSF intelligence wing indicating a potential smuggling attempt in the border area of Fazilka the border guarding force said This significant operation decimated Pakistans larger narcoterror plot thus effectively dismantling a potential threat to national security Earlier a joint strategic ambush of the BSF and police was laid near Mahar Khiwa Mansa village After a patient wait of many hours the ambush team noticed suspicious movement in the wee hours and successfully apprehended one criminal and recovered 27 pistols 54 magazines and 470 rounds from a big sack in his possession The BSF said after sustained questioning of the accused the team managed to apprehend his associate from the same village The accused are residents of Teja Rohella and Mahar Jamsher village respectively Punjab Police DGP Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that this huge weapon consignment was sourced from Pakistan through a foreignbased entity intended for use by criminal gangs in the state The arrested accused individuals were attempting to deliver these arms to ground operatives of criminal groups at the direction of their foreign handlers IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-huge-haul-of-arms-seized-along-indo-pak-border-two-held-638059.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/more-than-80-school-children-hospitalised-due-to-food-poisioning-in-karnataka-638084.html Vijayanagar Sep 12 More than 80 school children were admitted to the hospital due to suspected food poisoning in Belagavi and Vijayanagar districts of Karnataka on Friday About 60 students residing at the governmentrun Morarji Desai Residential School at Hirekodi village in Belgavi district have been hospitalised after the students suddenly fell ill after having breakfast at the hostelThe students both boys and girls complained of stomachaches and uneasiness They were immediately shifted to the government hospital in Chikkodi town The doctors have begun the treatment and sources confirmed that all students are out of dangerCongress MLC Prakash Hukkeri visited the hospital and monitored the treatment of school children More details are awaited regarding the development The health and school authorities are yet to ascertain the exact cause of food poisoningAnother incident has been reported from the Government Primary School in E Bevinahalli village Harapanahalli taluk Vijayanagar district in the north Karnataka regionAccording to authorities more than 25 children fell sick after eating hot food at the school Some children vomited while eating and were subsequently hospitalised Residents alleged that a lizard had fallen into the food which went unnoticed by the cooks leading to the tragedyMany children suffering from various symptoms were admitted to Harapanahalli Government Hospital and are being treated Most of the children have recovered Doctors stated that no child is showing serious symptoms and all are out of danger Further investigation is underwayEarlier on March 18 two died and more than 40 fell ill after consuming food that had been prepared for a Holi fest in T Kagepura in Malavalli in Mysuru district Among the students who fell ill 22 were from Meghalaya Two deceased students also hailed from MeghalayaThe students of the hostel had consumed the contaminated food served to them after it was prepared for a Holi feast in the village for the members of a Rajasthani business communityApart from the student community 60 people belonging to the Rajasthani community also fell ill due to food poisoning The patients complained of vomiting and diarrhoea The authorities had registered an FIR in connection with the incident IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/more-than-80-school-children-hospitalised-due-to-food-poisioning-in-karnataka-638084.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-attach-property-of-drug-peddler-worth-rs-50-lakh-in-jampks-srinagar-638118.html Srinagar Sep 12 Police in Jammu and Kashmirs Srinagar district on Friday attached the property of a drug peddler worth Rs 50 lakh under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act A police statement said In yet another significant move to combat the drug menace and dismantle the infrastructure supporting narcotics trafficking Srinagar Police has attached a residential property worth approximately Rs 50 lakh under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS ActThe attached property comprises a singlestorey residential house constructed on land measuring 5 marlas and 68 square feet bearing khasra No 339 and valued at approximately Rs 50 lakh belonging to Waseem Ahmad Bafanda resident of Lachmanpora Dandrkha Batamaloo it saidThe action pertains to a case registered under the NDPS Act in Police Station Zadibal in which Bafanda was found to be involvedThe accused person is a notorious drug peddler and he has a history of involvement in such cases primarily targeting local youth thereby posing a grave threat to public health and safetyInvestigations have revealed that the aforementioned property was acquired through proceeds from drug traffickingActing under Sections 68E and 68F of the NDPS Act Srinagar Police formally seized and attached the immovable property as per the due legal processThe property cannot be sold transferred or otherwise dealt with without prior approval from the competent authority This development marks a decisive step in the broader strategy of the Jammu and Kashmir Police to dismantle the financial infrastructure of narcotics networks it addedJammu and Kashmir Police continues to prioritise a zerotolerance approach towards drugrelated crimes aiming to safeguard the community especially its vulnerable youth from the dangers of substance abuse the statement saidSrinagar Police urges all citizens to actively participate in the fight against drugs by sharing any relevant information Public cooperation is essential to ensuring a safe healthy and drugfree SrinagarTogether let us stand united against drugs and work towards building a secure future for our society the statement said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-attach-property-of-drug-peddler-worth-rs-50-lakh-in-jampks-srinagar-638118.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/breakthrough-in-charlie-kirk-murder-case-22-year-old-suspect-arrested-638145.html Washington Sep 12 In a major breakthrough on Friday the US federal and local authorities announced that they have arrested the alleged shooter in the Charlie Kirk murder case The authorities have identified the attacker as 22yearold Tyler Robinson from Utah who was arrested in Washington County in the State about 250 miles or 400 km away from the scene of the crimeWe got him Utah Governor Spencer Cox said at a press conference adding that they have gathered evidence which included messages on a social media appThe Governor also asserted that the suspect had become more political and was opposed to Charlie Kirks ideas He added that the accused had spoken about the crime to a family member prompting a family friend to alert the policeAccording to him Robinson is believed to have acted alone with no additional arrests expectedInvestigators have recovered bullet casings with multiple inscriptions with one of them reading Hey fascist catchFBI Director Kash Patel thanked the local and federal authorities and said that the suspect was arrested within 33 hours of the attackLast night the suspect was taken into custody at 10 pm local time Patel saidEarlier on Friday President Donald Trump announced the arrest on Fox News saying With a high degree of certainty we have him in custodyHe also blamed the leftwing extremism for the rising political violence in the countryThe radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they dont want to see crime The radicals on the left are the problem and theyre vicious and they are horrible and theyre politically savvy Trump addedKirk who was 31 years old was delivering remarks during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday when shots rang out sparking panic among attendees He was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries shortly afterKirk was the founder of Turning Point USA TPUSA the countrys most prominent conservative student organisation and played an instrumental role in attracting young voters to elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential elections IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/breakthrough-in-charlie-kirk-murder-case-22-year-old-suspect-arrested-638145.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/supreme-court-bans-taking-photos-making-videos-in-its-high-security-zone-638148.html New Delhi Sep 12 Close to the recent bomb threats to courts the Supreme Court has prohibited photography and videography using mobile phones inside its high security zone an official said on Friday A circular dated September 10 issued by the Supreme Court has given security personnel the right to disallow any individual staff member advocate or others from taking photographs or making videos inside the high security zoneRegulating media activities on the top courts main premises the circular said the media personnel shall conduct interviews and live broadcasting of news at their designated location near the lawn in the low security zoneIn case of violation of the guidelines by media personnel their access to the High Security Zone of the Supreme Court may be restricted for a period of one month said the circularThe Supreme Court also directed the Bar Association or State Bar Council to take appropriate action if the rules and regulations are violated by any Advocate Litigant Intern or Law ClerkAny violation of the above guidelines by staff of the Registry will be viewed seriously and in case of other stakeholders their concerned head of department shall be requested to take disciplinary action against the violator as per their rules and regulations said the circularThe apex courts circular imposing photography curbs came into the public domain on a day when hoax bomb calls to the Delhi High Court and the Bombay High Court caused nationwide panicWork was paralysed as courtrooms were vacated in both the High Courts and bar associations requested lawyers to shift to safetyThe Delhi High Court received the bomb threat via email forcing all benches to stop the hearings and evacuate the court premisesThe Delhi Police rushed a bomb detection and disposal team and the area was cordoned off before the threat was declared a hoaxThe threat sent by an email under the name Kanimozhi Thevidiya claimed that the High Courts judge chamber will detonate shortly It also claimed that an attempt would be made to recreate the 1998 Coimbatore blasts in Patna with the ISI cell IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/supreme-court-bans-taking-photos-making-videos-in-its-high-security-zone-638148.html Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rjd-leader-shot-dead-in-patnas-munnachak-police-probe-on-637807.html Patna Sep 11 Tension has gripped Patnas Munnachak locality after Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Rajkumar Rai alias Allah Rai was gunned down by two bikeborne assailants The incident happened under the jurisdiction of Chitragupt Nagar police station late Wednesday night The deceased sustained six gunshot injuries and succumbed at the Patna Medical College and Hospital PMCHConfirming the development Parichay Kumar SP East Range of Patna said the deceased was associated with politics and also involved in landrelated businessHe added that two suspects were captured on CCTV cameras and six spent bullets were recovered from the spotAccording to police Rai originally from Raghopur in Vaishali district was currently residing in MunnachakOn Wednesday night while returning home in his fourwheeler he stopped to buy food items near his residenceAt that moment two men on a bike arrived and opened fire at him Shortly after Rai collapsed on the spot due to multiple gunshot injuriesPolice from Chitragupt Nagar station located nearby rushed to the scene and shifted the victim to Patna Medical College and Hospital PMCH where doctors declared him deadSenior officers including ASP Sadar Abhinav Kumar Kankarbagh SHO Abhay Kumar and Chitragupt Nagar SHO reached the scene with additional forcesAn FIR has been registered and the police have roped in the Forensic Science Laboratory FSL team to collect evidenceThe incident has created panic in the area particularly as the deceased is politically active and linked to the RJDPolice said efforts are underway to identify and apprehend the culpritsPreliminary investigation revealed that property disputes may be the reason for the murderPatna Police were taking statements of the eyewitnesses as well as family members of the deceased to find some clues about the attackers and the motive behind this incidentInvestigators are also scanning the mobile phone of the deceased IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rjd-leader-shot-dead-in-patnas-munnachak-police-probe-on-637807.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-ganesh-visarjan-violence-maddur-returns-to-normalcy-fir-against-bjp-mlc-ravi-637832.html Mandya Sep 11 Karnatakas Maddur town in Mandya district which remained tense for three days following the Ganesh Visarjan violence returned to normalcy on Thursday and prohibitory orders were withdrawn by the authorities However the police filed an FIR against BJP MLC CT Ravi for making a provocative speech during the Ganesh Visarjan event on WednesdayThe police have taken suo motu cognisance of the case against the BJP MLC at the Maddur police station Police SubInspector Manjunath has lodged the complaint in this regard A case has been registered under the allegation of delivering inflammatory speeches that create hatred and animosity and harm communal harmony by inciting ill will among different communitiesThe police have identified 29 stone pelters and arrested 22 of them so farBJP MLA CT Ravi had stirred controversy by stating We didnt spare Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali and you are nothing The blood of Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda freedom fighters flows in us If you challenge us we will break you We will ensure your heads are off your bodiesHe further issued a controversial statement If you love Pakistan you can take your luggage and leave We have the capacity to bury those who pelt stones Islam took birth 1600 years ago but Hinduism has existed for tens of thousands of years Four and sixyearold kids are spitting on the Ganesh procession Imagine how the seeds of poison are being sown in their mindsCT Ravi stated Even when they are just 5 per cent they are already spreading their influence If they reach 50 per cent how will our children and grandchildren be able to live They will break society apartIt can be recalled that thousands of people joined the Ganesh Visarjan event in Maddur town of Mandya district on Wednesday The Hindu organisations decided to conduct the immersion of 28 Ganesh idols at once on Wednesday following the stone pelting incident during the Ganesh Visarjan procession on Sunday night In the entire Maddur town more than 2000 policemen were deployed to maintain peace and law and orderThe accused had indulged in stone pelting from a mosque on the route of the procession The route however was not changed on Wednesday The authorities made tight security arrangements in the vicinity of the mosque The police department deployed 500 policemen near the mosque and also stationed platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police KSRP and the Rapid Action Force RAF there Hundreds of policemen walked along with the Ganesh Visarjan procession to ensure that no untoward incident took place near the mosque IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-ganesh-visarjan-violence-maddur-returns-to-normalcy-fir-against-bjp-mlc-ravi-637832.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-sand-mining-scam-ed-finds-hawala-link-between-two-kingpins-637840.html Kolkata Sep 11 The Enforcement Directorate ED probing the multicrore sand smuggling case in West Bengal has unearthed a common hawala link between two kingpins identified by the investigative agency The common link between the alleged sand mining scam kingpins Sheikh Zahirul Ali and Sourav Roy is Sanjeev Boyd an Insurance Regulatory Development Authority IRDAcertified insurance agent ED sources saidEarlier this week the ED had conducted marathon raids across the state against the two kingpinsHowever the ED sleuths have specific clues that the insurance agency business of Byod was just a masquerade and his actual business is to act as a Hawala agent for different illegal traders who were also involved in money laundering activities to divert their proceeds of crimeAs a Hawala agent sources said Boyd was not only responsible for diverting the process of such illegal business abroad in other countries but also arranging investments of a portion of the process in overseas propertiesThis week the ED officials conducted search operations at the officecum residence of Byod at Regent Colony on the outskirts of Kolkata and during that process got definite clues of business links of Byod with both Sheikh Zahirul Ali and Sourav RoyAt the same time the ED sources said the investigating officials have also got some concrete evidence of Byods business links with a corporate entity engaged in sandmining and sandtrading business and operating from two offices the first being at Behala in the southern outskirts of Kolkata and the second being at Salt LakeApart from that the investigating officials have also secured some other names of individuals and entities operating from different pockets in West Bengal with whom Byod also has business links Now the investigation is to identify those among these individuals and entities who are involved in illegal sandmining and sandtrading businesses the ED sources said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-sand-mining-scam-ed-finds-hawala-link-between-two-kingpins-637840.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/driver-stripped-thrashed-for-sexually-harassing-minor-girl-in-bengaluru-637857.html Bengaluru Sep 11 A bus driver was stripped and thrashed for sexually harassing a minor girl during her journey from the Basaveshwaranagar police station limits in Bengaluru on Thursday police said The accused was identified as ArifAccording to the police the incident occurred on a sleeper bus en route from Hyderabad to BengaluruAs soon as the vehicle arrived in Basaveshwaranagar the victims mother and brother dragged Arif off the bus and confronted him about the sexual harassment Arif confessed to the crime joined his hands in apology and pleaded to be sparedFamily members and other people who had gathered at the scene thrashed him and tore his clothesActing on the information the police rushed to the spot and took the accused into custodyThe victims mother told the media My minor daughter had gone to Hyderabad to stay with her elder sister On Wednesday night my elder daughter called me to say that her sister had boarded the bus to Bengaluru The accused driver did unspeakable things to my daughter on the bus I cant describe the harassment of our girl in wordsI dont know what action the police are going to take but I wont spare him the mother statedAccording to the police a 15yearold girl had asked the driver to recharge her mobile phoneAfter some time when she asked for her mobile back the accused Arif told her that he would give it back only if she kissed him Afterwards the accused repeatedly came to her seat and sexually harassed her the police saidThe police said that despite the girls opposition and resistance the accused continued to harass herThe girl called her mother and informed her about the harassment by the driver on the bus the police saidThe police have taken up further investigation and more details about the incident are yet to emerge IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/driver-stripped-thrashed-for-sexually-harassing-minor-girl-in-bengaluru-637857.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-youth-among-five-arrested-by-delhi-police-for-terror-links-637860.html Hyderabad Sep 11 A youth from Telangana is among five persons arrested by Delhi Police from different parts of the country over alleged terror links A team from Delhi Polices Special Cell police on Wednesday took a youth into custody in Bodhan town of Telangana and shifted him to the national capital for investigationHuzaifa Yemen 20 is a B Pharma student at a local college Literature related to arms including PDF files was seized from him a police source said No arms or explosives were recovered from his possessionAfter the youths arrest by the Delhi police the local police also began an investigation into his local contactsHowever the youths family members denied that he has links with any terror groupsThe youth was reportedly arrested by the Delhi Police as part of the investigation into the case relating to the alleged terror plotThe Delhi police arrested five persons from different parts of the country over alleged terror links They were allegedly trying to recruit youngsters for ISISThe Bodhan youths arrest followed the arrest of the suspected ISIS operative in Jharkhand He was allegedly using a special video call app to be in touch with the terror suspectsDelhi Polices Special Cell Jharkhand AntiTerrorism Squad ATS and Ranchi police arrested Ashar Danish who is said to be the prime accusedTwo accused both natives of Mumbai were arrested in Delhi and another youth was arrested in Madhya PradeshThey were in touch with other members of an ISISinspired network and were engaged in activities aimed at furthering the terror outfits agendaMaterial used for making explosive devices was seized from them They were allegedly in touch with their handlers in Pakistan through social media appsThe accused were allegedly part of the sleeper module of ISIS and were tasked with making bombs procuring weapons and increasing the outfits strength IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-youth-among-five-arrested-by-delhi-police-for-terror-links-637860.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-bust-sex-trafficking-racket-rescue-nine-minor-girls-637876.html Kolkata Sep 11 The AntiHuman Trafficking Unit AHTU of Kolkata Police has rescued 10 people including nine minor girls and arrested six persons for running a sex racket the police said on Thursday Acting on a tipoff the police raided a house in the Burtolla police station area of North Kolkata on Wednesday A total of 10 people including nine minors were rescued from the houseThe house raided by the police was run by a middleaged couple The police arrested the accused Amit Banerjee and his wife Saraswati Banerjee on the spotApart from this the police have also arrested four more people on suspicion of trafficking Among the suspected traffickers is a young woman The names of the arrested are Suman Halder Deep Chatterjee Akash Chowdhury and Pooja MistryOf the four traffickers Sumans house is in the South 24 Parganas district The remaining three are residents of the North 24 Parganas districtAccording to the police they are between 22 and 34 years of age The investigators are probing why the minors were brought there and whether they were brought for trafficking or running a sex racketA senior police officer said This is to inform you that yesterday based on source information a raid was conducted at 4A Gulu Ostagar Lane During the raid nine minor girls and one major woman were found at the place Two brothel owners and four traffickers were arrested An investigation has startedThe investigators are trying to gather more information about the incident by interrogating the arrested people The police are also trying to find out whether anyone else is involved in this gangIt may be noted that over the years complaints of running a sex racket are occasionally made in various spas and massage parlours in Kolkata and its adjoining areas The police have also been conducting a series of raids to stop such incidents On Wednesday the Kolkata Police raided the house in the Burtolla police station area after receiving a tipoff from a source IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-bust-sex-trafficking-racket-rescue-nine-minor-girls-637876.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-apprehends-regional-provident-fund-commissioner-over-accepting-rs-15-lakh-bribe-637877.html New Delhi Sep 11 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI apprehended the Regional Provident Fund CommissionerI Delhi West EPFO while accepting a bribe of Rs 150000 from the complainant the investigation agency said on Thursday The senior govt official arrested for graft is named Jagdish Tambe presently posted as Regional Provident Fund CommissionerI Delhi West EPFOAccording to the CBI the case was registered on September 9 2025It was alleged that the accused Regional Provident Fund CommissionerI demanded illegal gratification of Rs 300000 from the complainant for favourably settling RDA proceedings against the complainant the CBI said in its press statementAfter negotiation the accused Regional Provident Fund CommissionerI agreed to accept the bribe amount of Rs 150000 from the complainant it addedTo catch the accused the CBI laid a trap on September 10 and caught the accused Regional Provident Fund CommissionerI redhanded while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs150000 from the complainantThe aforesaid accused person has been apprehendedIt also said that the investigation is continuingThe strict action by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI against corrupt public servants underscores its firm commitment to curbing corruptionCitizens who come across instances of corruption or are subjected to demands for bribes by public officials are encouraged to report such matters They may visit the Office of CBI ACB Delhi 1st Floor CBI Building CGO Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi or call on 01124367887 and mobile No 9650394847 to lodge their complaints or share any relevant information it further said urging citizens to report the incidences of such corruptionNotably the CBI in the past few months have tightened its grip to curb the menace of corruption in public offices which directly impacts the common public IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-apprehends-regional-provident-fund-commissioner-over-accepting-rs-15-lakh-bribe-637877.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-punjab-police-seize-27-pistols-close-to-india-pakistan-border-637920.html Chandigarh Sep 11 In one of the largest seizures of pistols in recent times close to the IndiaPakistan international fencing in Punjab the Border Security Force BSF in a coordinated operation with state police apprehended two arms smugglers and seized a huge cache of arms comprising 27 pistols and ammunition in the Fazilka sector Based on a meticulously developed information into a precise intelligence a joint strategic ambush of the BSF and police was laid near Mahar Khiwa Mansa village in Fazilka of district during the night time the BSF said After a patient wait of many hours the ambush team noticed suspicious movement in the wee hours and successfully apprehended one criminal and recovered 27 pistols 54 magazines and 470 rounds from a big sack in his possession It said after sustained questioning of the accused the team managed to apprehend his another associate from the same village The accused are residents of Teja Rohella and Mahar Jamsher village respectively Both are in the custody of the police for further investigation to unearth their wider nexus and crossborder linkages Punjab Police DGP Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that this huge weapon consignment was sourced from Pakistan through a foreignbased entity intended for use by criminal gangs in the state The arrested accused individuals were attempting to deliver these arms to ground operatives of criminal groups on the directions of their foreign handlers The DGP said further investigations are being conducted to establish forward and backward linkages to identify other members involved in this module and track the origins of the smuggled weapons Assistant Inspector General Ferozepur Gursewak Singh Brar said the identity and role of the foreign entity along with its broader network are under investigation The BSF said the recovery marked a historic success The operation also highlighted synergy between the BSF and the police in combating crossborder arms smuggling Also the swift action by security forces has averted a major threat of arms proliferation among antinational elements attempting to destabilise peace in Punjab IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-punjab-police-seize-27-pistols-close-to-india-pakistan-border-637920.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cooperative-bank-fraud-ed-attaches-properties-valued-at-rs-362-crore-in-karnataka-637926.html Bengaluru Sep 11 The Bengaluru Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate ED has provisionally attached two immovable properties worth about Rs 362 crore belonging to N Srinivasa Murthy the then Chairman of Shushruti Souharda Sahakara Bank Niyamitha and Rathnamma a close relative of Srinivasa Murthy under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 in a case related to cheating with account holders of the bank the official statement said on Thursday The ED initiated investigation on the basis of various FIRs registered by Karnataka Police wherein it was alleged that the bank neither paid interest nor returned principle amounts to its customers on their fixed deposits or savings accounts held with the bank the statement saidIt was also alleged that the Chairman and Directors of Shushruti Souharda Sahakara Bank Niyamitha in collusion with the employees of the bank has siphoned off the deposits made by the customers of the bank and thereby cheated the customers of the bank through its management and employees the ED addedDuring the investigation under PMLA 2002 it was found that Srinivasa Murthy his wife Dharini Devi and their daughter Mokshatara the Chairman Director and Functional Director respectively of Shushruti Souharda Sahakara Bank Niyamitha were instrumental in the diversion of funds from the said bank the statement addedInvestigation also revealed that Srinivasa Murthy floated different financial entities viz Shruti Souharda Credit Cooperative Society Shree Lakshmi Mahila CoOp Society managed by Rathnamma a close relative of Srinivasa Murthy etc and accepted deposits from various depositors only to cheat them It was also revealed that Srinivasa Murthy and others used to sanction loans in the names of their close associates without following proper procedure and at times without any collateral Srinivasa Murthy and others used to get properties registered in their names from the said loan amount and the loan accounts were later turned into NPA according to the EDFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cooperative-bank-fraud-ed-attaches-properties-valued-at-rs-362-crore-in-karnataka-637926.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-to-hear-bail-pleas-of-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-tomorrow-637934.html New Delhi Sep 11 The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday the bail pleas of Umar Khalid Sharjeel Imam and two others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case As per the causelist published on the Supreme Court website a bench of Chief Justice of India CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran will hear the special leave petition SLP filed by Meeran Haider while a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria will take up the bail pleas of Umar Khalid Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima on September 12The accused booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and other penal provisions have challenged the Delhi High Courts order rejecting their bail pleasThe Delhi High Court in its order passed on September 2 observed prima facie that there was sufficient material on record to suggest that Imam and Khalid had masterminded the conspiracyA bench of Justices Shalinder Kaur and Navin Chawla noted that Khalid and Imam had delivered inflammatory speeches on February 24 2020 coinciding with the then US President Donald Trumps State visit which the prosecution alleged was deliberately timed to trigger riots on February 23 to 24 and draw international attentionThe alleged inflammatory and provocative speeches delivered by the appellants when considered in totality prima facie indicate their role in the alleged conspiracy the Delhi High Court saidIn relation to Meeran Haider it noted that she allegedly provided funds to the Alumni Association of Jamia Millia Islamia AAJMI where meetings of the JCC JMI Coordination Committee were heldThe Justice Kaurled bench further noted the prosecutions submission that the completion of investigation against Haider did not constitute a material change in circumstances to justify bail citing pending witness examination and the gravity of the alleged conspiracyAccording to the prosecution Gulfisha Fatima used code words to instruct protesters to undertake actions in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy and received funds for itThe February 2020 Delhi riots which broke out during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA and the National Register of Citizens NRC left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-to-hear-bail-pleas-of-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-tomorrow-637934.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-drugs-valued-at-rs-50-crore-seized-at-mdma-factory-one-arrested-637938.html Jaipur Sep 11 In a major crackdown the AntiGangster Task Force AGTF of Police Headquarters in coordination with Pipalkhunt police station and the District Special Team DST of Pratapgarh busted an illegal MD drug manufacturing factory Police arrested the wanted smuggler Jamshed alias Jammu Lala 33 resident of Dewaldi carrying a reward of Rs 25000 from the spotDuring the raid the police recovered 174 kg of MD powder worth around Rs 50 crore in the international market over 70 kg of chemicals and equipment used for manufacturing MD drugs The operation was carried out under the directions of ADG Crime Dinesh MN supervision of DIG Deepak Bhargava and Additional SPs Asha Ram Chaudhary and Siddhant Sharma while being led on the ground by Pratapgarh SP B Aditya AGTF personnel Head Constable Mahavir Singh and Constable Narendra Patidar received inputs about the accused After days of surveillance they confirmed that Jammu Lala was producing MD drugs in a hut belonging to Ishwar Meena in Tanda Bada Sarhad Bori Mojal Following this Pipalkhunt police and DST conducted the raid and arrested him under the NDPS Act This is not the first major action against the networkOn December 16 2024 AGTF and Arnod police had raided Dewaldi village seizing 11450 kg of liquid MDMA worth Rs 40 crore 14770 kg of chemicals and other drugmaking equipment In that case accused Yakub Jamshed alias Jammu Lala and Sahil had escaped leading to a reward of Rs 25000 each on their arrest Investigations later revealed that Yakub Khan another main accused had invested drug money into illegal assetsHe purchased a hotellodge in Hussain Tekri Javra MP in his wifes name in 2024 valued at around Rs 1 crore On August 28 2025 Pratapgarh police froze this property under Section 68F1 of the NDPS Act AGTF personnel Mahavir Singh and Narendra Patidar DST incharge SI Ravindra Patidar SI Pannalal ASI Pratap Singh and constables Vinod Narendra Singh Pankaj Ramesh Chand Hemendra Singh Sandeep and Arvind Singh along with SHO Pipalkhunt Naresh Patidar and his team played a key role in the successful action IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-drugs-valued-at-rs-50-crore-seized-at-mdma-factory-one-arrested-637938.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-handicrafts-development-corp-scam-ed-probe-reveals-diversion-of-rs-374-crore-637943.html Bengaluru Sept 11 The Enforcement Directorate ED Bengaluru Zonal Office has provisionally attached immovable property to the extent of Rs 75 lakh of Velohar Infra Private Limited under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 in a case related to misappropriating government funds from the accounts of Karnataka State Handicraft Development Corporation Limited KSHDCL an official said on Thursday Investigation revealed that Rs 374 crore was diverted to Venture Cottage Industrial Trade Corporation at Allahabad Bank Chennai The proceeds were then withdrawn in cash and siphoned off by the conspirators Sateesh V Vambashe Bank official in conspiracy with JR Pradhan Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Aboobacker and Sarath Chandran fraudulently opened two current accounts in the name of Ms KSHDCL at SBI Hesaraghatta Branch using forged resolutions and fabricated authorisation letters the ED statedAn amount of Rs 501 crore belonging to KSHDCL was transferred to these fake accounts While only Rs 25 lakh was placed in a genuine FD a forged FDR of Rs 501 crore was created and handed over to KSHDCL thereby concealing misappropriation of the funds the ED probe revealedOut of the balance Rs 1 crore was transferred to Velohar Infra Pvt Ltd Chennai and Rs 374 crore was diverted to Venture Cottage Industrial Trade Corporation at Allahabad Bank Chennai The proceeds were then withdrawn the ED statedED investigation revealed that Rs 1 crore was credited into the account of Velohar Infra Pvt Ltd on July 30 2018 through three RTGS transactions from the SBI account of Corporation Out of this Rs 25 lakh was withdrawn in cash and handed over to one of the accused while the remaining Rs 75 Lakh was utilised by the company and its Director Vijayalakshmi S for personal and business expenses despite being aware that the funds were Proceeds of Crime PoCFurther investigation revealed that Velohar Infra Pvt Ltd owns a parcel of land admeasuring 3255 cents at Sunrise Avenue Sholinganallur village Kancheepuram district with sale consideration of Rs 380 crore Thus the said property of Velohar Infra Private Limited has provisionally been attached to the extent of Rs 75 lakh in value thereof under Section 51 of PMLA 2002Further investigation is under progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-handicrafts-development-corp-scam-ed-probe-reveals-diversion-of-rs-374-crore-637943.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/defective-car-endorsement-rajasthan-hc-stays-fir-against-shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone--637714.html Jaipur Sep 10 Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone have received major relief from the Rajasthan High Court which has stayed an FIR registered against them in Bharatpur The complaint was filed by a local car owner who alleged that Hyundai Motors sold him a defective vehicle The FIR lodged a few days back named both actors along with six company officials claiming they misled customers as Hyundais brand ambassadors Both Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone approached the Rajasthan High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR Their legal teams argued that as brand ambassadors their role was limited to product promotion and that they had no involvement in the companys technical operationsSenior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Shah Rukh Khan submitted that the actor has no direct connection with the quality of Hyundais cars and that it was unfair to implicate him in the caseAdvocate Madhav Mitra representing Deepika Padukone echoed similar arguments stating that she cannot be held accountable for alleged manufacturing defectsHearing the matter in Jodhpur Justice Sudesh Bansal observed that the FIR lacked a factual basis The court then ordered a stay on the FIR providing interim relief to both actors and the company officialsThe next hearing has been scheduled for September 25The case stems from a complaint by a Bharatpur resident who accused Hyundai Motors of selling him a technically defective car resulting in financial losses The FIR alleged that since Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone endorsed the brand they too were responsible for misleading customersHowever the actors maintain that the charges are not legally sustainable as brand endorsements do not equate to accountability for product defectsIn the Rajasthan High Court hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Shah Rukh Khan Senior Advocate Madhav Mitra represented Deepika Padukone and Senior Advocate Vivek Raj Bajwa argued on behalf of Hyundai MD Anso KimThe bench after hearing the arguments granted interim relief to all petitioners by staying the FIR filed in Bharatpur The petitions filed by Shah Rukh Khan Deepika Padukone Anso Kim and another company official emphasised that there were no specific allegations made against themThe defence further argued that the complainant advocate Kirti Singh had been using the car for nearly three years and had already driven it for more than 67000 kilometres If he had genuine grievances they said he could have approached the consumer court instead of lodging an FIR The petitioners maintained that registering a criminal case in such circumstances was not legally justified IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/defective-car-endorsement-rajasthan-hc-stays-fir-against-shah-rukh-khan-deepika-padukone--637714.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-properties-worth-rs-987-cr-in-guava-orchard-compensation-scam-637718.html New Delhi Sep 10 The Enforcement Directorate ED Jalandhar Zonal office has provisionally attached immovable properties and stocks worth Rs 987 crore approx belonging to Vikas Bhandari Bhupinder Singh Ritika Bhandari Karam Singh and Gurdeep Singh under the provisions of PMLA 2002 in connection with money laundering investigation related to Guava Orchard Compensation Scam ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the Vigilance Bureau Punjab against Bhupinder Singh Vikas Bhandari and others under various sections of the IPC 1860 and the Prevention of Corruption Amendment Act 1988According to the ED The investigation revealed that private persons in connivance with government officers availed wrongful compensation instead of the guava orchards that existed on land which was to be acquired by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority GMADA Punjab for setting up the Aerotropolis Residential Project Near IT city in SAS Nagar MohaliTo get maximum compensation wrongfully guava trees were shown on the land where those were not exist showing higher density of trees their age and other methods which would increase the compensation amount the agency further said in its press statementFor the said purpose they connived with Revenue officials and Horticulture Development officers and forged revenue records and prepared favourable reportsThrough such criminal activities accused persons generated and acquired Proceeds of Crime POC in crores of rupees it saidIt is further revealed that Vikas Bhandari after receiving the wrongful compensation diverted the POC to his wife Ritika Bhandari and his associates Bhupinder Singh Karam Singh and Gurdeep SinghAccordingly their properties in the form of immovable properties and stocks have been attached provisionallyFurther investigation is in progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-properties-worth-rs-987-cr-in-guava-orchard-compensation-scam-637718.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drug-abuse-poses-huge-challenges-in-mizo-society-cm-lalduhoma-637719.html Aizawl Sep 10 Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma said on Wednesday that drug abuse has created immense challenges in society which necessitated the establishment of the shortstay drug deaddiction centre in the state During the visit to Hulhhliap Short Stay Centre the Chief Minister said that since the government alone could not set up such a drug deaddiction centre the Young Mizo Association YMA Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl MHIP and the Synod were entrusted to manage such centres under PublicPrivate Partnership PPP modeThe YMA and the MHIP are the two influential NGOs in Mizoram and doing all sorts of social activities and are active in youth and women empowermentLalduhoma a former IPS officer stressed that those struggling with drug addiction are in urgent need of support and those who can recover must be provided with proper guidance counselling and skill training opportunities to rebuild their lives In this regard the Hulhhliap Short Stay Centre has been carefully designed to address these needs in a holistic manner he saidAddressing the inmates the Chief Minister urged them to remain determined in their recovery journey assuring them that they can overcome their struggles and become important citizens for their community and state He added that the hardships they have faced are not unique and should not be taken as excuses for wrongdoing but as challenges to overcome with courage and resilienceLalduhoma was accompanied by Lalrinpuii Minister for the Social Welfare Department An official said that the Hulhhliap Short Stay Centre provides a structured 20day programme combining medical detoxification psychological counselling and spiritual renewal through camping organised by the Synod Revival Department This is followed by three months of close monitoring under the Referral Task Group to ensure continued progressFor those who are able to remain free from addiction the centre further equips them with skill training in trades such as food processing electrical works and aluminium fabrication enabling them to reintegrate into society with dignity and livelihood opportunities the official saidThe Hulhhliap Short Stay Centre was originally designed to accommodate 150 persons at a timeAccording to the official due to high demand the first batch admitted 256 persons the second batch 544 and the ongoing third batch 208 persons Each batch runs for 20 days 10 days of detoxification 5 days of psychological counselling and 5 days of camping organised by the Synod Revival Department So far 11 persons have completed training in Food Processing with practical sessions 28 are currently training as Electrical Technicians and 18 are in Aluminium FabricationA study of the first two batches revealed that 74 per cent of participants are now free from addiction The fourth batch is scheduled to begin this monthMeanwhile the Mizoram government on September 1 launched a fourmonthlong special campaign and antidrug operation to curb the illegal trade of drugs and their menaceMizorams Inspector General of Police IGP H Ramthlengliana said that the special campaign as well as intensive operation would continue till December 31The police various other lawenforcing agencies in collaboration with the YMA and village chiefs would undertake the campaign in all drugaffected localities villages and bordering areas of all 11 districts of Mizoram the IGP told IANS The IPS officer said that Mizoram is the first state among the eight Northeastern states to launch such a huge antidrug campaigncumoperation to eradicate the drugrelated menace in the stateA variety of drugs especially highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin and different types of contraband including exotic animals are often illegally traded through six districts in Mizoram Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip which share unfenced borders of 510 km with Myanmar From Mizoram these drugs are ferried to other parts of the country and abroad including Bangladesh through Assam and TripuraMizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma earlier said that drug abuse remains the biggest threat to the state The Chief Minister had said that the state lies within close proximity to the Golden Triangle a region notorious for drug traffickingCalling for collective efforts to fight the menaces of both drug abuse smuggling of narcotics and spread of HIVAIDS Lalduhoma said that it is a struggle for both physical and spiritual wellbeing of all people The Mizoram government has started the recruitment process to form a Mizo Territorial Army battalion to deal with drug trafficking and other law and orderrelated issues IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drug-abuse-poses-huge-challenges-in-mizo-society-cm-lalduhoma-637719.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/aap-legislator-manjinder-lalpura-convicted-arrested-in-2013-molestation-case-637724.html Chandigarh Sep 10 A court in Punjab on Wednesday convicted Aam Aadmi Party AAP legislator from Khadoor Sahib Manjinder Singh Lalpura and 10 others for molestation and assault of a woman in 2013 The court of Additional Sessions Judge Prem Kumar will pronounce the quantum of sentence on September 12 After the conviction the MLA and other accused were taken into custody and sent to subjail in Patti town in Tarn Taran districtLegislator Lalpura had contested the 2022 Assembly elections from the Khadoor Sahib seat and defeated Congress Ramanjit Singh Sikki by a margin of 16491 votesLalpura was a taxi driver when the 2013 incident took place at a wedding hall in Tarn Taran when the woman was allegedly caned by the police and the other accused including LalpuraShe was reportedly molested during the police assaultThe woman complainant who belongs to the Scheduled Castes SC was assaulted by the accused comprising policemen on March 3 2013 The incident took place when the complainant along with her family members came to a marriage venue to attend the functionThis incident saw widespread outrage and the Supreme Court had taken suo motu cognisance directing paramilitary force protection for the victim and her cousin Jagjit Singh an eyewitness and her family membersOn March 19 2013 the Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered the transfer of seven policemen involved in the case and directed security arrangements for the victim and her family while strongly criticising the conduct of the policeThe accused were facing trial under Sections 506 criminal intimidation 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty 188 disobedience to order promulgated by public servant 324 voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons 270 malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life 323 voluntarily causing hurt 148 rioting armed with deadly weapon and 283 of the Indian Penal Code IPCThe other accused have been identified as Devinder Kumar Saraj Singh Ashwani Kumar Tarsem Singh Harjinder Singh Narinderjit Singh and Gurdeep Raj the policemen Harwinder Singh Shoshi Kanwaldep Singh and Gagandeep Singh a driver Another policeman Paramjit Singh died during the proceedings of the case IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/aap-legislator-manjinder-lalpura-convicted-arrested-in-2013-molestation-case-637724.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-new-criminal-laws-ensure-transparency-citizen-friendly-reforms-tripura-cm-saha-637741.html Agartala Sep 10 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Wednesday that the three new criminal laws will be of great use in the judicial process in the future ensuring transparency citizenfriendly reforms After inaugurating the fiveday statelevel exhibition on the new criminal laws at the Indoor Exhibition Hall in Agartala the Chief Minister said citizens have already benefited greatly from the implementation of these three new criminal lawsThe three new laws Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita BNS Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita BNSS and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam BSA enacted last year replaced the Indian Penal Code IPC Code of Criminal Procedure CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act respectively from July 1 this yearCM Saha who also holds the Home portfolio said that if work is not done on time if justice is not delivered on time people lose faith in the legal system Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi these groundbreaking laws were brought after the bills were passed in Parliament An important discussion on the three new laws was held in Guwahati in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah he said The Chief Minister said that during the meeting in Guwahati the Union Home Minister asked what effective measures had been taken regarding the new criminal laws Claiming that Tripura is the only state in the country to have organised such an exhibition on the new criminal laws he said that the state is at the forefront in many ways Tripura ranks first or second position on many parameters In the state from officials to common citizens everyone is aware of important issues A lot of work is being done in this direction We are also maintaining our good name at the national level and are honored on various occasions Saha said He said that this fiveday exhibition has been organised to give people a detailed idea of what these three new criminal laws entail Reforms are now being carried out in all sectors said Saha adding that the previous governments did not take any initiative to change the colonial laws that have remained since the British era That is what the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now doing The state government is also working in this direction We have passed many deregulations in the cabinet and citizenfriendly laws have been implemented he said Saha added that the changes made in the new criminal laws have made processes easier and more effective Highlighting about the new laws the Chief Minister said that it has also been stipulated that a person can submit a report electronically without physically attending a police station and this would ensure both transparency and speedy disposal Now through Zero FIR any citizen can file a complaint from anywhere In addition if any person is arrested he can inform his closest or known person if necessary The forensic team plays a particularly important role in investigating various incidents or crimes he pointed out Saha further said that in the new criminal laws priority has been given to cases concerning women and children It has been mandated that the investigation process must be completed within two months Arrangements have also been made for free treatment in hospitals for women and children who are victims of crime he said MLA Mina Rani Sarkar Chief Secretary JK Sinha Director General of Police Anurag Home Secretary Abhishek Singh and other senior officials were present as distinguished guests at the event IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-new-criminal-laws-ensure-transparency-citizen-friendly-reforms-tripura-cm-saha-637741.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/time-to-expose-leading-role-played-by-pakistani-men-in-uks-grooming-gang-scandals-637745.html London Sep 10 The United Kingdom has in recent months witnessed mass antiimmigrant protests fueled by decades of simmering resentment rooted in the States abject failure to address key issues including the grooming gang scandals where men of predominantly Pakistani heritage orchestrated systemic abuse of vulnerable British girls some barely 10yearold a report cited on Wednesday According to a report in The Australia Today the infamous incidents that occurred in the towns of Rotherham Rochdale and Telford ignited a turbulent outpouring of anger although protests have often been marred by xenophobic rhetoricIt stated that British official Baroness Louise Caseys 2025 audit substantiated longstanding concerns in towns across Greater Manchester West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire with more than 4200 grooming gangs cases recorded in recent years where Pakistaniheritage men were disproportionately represented among the suspectsYet the language deployed while referring to those involved Asian grooming gangs or South Asian men was carefully chosen blurring specificity and casting a shadow over Indian Bangladeshi and other Asian communities who often find themselves unfairly tarred with the same brush despite not being involved in these atrocities the report stressedRecognising and maintaining this crucial distinction isnt political correctness its accuracy There have been instances of friction between the Muslim communities from India and Pakistan as well a very good example is a recent video from the eve of Indias Independence Day in East London where a Muslim girl of Indian origin dressed in a hijab and carrying the Indian flag was harassed and jostled by a group of Pakistani men it addedThe report said labels like Asian grooming gangs and South Asian men also unfairly cast the larger Indian community in the United Kingdom which contributes significantly to the country A new report by a British think tank Policy Exchange highlighted that Indianorigin people consistently outperformed all ethnic minority groups on socioeconomic and developmental parameters often matching or exceeding the performance of the resident white populationThe point is to insist on accuracy over euphemism when authorities are precise about who offends and where victims are better protected offenders face accountability without collective blame and the public debate stops punishing communities who are largely lawabiding productive and clearly not the ones agitating for parallel legal orders the report emphasisedMoreover immigration debates across continents might seem to be similar on the surface but their roots differ profoundly What unites them is the danger of lazy generalisations because when blame is blurred justice is denied and the innocent are made to pay for the sins they did not commit it noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/time-to-expose-leading-role-played-by-pakistani-men-in-uks-grooming-gang-scandals-637745.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nepal-uncertainty-continues-as-army-tries-to-stem-violence-637748.html New Delhi Sep 10 Nepal continued to witness widespread violence on Wednesday while uncertainty continued over the appointment of an interim government To stem further violence the Army has announced a nationwide curfew from 5 pm on Wednesday until 6 am Thursday permitting only essential services after coordination with local officialsOn a positive note some reports said that Gen Z volunteers in Kirtipur hit the streets early Wednesday morning for a cleanup drive It was part of the youths online call for a cleanup campaignLater in the day agitating youth terming the stir as Gen Z protest proposed the name of former chief justice Sushika Karki as the head of the countrys interim government in a virtual meeting on WednesdayThousands of youth protestors attended the meeting online according to reportsBefore that the name of Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah emerged as the Gen Z protestors choice Popularly known as Balen he is an engineerturnedrapperturnedpoliticianOther names doing the rounds are those of the Mayor of Dharan Harka Raj Rai alias Harka Sampang renowned engineer Kulman Ghising and former minister Sumana Shrestha among others according to Naagrik newspaperMeanwhile the parliament the Hilton Hotel the Supreme Court and several buildings housing government offices and political parties were ransacked and set on fireInmates were reported to have escaped from Rajbiraj prison in Saptari district bordering Bihar after setting fire inside the facility on Wednesday afternoonIn Parsa also near the Bihar border tension at Birgunj prison eased after an hourlong unrest on Wednesday said a Kathmandu Post report Inmates had attempted to escape by breaking a large hole in the southern wall of the facilityPrison chief Khemraj Bhusal told the newspaper that the situation was brought under control after hours of effort by security personnel Nepal Police Armed Police Force and the Nepali Army fired more than ten rounds of aerial shots and tear gas to disperse the unrest it addedProtesters also targeted media outlets torching the Kantipur TV media groups headquarters and vandalising other press propertiesReports indicate significant damage to public buildings and heritage sites raising concerns about longterm cultural and economic repercussions if order is not swiftly restoredKantipurs building was attacked today Tues and set on fire As a result our servers are down so we are posting all our reporting and updates on our social media platforms Thanks for supporting our work posted the Kathmandu Post on X formerly TwitterAccording to its update Nepals Ministry of Health and Population officials have confirmed that 30 people have died and 1033 others sustained injuries during the Gen Zled protests on Monday and TuesdayIncidentally a building of the Ministry designed by worldrenowned American architect Louis I Kahn was also damaged after protesters set it on fire on Tuesday it addedIndia has stepped up security at the borders and has advised its citizens in Nepal to avoid travel and stay indoorsViolence broke out on Monday with tens of thousands of youths taking to the streets in protest against the Oli governments ban on 26 social media platformsThe youth were posting messages on such handles alleging corruption nepotism and adverse economic conditions under the Oli government Though the ban was revoked it could not stem the violenceSince late on Tuesday the Nepal Army has been managing security including at Tribhuvan International Airport and Singha Durbar in the capital KathmanduBuilt in 1908 Singha Durbar Lions Court a palace in central Kathmandu houses buildings of the Nepali Government and several ministriesThe main building was destroyed in the ongoing Gen Z protests along with the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of MinistersFacing mounting unrest and political isolation Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli stepped down from office on Tuesday evening Since his departure the Himalayan country has continued without a government with the army currently in charge IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nepal-uncertainty-continues-as-army-tries-to-stem-violence-637748.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-puc-no-fuel-initiative-to-be-implemented-effectively-in-the-state-maha-minister-637753.html Mumbai Sep 10 Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday directed the state administration to implement the No PUC No Fuel initiative at every petrol pump in future in the state This is necessary to provide a pollutionfree environment to the future generation the present generation needs to impose some environmentallyfriendly restrictions on itself For that purpose the Pollution Control Certificate PUC given to every vehicle must be valid the Minister saidThe chain of production of illegal certificates should be completely stopped he said reiterating that this can be achieved by the No PUC No Fuel initiativeMinister Sarnaik at the department meeting said that the vehicle number of every vehicle coming to fill fuel at every petrol pump in the state will be checked scanned based on the CCTV camera footage so that the validity of the pollution control certificate of the concerned vehicle can be known through thatIf the pollution control certificate of that vehicle is not valid then fuel will not be given to that vehicle The arrangements will also be made to immediately remove the pollution control certificate at the same petrol pump so that the driver does not face any inconvenience This pollution control certificate will have a unique identity UID Therefore the validity of the pollution control certificate can be checked from time to time he addedIn future arrangements will be made to issue pollution control certificates in showrooms selling vehicles and garages that repair vehicles so that every vehicle plying on the road has a valid pollution control certificate This will help reduce pollution levels Minister Sarnaik saidHe added that along with this the Transport Department should launch a major crackdown to expose the gang that is currently illegally issuing pollution control certificatesHe also reviewed the installation of a fire early warning system in the Transport Department office and the construction of a transport building IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-puc-no-fuel-initiative-to-be-implemented-effectively-in-the-state-maha-minister-637753.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-karnataka-congress-mla-satish-sail-on-money-laundering-charges-637517.html Bengaluru Sep 9 The Congress legislator from Karnatakas Karwar constituency Satish K Sail was arrested by Enforcement Directorate ED sleuths on Tuesday in Bengaluru on money laundering charges sources stated The arrest was made while MLA Satish Sail was attending an inquiry at the ED officeEarlier the ED had conducted raids at the residence of Congress MLA Satish Sail in connection with illegal iron ore export charges on August 13 and 14 and detected illegal property cash and jewelsThe ED sleuths seized a huge quantity of cash and gold The search operations were conducted in Karwar Goa Mumbai and Delhi targeting properties owned by Satish Sail The ED officials packed the documents gold and cash into two trunksMLA Satish Sail is the third Congress legislator to be arrested by central agencies in recent times Chitradurga MLA KC Veerendra and Dharwad Rural MLA Vinay Kulkarni are the other two legislatorsSources stated that MLA Sathish Sail would be taken for a medical test and later he will be produced before the judge More details are yet to emerge regarding the arrest of MLA Satish SailA Special MPMLA Court on October 26 2024 handed seven years imprisonment to MLA Satish Sail in all six cases related to the Belekeri illegal iron ore export case The court had also imposed a fine of Rs 44 crore on himA case in connection with the illegal iron ore export case was lodged in 2010 and the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI submitted a charge sheet later in the matterMLA Satish Sail was named as the second accused in the first caseHowever the Karnataka High Court suspended the conviction of Satish Sail in the illegal export of iron ore case on December 21 2024 The court also directed authorities not to notify the byelection to the Karwar Assembly constituency till the outcome of his appeal The court had barred him from attending the Assembly session IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-karnataka-congress-mla-satish-sail-on-money-laundering-charges-637517.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/property-of-individual-extorting-businessmen-faking-as-ed-official-confiscated-637520.html Kolkata Sep 9 The Enforcement Directorate ED said on Tuesday that the officials of its Kolkata office have provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 22 crore linked to one Sheikh Jinnar Ali who had been accused of extorting businessmen posing as an ED official The confiscation was done under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 and the attached properties include 10 immovable properties situated in East Bardhaman district of West Bengal owned by Jinnar Ali and bank balances ED saidThe ED had also filed a prosecution complaint against the accused before a special PMLA court in Kolkata in the last week of AugustAccording to a press statement issued by ED on Tuesday their officials initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Bidhannagar South Police Station in Kolkata against Jinnar Ali and his associatesThe accused persons were involved in a criminal conspiracy to extort money from a businessman by disguising themselves as ED officers The said accused persons used to contact various businessmen through phone and introduce themselves as ED officials They also issued fake summons to the complainant to appear in front of the Police Commissionerate Office Bidhannagar under the pretence of an official inquiry which did not exist in reality the statement saidAccording to it upon meeting Jinnar Ali and his associates enquired about the various business activities and pointed out certain complaints received against such business persons and in that process various discrepancies in the financial accounts would also be discussed in the meeting held near the Police Commissionerate office at BidhannagarTo create an illusion of legitimacy the accused individuals arrived in a Toyota Fortuner which displayed an ED insignia They claimed that actions from both the ED and the CBI were imminent unless the complainant agreed to meet their demands Under continued threats of office raids property seizure and arrest the complainant was coerced to pay a total of Rs 130 crore in cash and Rs 20 lakh in the bank account provided by the accused person the statement addedFinally Jinnar Ali was arrested in July 2025 by the ED and presently he continues to be in judicial custody IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/property-of-individual-extorting-businessmen-faking-as-ed-official-confiscated-637520.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cyber-scammers-swindle-rs-1-000-crore-from-people-in-tn-police-crackdown-on-637538.html Chennai Sep 10 Tamil Nadu has witnessed alarming levels of cyber fraud this year with the public losing nearly Rs 1010 crore to various scams until July according to data released by the Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime Wing Officials said that swift intervention has helped freeze Rs 314 crore of the cheated amount while Rs 624 crore has been returned to victims after obtaining necessary court approvals In comparison cyber fraud losses stood at a staggering Rs 1673 crore in 2024 Of this Rs 772 crore was frozen and Rs 84 crore eventually restored to victimsWhile the rising scale of such crimes highlights the deepening menace of online fraud authorities maintained that Tamil Nadu continues to be at the forefront nationally in combating cyber threats and preventing people from being fully victimisedThe Cyber Crime Wing has undertaken a series of highimpact operations this yearIn a statewide crackdown codenamed Operation ThiraineekuI officers arrested 76 accused in connection with 135 FIRs and 20 Community Service Registers CSRs linked to 158 complaints filed through the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal NCRPThe total reported loss in these complaints alone was Rs 4197 crore Officials said the operation not only brought multiple cybercriminals to justice but also sent out a strong deterrent message to fraudsters targeting people through online loan scams investment frauds and phishingOn a broader scale Tamil Nadu played a significant role in the PanIndia Operation Hydra targeting cyber criminals across state bordersAs part of this initiative seven offenders from Uttarakhand Jharkhand Assam and Delhi who were involved in highimpact cybercrime networks were arrested These individuals were said to be operating organised fraud syndicates using fake call centres and digital manipulation tactics to siphon off large sums from unsuspecting victimsIn another tough measure the state has detained 18 cyber offenders under the stringent Goondas Act underscoring its zerotolerance approachSenior officials noted that these actions are intended not only to penalise the guilty but also to safeguard potential victims by dismantling fraud networks before they inflict wider damage Authorities have urged the public to remain vigilant avoid sharing personal information online and report suspicious activity immediately through the NCRP portal or state helplines IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cyber-scammers-swindle-rs-1-000-crore-from-people-in-tn-police-crackdown-on-637538.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/andhra-pradesh-begins-efforts-to-rescue-187-people-stranded-in-nepal-637563.html Amaravati Sep 10 The government of Andhra Pradesh has identified 187 people from the state stranded in violencehit Nepal and initiated measures to rescue them These people are stranded in different locations across NepalAndhra Pradesh Real Time Governance RTG Minister Nara Lokesh is personally overseeing the rescue and safety measures He will be personally monitoring the rescue efforts from the state RTG centre in AmaravatiMinister Lokesh has cancelled his visit to Anantapur where the NDA government is organising the Super SixSuper Hit programme to celebrate the implementation of Super 6 promisesIn my capacity as APs RTG minister I will be coordinating rescue and support operations to ensure our people are brought to safety at the earliest he posted on XAccording to official information the stranded citizens are spread across four locations Bafal 27 persons Similkot 12 Mahadev Hotel Pashupati 55 and Pingalasthan Gaushala 90 personsOfficials said so far a total of 187 Telugu people have been traced The number may rise as more contacts are establishedThe state government has alerted Naveen Srivastava Indias Ambassador to Nepal regarding the situation The embassy is being kept informed to ensure early evacuation and safety arrangements for the stranded citizens officials saidThe state government has announced helpline numbers at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu People may contact 977 980 860 2881 977 981 032 6134 through normal calls and WhatsAppThose stranded in Nepal who need assistance may also contact Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi on 91 9818395787 They may also contact Andhra Pradesh NonResident Telugu Society APNRTS 247 helpline 0863 2340678 WhatsApp 91 8500027678 email helplineapnrtscom and nfoapnrtscomMinister Lokesh emphasised that the safety of Telugu citizens remains the top priority and assured that coordinated efforts are underway with central agencies and the Indian embassy to facilitate their rescue at the earliest IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/andhra-pradesh-begins-efforts-to-rescue-187-people-stranded-in-nepal-637563.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bidar-veterinary-university-scam-karnataka-lokayukta-raids-69-locations-637567.html Bidar Karnataka Sep 10 The Karnataka Lokayukta was on Wednesday conducting raids at 69 locations across the state in connection with the Bidar KVAFSU scam According to sources the raids are being conducted at the residences of university officials staff members and at officesCurrently the raids are underway at 24 locations in Bidar district 31 locations in Bengaluru two places in Koppal district two locations in Chikkamagaluru district as well as in Hassan Ramanagara Kolar Udupi and other locations across the stateThe raids are based on a complaint filed with the Lokayukta regarding a Rs 35 crore scam in the Bidar Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries University KVAFSU The complaint was lodged in August 2021 at the Bidar Lokayukta office by Venkat Reddy a resident of BengaluruThe Lokayukta investigation revealed misappropriation of Rs 22 croreThe sleuths are conducting raids at the residences offices business establishments and properties of officers and staff members of the university who served in 2021 These raids are being carried out under the supervision of Lokayukta ADGP Manish KarbikarIt was alleged that fake bills were created in the purchase of equipment and supplies leading to huge misappropriation of funds The Lokayukta sleuths are scrutinising the documents and records seized from the offices residences and business establishmentsMore information regarding Lokayukta raids is yet to come The official statement from the Karnataka Lokayukta is expected by the end of the dayThe Government of Karnataka established the Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Science exclusively for the development of education and learning conduct of research and transfer of ruraloriented technologies in the areas of veterinary animal dairy and fisheries sciencesOn July 30 the Lokayukta police conducted search operations across Karnataka at the offices and residences of five government officials and seized disproportionate assets worth Rs 244 crore Based on the complaints several teams of Lokayukta police carried out raids at 25 places in Bengaluru Chitradurga Hassan and Chikkaballapura simultaneously and seized movable and immovable properties which are disproportionate to their known source of income IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bidar-veterinary-university-scam-karnataka-lokayukta-raids-69-locations-637567.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/probe-against-cong-mla-rahul-mamkootathil-reaches-dead-end-as-victims-not-keen-to-pursue-case-637570.html Thiruvananthapuram Sep 10 The investigation against Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil appears to have reached a dead end with all survivors who had earlier come forward against him withdrawing their interest in pursuing the case Two women who had publicly accused the MLA of sexual misconduct have now informed investigators that they are not interested in giving statementsThe woman who is alleged to have undergone a forced abortion has also refused to proceed with her complaintWith the complainants backing out the probe has hit a dead endThe FIR was initially registered based on information from third partiesInvestigators had secured documents from a private hospital in Bengaluru allegedly linking Rahul Mamkootathil to arranging an abortion for one of the womenReports had indicated that the team would travel to Bengaluru to collect further records and directly record the victims testimonyOfficials had also suggested that if she gave a statement a fresh case could be filed against the MLAHowever indications now are that she too has stepped backHowever without the statements of the victims the Crime Branch cannot pursue stronger chargesMeanwhile political discussions in the Palakkad District Congress Committee DCC have gained momentum over efforts to bring the MLA back to his constituency The local leadership believes that political equations have shifted and the MLAs support base has grown particularly on social mediaThe Palakkad DCC president said workers would protect Rahul Mamkootathil if directed by the KPCC adding that protests can be containedHe has been managing party affairs from his house in Adoor in the wake of sexual misconduct allegationsThe DCC has urged KPCC to make a final decisionAll eyes are on Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly V D Satheesan who has taken a strong position against the firsttime MLA IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/probe-against-cong-mla-rahul-mamkootathil-reaches-dead-end-as-victims-not-keen-to-pursue-case-637570.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:30:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/andhra-pradesh-begins-efforts-to-evacuate-215-people-stranded-in-violence-hit-nepal-637583.html Amaravati Sep 10 Amid the unrest in Nepal Andhra Pradesh has initiated steps to evacuate 215 people stranded across various regions of the neighbouring country Minister for Real Time Governance Nara Lokesh on Wednesday took charge of coordinating rescue operationsHe reached the Real Time Governance RTG Centre at the State Secretariat and held a review meeting with senior officials AP Bhavan authorities briefed him on the ground situation informing him that as many as 215 Telugu people have been reported stranded so farMinister Lokesh directed officials to initiate measures on a war footing to ensure the safe return of those trapped He instructed that immediate relief must be extended stranded people shifted to safer locations and regular updates providedUpdates on their safety and wellbeing must be collected every two hours the minister told officials during the meetingThe minister also interacted via video call with some of the stranded citizens including Surya Prabha who briefed him on the present situation in Muktinath where several Telugu pilgrims are stuck in a hotelNara Lokesh assured that the state government in close coordination with the central government is committed to bringing all Telugu citizens back home safelyThe minister has cancelled his visit to Anantapur where the NDA government is organising the Super SixSuper Hit programme to celebrate the implementation of the Super 6 promisesIn my capacity as APs RTG minister I will be coordinating rescue and support operations to ensure our people are brought to safety at the earliest Lokesh posted on XThe state government has alerted Naveen Srivastava Indias Ambassador to Nepal regarding the situation The embassy is being kept informed to ensure early evacuation and safety arrangements for the stranded citizens officials saidThe state government has announced helpline numbers at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu People may contact 977 980 860 2881 977 981 032 6134 through normal calls and WhatsAppThose stranded in Nepal may also contact Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi on 91 9818395787 They may also contact Andhra Pradesh NonResident Telugu Society APNRTS 247 helpline 0863 2340678 WhatsApp 91 8500027678 email helplineapnrtscom and nfoapnrtscom IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/andhra-pradesh-begins-efforts-to-evacuate-215-people-stranded-in-violence-hit-nepal-637583.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rapper-vedan-arrested-in-rape-case-637591.html Kochi Sep 10 Malayalam rapper Hiran Das Murali popularly known as Vedan was arrested on Wednesday in a rape case Since he has already secured anticipatory bail from the Kerala High Court the arrest was only a formality and after completing the due process of law Vedan will walk out of the police station in the eveningHe secured anticipatory bail in a case alleging rape on the false promise of marriageOn August 27 the Kerala High Court granted him conditional bail and instructed him to present himself before the probe team for two days starting TuesdayHe was let off on Tuesday after being questioned for five hours and was asked to appear again on WednesdayIt was during the questioning on Wednesday that his arrest was recordedAfter recording the arrest the police will take him for the customary medical checkup and then after bringing him back to the police station he will be releasedThe case was filed by a doctor who alleged that Vedan befriended her through Instagram in 2021 and their relationship grew over timeShe claimed that he promised to marry her and under that assurance engaged in physical relations on several occasions in Kozhikode Kochi and other places between 2021 and 2023The complaint also stated that the two briefly lived together and that she provided him financial support including funds for his debut album and travel expensesAppearing through counsel the complainant opposed the bail plea contending that Vedan had similarly deceived other young womenHowever the court noted that each case must be treated independentlyVedans counsel then argued that the relationship was consensual initiated after the complainant approached him as a fan and that the complaint was the result of personal differencesThe police had earlier issued a lookout notice for Vedan fearing he might attempt to leave the country as he had been absconding since the case surfacedIncidentally after this case was registered similar allegations from other women were also made but the Court while granting bail clarified that allegations of other crimes against him were not under consideration in that particular petitionEarly this week a local court here granted him anticipatory bail in a similar case filed by another woman IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rapper-vedan-arrested-in-rape-case-637591.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-arrests-main-accused-in-haridevpur-gang-rape-case-637601.html Kolkata Sep 10 Chandan Malik the main accused in the Haridevpur gangrape case has been arrested Kolkata Police nabbed him from Burdwan railway station early on Wednesday morning The second accused Debanshu Basak alias Deep is absconding Chandan Malik will be produced in Alipore court on Wednesday where the police will seek his custodyAccording to police the accused planned to flee to another state by taking a trainBoth the accused had been hiding since the complaint was filed with Haridevpur Police Station in KolkataDespite searches at various places in the city police could not find them Finally on receiving information from a confidential source the police conducted a raid on Tuesday night and arrested Chandan from Burdwan station in the wee hours of WednesdayWe have arrested the main accused Search is on for the other accused in the case Investigation is on said a senior officer of Kolkata PoliceOn Saturday night a young woman from the Haridevpur area accused two acquaintances of gangraping her during her birthday party According to officials the alleged incident took place on Friday but a formal complaint was lodged late on Saturday night at the Haridevpur Police StationBased on the complaint the police registered an FIR under relevant sections and started a search for the accused personsAs per the complaint several months ago the 20yearold was introduced to a man named Chandan Mallick The man introduced himself as the head of a large Durga Puja committee in south Kolkata Through him the young woman was introduced to another young man named Deep The two of them promised to get the young woman involved in the puja committeeIt is learnt that they used to talk frequently with the young womanAccording to police sources one of the accused on Friday called the young woman to celebrate her birthday and took her to the house of the other accused There she was gangraped The victim went home and narrated the entire incident to family members who then took her to the police station to lodge a complaint on Saturday IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-arrests-main-accused-in-haridevpur-gang-rape-case-637601.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/are-we-in-pakistan-or-india-asks-bjp-on-ganesh-visarjan-violence-in-karnataka-637603.html Bengaluru Sep 10 The Karnataka BJP on Wednesday slammed the Congressled government in the state over the Ganesh Visarjan violence in Maddur town of Mandya district Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday BJP State President and MLA BY Vijayendra asked Are we living in Pakistan or India The Congressled government is creating such an atmosphere On the other hand CM Siddaramaiah claims that the BJP is responsible for spoiling the atmosphere in the state Only God can save himVijayendra claimed that Bajrang Dal activists are not allowed to enter ChitradurgaSharing that he along with his MLAs will visit Maddur on Wednesday Vijayendra said We will try to ascertain the facts and also assure Hindu activists and leaders of our support This is an inevitable situation The state government should take responsibility for the existing situation in the state where peace is disturbedSince the Congressled government came to power in Karnataka Hindus have not been able to celebrate the Ganesh festival in peace the BJP leader claimedOn the Bhadravathi Congress MLA expressing his desire to be born as a Muslim in his next life Vijayendra said Why does the Congress leader want to wait He should adopt Islam immediatelyThe BJP leader criticised the Congress leaders for blaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders for publicityWhenever Hindu activists are targeted and humiliated whenever the state government initiates antiHindu steps and demeans Hindu culture the BJP is dutybound to side with Hindu activists and we will continue to do so he saidOn the violence he said If hundreds of people took shelter in a mosque with a pile of stones the Police Department has totally failedMeanwhile the police have arrested 22 people in connection with the stone pelting incident and launched a hunt for seven more accused IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/are-we-in-pakistan-or-india-asks-bjp-on-ganesh-visarjan-violence-in-karnataka-637603.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-files-chargesheet-in-fake-microsoft-call-centre-case-in-dehradun-637461.html New Delhi Sep 9 The ED has filed a charge sheet in a Special PMLA Court in Dehradun in a money laundering case against a fake call centre of Microsoft Corporation an official said on Tuesday The Special Court took note of the ED chargesheet and issued notices to the accused for taking cognisance of the chargesThe chargesheet was filed against A to Z Solutions through its proprietor Arif Ali Nitin Gupta Garvit Singhal and Udit Garg in the case filed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002The ED initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Cyber Police Dehradun against Megha Rawat and others under various sections of the Information Technology Act 2000 and the Indian Penal Code 1860 for allegedly running a fake call centre in the name of A to Z Solutions by the accusedInvestigation by ED under PMLA further revealed that the call centre was engaged in providing online technical support services to foreign customers by deceitfully inducing them to believe that it was associated with Microsoft Corporation the ED saidThe illegal earnings generated from cheating foreign nationals were further routed to India through illegal channels it saidThe Uttarakhand Police had conducted search operations at the premises of A to Z Solutions and seized cash which has been attached by the ED by issuing a Provisional Attachment Order for Rs 126 crore being part of Proceeds of Crime the ED saidThe accused company had rented a threestorey building to operate the fraudulent call centre for duping foreign customers through fake online support servicesThe companys international call centre was located in the MKP Chowk area in Dehradun the police FIR saidThe ED said the crackdown against A to Z solutions was part of its commitment to combat cybercrime and dismantle fraud networks IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-files-chargesheet-in-fake-microsoft-call-centre-case-in-dehradun-637461.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-police-bust-illegal-arms-factory-arrest-two-for-making-firearms-637487.html Kolkata Sep 9 West Bengal Police on Tuesday said that they have busted an illegal arms factory in South 24 Parganas district and arrested two persons in connection with the incident A large quantity of firearms manufacturing equipment was recovered from an underconstruction house in the Hasanpur area of the district According to the police on the basis of information received from confidential sources a team of about 15 policemen led by Subdivisional Police Officer SDPO Abhishek Ranjan of Baruipur police district raided the Hasanpur area on Monday night After entering an underconstruction house it was found that a huge amount of equipment for making firearms was stored Following the raid it was found that the firearms were still being made The accused tried to escape on seeing the police However they were arrested A welding machine about 2 kilograms of gunpowder and various parts for making singlebarrel guns were recovered from the housePolice said that the underconstruction house was rented about three months ago But the business of making weapons was being secretly done there Two people have been arrested in this incident One of the arrested is Firoz Gazi who is known to be an accused in an old murder case The other accused is Bhaben PalThe initial assumption of the police is that the weapons were being made to be used in criminal activities It is being investigated whether a bigger gang is working behind thisThe accused were produced before the Baruipur Subdistrict Court which remanded them in police custodySDPO Abhishek Ranjan said From the equipment recovered it is clear that the work of making weapons was going on here for a long time We will investigate who is involved in this and for what purpose the weapons were being madeOn the other hand there is a stir in the area as local residents questioned how a house meant for residential purposes could be turned into an illegal weapons factory overnight IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-police-bust-illegal-arms-factory-arrest-two-for-making-firearms-637487.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-doctor-among-two-arrested-in-kotputli-drug-consignment-seized-637491.html Jaipur Sep 9 In a major crackdown on drug smuggling the Rajasthan Crime Branch in coordination with Kotputli Police arrested two accused including a doctor and seized a huge quantity of narcotic capsules and syrups The recovered stock weighing over 29 kg includes capsules like ProxycoSPAS ProxiohmSPAS SymdexPlus ProximexSPAS Anrex and Antop syrup The operation was carried out under the directions of ADG Crime Dinesh MN and the supervision of DIG Deepak Bhargava and ASP Siddhant SharmaA special team led by Inspector Ram Singh Nathawat with members Devendra Singh Head Constable Mahavir Singh Constable Jitendra Singh and Hemant Sharma received a tipoff about illegal drug sales in KotputliActing on intelligence the police raided a grocery shop near the blacksmith camp in Transport Nagar Kotputli on the evening of September 8The shop run by Manoj Kumar Jat 35 son of Lila Ram was found stocked with ProxycoSPAS capsules On further questioning Manoj revealed additional stock in a warehouse behind the shop Police recovered 48576 capsules from both locations Drug Control Officers Mukesh Chaudhary and Lata Bharti were present during the seizureDuring interrogation Manoj disclosed that the consignment belonged to Dr Avinash Sharma 39 son of Suresh Kumar who runs a clinic on the highway Acting swiftly police raided the clinic and recovered 1240 narcotic capsules and 14 bottles of syrupIn total 49816 capsules and 14 syrup bottles weighing 29389 kg were seized Both accused have been booked under Sections 821 and 822 of the NDPS Act while Sharma has also been charged under Section 829 for supplying the drugsThe seized drugs have been sealed and deposited in the maalkhana for further investigation Police believe the arrests will help expose a wider network involved in illegal drug traffickingThe operation saw active participation from Kotputli SHO Rajesh Kumar Sharma and his team along with members of DST KotputliBaharodConstable Devendra Singh played a key role supported by HC Hemant Sharma Constable Sohan Yadav and several others under the leadership of Inspector Nathawat IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-doctor-among-two-arrested-in-kotputli-drug-consignment-seized-637491.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/infant-deaths-dent-on-states-health-services-mp-dy-cm-shukla-637497.html Indore Sep 9 Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the current situation at Indores governmentrun Maharaja Yeshwantrao MY Hospital where two infants died after being gnawed upon by rats Deputy Chief Minister Shukla a senior BJP leader who is leading the states Health and Medical Education departments also reviewed the progress of ongoing investigation and action taken so far against the medical staff at MY hospital one of the largest governmentrun health institutions in Madhya PradeshPrincipal Secretary of Health and Family Department Sandeep Yadav and Commissioner of Medical Education Department Tarun Rathi who were present in the meeting briefed about the action taken in connection with the heartwrenching incidentAfter the meeting concluded Deputy CM Shukla told that the department has issued showcause notices against three senior medical officials including chairperson of MY Hospital Ashok Yadav and Incharge of the department where incident occurred Brijesh LohatiSuch incidents give a bad image for health services in the state which wont be tolerated I have ordered for a fair and transparent probe into this matter and whoever are found guilty will be punished We have to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in the state he told IANS after the review meetingNotably the National Human Rights Commission NHRC has took cognisance into the matter and issued a notice to the authorities looking after the Health and Medical Education departments in the Madhya Pradesh governmentThe notices have been issued to Principal Secretary Sandeep Yadav and Indore District Collector Asheesh Singh and has also sought their response including the action taken report into the matterOn August 30 and 31 two newborns both girls were bitten by rats inside the neonatal ICU of the MY Hospital one of Madhya Pradeshs largest governmentrun medical facilitiesThe two children subsequently died on September 2 and 3 with the hospital administration attributing the deaths to pneumonia and septicaemia respectively IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/infant-deaths-dent-on-states-health-services-mp-dy-cm-shukla-637497.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/infant-deaths-dent-on-states-health-services-says-mp-dy-cm-shukla-637498.html Indore Sep 9 Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the current situation at Indores governmentrun Maharaja Yeshwantrao MY Hospital where two infants died after being gnawed upon by rats Deputy Chief Minister Shukla a senior BJP leader who is leading the states Health and Medical Education departments also reviewed the progress of ongoing investigation and action taken so far against the medical staff at MY hospital one of the largest governmentrun health institutions in Madhya PradeshPrincipal Secretary of Health and Family Department Sandeep Yadav and Commissioner of Medical Education Department Tarun Rathi who were present in the meeting briefed about the action taken in connection with the heartwrenching incidentAfter the meeting concluded Deputy CM Shukla told that the department has issued showcause notices against three senior medical officials including chairperson of MY Hospital Ashok Yadav and Incharge of the department where incident occurred Brijesh LohatiSuch incidents give a bad image for health services in the state which wont be tolerated I have ordered for a fair and transparent probe into this matter and whoever are found guilty will be punished We have to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in the state he told IANS after the review meetingNotably the National Human Rights Commission NHRC has took cognisance into the matter and issued a notice to the authorities looking after the Health and Medical Education departments in the Madhya Pradesh governmentThe notices have been issued to Principal Secretary Sandeep Yadav and Indore District Collector Asheesh Singh and has also sought their response including the action taken report into the matterOn August 30 and 31 two newborns both girls were bitten by rats inside the neonatal ICU of the MY Hospital one of Madhya Pradeshs largest governmentrun medical facilitiesThe two children subsequently died on September 2 and 3 with the hospital administration attributing the deaths to pneumonia and septicaemia respectively IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/infant-deaths-dent-on-states-health-services-says-mp-dy-cm-shukla-637498.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/illegal-betting-scam-seizure-of-proceeds-of-crime-by-ktaka-cong-mla-veerendra-amp-others-crosses-rs-100-crore-637507.html Bengaluru Sep 9 The cumulative seizures in the illegal betting scam of the proceeds of crime involving the Congress MLA KC Veerendra and other accused has crossed Rs 100 crore according to the Enforcement Directorate ED on Tuesday The official statement released in this regard said The Bengaluru Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate has carried out searches on September 6 in Challekere under the provisions of PMLA 2002 in the case of Congress MLA KC Veerendra and others related to cheating people in connection with illegal online bettingDuring the searches 24 carat gold bullion weighing 2143 kg 11 units of gold coated silver bars weighing 10985 kg and gold jewellery around nearly 1 kg valued at around Rs 24 crore were seizedAfter considering this seizure cumulative seizure of proceeds of crime in this case crossed Rs 100 crore as on date The searches and tracing of proceeds of crime in this case have been undertaken during the ED custody of prime accused and Chitradurga MLA KC Veerendra the ED saidEarlier on September 4 the ED obtained a fourday extension of custody The extension was granted by the Special Court for Peoples Representatives on basis of documentary evidences linking him to generation and laundering of proceeds of crime allowing the agency to continue its investigation into the said case the ED addedFurther investigation has revealed that the accused is running several online betting sites in the name of King567 Raja567 Lion567 Play567 Playwin567 etcIt has also been revealed that several gateways have been used for routing payments collected through these websites according to the EDThe ED investigation revealed that MLA Veerendra his family members and aides have booked several international travel tickets worth crores of rupees financed through a network of mule accounts linked to proceeds from online betting websites the ED investigation has saidThe evidences suggest that the funds used for these highvalue transactions were diverted from illicit online activities and funnelled through multiple intermediary accounts to obscure their origin the ED addedThe ED has unearthed that several highend luxury vehicles allegedly used by MLA Veerendra and his family are registered under names of different individualsentitiesFew of these are MERCEDESBENZ GLS 400 D 4MATIC bearing no KA55P0003 registered in the name of one Ms ABH Infrastructures of Anil Gowda and a Range Rover bearing no KA45N0003 funded by one Gulshan Khattar of FonepaisaFurther investigation is under progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/illegal-betting-scam-seizure-of-proceeds-of-crime-by-ktaka-cong-mla-veerendra-amp-others-crosses-rs-100-crore-637507.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/us-national-charged-after-20-kg-of-cocaine-found-in-luggage-at-sydney-airport-637253.html Sydney Sep 9 Australian authorities have charged a US national with a major drug importation offense after allegedly finding 20 kilograms of cocaine in her luggage at Sydney Airport The 31yearold US citizen was intercepted for a baggage examination on arrival in Sydney from Los Angeles on Sunday the Australian Federal Police AFP and Australian Border Force ABF said in a joint statement on Monday nightABF officers conducting the examination allegedly found 14 black vacuumsealed bags filled with 20 kg of a substance that testing identified as cocaine Xinhua news agency reportedThe AFP arrested the woman and seized the drugs which had an estimated value of 65 million Australian dollars 42 millionShe has been charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a bordercontrolled drug The offense carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonmentPeople considering smuggling drugs through our airports need to think about the consequences of their actions If caught you will face losing some of the best years of your life sitting in a prison cell AFP Superintendent Morgen Blunden saidThe AFP and ABF are still regularly finding and arresting people willing to risk decades in jail by trafficking illicit drugs through our airports Blunden addedHe said that the seized volume of cocaine could have equated to 100000 streetlevel deals IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/us-national-charged-after-20-kg-of-cocaine-found-in-luggage-at-sydney-airport-637253.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bomb-threat-at-takht-sri-harmandir-sahib-in-bihar-turns-out-to-be-hoax-637282.html Patna Sep 9 Panic spread at Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara in Bihar popularly known as Patna Sahib after its Prabandhak management Committee received an email threatening to blow up its premises The unidentified sender claimed to have planted four explosives made of RDX at four locations inside the premises Gurdwara officials saidThe Gurdwara officials immediately alerted the district police following which a largescale search operation was launchedParichay Kumar SP East of Patna confirmed the incident He said the email was received on Monday and accordingly the search operation was conductedDog squads bomb detection squads and forensic teams were deployed and CCTV footage from within and around the Gurdwara was scanned After hours of extensive searches no suspicious material was found inside the Gurdwara complex he saidThe officials however urged the gurdwara management to remain alert and strengthen monitoring of visitorsPatna Police have registered an FIR at Chauk Police Station based on a written complaint filed by members of the Gurdwara Prabandhak CommitteeThe Economic Offences Unit EOU of Bihar Police which specialises in cybercrime investigations has been roped in to trace the IP address of the threatening email and identify the senderA senior police officer said The threat has turned out to be a hoax but we are treating the matter with full seriousness The cyber team is working on digital footprints to track the accused We have deployed additional forces to secure the placeLocated on Ashok Rajpath Patna Sahib is one of the five Takhts of Sikhism and a major pilgrimage centreBeing the birthplace of the Sikhs 10th Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji it attracts lakhs of devotees from across the world every yearTo accommodate the influx the surrounding area is lined with hotels rest houses dharamshalas and lodges where pilgrims stay during their visitThe incident has therefore raised security concerns not only for the shrine but also for the thousands of devotees staying nearby IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bomb-threat-at-takht-sri-harmandir-sahib-in-bihar-turns-out-to-be-hoax-637282.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-ganesh-visarjan-violence-bandh-in-maddur-minister-to-hold-peace-meet-today-637287.html Mandya Sep 9 A total bandh was being observed in Maddur town of Karnatakas Mandya district on Tuesday condemning the attack on the Ganesh Visarjan procession and the lathicharge on protesting Hindu activists Shops and establishments remained closed in Maddur town and more than 1500 policemen were deployed to maintain law and orderMinister for Agriculture N Cheluvarayaswamy who is in charge of Mandya district will be holding a peace committee meeting in Maddur town at 3 pm in a convention hall in the townSpeaking to the media Mallikarjun Baladandin Superintendent of Police in Mandya district stated The police department has initiated several measures to ensure peace and maintain law and order in Maddur town in the backdrop of Sunday nights stonepelting incident during the Ganesh Visarjan event and the protest and procession by Hindu activists on Monday The prohibitory orders continue on Tuesday and the sale of liquor has been banned until tomorrowIn light of the bandh the police are on high alert for any provocations and are taking steps to prevent untoward incidents Additional security arrangements have been made and patrolling has been intensified Sensitive points are being closely monitored the SP statedFour SPs four Additional SPs 15 Deputy SPs 30 police inspectors and 800 police personnel have been deployed In addition 15 platoons of Karnataka State Reserve Police KSRP and 10 platoons of District Armed Reserve DAR have been posted in Maddur SP Baladandin addedRegarding the stonepelting incident the SP stated that the police have prepared a list of 26 individuals who participated in the act and 22 have already been arrested The hunt is on for the remaining four The accused have been sent to judicial custody and will be brought back into police custody for additional investigation he statedThey will be interrogated to determine who provoked them and whether other elements were involved All participants have been taken into custody except for four who remain at large We are examining CCTV footage and video recordings to trace the movements of individuals during the stone pelting he addedWhen asked about reports of swords being flashed and matches being lit during the procession of Hindu activists in Maddur by local residents he stated There is no CCTV footage available to confirm this The teams are continuing their investigation and action will be taken as soon as evidence is available IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-ganesh-visarjan-violence-bandh-in-maddur-minister-to-hold-peace-meet-today-637287.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-hc-rules-customers-in-brothels-can-be-prosecuted-under-itp-act-637299.html Kochi Sep 9 The Kerala High Court has ruled that individuals availing sexual services in brothels can be prosecuted under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act 1956 ITP Act holding that payment for such services amounts to inducing prostitution Justice VG Arun observed that sex workers cannot be reduced to commodities and that those seeking their services are not mere customers but active participants in exploitationA person utilising the service of a sex worker at a brothel cannot be termed a customer Payment made is only an inducement compelling the sex worker to act against their will often under trafficking and coercion the Court saidThe ruling came in a case arising from a 2021 police raid at Peroorkada ThiruvananthapuramDuring the raid officers found the petitioner with a woman in one room and another man with a woman in anotherInvestigations revealed that two persons were managing the brothel procuring women for prostitution and collecting paymentsWhile the brothel operators were charged under Sections 3 and 4 of the ITP Act running a brothel and living off earnings of prostitution the petitioner also faced charges under Section 51d inducing a person into prostitution and Section 7 prostitution in or near public placesChallenging the case the petitioner argued that he was merely a customer and that his conduct did not amount to running or managing prostitution activitiesHe relied on earlier rulings to claim that availing services did not amount to inducementThe prosecution however countered that the question of liability should be determined by evidence before the trial courtAfter hearing both sides the Court clarified that while Sections 3 and 4 apply to brothel operators availing sexual services at a brothel amounts to inducement under Section 51dIf such a person is described as a customer it defeats the very object of the Act which is to prevent human trafficking and protect those compelled into prostitution the court notedAccordingly proceedings against the petitioner under Sections 3 and 4 were quashedHowever the court upheld his prosecution under Sections 51d and 7 of the ITP Act IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-hc-rules-customers-in-brothels-can-be-prosecuted-under-itp-act-637299.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-hc-to-pass-order-protecting-personality-rights-of-bollywood-star-aishwarya-rai-637317.html New Delhi Sep 9 The Delhi High Court on Tuesday hinted that it will issue an interim order protecting the personalitypublicity rights of Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan A singlejudge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia was hearing a lawsuit filed by Aishwarya Rai seeking protection of her name image likeness persona and other distinctive attributes of her personality from commercial misuse by various entities including online platformsSenior advocate Sandeep Sethi appearing for the Bollywood star argued that her image name and other elements of her persona are being used without consent not only to sell merchandise but also for pornographic purposesIt is shocking Her morphed pictures are being used It is all AI generated The defendant is collecting money by putting my face and name Sethi submittedHe pointed to a firm named Aishwarya Nation Wealth which had used her photograph on its letterhead and falsely designated her as its chairpersonHe further drew attention to websites offering Aishwarya Rais wallpapers and photographs and to another defendant selling Tshirts featuring her imagesAfter hearing the submissions Justice Karia said the Delhi High Court would likely pass an adinterim injunction against the defendant entitiesA detailed order is yet to be uploaded on the Delhi High Courts official websiteThe matter is scheduled for further hearing on January 15 2026In May this year the Delhi High Court ordered an adinterim injunction in favour of Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff restraining various entities from infringing his personality rightsIt had held that selling autographed pictures of Jackie Shroff prima facie infringed upon his personality right and directed that the defendant ecommerce website be restrained from selling such merchandiseIt further said that selling wallpapers was prima facie violative of the plaintiffs personality rights IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-hc-to-pass-order-protecting-personality-rights-of-bollywood-star-aishwarya-rai-637317.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pro-pakistan-slogans-raised-during-eid-e-milad-procession-in-ktaka-fir-lodged-637321.html Shivamogga Sep 9 Karnataka Police have registered an FIR in connection with the raising of Pakistan Zindabad slogans during the EideMilad procession in Bhadravathi town of Shivamogga district on Tuesday The video related to the incident went viral on social media and Hindu organisations have demanded stern action against the accusedThe police registered a suo motu case and formed three special teams to investigate the matterSpeaking to the media Shivamogga SP GK Mithun Kumar stated that the Police Department received a 12second video at 830 am on Tuesday which has also gone viral on social mediaThe video showed people raising proPakistan slogansAn FIR in this regard was immediately lodged at the Bhadravathi Town police station We are in the process of identifying those present in the video An investigation has been launched to ascertain who recorded the video where it was made and when We have formed three special police teams each headed by an inspector to investigate the matter The video has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory FSL for examination and appropriate steps have been initiated SP Mithun Kumar statedWe filed the FIR immediately without waiting for a formal complaint The police have videographed the procession A drone camera was also used ensuring that every part of the procession was covered Strict action will be initiated the SP saidUnion Minister for Food Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi said There is no food at all in Pakistan for its own people and they roam the world with a begging bowl Yet here useless fellows are chanting proPakistan slogansRecalling a similar incident the Union Minister said No action was taken when Pakistan Zindabad slogans were raised at Vidhana Soudha emboldening fanatic elementsReacting strongly to the incident BJP MP K Sudhakar stated When a Congress member was elected to the Rajya Sabha his supporters raised Pakistan Zindabad slogans within the premises of Vidhana Soudha If they can do that inside Vidhana Soudha they can chant the same slogans on the streetsFormer BJP MP Pratap Simha stated A Talibanstyle government is running in Karnataka and incidents like this are happening The government has withdrawn UAPA cases related to the Hubballi case and the DJ HalliKG Halli violence They think they can do anything as long as CM Siddaramaiah remains in powerBJP MLC CT Ravi stated The incidents happening across Karnataka should not be seen as isolated events Dr BR Ambedkar in his book Partition of India or Thoughts on Pakistan clearly states the Muslim mindset There is no scope for coexistence There are only two categories believers and nonbelievers IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pro-pakistan-slogans-raised-during-eid-e-milad-procession-in-ktaka-fir-lodged-637321.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nepal-on-tenterhooks-arson-and-vandalism-continue-unabated-on-day-2-of-stir-army-deployed--637326.html New Delhi Sep 9 IANS Fear and tension continued to prevail on the streets of Nepal on the second day of unrest on Tuesday as protestors vandalised properties of former Home Minister and many other leaders and multiple government establishmentsnbspSeveral areas of Nepal witnessed violence and clashes between police and protesters as the Gen Z escalated its stir and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli despite the government revoking the ban on social media on Monday nightnbspThe curfew imposition in Kathmandu and other parts of the Himalayan nation seemed to have little effect as the protesters defied restrictions and marched on the streets pelting stones and engaging in arson at multiple locationsVisuals of arson violence and vandalism played out on the TV channels where the protestors could be seen pelting stones at the police while the cops tried to disperse the mobnbspLocal media reported multiple incidents of protestors setting government properties ablaze as well as attacking the offices and residences of elected representativesnbspProtesters set ablaze the private residence of Nepals Information and Communication Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung who also serves as the government spokesperson The residence of Nepalese Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak who stepped down on Monday was also attacked by the protestorsStones were pelted at the residence of former Deputy Prime Minister Raghuveer Mahaseth in JanakpurnbspProtesters also torched the Kirtipur Municipality building located in Naya Bazar and stormed the residence of ruling party leader and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba reported a local daily Annapurna PostnbspSince Monday two ministers of the Oli government have resigned but this has done little to placate them as they are insistent on the Prime Minister Olis dismissalnbspIn fresh attempts to salvage the situation Nepal PM KP Oli has called for an allparty meet on Tuesday at 6 pm to discuss the crisis and also made an appeal to the citizens to keep calm in this difficult hourMeanwhile the Indian government has also issued an advisory for its nationals in the troubletorn country to exercise caution and adhere to the guidelines in the wake of intensifying stir by the protesters which has escalated to alarming levels despite security deployment across Kathmandu and other placesnbspThe wave of violent protests has claimed 19 lives and left over 400 injured reports saidnbspA day ago the Himalayan nation erupted in protests over the social media ban and rampant corruption as thousands of youths many in their school and college uniforms marched towards the countrys parliament waving flags and placards with slogans like Shut down corruption and not social media Unban social media written on them https://dailyworld.in/crime/nepal-on-tenterhooks-arson-and-vandalism-continue-unabated-on-day-2-of-stir-army-deployed--637326.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/14-militants-held-arms-drugs-seized-in-security-ops-in-manipur-637335.html Imphal Sep 9 The security forces in Manipur in separate incidents have arrested three militants three drug peddlers and busted an illegal local liquor manufacturing factory during the past 24 hours officials said on Tuesday A defence spokesman said the joint forces including the Army and Assam Rifles in a series of joint operations have arrested 11 militants of different outfits and recovered five sophisticated arms narcotics and other warlike stores from different districtsA senior police official said that three militants belonging to the Peoples Liberation Army PLA and Kangleipak Communist Party KCP from Imphal West district were arrested The militants were involved in extortion activities by serving monetary demandsthreats to schools and the general public in the valley regionOne Bullet bike two mobile phone handsets four SIM cards several Aadhaar cards and PAN cards were seized from their possessionThe official said that the police arrested two drug smugglers Thanglunpau Sukte 32 and Hauginlian Phaipi 35 from the Police Motor Vehicle Check Gate along Guite in Churchandpur districtFrom their possession 176 soap cases containing brown sugar weighing 19 kg and a car were recoveredManipur Police also arrested one Aribam Mansish 23 from Imphal East district From his possession 1940 kg of Ganja was recoveredThe official said that the security forces conducted a raid at Keirao Louthok Loukon areas in Imphal East district and busted an illegal local liquor manufacturing factoryAn iron bottling machine three blue plastic cans labelled containing suspected opioid codeine 1461 empty brown bottles 625 white plastic caps one packet of white lids a set of camouflage combat clothing a red embroidered shawl and 185 plastic bottles filled with suspected opioid codeine were recovered from a makeshift hut which was used for bottling opioid codeineA defence spokesman said that during the past week the Indian Army and Assam Rifles in close coordination with Manipur Police executed a series of precise joint operations based on specific information across seven districts Churachandpur Bishnupur Chandel Thoubal Kakching Imphal West and Imphal EastThe operations led to the apprehension of 11 cadres of different militant outfits from various hill and valleybased groups and the recovery of five weapons narcotics and other warlike stores he saidThe apprehended militants belong to the Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak PREPAK the Kangleipak Communist Party KCP and the Peoples Liberation Army PLAThe spokesman said that the Assam Rifles in joint action with the Narcotics Control Bureau recovered 1385 kgs of opium valued at approximately Rs 69 crore from a concealed cache near British Camp at Sajik Tampak areas of Chandel District These coordinated efforts by security forces highlight their unwavering commitment to maintaining peace and security in Manipur IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/14-militants-held-arms-drugs-seized-in-security-ops-in-manipur-637335.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-register-fir-after-ganesh-idol-immersion-procession-attacked-in-bhopal-637369.html Bhopal Sep 9 Stone pelting incidents during Lord Ganesh idol immersion processions in parts of Madhya Pradesh including Bhopal and Burhanpur have triggered communal tension in the state Rightwing groups and several BJP leaders blamed the district administration and police for failing to maintain law and order They demanded strict action against those responsible and warned of a reaction if such attacks during Hindu festivals were not curbedIn Bhopal a procession in the Arif Nagar area came under attack on Monday night sparking anger and leading to a brief gherao of Gautam Nagar police station Police later registered an FIR and said three suspects had been identified in a preliminary probeBhopal Police Commissioner Harinarayan Chari Mishra said the matter is under investigation and appealed for restraint while evidence is examinedSenior BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma alleged that members of the minority community were behind the attackThis is not a government that serves biryani Celebrate your festivals peacefully and do not disrupt Hindu festivals Otherwise Hindus will be compelled to react and then the situation will spiral out of control said Sharma a threetime legislator from the Huzur assembly seatMinister Vishwas Sarang said If there is an attempt to spoil the celebrations strict action will be taken We will set an example An FIR has been filed No one will be allowed to create a disturbance Nobody will be sparedIn Burhanpur district three people were injured on Sunday night after stones were reportedly hurled at a Ganesh immersion procession Heavy security was deployed and the situation was quickly brought under control Police later arrested seven people from both communitiesLocal rightwing activist Chandrashekhar Tiwari of the outfit Sanskriti Bachao Manch also issued a warningHow long will Hindus tolerate deliberate attacks on our religious festivals If reaction follows action curfew will have to be imposed in Madhya Pradesh he said in a video circulating on social media IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-register-fir-after-ganesh-idol-immersion-procession-attacked-in-bhopal-637369.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/crime-branch-busts-interstate-drug-cartel-seizes-heroin-worth-rs-178-cr-637380.html New Delhi Sep 9 The AntiNarcotics Task Force ANTF of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has dismantled a highly organised interstate narcosyndicate with the arrest of two more key operatives and seizure of highvalue contraband The total recovery so far amounts to heroin worth approximately Rs 1780 crore police said on Tuesday The crackdown began on June 28 when ANTF arrested Gaurav 24 a resident of Rohini and recovered 14 kg of heroin from his possessionA case was registered under the NDPS Act and further investigation revealed that he was sourcing drugs from one Vansh Popat 19Despite initial attempts to evade arrest Popat was apprehended on September 2 in a raid led by SI Yuzvendra Singh and SI Amrendra Police recovered 26 grams of heroin from himHis interrogation led investigators to the syndicates major supplier identified as Arslam alias Danish 26 operating from Bareilly Uttar PradeshOn September 6 a Crime Branch team intercepted Arslam near Milak Bareilly while he was travelling in a black Hyundai i20A search of the vehicle yielded four packets containing 207 kg of heroin each along with another 50 grams totalling 212 kgThe car and a scooter used in trafficking were also seized Police said the accused had created a structured supply chain Gaurav a school dropout from a family involved in the illicit liquor trade began selling smack after meeting Popat in 2023Popat unemployed and from Sultanpuri expanded into bulk procurement after connecting with Arslam who turned to the drug trade after abandoning his work as a twowheeler mechanic in RampurFurther efforts are being made to trace the entire supply chain and identify the source and destination of the further recovered contraband said DCP Crime BranchANTF Sanjeev Kumar YadavThe bust officials said underscores the growing attempts of drug syndicates to push heroin into Delhi and adjoining states and the Crime Branchs ongoing efforts to choke supply lines through targeted intelligence and coordinated raids IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/crime-branch-busts-interstate-drug-cartel-seizes-heroin-worth-rs-178-cr-637380.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-official-in-hyderabad-caught-while-taking-rs-4-lakh-bribe-637392.html Hyderabad Sep 9 A woman Town Planning officer in Hyderabad was caught redhanded on Tuesday while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 4 lakh to do an official favour The AntiCorruption Bureau ACB caught Maniharika a town planning officer in the Narsingi municipal office when she was accepting the bribeShe had demanded Rs 10 lakh bribe from one Vinod to clear his application under the Land Regularisation Scheme LRS and was caught accepting Rs 4 lakhVinod had lodged a complaint with the ACB which laid a trap and caught the officer redhandedA team of ACB officials led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sridhar was conducting searches at the municipal office The officials were looking into the files cleared by Maniharika in the pastSeveral women officials have been caught redhanded while taking bribes by the ACB in recent timesOn September 4 M Charitha Reddy District Fisheries Officer in the office of District Collectorate Nalgonda was caught demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 20000 to give approval to enlist new members in the Fisheries CoOperative Society of the complainantChintakindi Lalitha Tahsildar and Kota Ravi Mandal Surveyor Amangal Mandal Ranga Reddy District were caught demanding Rs 1 lakh and accepting Rs 50000 from the complainant to complete the land registration and to correct typographical mistakes in the land records pertaining to the land of the complainants grandmotherThe ACB on August 12 caught K Sujatha Junior Assistant in the office of District Collector Vikarabad for demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 15000 from the complainant to process the documents of the complainant at Vikarabad Collectors Office and to dispatch the copy of Collectors order to the Nawabpet Tahsildar office for inclusion of the name of complainants mother in respect of two acres of land allotted to her by the governmentIn June Paka Sukanya Assistant Labour Officer in the office of the Assistant Labour Bellampalli Mancherial district and her private assistant Mokinepalli Rajeshwari were caught demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 30000 from the complainant for processing the natural death claim and funeral charges file pertaining to the complainants husband and forwarding the same to the higher authorities for sanction IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-official-in-hyderabad-caught-while-taking-rs-4-lakh-bribe-637392.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-seizes-rs-34-crore-assets-in-illegal-stock-trading-case-637420.html New Delhi Sep 9 The ED has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties valued at Rs 3426 crore in the illegal online betting and Dabba Trading case linked to Indore Dabba trading refers to illegal stock trading that happens outside official stock exchanges like the National Stock Exchange or the Bombay Stock ExchangeThe Directorate of Enforcement ED Headquarters Investigation Unit Delhi attached assets belonging to Vishal Agnihotri Tarun Shrivastava Hitesh Agrawal Dharmesh Rajnikant Trivedi Srinivasan Ramasamy Karan Solanki Dhaval Devraj Jain and their family members under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 an official of the fedral agency said in a statement on TuesdayThe latest attached assets are in addition to the Proceeds of Crime PoC worth Rs 2413 crore in the form of cash luxury watches and golddiamond jewellery seized in the case by the ED earlierThe ED initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered at Lasudia Police Station Indore Madhya Pradesh under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023The federal agencys investigation revealed that the above persons have been operating multiple entities and platforms such as V MoneyVM Trading Ms Standard Trades Limited 11Starss Lotusbook247 eight Stock Heights Goldmine Vertex Gamebetleague iBull Capital Ltd Playbook TargetFX World777 and others involved in illegal dabba trading and online betting operationsFunds collected from investors and participants were routed through mule bank accounts hawala channels and cryptocurrency transactionsSearch operations conducted in December 2024 June and July 2025 across Indore Bhopal Mumbai Chennai and Ahmedabad led to the seizure of voluminous incriminating records digital devices cash silver gold and cryptocurrency the ED saidStatements recorded under Section 50 of PMLA established the flow of funds and their utilisation in acquiring assets in the names of promoters family members and associated entities it saidFurther PoC worth Rs 2413 crore in the form of cash luxury watches gold diamond jewellery bank accounts and demat account holdings has already been seized frozen in this case Therefore the total PoC attachedseized in the present case amounts to Rs 5839 crore IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-seizes-rs-34-crore-assets-in-illegal-stock-trading-case-637420.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-arrests-smuggler-seizes-gold-valued-at-rs-5cr-along-india-bdesh-border-637192.html Kolkata Sep 8 The Border Security Force BSF has arrested a smuggler and seized gold worth Rs 5 crore from him along the IndiaBangladesh border in Nadia district of West Bengal an official said Troops of the 194 Bn BSF of the South Bengal Frontier acted on intelligence inputs and apprehended the Indian smuggler under the jurisdiction of the Sunder Border Outpost On searching him 35 gold biscuits were found strapped around his waist The value of the gold is Rs 5 crore a senior BSF official saidThe smuggler was taken to the Sunder BOP for questioning He claimed to be a resident of the Haritalapara village in the Dhantala police station area of Nadia He confessed that he has been involved in the crossborder gold smuggling racket for longThe smuggler along with the gold have been handed over to the concerned department for further legal proceedingsMeanwhile the BSF is going through information the smuggler provided during interrogation to track the movements of other gang members The intention is to get to the kingpin behind the racket the official saidSmuggled gold causes immense harm to the economy of the nation Moreover there are indications that the proceeds are used for various illegal activities such as trafficking of narcotics and even terror funding That is why it is important to get to the kingpins behind such rackets another official saidOfficials have however commended the role of the troops in thwarting such attempts Such seizures and arrests are affecting the morale of the smugglers they saidThis is the third major gold seizure in recent days underscoring BSFs effective intelligence network and vigilance along the borderReiterating the strict surveillance mounted by troops to curb illegal activities along the IndiaBangladesh border the officials appealed to local residents to share information on smuggling activities to ensure a peaceful atmospherePeople can send information through the Seema Saathi helpline 14419 or by text or voice messages to the WhatsApp number 9903472227 Those providing credible information will be adequately rewarded and their identities kept secret the officials said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-arrests-smuggler-seizes-gold-valued-at-rs-5cr-along-india-bdesh-border-637192.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/afghan-police-destroy-six-drug-labs-seize-over-10-000-kg-of-illicit-substances-637206.html Kabul Sep 8 Afghan police have dismantled six drug processing labs and seized more than 10000 kg of materials used in heroin production in the southern province of Helmand a provincial police spokesman announced on Monday Counternarcotics police units conducted separate operations on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah the provincial capital and in various districts destroying the labs and confiscating the illicit substances said Mullah Ezatullah Haqqani spokesman for the provincial police Xinhua News Agency reportedIn a concerted effort against illicit drugs police discovered 292 kg of opium heroin and hashish arresting 12 suspected smugglers in the provinces of Panjshir Baghlan Kunduz and Balkh the countrys Ministry of Interior Affairs stated on MondayMeanwhile the police discovered 145 kg of illegal drugs in the northern region of Afghanistan and took into custody 10 alleged drug smugglers read a statement of the Ministry for Interior AffairsIn the drive against illicit drugs counternarcotics police arrested three persons and discovered 106 kg of opium poppy and 32 kg of hashish in Kunduz province on Sunday Another man with 4 kg of hashish was arrested in the neighboring Baghlan and six persons with 3 kg of illegal drugs were detained in Balkh province the statement of the ministry posted on X saidThe police wont allow anyone to produce or smuggle illegal drugs in the country the statement further saidEarlier on September 4 provincial police spokesman Nizamudin Omir said that police discovered 78 kg of opium poppy type in the northern Afghanistan Takhar province and took into custody an individual on charge of attempting to smuggle the contrabandThe alleged drug smuggler placed 78 kg of opium poppy in the cavities of a car and wanted to take it from Takhar to an unknown location but police during a routine search recovered the contraband and arrested its owner the official said Earlier police discovered 18 kg of opium poppy and detained two smugglers in the northern Baghlan province on September 2 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/afghan-police-destroy-six-drug-labs-seize-over-10-000-kg-of-illicit-substances-637206.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/south-korean-president-lee-urges-review-of-response-to-detention-of-s-koreans-in-us-637237.html Seoul Sep 8 South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered his staff to review whether there were shortcomings in the response to the detention of South Korean workers at the construction site of a battery plant in the US the Presidential Office said on Monday Lee issued the directive after receiving a briefing on the case in which more than 300 South Koreans were taken into custody at a detention centre in Georgia following September 4 raid by US immigration authorities on the electric battery plant construction site operated by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Presidential Spokesperson Kang Yujung told reporters as reported by Yonhap news agencyLee specifically instructed officials to examine whether there were shortcomings in the governments handling of the unprecedented mass raid at a single siteAsked about the Presidential Offices stance on the incident Kang said We are fully aware of the uncomfortable feelings anxiety and dissatisfaction that the public may haveShe stressed the government will firmly maintain the South KoreaUS alliance while also taking public concerns into accountThe arrests of South Korean workers have sparked public anger in Seoul as video footage released by the immigration authorities showed the Koreans being shackled with handcuffs and metal chains and loaded onto an inmate transport vehicleThe raid came at a time when South Korean companies have been aggressively expanding US investments especially amid the Trump administrations push to revive American manufacturing shipbuilding and other industriesOn Monday Foreign Minister Cho Hyun departed for Washington to finalise arrangements to bring back home the detained South Korean nationals on a chartered planeOn September 4 more than 300 South Korean nationals out of 457 people have been taken into custody during a US immigration raid on the site operated by South Korean companies Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution in GeorgiaImmigration and Customs Enforcement ICE said that those arrested were found to be working illegally in the US including those on shortterm or recreational visas that prohibit them from workingUS officials cast Thursdays raid as the largest singlesite enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security InvestigationsUS President Donald Trump expressed his support on Friday for the ICE operation describing those detained as illegal aliens IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/south-korean-president-lee-urges-review-of-response-to-detention-of-s-koreans-in-us-637237.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/over-100-mobile-phones-several-gold-chains-stolen-during-lalbaugcha-raja-immersion-in-mumbai-637066.html Mumbai Sep 8 The immersion procession of Mumbais most celebrated Ganesh idol Lalbaugcha Raja was marred by a spate of thefts as miscreants took advantage of the massive crowds Amid the fervent devotion and festive spirit several devotees reported losing their mobile phones and gold chains to organised gangs of thievesLakhs of devotees had gathered for the grand immersion procession that began from Lalbaug and culminated at Girgaon Chowpatty after nearly 32 to 35 hours The massive crowd created opportunities for criminals to strike unnoticedAccording to the Mumbai Police over 100 mobile phone thefts were reported during the procession Long queues of aggrieved devotees were seen outside the Kalachowki police station to lodge complaintsSo far 10 official cases have been registered four stolen phones recovered and four accused arrested police saidIn addition at least seven cases of gold chain snatching were recorded Police have recovered two chains and detained 12 suspects in connection with these incidentsAccording to police investigation several gangs active every year during Ganesh immersion processions were behind the theftsMeanwhile Bhoiwada police also registered cases against individuals for illegally flying drones during the procession which is prohibited for security reasonsDespite heavy security deployment during Ganeshotsav the scale of thefts has raised serious concernsSenior police officers admitted that controlling organised gangs in such large gatherings remains a daunting taskHowever they assured that investigations are underway and more recoveries are expected in the coming daysThe police have appealed to citizens to remain vigilant avoid carrying valuables and secure their belongings while participating in large religious gatheringsThefts during the immersion of Lalbaugcha Raja not only dampened the festive spirit for many devotees but also posed a stiff challenge to Mumbai Police even as swift action in some cases offered partial relief IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/over-100-mobile-phones-several-gold-chains-stolen-during-lalbaugcha-raja-immersion-in-mumbai-637066.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-police-make-first-arrest-in-nadia-lynching-deaths-fir-lodged-against-200-people-637073.html Kolkata Sep 8 The police on Monday made the first arrest in the mob lynching case where a couple was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion that they killed a 9yearold boy The police have registered an FIR against a total of 200 people Police said the arrested youth is a resident of the Nishchintapur area in Tehatta of Nadia district He was trying to flee the area but was arrested redhanded from the Karimpur police station areaOne person has been arrested in the mob lynching case Search is on for the other accused in the case We are thoroughly investigating the matter said a senior officer of Nadia district policeAfter the murder of a 9yearold boy in Tehatta last Friday night a couple named Utpal Biswas and Soma Biswas were killed in a mob lynching Their daughterinlaw Nisha is undergoing treatment in critical condition after being severely beaten upThe police have recently registered a case against more than 200 people and started an investigation into the incident Police are deployed round the clock at the place from where the body of the boy was recoveredCCTV cameras have been installed The place where the couple was beaten to death has been cordoned off by the police as broken bamboo pieces and blood stains following the mob lynching are still there The police are not allowing anyone to reach the spot until the forensic team officials come and collect samplesOn Sunday morning the police arrested four people in connection with the killing of the boy They were produced in a court which sent them to police custodyOn Saturday the couple was lynched after being accused of murdering the boyThe incident occurred after residents recovered the childs body wrapped in a tarpaulin from a pond Enraged locals alleged that the two had killed the boy thrashed them brutally and set their house on fireAccording to police Swarnabha Biswas a Class 3 student went missing on Friday afternoon after playing in a nearby fieldDespite an overnight search the family could not trace him On Saturday morning villagers spotted his body floating in a pond near the house Police said that the lynching took place shortly after the body was found IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-police-make-first-arrest-in-nadia-lynching-deaths-fir-lodged-against-200-people-637073.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/coimbatore-police-warn-residents-to-be-vigilant-as-fraudsters-posing-as-travel-firm-staff-duped-50-people-637082.html Chennai Sep 8 Cybercrime police in Coimbatore have issued a strong alert to the public after nearly 50 residents of the city fell victim to a scam in which fraudsters posed as customer care executives of online travel firms to steal money from their bank accounts Police have urged citizens to remain extremely vigilant and not to trust unknown callers or numbers found onlineThe latest case involved a 60yearold woman from Kerala residing in Kovaipudur who lost Rs 18 lakh She had booked a hotel stay through a popular travel app but cancelled her trip While searching online for refund options she came across a 10digit mobile number claiming to be the companys customer care contactWhen she dialled the number a man posing as an executive from the popular app company provided her with an email address for raising a refund request Soon after she sent the email she received a WhatsApp message from another person who instructed her to download an APK file Believing it was part of the refund process she installed the app on her phone which gave the fraudsters remote access an officer from the cybercrime wing saidThe scammer then asked her to transfer Rs 1 to a specified account as a test transaction When she entered the bank details the hackers captured her credentials and siphoned off Rs 18 lakh from her accountThe woman lodged a complaint with the cybercrime police Police said this was not an isolated case In recent months dozens of people in the city have been duped in a similar fashion losing money after downloading malicious applications or trusting fraudulent helplines they found onlineOfficials stressed that tickets and hotel bookings made through certified platforms such as this popular app can only be cancelled via their official websites or apps and no genuine customer care agent would ever ask for thirdparty downloads or direct transfersFraudsters are constantly coming up with new tactics People must remain vigilant avoid searching for random contact numbers on the internet and never share banking details with unknown callers or install unauthorised applications the officer cautionedCybercrime police reiterated their appeal to the public to stay alert against such scams and immediately report any suspicious attempts stressing that awareness and caution are the strongest safeguards against cyber fraud IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/coimbatore-police-warn-residents-to-be-vigilant-as-fraudsters-posing-as-travel-firm-staff-duped-50-people-637082.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bomb-threats-to-two-schools-in-jaipur-police-launch-search-operations-637111.html Jaipur Sep 8 Panic gripped Jaipur on Monday morning after two schools received bomb threats through email Springfield School in Mansarovar and a private school in Shivdaspura were alerted to possible blasts According to police Springfield School received the threat mail at around 514 am The message stated A bomb has been placed in the school it will explode soon Everyone should go to a safe place before 230 pmOn receiving information from the school administration police teams along with bomb disposal and dog squads rushed to both campuses and immediately launched search operationsAs a precaution students and teachers were sent home and the schools were evacuatedThis is not the first such incident On August 20 The Palace School and SMS School in Jaipur had also received similar threat mails which later turned out to be hoaxes after extensive searches revealed nothing suspiciousMeanwhile a fresh security scare has also emerged in Alwar where the mini secretariat received a threatening mail on Monday The email warned of a blast on September 8Officials confirmed that this was not the first instance similar threatening mails had been received earlier on April 15 and May 14 though no explosives were found on those occasionsADM Bina Mahavar said the pattern of the emails suggested that they originated from outside the district The language of the mail does not indicate it was sent locally Earlier too such emails were traced to Chennai This time also the source appears to be the same she notedThe recurring nature of these threats has put school administrations and officials on high alert Police have stepped up vigilance and are investigating the origin of the latest emailsOfficials assured that strict security measures are in place and every threat is being treated with utmost seriousness until proven otherwiseWith multiple institutions targeted in recent months authorities are treating these incidents as part of a wider pattern of disruptive threats aimed at spreading panic said officials IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bomb-threats-to-two-schools-in-jaipur-police-launch-search-operations-637111.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nitish-katara-murder-case-sc-declines-to-extend-interim-bail-of-vikas-yadav-637131.html New Delhi Sep 8 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to extend the interim bail of Vikas Yadav a convict in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma told Yadav to move the Delhi High Court for extension or grant of fresh interim bailEarlier the Justice Sundreshled Bench had clarified that it would not further extend Yadavs interim bail for postoperative care of his motherIn an order passed on April 24 this year the top court in a relief to the petitioner who has undergone actual incarceration for 23 years enlarged him on temporary bail till May 8Only for the purposes of enabling the petitioner to meet his ailing mother and to ensure that appropriate treatment is provided to her for the time being we grant temporary bail to the petitioner a then bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan had orderedHowever the interim bail was extended from time to time by the apex courtThe apex court told Vikas Yadav the son of Uttar Pradesh politician DP Yadav to furnish a bail bond in the sum of Rs one lakh with one local surety in the like amount and to report to the local police station every day at 11 amIt also asked the petitioner not to make any attempt to contact any of the witnesses who have deposed against him including Neelam Katara the mother of the deceased Nitish Katara and her immediate relativesIn its order the Supreme Court opined that the petitioners mother be examined by a medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS Delhi and directed submission of the medical report on or before May 7During the period of interim bail Vikas Yadav was required to confine himself to his residence at Ghaziabad except visiting Yashoda Hospital after his mother was shifted back there from AIIMS DelhiVikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav among others were convicted and sentenced to 25 years of actual imprisonment without consideration of remission for kidnapping Katara from a marriage party in February 2002 and then killing him for his alleged affair with their sister Bharti YadavKatara was murdered as the Yadav duo did not approve of his alleged relationship with Bharti because they belonged to different castes the trial court had observed in its verdict IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nitish-katara-murder-case-sc-declines-to-extend-interim-bail-of-vikas-yadav-637131.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-woman-gang-raped-during-her-birthday-party-police-search-for-accused-636938.html Kolkata Sep 7 A young woman in Kolkata has filed a complaint of gangrape during her birthday party against two of her acquaintances said police on Sunday The Kolkata Police said they have received a complaint of gangrape from the Haridevpur area in the southern outskirts of the state capital city According to the police the complaint was lodged late Saturday night at Haridevpur Police StationBased on the complaint the police have registered an FIR under relevant sections and started a search for the accused persons The alleged incident took place on Friday However a complaint was lodged on Saturday nightThe police said the 20yearold woman is a resident of the Haridevpur police station areaAs per the complaint several months ago she was introduced to a man named Chandan Mallick The man introduced himself as the head of a large Durga Puja committee in south Kolkata Through him the young woman was introduced to another young man named Deep The two of them promised to get the young woman involved in the puja committeeIt is learnt that they used to talk frequently with the young womanAccording to police sources one of the accused on Friday called the young woman to celebrate her birthday and took her to the house of the other accused There she was gangraped After returning home the young woman told her family members about the incident following which she filed a complaint against the two at the police stationA senior officer of Kolkata Police said The womans birthday was on Friday September 5 On that occasion the accused Chandan and Deep took the victim to a flat in the Regents Park area in south Kolkata There they had a meal It is alleged that when the girl wanted to return home the accused stopped her Then it is alleged that they locked the door and gangraped her After the torture the woman somehow managed to leave the flat and return homeA complaint was lodged and an FIR has been registered accordingly We have started a search for the accused the police officer said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-woman-gang-raped-during-her-birthday-party-police-search-for-accused-636938.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 12:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-hospital-receives-bomb-threat-email-probe-underway-636945.html Mumbai Sep 7 Mumbais Nair Hospital was put on high alert after its dean received a threatening email alleging a bomb threat sparking immediate concern at the wellknown healthcare facility The email received around 1100 pm Saturday on the deans official ID prompted swift action by the hospital administration which immediately alerted Mumbai PoliceSecurity personnel along with police teams carried out an extensive search of the hospital premises but did not find any suspicious objects or traces of explosivesFollowing the incident police launched a probe to trace the source of the email and identify the senderAuthorities are examining all possible leads while increasing patrolling and surveillance in and around the hospitalPolice have also urged citizens to remain alert and report any suspicious activityThis latest scare comes at a time of heightened security across MumbaiJust two days earlier Mumbai Airport was targeted with a similar threat emailOn Thursday another alarming message was received on WhatsApp claiming that 14 terrorists had entered Mumbai with 400 kg of RDX loaded in 34 vehiclesThe message which cited the name of an outfit called LashkareJihadi triggered an alarm just ahead of the largescale Anant Chaturthi festivitiesThe origin of the threat was traced to Noida where police arrested Ashwani Kumar from his residence According to Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Noida Sumit Shukla Kumar was handed over to the Mumbai PoliceInvestigations revealed Kumar who identifies himself as an astrologer and Vastu expert had sent the threat using the name of his former friend Firoz who had filed a case against him in Patna in 2023 leading to a threemonth jail sentenceThe email was part of Kumars alleged attempt to falsely implicate Firoz and settle personal enmityThe Mumbai Police registered a case at Worli police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Several mobile phones SIM cards and digital devices were seized from Kumars possessionMeanwhile police have appealed to citizens not to fall prey to rumours and confirmed that security has been further tightened IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-hospital-receives-bomb-threat-email-probe-underway-636945.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-police-arrest-four-in-boys-murder-case-in-nadia-636953.html Kolkata Sep 7 Four people were arrested in connection with the killing of a boy in Nischintapur in West Bengals Nadia district on Sunday said officials However no one has been arrested in connection with the mob lynching which resulted in the death of a couple on suspicion of murdering the childThe entire area of Nischintapur in Nadia district is still in a state of panic According to the Tehatta police the arrested persons have been identified as Chotu Mondal Kartik Mondal Suchitra Mondal and Supriya Bhowmik They will be produced in court later in the dayThe police will seek their 14day police custody for the sake of the investigation It is being investigated whether anyone else is involved in this incidentWe have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of the child We are searching for those who lynched the couple in the fallout of the childs murder Investigation is on said a senior police officer of Nadia districtOn Saturday a couple was lynched after being accused of murdering a minor boyThe incident occurred after residents recovered the childs body wrapped in a tarpaulin from a pond Enraged locals alleged that the two had killed the boy thrashed them brutally and set their house on fire According to police Swarnabha Biswas a Class 3 student went missing on Friday afternoon while playing in a nearby fieldDespite an overnight search the family could not trace him On Saturday morning villagers spotted his body floating in a pond near the house Police said the lynching took place shortly after the body was foundThe police said the deceased have been identified as Utpal Biswas 45 and his wife Soma Biswas 38 One more person was injured in the attack and has been sent to a hospital for treatmentThe incident sent shockwaves across the state as several questions were raised on an alleged child trafficking racket in the area and across several districts IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-police-arrest-four-in-boys-murder-case-in-nadia-636953.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rights-groups-denounce-shutdowns-in-balochistan-call-access-to-internet-basic-human-right-636966.html Quetta Sep 7 People of Balochistan for the third time within a month faced an internet blackout a trend that has sparked criticism from rights groups who say the ban is akin to denying basic human rights Rights group Amnesty International has denounced the move saying that blanket shutdowns significantly curtail the right to information freedom of expression movement and peaceful assembly An activist from Balochistan has termed access to the internet a basic human right and said that the authorities motive behind the decision was to stop information from reaching the rest of Pakistan and the worldPakistani authorities announced the suspension of 3G and 4G mobile internet services in Balochistan from 5 pm on September 5 until 9 pm on September 6 citing a law and order situation and existing threat alerts The Balochistan Post reported The order said the internet shutdown was needed due to the prevailing law and order situation and religious processionsSlamming Pakistani authorities over the internet shutdown in Balochistan on September 5 Amnesty International stated PAKISTAN Authorities have announced the shutdown of mobile internet services in Balochistan province for 6 September tomorrow again citing law and order situation and existing threat alerts after the services were shut down for most of August on similar pretexts Mobile internet is the only way to access the internet for many people in the province and blanket shutdowns significantly curtail the right to information freedom of expression movement and peaceful assembly An activist in Balochistan shares her perspective on how frequent internet shutdowns have been used as a tool to suppress protests and speech in the provinceYusra an activist and political organiser from Balochistan has shared her experience of doing her work and daily life without the internet according to the statement shared by Amnesty International The activist raised questions over authorities citing security reasons for the internet shutdown in BalochistanThe activist stated These shutdowns have become so common that we now expect them Even when my fellow organisers and I go to different towns and cities for smaller events or meetings the internet is often shut down as soon as we arrive They say the internet has been shut down for security reasons but whose security We dont feel safer knowing we cant get in touch with our families or when we cant access information like the rest of the countryThe real reason behind shutting down the internet is to stop information from reaching the rest of Pakistan and the world A few months ago we organised an online seminar to talk about the human rights situation in Balochistan but two hours before our event the internet in Quetta city the provincial capital of Balochistan was shut down We were forced to cancel the event In todays day and age our entire lives are entangled with the internet What about the homerun food business run by a woman in Quetta She can no longer take orders or coordinate deliveries What of students who have to submit assignments online They cant meet their deadlines the activist addedThe activist recalled how Pakistani authorities announced an internet shutdown in Balochistan on August 6 citing security as the reason for cutting off a population of more than 14 million from the most accessible way to connect to the internet The activist said These shutdowns impact daily life as well as protests and assemblies that are common in the provinceFifteen days after the August 6 announcement the Balochistan High Court ordered the government to restore mobile internet in the province Despite the courts order Pakistani authorities announced another mobile internet shutdown after activists had planned to hold protests to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance on August 30The activist said Moving forward I want to see an end to the wider crackdown on human rights in Balochistan Access to the internet is a basic human right especially in a place like Balochistan that has been neglected for so long If the government wants to suspend the internet for security reasons it must establish first that network shutdowns are effective and proportionate They must also ensure that our daily lives are not disrupted in doing so IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rights-groups-denounce-shutdowns-in-balochistan-call-access-to-internet-basic-human-right-636966.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bangladeshs-home-affairs-advisor-acknowledges-deterioration-in-law-and-order-636976.html Dhaka Sep 7 Bangladeshs Home Affairs Advisor Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Chowdhury retd on Sunday admitted that there was deterioration in the law and order situation of the country local media reported The situation was good but based on the incidents of the last few days I would say it has deteriorated slightly We will try our best to restore it to the previous state Lt Gen Chowdhury told media persons here after inaugurating a training programme for increasing the capability and skills of police for performing election duties at Rajarbagh Police Lines in Dhaka the United News of Bangladesh reported He said that an investigation is being conducted into the recent violence that took place in Rajbari and revealed that five people involved in the incident have been brought under the lawAsked about the recent violence in Rajbari he said We will be able to give details once the investigation report is available However we have already brought five people involved in the incident under the law After their interrogation we may be able to get a clearer pictureOn whether a fair probe is possible when the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of the district remain in their posts he responded Negligence will be determined through investigation If I remove everyone beforehand it means Ive not given importance to the investigation If anyone is proven guilty action will be taken If someone is innocent no action will be taken against them Without investigation how can I say who is responsibleAt least one person was killed and over 100 others were injured on September 5 after violent clashes erupted in Rajbaris Goalanda upazila over the grave of Nurul Haque Molla also known as Nural Pagla a selfproclaimed Imam Mahdi claimant The deceased has been identified as Md Rasel Molla 28 Bangladeshs The Business Standard reportedThe violence erupted around noon on Friday after angry people attacked Nural Paglas resting place in the Ansar Club area His followers resisted and both sides threw bricks and stones at each other resulting in scores of people getting injuredAfter Nural Paglas death on August 23 his family buried him outside his residence in around 12foot structure The grave was made in the style of the Kaaba Sharif and a signboard declaring Darbar Sharif of Hazrat Imam Mahdi AS was displayed sparking anger among local Muslims and causing tensions in the areaThe Imam Parishad of Goalanda Upazila called for a protest on August 26 The district administration held several meetings to calm the situation During the meetings people demanded a change in the graves structure from the Kaaba style removal of the signboard and lowering the graves height to a normal level The family and followers accepted the first two demands however they demanded time until September 4 to decide on reducing the graves height However the family failed to do it within the stipulated timeline The Business Standard reportedLater on September 5 locals after Friday prayers gathered at the Goalanda Ansar Club square and violence erupted as they clashed with Nural Paglas followers The mob vandalised and looted nearby homes and set fire to the shrine The mob dug the grave took the body in a procession to the DhakaKhulna highway at Padma intersection and set it on fire The army police magistrates and RAB intervened and brought the situation under control while fire service teams were deployed at the site to control the fire IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bangladeshs-home-affairs-advisor-acknowledges-deterioration-in-law-and-order-636976.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/car-hits-pedestrians-in-frances-manche-1-dead-3-seriously-injured-636899.html Paris Sep 7 A car struck pedestrians in Pirou in Frances Manche department killing one person and seriously injuring three others local media reported The public prosecutor in Coutances Gauthier Poupeau said on Saturday that based on initial information the cars driver fell ill and the vehicle continued moving for several metres before hitting a group of peopleThe incident took place in the town of Evreux in the northern French region of Normandy at around 4 am on Saturday Xinhua news agency reportedUnfortunately the toll is very heavy Evreux public prosecutor Remi Coutin saidHe added that intentional action has been formally ruled outThe vehicle crashed into the terrace of a pizzeria in the seaside townFirefighters treated a total of six victims at the scene including four pedestrians and the two occupants of the car the Manche prefecture told local mediaTwo men including the car driver and a woman have been taken into custody the prosecutor said adding that further arrests were possibleThe bouncers escorted all the patrons outside the bar located in the centre of the town of around 500000 people the prosecutor saidOne person went to fetch a vehicle and deliberately reversed at high speed into the crowd outside the establishment Coutin added saying the incident had escalated and ended in a terrible tragedyGuy Lefrand the Mayor of Evreux expressed his deepest sympathy and solidarity with the victims their families and loved onesI commend the rapid response of the police and emergency services he addedWhen the police arrived they saw a panicked crowd with many people under the influence of alcohol a police source saidThe Mayor speaking to broadcaster BFMTV said the bar should have closed at 1 amIt is an establishment with a bad reputation Lefrand addedBus services 11AC 48 and 82 were rerouted but later returned to their usual routesCordons were put in place and the road reopened just before 4 pmThe statement added Anyone with information can contact us via Live Chat on our website or by calling 101 and quote 1448 of 5925 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/car-hits-pedestrians-in-frances-manche-1-dead-3-seriously-injured-636899.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/meghalaya-police-bust-cross-border-crime-nexus-10-bangladeshis-arrested-636917.html Shillong Sep 7 Meghalaya Police have busted a major crossborder motorcycle theft racket with the arrest of 17 people including 10 Bangladeshi nationals officials said on Sunday The gang according to police used to steal twowheelers from Shillong and other areas of the state and smuggle them across the international border for resale in BangladeshThe breakthrough came in the early hours of September 4 during routine checking of vehicles at Mawmang in East Khasi Hills districtPolice personnel noticed a scooter approaching from Shillong suddenly make a Uturn on spotting the naka party The vehicle was chased down and intercepted shortly after The pillion rider identified as 24yearold Nehlang Lamare of Barato in West Jaintia Hills was apprehended while the rider managed to flee He was later caught and identified as an 18yearold Klement Timung of JowaiOn interrogation the duo admitted that the scooter had been stolen from Shillongs Lapalang locality A case was registered at Rynjah police station and investigations were launchedLater the Special Cell of East Khasi Hills police arrested three more individuals Peter Pohrmen 18 Vicky Dkhar 20 and Romeo Ryngksai 24 all residents of Dawki in West Jaintia HillsPolice said the trio acted as intermediaries arranging the handover of stolen motorcycles to Bangladeshi nationals across the border Subsequent raids based on their inputs led to the arrest of four more accused Deimionjongmi Paslein 25 of Kseh in East Jaintia Hills Barister Lamare 20 and Lastborn Lamare 21 of Barato in West Jaintia Hills along with a 15yearold boyIn the following operations police apprehended 10 Bangladeshi nationals including a 17yearold minorThey were allegedly the intended recipients of the stolen vehiclesThe Bangladeshis hail from Sylhet and Habiganj districts officials addedPolice said the arrests have exposed a wellstructured international racket involving vehicle theft smuggling networks and crossborder buyersFurther investigations are underway to trace more individuals connected with the syndicateAuthorities said enhanced vigilance along key border routes has been put in place to prevent such rackets from exploiting the porous IndiaBangladesh border IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/meghalaya-police-bust-cross-border-crime-nexus-10-bangladeshis-arrested-636917.html Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-arrests-accused-in-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-case-from-bihars-gaya-district-636753.html Patna Sep 6 The National Investigation Agency NIA arrested a key wanted terror accused in connection with the March 2025 Amritsar temple grenade attack late on Friday night The accused identified as Sharanjit Kumar alias Sunny a resident of Bhaini Bangar Qadian in Batala of Gurdaspur district Punjab was nabbed late on Friday night from Gaya in BiharOn March 15 2025 two bikeborne assailants Gursidak Singh and Vishal Gill carried out the grenade attack under the directions of foreignbased handlers operating from Europe the US and CanadaAccording to NIA investigations the handlers provided funds terror hardware logistical support and target details to operatives in IndiaSharanjit played a crucial role by receiving a consignment of four grenades in Batala on March 1 2025He handed over one of these grenades to Gursidak and Vishal just two days before the attackAfter the attack Sharanjit absconded from Batala during NIA raids and managed to evade authorities for monthsBased on human and technical Intelligence he was finally traced to Gopalpur village on the DelhiKolkata National Highway 2 in the Sherghati block of Gaya districtThe NIA team with assistance from Sherghati police conducted a latenight raid surrounded him and made the arrestSharanjit was very clever often disguising himself as a truck driver and using fake identities He had set up a hideout in a roadside lodge on GT Road and was running operations from there said Ajit Kumar Station Incharge Sherghati Police StationThe NIA registered cases under the Explosives Act and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPASharanjit was immediately taken to Chandigarh for interrogationFurther investigations are underway to unravel the full extent of the transnational terror network involved in the Amritsar attackNIA and Bihar police have jointly arrested many accused of the Popular Front of India PFI from various districts of the state in the past IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-arrests-accused-in-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-case-from-bihars-gaya-district-636753.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-men-shot-dead-in-delhis-pratap-nagar-killers-on-the-run-636755.html New Delhi Sep 6 Two men were gunned down by unidentified assailants in Delhis Pratap Nagar on Friday evening police said on Saturday According to officials information about the shooting was received around 715 PM on Friday at the Harsh Vihar Police StationA police team rushed to the CBlock area of Pratap Nagar where it was found that two injured men had already been taken to GTB Hospital with gunshot wounds police saidThe victims were identified as Sudhir alias Bunty 35 and Radhey Prajapati 30 Both succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment according to the officialsAccording to Sudhirs brother Ajay Kumar the shooters were known to the victims and lived in the same neighbourhoodWe know the shooters they live in the neighbourhood My mother and younger brother saw the entire incident They know who shot my brother and his friend They fired around 67 rounds and killed my brother and his friend Ajay told IANSThe accused are absconding and they have also deleted their Instagram IDs he further said adding that the case has been filed and police are investigating the shootingA case has been registered under Sections 1031 Murder and 35 Joint liability of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS along with relevant provisions of the Arms Act the police saidForensic teams have been deployed to process the crime scene and gather evidenceMultiple police teams are working to track down and apprehend the accused the officials saidThe motive behind the attack is still unclear Investigations are ongoing and further details are awaitedThis came just hours after a man was injured in a shooting in the Badarpur area of the National Capital early on FridayA 21yearold man was shot in an alleged accidental firing as the victims friend was handling the firearm when it went off according to the policeAn FIR has been lodged under the applicable sections at Badarpur police station and the investigation is currently in progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-men-shot-dead-in-delhis-pratap-nagar-killers-on-the-run-636755.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mbbs-doctor-shoots-himself-in-head-in-muzaffarpur-636774.html Patna Sep 6 A 25yearold MBBS doctor from Muzaffarpur allegedly shot himself in the head using a doublebarrelled gun in Muzaffarpur late on Friday night just days after failing his PG examination The painful incident occurred at his residence in Jaitpur Colony under the jurisdiction of Qazi Mohammadpur police stationThe deceased has been identified as Dr Ashutosh Kumar Chandra who had recently joined a private hospital in the city after completing his MBBS studiesAccording to family members Ashutosh returned from duty around 6 PM on Friday had evening snacks with his family and later went to his room A short while later he allegedly shot himself in the head using a doublebarrelled gunRelatives rushed to his aid and informed the police immediately He was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrivalAshutosh was a friendly and hardworking person He had just begun his career in medicine About ten days ago his PG examination result came in which he did not pass Since then he appeared stressed a family member saidThe incident has left the family in shock The Town DSP of Muzaffarpur Suresh Kumar confirmed that police and the Forensic Science Laboratory FSL team reached the spot soon after being informed of the suicideWe have collected evidence and are questioning family members and neighbours to establish the exact reason behind the incident Preliminary inputs suggest that the doctor was disturbed after failing the PG exam We have recovered his dead body and sent it to Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital Muzaffarpur the DSP saidWe have seized the doublebarrelled gun from the scene and also called the Forensic Science Laboratory FSL team to collect the evidence from the room of the deceased We are also taking statements from the family members to know the actual reasons for the incident A case has been registered in the Qazi Mohammadpur police station of the district he added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mbbs-doctor-shoots-himself-in-head-in-muzaffarpur-636774.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 11:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/raja-raghuvanshi-murder-case-police-names-sonam-raj-as-accused-in-790-page-chargesheet-636780.html Shillong Sep 6 The Meghalaya Police has filed a chargesheet in the sensational Raja Raghuvanshi murder case naming his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi her lover Raj Kushwaha and three others for their roles in the crime A Special Investigation Team SIT of Meghalaya Police said the 790page chargesheet was submitted before the Judicial Magistrate First Class in Sohra SubDivision in connection with the killing of the Indorebased businessman a case that shocked the nation earlier this yearAll five accused are under judicial custodyAlong with Sonam and Raj the police have also charged Akash Rajput Anand Kurmi and Vishal Singh Chauhan for assisting Sonam in murdering her husband during their honeymoon on May 23The accused face charges under Section 103 I for murder Section 238 a for disappearance of evidence and Section 61 2 for criminal conspiracy under the Bharatiya Nyaya SanhitaAccording to East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem a supplementary chargesheet will later be filed against three more coaccused once additional forensic reports are receivedHe was referring to property dealer Silome James building owner Lokendra Tomar where Sonam had taken shelter after the crime and security guard Balbir AhirbarThe three men earlier arrested for destroying and concealing evidence are currently out on bailThe case first emerged as that of a missing Indore couple when Raja and Sonam who tied the knot on May 11 went untraceable in Meghalaya during their honeymoonPolice later revealed that Sonam had been in a relationship with Raj an accountant at her familys furniture sheet business even before her marriageDespite this the wedding went ahead and the newlyweds left for Meghalaya on their honeymoonOn May 23 just hours after checking out of a homestay in Nongriat village the couple vanishedRajas body was discovered on June 2 Meanwhile Sonam resurfaced on June 8 in Uttar Pradeshs Ghazipur and surrendered at the Nandganj police station Later on June 11 she confessed to murdering her husbandAdditionally police also arrested Akash Vishal and Anand from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh while Raj was taken into custody laterSonams brother Govind later announced that the family had severed all ties with herHe has also expressed solidarity with Rajas bereaved family and pledged support in their fight for justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/raja-raghuvanshi-murder-case-police-names-sonam-raj-as-accused-in-790-page-chargesheet-636780.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/four-kerala-policemen-face-suspension-in-custodial-assault-case-after-congress-protests-636806.html Thiruvananthapuram Sep 6 Disciplinary action is set to be taken against four Kerala police personnel accused in a custodial assault case at Kunnamkulam following widespread protests from the Congress Thrissur Range DIG Harishankar has submitted a report to the North Zone IG recommending the suspension of four officers named in the charge sheet The officers identified are SI Nuhman and CPOs Sasidharan Sandeep and SajeevanThe report points out that a criminal case has already been registered against the four and therefore they should be suspended from serviceIt also suggests that the disciplinary action taken so far should be reviewedOrders on the suspension are expected to be issued within a dayThe visuals obtained through a Right to Information RTI appeal show Chovannur Youth Congress mandalam President Sujith being mercilessly beaten by policemen inside the Kunnamkulam police station on April 5 2023He had reportedly questioned police officers who were intimidating his friends standing by the roadside a move that enraged SubInspector NuhmanAccording to the footage Sujith was dragged to the station in a police jeep with his shirt forcibly removedOnce inside more than three officers surrounded him and repeatedly struck him on the back and face while forcing him into a crouched positionMedical examinations later confirmed that the assault caused Sujith hearing damage in one ear Instead of registering the crime the police filed a false FIR accusing Sujith of creating trouble in an inebriated state obstructing duty and harassing officersHowever a medical test ordered by the Chavakkad magistrates court proved that he had not consumed alcoholThe court granted him bail but Sujith was forced into a prolonged legal battle to prove his innocence and access the CCTV evidenceReacting to the news of the likely suspension of the four officials he said a mere suspension wont sufficeMy party and I have demanded that the accused be dismissed from service There was also a fifth officer the police driver who has since been shifted to another department All five should face dismissal and criminal proceedings said SujithLeader of Opposition VD Satheesan echoed the demand insisting dismissal was the only appropriate action The assault was not limited to areas under CCTV surveillance Sujith was beaten even in blind spots Despite this heinous act under his watch the Chief Minister has remained silent If he refuses to act we will show how we will respond he warned IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/four-kerala-policemen-face-suspension-in-custodial-assault-case-after-congress-protests-636806.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/probe-intensifies-into-rajasthan-mla-daughters-fake-disability-certificate-636822.html Jaipur Sep 6 The Special Operations Group SOG has intensified its investigation into allegations that Kanchan Chauhan daughter of Beawar BJP MLA Shankar Singh Rawat allegedly secured a government job using a fake disability certificate Chauhan currently posted as Tehsildar in Karera Bhilwara is accused of misusing the certificate during the Rajasthan Administrative Service RAS examination to obtain the post of Naib TehsildarThe office of the Additional Director General of Police ATS and SOG had issued a notice to Chauhan stating that the inquiry was being conducted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police SOG JaipurAs part of the probe she was directed to undergo a medical examination on September 3 A medical board was constituted at SMS Hospital Jaipur for the purpose However despite doctors waiting from 8 am to 1230 pm Chauhan failed to turn up for the examinationThis was not the first time her medical test was scheduled On September 1 Chauhan had appeared at the SOG headquarters but the medical board had not been set up at SMS Hospital and the process was postponedWith her absence on September 3 the investigation has now been further extended said officialsThe case began after Beawar resident Phanish Kumar Soni filed a complaint on August 12 alleging that Chauhan had used a fraudulent disability certificate to secure her appointment Following this SOG not only summoned her but also sought several documents including a selfattested copy of her Aadhaar card appointment order issued by the department and four passportsized photographsDefending his daughter MLA Shankar Singh Rawat had termed the allegations completely baseless insisting that the truth would come out only after the investigation is completedThe matter is part of a larger probe by the SOG into the use of fake disability certificates in government recruitment So far 37 officers and employees have been found to have secured jobs through such meansHowever medical examinations of many accused are still pending Once completed SOG is expected to register FIRs against those found guilty The case has triggered political and administrative attention as it reports the use of fraudulent recruitment practices in the state IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/probe-intensifies-into-rajasthan-mla-daughters-fake-disability-certificate-636822.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 16:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-lynched-in-bengals-nadia-on-suspicion-of-murdering-child-636826.html Kolkata Sep 6 Two persons were lynched in Nadia districts Nischintapur area on Saturday after being accused of murdering a minor boy officials said The incident occurred after residents recovered the childs body wrapped in a tarpaulin from a pondEnraged locals alleged that the two had killed the boy thrashed them brutally and set their house on fireAccording to police Swarnabha Biswas a Class 3 student went missing on Friday afternoon after playing in a nearby fieldDespite an overnight search the family could not trace him On Saturday morning villagers spotted his body floating in a pond near the housePolice said that suspicion fell on neighbour Uttam Mandal who was accused of killing Swarnabha and dumping the body Soon after a mob attacked Mandal and another man at his residenceBoth were severely beaten up and their house was set ablaze They were rushed to Tehatta Hospital with critical injuries where doctors declared them brought dead police saidLocals alleged the boys body bore cut marks on the head with blood oozing from his nose and eyesSome also claimed the accused had previously attempted to abduct schoolchildren and had been caught once in Palashi They alleged that this time Swarnabha was targetedPolice said that the lynching took place shortly after the body was foundThe police said the deceased have been identified as Utpal Biswas 45 and his wife Soma Biswas 38One more person was injured in the attack and has been sent to a hospital for treatmentThe three bodies including the body of the child were sent for postmortem police saidThe Police were yet to arrest anyone in connection with the lynchingWe have started an investigation into the matter We are waiting for the autopsy report We are trying to identify those who were behind the attack said the police IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-lynched-in-bengals-nadia-on-suspicion-of-murdering-child-636826.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/thailand-dubai-linked-narcotics-syndicate-active-in-delhi-busted-6-held-636839.html New Delhi Sep 6 A Thailand and Dubailinked international narcotics syndicate was busted with the arrest of six drug traffickers from Delhi Hyderabad and Azamgarh in UP and recovery of over 57 kg of Cannabis and Ocean Grown OG Ganja a Delhi Police official said on Saturday Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Branch New Delhi Harsh Indora said the cartel bought OG Ganja from Bangkok at about Rs 15 lakh per kilogram and sold it in DelhiNCR at Rs 67 lakh per kilogramThe proceeds were routed to a cartel member allegedly based in Dubai he said adding that three cars and two passports have also been seizedHe said the wellorganised international syndicate was headed by Anil Kumar Singh who managed affairs in Thailand and Ishan based in DubaiDCP Indora said Azamgarh resident Anil Kumar Singh 37 who was arrested in Hyderabad on September 1 used to stay in Bangkok earlier He arranged OG Ganja from Thailand with his local contacts and supplied it to carriers sent by IshanActing on Anils instance a subsequent raid at his native village in Azamgarh led to the recovery of 2029 kg Ganja OG from his car the police saidEarlier Anil was arrested in January 2025 with two passports at IGI Airport and booked under the Passport Prevention ActThose arrested included a travel operator Mehraj Khan 42 a resident of Tilak Nagar West Delhi and a visa agent Pratap Singh 32 a resident of Nilothi in West Delhi Both are school dropouts and were arrested near a Delhi hotel on August 26 along with 3708 kg of OG GanjaOthers arrested include property dealer Surjeet Singh 34 resident of Chander Vihar who provided passengers or carriers of Ganja to Anil Harpreet Singh 27 a resident of Vikaspuri Extension and auto driver Rajwant Singh 49 a resident of Nihal Vihar were arrested from Chander ViharIn total six accused were apprehended and 5737 kg Ganja OG was recovered and vehicles and passports were seizedThe DCP said Anil with associates Mehraj Khan and Pratap Singh managed the network from abroad They recruited carriers by luring them with foreign trips easy money and commissionsAnil earlier based in Bangkok arranged consignments and their dispatch Surjeet Singh and Pratap Singh recruited carriers like Harpreet Singh and Rajwant Singh provided tickets and managed toursIn Bangkok local suppliers handed sealed packets of OG Ganja to carriers who on returning to airports at Amritsar Chandigarh Mumbai and Delhi contacted Mehraj Khan and Pratap SinghThese receivers coordinated with delivery agents for further distribution across DelhiNCR The syndicate operated on a profitsharing basis the police said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/thailand-dubai-linked-narcotics-syndicate-active-in-delhi-busted-6-held-636839.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-alleges-police-brutality-and-harassment-against-son-in-kerala-636854.html Kottayam Sep 6 A man has come forward with serious allegations of police brutality and harassment against his 24yearold son claiming that officers attached to the Ettumanoor police station assaulted him and falsely implicated him in cases despite repeated complaints to higher authorities According to the complaint the incident began on March 20 2025 when Abhay S Rajeev was riding his bike from Ettumanoor town to his homeA private bus allegedly speeding along an unauthorised route nearly knocked him downWhen the matter was raised with the bus driver at the Ettumanoor private bus stand Circle Inspector Ansil and four policemen allegedly assaulted Abhay in front of passengersHis mobile phone and bike were also reportedly damagedThe father alleged that Abhay was later taken to the Janamaithri Mediation Centre near Ettumanoor station where he was subjected to another brutal attack in an area without CCTV surveillanceThey beat him with lathis until his back was severely injured I released photos of the injuries on social media the father saidDespite filing complaints with the Chief Minister Prime Minister Governor DGP Human Rights Commission and SCST Commission the family says justice has not been delivered even after six monthsHe further alleged that police falsely invoked the Kerala AntiSocial Activities Prevention Act KAAPA Act against his son a former SFI activist with two campusrelated casesThe KAAPA Advisory Board later quashed the action and criticised the Ettumanoor policeStill senior officers allegedly conspired to portray Abhay as a drug addict and an antisocial elementThe father also accused former Pathanamthitta SP VG Vinod Kumar of submitting false reports that led to the cancellation of his and his brothers caste status which was later stayed by the Kerala High CourtMeanwhile an FIR was reportedly registered against them and steps were initiated to cancel Abhays driving licenceMy son is under treatment for depression Despite clear evidence the policemen remain untouched I will pursue justice at any cost the father said vowing to continue his legal battle IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-alleges-police-brutality-and-harassment-against-son-in-kerala-636854.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-carries-out-search-operations-in-dmft-scam-in-chhattisgarh-636858.html New Delhi Sep 6 The Enforcement Directorate ED has carried out search operations at 28 locations in the state of Chhattisgarh linked to the District Mineral Foundation Trust DMFT Scam under the provisions of the PMLA 2002 The searches carried out on September 34 2025 included residential and official premises of the contractorsvendors and their liaisoners middlemen related to Chhattisgarh Rajya Beej Evam Krishi Vikas Nigam Ltd Beej NigamThe search and seizure operation resulted in seizure of cash amounting to Rs 4 crore 10 kg of Silver Bullions as well as other incriminating documents digital devices etc the agency saidED initiated an investigation based on FIRs registered by the Chhattisgarh Police under various Sections of the IPC1860 and the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 against the vendorscontractors and government officials for alleged misappropriation of DMFT fundsAccording to the ED DMFT is a trust funded by miners and has been set up in all districts of Chhattisgarh to work for the benefit of those affected by miningrelated projects and activitiesHowever certain Govt Officials in collusion with certain vendorscontractors and middlemen misappropriated the same and generated the Proceeds of Crime POC by getting allotment of tenders illegally instead of a huge amount of commissionbribe it saidED investigation revealed that DMFT funds of various districts of Chhattisgarh amounting to nearly Rs 350 crore were used through Beej Nigam it addedThrough Beej Nigam works were allotted to the vendorscontractors for the supply of agriimplements pulveriser mini dal mills seeds etc and commissionsbribes up to 60 per cent of the contract value Proceeds of crime were taken from them by the liaisoners and finally reached certain government officials and other associatesEarlier properties worth Rs 2147 crore were provisionally attached by the ED and duly confirmed by the Adjudicating authority Also one Prosecution Complaint has been filed in the Special PMLA Court Raipur wherein 16 persons have been arrayed as accusedFurthermore three persons Ranu Sahu IAS Maya Varrier State Service officer and Manoj Kumar Dwivedi have been arrested in this caseFurther investigation is in progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-carries-out-search-operations-in-dmft-scam-in-chhattisgarh-636858.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-murders-mask-man-chinnaiah-remanded-to-judicial-custody-for-14-days-636862.html Mangaluru Sep 6 A court in Karnatakas Mangaluru district on Saturday remanded the complainant Chinnaiah known as the Mask Man to 14 days of judicial custody The Special Investigation Team SIT presented him before the court earlier in the day Authorities said the arrested complainant would be shifted to the Shivamogga district prison in view of safety and security concernsSources added that the SIT has decided to seek his custody again whenever required during the course of the investigationFollowing the orders the SIT authorities took him to Shivamogga prison Sources stated that Earlier even as the SIT sought 10 days custody the court on September 3 has extended SIT custody till September 6On July 11 the complainant claimed that he had been forced to bury the bodies of women and girls who were raped and murdered in Dharmasthala and recorded his statementHe requested that the bodies be exhumed in his presence and alleged that the victims bore clear signs of sexual assaultIn addition the whistleblower reportedly submitted a skull allegedly recovered from one of the burial sites to the SITHe was given protection under the Witness Protection Act and facilities were extendedHowever Chinnaiah was subsequently arrested later for misguiding the SIT authorities in the caseThe authorities are awaiting the FSL and DNA analysis reports of the sand samples collected from the 17 excavated sitesHome Minister G Parameshwara stated that due to the nature of the soil at the burial spots human bones would dissolve and this will be confirmed through the lab reports He added that the major phase of the investigation will commence thereafter based on the findingsThe SIT is also focusing on cracking the mystery surrounding the skull presented to the authorities through the court by Chinnaiah as first piece of evidence to corroborate with his charges Sources stated that Chinnaiah has claimed that he had got the skull with the help of activists and activists and YouTubers are being grilled by the SIT over the matterThe SIT is questioning activists Girish Mattennavar T Jayanth and YouTuber Sameer who raised their voices against temple authorities and made direct allegations targeting the DharmadhikariIn addition the SIT is questioning Sujatha Bhat a complainant who initially claimed that her daughter Ananya Bhat an MBBS student had gone missing under suspicious circumstancesShe later retracted her statement saying she had no daughter before going on to claim that she was blackmailed into making the allegationThe SIT is also preparing to question Mahesh Shetty Thimarodi and issued notice to Kerala YouTuber Manaf to appear for questioning with electronic gadgets in connection with the caseThe case has taken political turn with BJP JD S and the ruling Congress party leaders organizing rallies to Dharmasthala expressing their solidarity with the temple management and Dharmadhikari BJP Rajya Sabha member Veerendra HeggadeIn another development a group of progressive woman activists have written a letter to senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi seeking her interference in the matter and appealed to contain the Congress leaders who are supporting the temple authoritiesKarnataka Deputy CM and state unit Congress president DK Shivakumar has openly stated that there is a big conspiracy against temple town Dharmasthala and those indulging in conspiracy would not be sparedAlso a delegation of religious seers have recently met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and submitted a memorandum demanding the probe by the National Investigation Agency NIAThe delegation claimed that HM Amit Shah stated to them that he is observing the developments closely and initiate action soon IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-murders-mask-man-chinnaiah-remanded-to-judicial-custody-for-14-days-636862.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/2020-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case-sharjeel-imam-moves-sc-for-bail-636875.html New Delhi Sep 6 Sharjeel Imam an accused in the conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots case moved Supreme Court on Saturday in an appeal against the denial of bail by the High Court in the fiveyearold case a lawyer said Sharjeel Imam has been charged under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and other penal provisionsThe February 2020 riots led to the death of 53 people and left 700 injured The violence took place during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens CAANRCThe Delhi High Court had on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam Umar Khalid and several others accused in the 2020 city riots larger conspiracy casePronouncing the decision a Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said All the appeals are dismissed A copy of the detailed judgement is yet to be uploaded on the official website of the Delhi High CourtIn July this year the Justice Chawlaled Bench reserved its decision after hearing the oral submissions advanced on behalf of the accused individuals and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who appeared on behalf of the Delhi PoliceOpposing the bail pleas Solicitor General Mehta the secondhighest law officer of the Centre said that the long incarceration of the accused individuals should not be a ground for their release on bail pending trial since they were involved in a wellorchestrated criminal conspiracy to put the entire country to shame ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump in 2020If you referring to accused persons are doing something against the nation then youd better be in jail till you are acquitted or convicted he had submittedIt is not just a case of bail in regular riot cases it is a very well thought and wellorchestrated criminal conspiracy which starts in the capital of the country aiming at a particular day and time Mehta addedThe Solicitor General referring to speeches made by Sharjeel Imam had said that there was a plan to divide the nation based on a particular religionTheir intention was to divide the nation on religious lines The intention was to cause national embarrassment at the global level he assertedDuring his arguments Mehta referred to several global media posts relating to the Delhi riots and said that the accused were not protesting against a law but were planning something sinisterHe shared an earlier court order denying bail to Umar Khalid where the entire episode was termed as a terrorist actPlease do not treat it as a mere riot case It is a case of premeditated attack on the sovereignty of the nation by doing something in the national capital had concluded Mehta IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/2020-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case-sharjeel-imam-moves-sc-for-bail-636875.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-properties-involved-in-illegal-syndicate-mining-case-636881.html New Delhi Sep 6 The Enforcement Directorate ED Gurugram zonal office has attached 44 immovable properties having agricultural lands of more than 85 acres worth Rs 30 crore approx situated at Ludhiana Roop Nagar SAS Nagar Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and other districts of Punjab belonging to Kuldeep Singh Makkar Angad Singh Makkar Puneet Singh Makkar and their business entities in illegal syndicate mining case under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 ED initiated investigation based on multiple FIRs registered by Haryana Police under various sections of IPC 1860 and Environment Protection Act 1986 related to illegal mining of sand bouldergravel and bouldergravelsand in District Yamuna Nagar against various mining lease holder companies namely Ms Mubarikpur Royalty Company Ms Development Strategies India Pvt Ltd Ms Delhi Royalty Company Ms JSM Foods Pvt Ltd and Ms PS Buildtech also against various Screening Plants amp Stone Crushers and associated persons the ED said in its statementED investigation reveals that the total Proceeds of Crime PoC generated out of these illegal mining activities in this case is estimated to be more than Rs 300 crore out of which the share of Angad Singh Makkar and his family is more than Rs 110 croreThe entity namely Mubarikpur Royalty Company and associated syndicate members have done mining on unauthorised lands and beyond permissible limits and by generating fake eRawanas the agency saidAccording to the ED the sale proceeds of mined minerals of all the mining entities used to come in cash only Cash generated from these illegal activities was distributed amongst these members who were beneficiaries of the mining entities in an organised mannerEarlier ED had conducted a search in the matter and had arrested Dilbag Singh Kulwinder Singh Surender Panwar and Angad Singh Makkar us 19 of PMLA 2002 and provisionally attached properties worth Rs 122 crore approx of Dilbag Singh and his associates including Angad Singh Makkar which was later confirmed by the Ld Adjudicating AuthorityDuring the search action incriminating evidences were recovered indicating that the persons involved in syndicate mining were in receipts of huge cash receipts out of such mining activitiesSuch documents were also corroborated with the statements of the employees and the huge money earned by this syndicate mining group by laundering the funds were also investigated uponFurther one Prosecution Complaint has been filed before the Special Court Ambala in this case wherein the cognizance has been taken by the Ld CourtFurther investigation is under progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-properties-involved-in-illegal-syndicate-mining-case-636881.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-female-ticket-examiner-attacked-with-hot-curry-while-checking-tickets-in-local-train-636884.html Kolkata Sep 6 A ticket examiner was attacked while checking train tickets at Baruipur station in South 24 Parganas district on Saturday It was reported that a passenger threw hot ghugni a dish made of chickpeas at the face of a female ticket examiner TTE who asked to see her ticket The incident created a stir on the Sealdah South section of Eastern RailwayAccording to railway police the Baruipur local was standing at platform number 2 of Baruipur Junction on the Sealdah South section TTE Pooja Kumari went to check the tickets in the coach reserved for women on the train She claimed that everyone was showing their tickets one by one and a passenger was sitting on the seat with his friend and eating ghugni A few passengers sitting next to them complained that the two were occupying the seats from Subhashgram station When she asked the two passengers for the ticket one of the women on the pretext of showing her the ticket threw hot ghugni in her face The female ticket examiner alleged that the hot ghugni fell on her eyes and started burning her severely Due to the suddenness and pain of the incident she cried for help However despite in that state she wiped her eyes and brought the accused down from the trainHearing the screams and shouts Railway Protection Force RPF jawans reached spot and arrested the accused passenger and took her awayThe accused passengers name is Saida Bibi She lives in the Subhashgram area She had a ticket from Subhashgram to Sealdah But she did not buy a ticket to come to Baruipur The accused has been handed over to the Government Railway Police personnel said an officer of RPF The injured ticket inspector has filed a complaint with the Baruipur GRP against the passenger and demanded legal punishment for herA few days ago a similar incident took place at Canning Station in the same district Another female TTE was attacked while checking tickets after entering the Down BallygungeCanning local at Canning station The ticket inspector named Tanushree Roy was strangled by a passenger who boarded the train without a ticket She was saved by fellow passengers and accused was caught IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-female-ticket-examiner-attacked-with-hot-curry-while-checking-tickets-in-local-train-636884.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 23:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-sog-conducts-medical-test-of-bjp-mlas-daughter-in-fake-certificate-case-636711.html Jaipur Sep 5 The Special Operations Group SOG has conducted a medical test of Kanchan Chauhan daughter of BJP MLA Shankar Singh Rawat from Beawar who has been accused of securing a government job with a fake disability certificate Chauhan currently posted as Tehsildar in Karera Bhilwara is alleged to have used the certificate during the Rajasthan Administrative Service RAS examinationThe case came to light after Beawar resident Phanish Kumar Soni complained to the CM portal on August 12 claiming that Chauhan had obtained her post through fraudulent means The complaint specifically demanded that her medical examination be conducted againActing on the complaint the Directorate of Special Persons recommended an inquiry and on August 21 a letter was sent to the Revenue Board Ajmer for further investigationFollowing this the SOG issued a notice from the office of the Additional Director General of Police ATS and SOG summoning Chauhan for a medical test She was called on September 3 along with the relevant documentsDeputy Superintendent of Police Pradeep Singh Charan confirmed that the examination had been carried out and said that the reality of the matter will be clear once the report is receivedDefending his daughter MLA Shankar Singh Rawat said that Kanchan had complied with the SOGs notice and undergone the required testHe dismissed the allegations as baseless stating The truth will be revealed after the investigation My daughter has followed due processThe issue has stirred political attention given that it involves the daughter of a sitting MLA For now the matter hinges on the outcome of the medical report and the subsequent findings of the SOG investigation said officials IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-sog-conducts-medical-test-of-bjp-mlas-daughter-in-fake-certificate-case-636711.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-case-sit-summons-kerala-youtuber-over-skull-mystery-636712.html Mangaluru Karnataka Sep 5 Amid the political developments surrounding the alleged Dharmasthala murders case the Special Investigation Team SIT has continued its probe The SIT has summoned Keralabased YouTuber Manaf for questioning in connection with the skull presented earlier by the complainant known as mask man ChinnaiahThe move to summon Manaf has assumed significance as he a lorry owner and YouTuber had uploaded a video of the skull and claimed that hundreds of such skulls could be exhumed in and around Dharmasthala The video was uploaded on July 11 the very day when Chinnaiah was presented before the court and his statement was recorded police sources saidAccording to the police the skull submitted as evidence by the complainant purportedly linked to allegations that hundreds of women and girls were raped murdered and buried was taken out from the Banglagudda region of Dharmasthala It was reportedly retrieved from a forested area beside a tree on which a saree was found While removing the skull a sword was used to lift it before packing it in a bag and the entire act was video recordedPolice suspect that this very video was uploaded by Manaf on his YouTube channel on July 11 coinciding with Chinnaiahs court appearanceInvestigators have also obtained photographs of Manaf at the residence of activist Mahesh Shetty Timarody who has openly challenged temple authoritiesManaf had uploaded a series of videos related to Dharmasthala The police notice to him states that he appears to possess more information regarding the case and has directed him to appear before investigators with his electronic gadgets and relevant documents police saidEarlier Manafs truck was found washed away in Karwar district of Karnataka The vehicle and the body of his truck driver Arjun were recovered after some time police sources stated He will now be questioned on how he obtained the July 11 video of the skull before the official investigation had even begunIt is suspected that activist Jayanth may have been in contact with ManafMeanwhile another activist Girish Mattennanavar who has been at the forefront of protests against temple authorities has also appeared before SIT officials in Belthangady Activist Jayanth is currently housed at the SIT police station while the probe into YouTuber Abhisheik continues Abhisheik has been questioned for three days and is being kept at the SIT station due to security concerns police saidIn parallel developments complainant mask man Chinnaiah was taken to Belthangady taluk hospital for a medical examination His SIT custody ends on Saturday and the court has directed that he be produced on September 6SIT Chief Pronab Mohanty also visited the SIT office in this backdrop The court is likely to remand Chinnaiah to judicial custodyIn another development Karnataka police have registered an FIR against YouTuber Vasanth Giliyar who has been voicing support for the temple authorities in the Dharmasthala case The FIR was filed at the Vijayanagara Police Station in Mysuru based on a complaint by K V Stanley of the Odanady TrustStanley alleged that Vasanth Giliyar by identifying him as a Christian has been spreading false information about himVasanth Giliyar is falsely claiming that I said the Dharmasthala pilgrimage centre should be destroyed in the same way a wild boar is hunted and killed By doing so he is creating communal hatred He has also provoked religious sentiments and threatened my personal security Stanley stated in his complaintThe FIR has been registered under Sections 1961A and 3532 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS 2023It may be recalled that complainant Stanley had earlier spoken out against the Murugha Mutt seer in Chitradurga Karnataka who is facing rape charges under the POCSO Act IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-case-sit-summons-kerala-youtuber-over-skull-mystery-636712.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/key-accused-in-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-arrested-by-nia-in-bihar-636721.html New Delhi Sep 5 The National Investigation Agency NIA has made a significant breakthrough in the March 2025 Amritsar temple grenade attack case with the arrest of a key wanted accused Sharanjit Kumar alias Sunny The arrest took place on Friday in Gaya Bihar following an extensive intelligenceled operation NIA said in a press releaseSharanjit a resident of Bhaini Bangar village in Qadian Batala Gurdaspur district Punjab was found to be actively involved in the planning and execution of the terror attack that took place in the early hours of March 15 said the agencys press releaseThe attack carried out by two bikeborne assailants Gursidak Singh and Vishal Gill was orchestrated under the instructions of handlers based abroadAccording to NIA investigations the attack was part of a broader conspiracy led by terror handlers operating from multiple international locations including Europe the USA and Canada These handlers provided arms explosives financial aid and logistical support to the operatives in IndiaThe probe revealed that Sharanjit had received a consignment of four grenades from another arrested accused on March 1 in Batala Two days before the attack he handed over one of those grenades to Gursidak and Vishal which was later used in the assaultPostattack Sharanjit went underground and has been evading arrest since NIA conducted searches in Batala a month ago said the NIA Through a combination of human and technical intelligence the agency traced his movements and ultimately located him in GayaAccording to the agency this arrest marks a crucial step in dismantling the broader terror network responsible for the attack which aimed to destabilise communal harmony The NIA has confirmed that further investigations are underway in the case to uncover the full extent of the transnational conspiracy and apprehend all those involved IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/key-accused-in-amritsar-temple-grenade-attack-arrested-by-nia-in-bihar-636721.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/reliance-communications-anil-ambanis-loan-accounts-declared-as-fraudulent-by-bank-of-baroda-636548.html New Delhi Sep 5 In a significant step Bank of Baroda one of Indias leading public sector banks has declared the loan accounts of Reliance Communications Ltd RCom and its erstwhile Director Anil Ambani as fraud according to an exchange filing This classification pertains to loans taken before RCom entered the corporate insolvency resolution process CIRPThis development marks a crucial turn in the ongoing financial saga surrounding the onceprominent telecom company and its erstwhile directorRCom currently undergoing the CIRP under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code IBC 2016 has said that the loans in question relate to the period before its insolvency proceedings began The company asserts that these loans must be resolved as part of a resolution plan or through liquidation under the IBCRCom is presently under the control of a resolution professional Anish Niranjan NanavatyAnil Ambani is no longer a director of the companyA resolution plan for RCom has been approved by the committee of creditors and is awaiting approval from the National Company Law Tribunal NCLTRCom is seeking legal advice regarding Bank of Barodas actionThe company highlighted that during the CIRP it is protected from the institution or continuation of any suits or proceedings against it including the execution of any judgment decree or order in any court of law tribunal or arbitration panelThis development comes amidst an ongoing investigation by the Enforcement Directorate ED into alleged loan fraud involving Anil Ambanis group entitiesThe ED has reportedly sought details from 1213 banks regarding loans to Reliance Housing Finance RCom and Reliance Commercial FinanceThe estimated amount involved in this alleged fraud is nearly Rs 17000 croreBank of Baroda has said that it will report the fraud classification to various authorities as required by law including the Reserve Bank of India RBIThis reporting will be done in compliance with the RBIs Master Directions on Fraud Risk Management in Commercial Banks and All India Financial InstitutionsAs this situation continues to unfold it remains to be seen how it will impact the ongoing insolvency proceedings of RCom and the broader implications for the Indian banking sectors efforts to address nonperforming assetsReliance Communications Limited is a telecommunications company based in Navi Mumbai India It has been undergoing a corporate insolvency resolution process since June 2019 with its business and assets managed by a Resolution Professional appointed by the National Company Law TribunalEarlier in June the State Bank of India SBI the countrys largest lender had tagged the loan accounts of RCom as fraud This was followed by a similar action by Bank of India on August 24 which classified the loan account of RCom as fraudulent and named its former Director Anil Ambani citing alleged fund diversion and violation of loan terms IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/reliance-communications-anil-ambanis-loan-accounts-declared-as-fraudulent-by-bank-of-baroda-636548.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 01:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-seizes-fake-currency-valued-at-rs-199-lakh-along-india-bangladesh-border-in-west-bengals-malda-636551.html Kolkata Sep 5 The Border Security Force BSF has seized fake Indian currency notes FICN worth Rs 199500 from the IndiaBangladesh Border in the Malda district of West Bengal officials said The FICN was of Rs 500 denominationOn Wednesday troops of the 71st Battalion BSF posted at the Sovapur border outpost received secret information regarding an attempt to smuggle FICN through their area of responsibility All onduty personnel were put on full alert Around 1 pm suspicious movement was spotted on the Bangladesh side of the border fence The jawans in the area alerted their colleagues and rushed towards the spot A search of the area led to the seizure of a packet that contained 399 currency notes a senior BSF official said on ThursdayThe currency notes were found to be fake A total of 399 currency notes of Rs 500 denomination were seized The counterfeit notes were thrown across the border fence into India by Bangladeshi smugglers to be picked up by their accomplices This attempt was thwarted by the alert BSF jawans he addedThe seized counterfeit notes have been handed over to the concerned department for further actionAnother BSF official said that the FICN seized was of high qualitySuch highquality currency notes are known to be printed in Pakistan and some other countries and then smuggled into India through the IndiaBangladesh BorderSovapur where the FICN was seized is located in Maldas KaliachakThis particular location of the district in north Bengal is a favourite for FICN smugglersNearly 70 per cent of the FICN seized in India have moved through Kaliachak the BSF official saidAfter repeated requests from India former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had made efforts to check the movement of FICN through her countryThe supply from Bangladesh dropped considerably by 2023However the smuggling resumed after former Bangladesh PM Hasina was forced to quit and flee to India on August 5 2024Investigators say that the FICN of Rs 500 denomination is purchased by Indian smugglers for Rs 200 each and sold for Rs 300 to those who distribute the currency notes in the market hidden in bundles of original currencyThe smuggling of FICN poses a serious threat to the nations economy and this is of greater concern under the prevailing circumstances the BSF official added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-seizes-fake-currency-valued-at-rs-199-lakh-along-india-bangladesh-border-in-west-bengals-malda-636551.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/muda-scam-case-judicial-panels-clean-chit-to-ktaka-cm-siddaramaiah-blames-officials-636576.html Bengaluru Sep 5 The report of a oneman judicial commission headed by PN Desai which gave a clean chit to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family members in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority MUDA case has instead blamed the officials and also recommended action against them The MUDA commissioners have not bothered about the formation of layout and allotment of sites in accordance with the KUDA Act Commissioners working between 2020 and 2024 have arbitrarily and illegally allotted sites at their whims and fancies Alternative site allotment was in contravention of Rule 16 of the 1991 rules There appears to be a scam in providing alternative sites with untenable reasons the report statedMinister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs HK Patil announced this after the cabinet meeting on ThursdaySpeaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru Minister Patil stated A oneman commission headed by Justice PN Desai had been constituted which has submitted its report in two parts It has clarified that the allegations made against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family members are baseless in connection with the MUDA caseThe report has recommended several actions against some officials The government has accepted this report the minister statedChief Minister Siddaramaiah has been named as the prime accused in the MUDA case His wife Parvati is the second accused and his brotherinlaw Mallikarjunaswamy is the third The land owner J Devaraju is named as the fourth accusedThe Karnataka Lokayukta had earlier submitted a closure report citing a lack of evidence against themMUDA scam involves the alleged illegal allotment of 14 sites to CM Siddaramaiahs family The matter is being probed by the Karnataka Lokayukta and the Enforcement Directorate EDActivist Snehamayi Krishna has also submitted a petition in the High Court seeking a CBI probe and CM Siddaramaiah has filed a petition seeking quashing of proceedings against him in the caseThe findings of the report stated In respect of utilisation of denotified land in survey number 464 of Kesare village though the land owner insisted on alternative undeveloped land as compensation and although the resolution was also passed in 2017 the same has not been implemented Subsequently in 2022 sites were allotted in the ratio of 5050 as per one of the modes of payment adopted in the same manner as allotted to othersThe allotment of sites as compensation to the land owners whose lands were denotified but utilised by Mysuru Urban Development Authority MUDA pertaining to lands in survey numbers 11522 and 11542 of Kergalli village and the land in survey number 464 of Kesare village cannot be said to be illegal Therefore the methods followed by the authority for compensating in the form of sites in case of utilisation of denotified lands cannot be said unlawful since MUDA does not have any title and legal possession over denotified land the report stated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/muda-scam-case-judicial-panels-clean-chit-to-ktaka-cm-siddaramaiah-blames-officials-636576.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dramatic-chase-delhi-police-nabs-two-history-sheeters-solves-12-cases-in-25-hours-636580.html New Delhi Sep 5 In a dramatic operation Dwarka Police apprehended two notorious snatchers with over 30 serious criminal cases each after a 30kilometre chase across Delhis busy roads and crowded streets The duo identified as Parminder Singh alias Prince 28 and Amandeep alias Amanpreet Singh alias Golu 36 were arrested within 25 hours of their latest crime spreeAccording to the Press release issued by Dwarka District Police Wanted snatchers history sheeters with 30 serious criminal antecedents each caught within 25 hours 12 snatchings solved 7 mobiles currency notes ornamental belongings motorcycle used clothes worn etc seized by cops of Police Post Sec10 DwarkaThe operation was carried out under the supervision of DCP Dwarka Ankit Singh IPSA dedicated team led by SI Rajat Malik along with ASI Sanjeev Singh Teotia ASI Kirti Kumar HC Kamlesh Kumar HC Naresh Kumar HC Shaitan Singh and HC Mukesh Kumar Kuldeep worked in coordination with SHO PS Dwarka South Inspector Rajesh Kumar Sah and ACP Dwarka Kishore Kumar RewalaThe chase began after a PCR call was received on August 27 about a teachers mobile phone being snatched near a school in Sector10 Dwarka Minutes later another call reported a purse snatching in Sector4Acting swiftly the police tracked the stolen mobiles location and pursued the accused using both police and civilian motorcycles Concerned about the safety of general public on crowded roads the team abstained from firing gunshots on the desperate criminals the release statedThe arrests led to the recovery of seven stolen mobile phones cash metro cards jewellery the motorcycle used in the crimes and the clothes worn at the time of the snatchingsPolice have moved bail cancellation applications against both accused who have multiple cases registered across seven districts of Delhi including charges under the Arms Act robbery dacoity and causing deathThe operation not only solved 12 snatching cases but also restored stolen valuables to the victimsPolice said more cases are likely to be linked to the duo as investigations continue IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dramatic-chase-delhi-police-nabs-two-history-sheeters-solves-12-cases-in-25-hours-636580.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-accused-of-torturing-man-in-custody-trying-to-pull-out-teeth-with-pliers-in-kerala-636585.html Kollam Kerala Sep 5 As the row over the custodial torture of a Youth Congress leader in Thrissur continues a similar case emerged in Keralas Kollam district on Friday Kulathupuzha Police Station in Kollam district in the southern part of the state has come under scanner after allegations of custodial torture according to a local reportThe report said the incident took place on August 31 when police allegedly attempted to extract the teeth of a 50yearold man Anil Kumar of Chozhiyakode in Kulathupuzha using a pair of pliersThe victim later underwent treatment at the Punalur Government Taluk Hospital where the damaged teeth were removed the report claimedThe Kulathupuzha police denied any custodial torture stating that he was taken into custody for creating a nuisance under the influence of alcohol The police dismissed his claim of attempted teeth extraction claiming that he was released on bail the same day and showed no health issues at the timeIn his complaint to the Kollam Rural Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar stated that the police stopped him while he was going home with friends on August 31 on charges of having consumed liquor He alleged that the police detained him after he objected to their conduct the media report saidAnil Kumar alleged that he was assaulted inside the police vehicle and at the station where the cops tried to pull out his teeth with a pair of pliers He said he lost consciousness during the ordeal and was taken to the Kulathupuzha Government HospitalHowever Anil Kumar was later admitted to the Punalur Taluk Hospital after feeling unwell where three teeth were removed surgicallyThe latest custodial torture allegation has surfaced amid the Opposition protests and public outrage over a recently released video showing Youth Congress leader VS Sujith being assaulted by cops inside the Kunnamkulam Police Station in Thrissur leaving the police on the defensiveThe incident occurred on April 6 2023 but the CCTV footage surfaced only after a twoyear legal effort under the Right to Information ActSujith president of the Chowannur Mandalam Youth Congress in the district alleged that the cops beat him inside the station leaving him with serious injuries including hearing loss in one earReports said the altercation began when he intervened as police threatened his friends by the roadside officers then took him to the station in a jeep and assaulted him IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-accused-of-torturing-man-in-custody-trying-to-pull-out-teeth-with-pliers-in-kerala-636585.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fraudsters-withdraw-rs-1638-crore-from-agartala-municipal-corporations-bank-account-probe-underway-636632.html Agartala Sep 5 Tripura Police have started an investigation against unidentified fraudsters for illegally withdrawing an amount of Rs 1638 crore from the bank account of the Agartala Municipal Corporation AMC by using cloned cheques officials said on Friday A police official said that the UCO Banks Zonal Manager Sanjib Roy has lodged a case at West Agartala police station after it was noticed that Rs 1638 crore was withdrawn from the AMC account through six cloned counterfeit cheques between August and September The official said that as per the initial investigation the unidentified fraudsters operating from Hyderabad forged the signature of a former AMC officer to withdraw the money from the bank while the original cheques were lying with the civic body Our investigating officer found that original cheques are still in the custody of the AMC officers concerned the official said adding that they have also collected the CCTV footage from UCO Banks main branch at Kaman Chowmuhani in the heart of the city and are studying it to determine who had visited the bank to submit the forged cheques Once we identified the persons who had submitted the cloned cheques at the UCO Bank then it would help us to trace out those involved in the case he said An AMC official said they have already requested UCO Bank to return the entire Rs 1638 crore to the civic bodys account and the bank has agreed A similar case had occurred a few years ago and in that instance too the bank returned the money the AMC official said Tripura Director General of Police Anurag had said last week that the state police had identified online money fraud worth Rs 4696 crore since 2021 in Tripura out of which the authorities were able to hold Rs 52 crore and had already returned Rs 34 lakh to the victims About the remaining amount the police are arranging a special drive to return the rest of the money after a few verifications and checks in the next three months he had told the media The DGP said that the police have also recovered details of 20387 bank accounts involved in these cybercrime attacks in Tripura IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fraudsters-withdraw-rs-1638-crore-from-agartala-municipal-corporations-bank-account-probe-underway-636632.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-takes-suo-moto-cognisance-of-non-functional-cctv-cameras-in-police-stations-636417.html New Delhi Sep 4 IANS The Supreme Court on Thursday registered a suo motu case over the lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations across the countrynbspnbspA bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took cognisance of a media report stating that 11 people have died in police custody in Rajasthan during the first eight months of 2025nbspAccording to the media report police often do not provide CCTV footage in custodial death cases and many police stations have remand rooms outside the cameras viewnbspThe police gave various reasons for withholding CCTV footage including technical faults lack of storage ongoing investigations or legal restrictions while in some cases they simply refused to share the footage or delayed its releasenbspnbspThe Supreme Court has already mandated the installation of CCTV cameras in police stations to maintain transparency and to curb instances of custodial torture It had issued a slew of directions to streamline the management of CCTVs installation and to review footage for human rights violations by the central oversight body COB and statelevel oversight committee SLOCnbspThe top court had directed that the SHO of every police station be made responsible for maintaining CCTV data backing up recordings and fixing faultsnbspnbspThe state and Union Territory governments should ensure that CCTV cameras are installed in each and every police station functioning in the respective state andor Union Territory Further to ensure that no part of a police station is left uncovered it had saidnbspFurther the apex court had mandated that CCTV camera footage should be stored in digital video recorders or network video recorders Importantly the recording system should be such that the data stored therein is preserved for 18 monthsnbspIn April 2023 the Supreme Court had given to the Centre and all state governments and Union Territories a last chance to install CCTV cameras inside police stations within three monthsnbsp https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-takes-suo-moto-cognisance-of-non-functional-cctv-cameras-in-police-stations-636417.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-detains-bengal-man-trying-to-cross-india-pakistan-border-in-rajasthan-636428.html Jaipur Sep 4 The Border Security Force BSF has detained a 30yearold man from West Bengal in Rajasthans Jaisalmer who was allegedly trying to cross into Pakistan Officials confirmed that the youth identified as Lalchand Sheikh a resident of West Bengals Bardhaman district was spotted on Wednesday evening in the Pochina area about 15 kilometres from the international border in Rajasthan officials said on ThursdayWhen intercepted Sheikh failed to provide a convincing reason for being near the border Considering his suspicious movements BSF personnel handed him over to the Myajlar police station for questioningDuring interrogation Sheikh reportedly told investigators that he was attempting to reach Saudi Arabia via Pakistan as his brother works there as a labourer However given the recent rise in espionage and infiltration attempts in Jaisalmer agencies are not taking his explanation at face valueHe will be handed over to the Joint Investigation Committee JIC for further investigation where his background contacts and possible links with antinational elements will be thoroughly examinedSecurity agencies remain on edge as Jaisalmer has witnessed multiple espionage cases this yearOn March 26 Rajasthan Intelligence arrested Pathan Khan near Chandan Field Firing Range under the Official Secrets Act just before the Pahalgam terror attackOn May 28 intelligence agencies detained Shakoor Khan a government employee and personal assistant to former Congress Minister Saleh Mohammad on charges of spying for Pakistan He was arrested formally on June 3More recently on August 4 Mahendra Prasad the manager of a DRDO guest house in Jaisalmer was caught passing sensitive information about the Indian Army to a Pakistani handlerOfficials stressed that while Sheikh has claimed personal reasons for his attempted border crossing all possible angles including espionage and links to crossborder handlers are being probed The arrest serves as yet another reminder that despite enhanced operations like Operation Sindoor the region continues to remain a vulnerable point for spying and illegal crossborder activities requiring constant vigilance said officialsThe security agencies have stepped up surveillance along the Pakistan border adjoining Rajasthan following Operation Sindoor IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-detains-bengal-man-trying-to-cross-india-pakistan-border-in-rajasthan-636428.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-murders-centre-will-have-to-look-into-foreign-funding-charges-says-ktaka-minister-636439.html Bengaluru Sep 4 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stated on Thursday that allegations regarding foreign funding in the mass grave case would have to be examined by the Central government His statement has gained significance amid strong demands by the BJP JDS and Hindu organisations to hand over the case to the National Investigation Agency NIAThe Directorate of Enforcement ED has already been gathering information regarding foreign funding and tracking the bank accounts of activists involved against the temple authorities according to sourcesSpeaking to reporters in Bengaluru Parameshwara said Whenever allegations of foreign funding arise they must be looked into by the Centre The state government cannot probe such matters The Special Investigation Team SIT is investigating the burying of dead bodies in Dharmasthala If there are any lacunae we can consider other actionsBefore the NIA intervenes in the investigation the move must be justified However the state government will not have any role in this regard he addedCriticising the Dharmasthala Yatra undertaken by BJP JDS and his own Congress party leaders Parameshwara said God Manjunatha does not belong to any one community The deity himself ensures that devotees can visit whenever they wish Anyone can visit Dharmasthala and take darshan There is no objection to that But why have a series of campaigns been launched only after the Dharmasthala case came to the forefront I cannot understand whether they are trying to cleanse Dharmasthalas image or their ownHe added BJP and JDS leaders had undertaken the yatra earlier Now why are Congress leaders conducting the Dharmasthala yatra Why didnt they do it earlier Naturally this seems political Congress leaders have taken up the yatra because the BJP did it firstWho knows what their prayers were before the deity he maintainedOn the Soujanya rape and murder case investigation Parameshwara said I do not know on what basis the SIT is probing the case I do not know what information they have gathered They may have tracked more facts They might have received a tip and one of the accused Uday Jain may have been called by the SITHe further clarified Though the terms of reference for the SIT in the Dharmasthala case do not include the Soujanya case there might be links and these must be probed Otherwise the investigation will not be complete Someone might have provided a crossreference I am not saying this is a reinvestigation of the Soujanya caseCommenting on Union Minister HD Kumaraswamys appeal to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hand over the Dharmasthala case to the NIA he said He may have requested it Initially they disapproved of the SIT and are now demanding an NIA probe The investigation will remain the same IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-murders-centre-will-have-to-look-into-foreign-funding-charges-says-ktaka-minister-636439.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/back-to-back-robberies-rock-jamshedpur-businessman-looted-of-rs-30-lakh-a-day-after-jewellery-shop-heist-636451.html Jamshedpur Sep 4 Jharkhands industrial hub Jamshedpur is reeling under a spate of daring robberies with two major incidents reported on consecutive days On Thursday afternoon robbers looted Rs 30 lakh in cash from a businessman in the busy Bistupur Gurudwara area barely a day after armed criminals struck a jewellery shop in SonariAccording to police businessman Saket Agrawal was on his way to deposit the cash in a bank when the robbers intercepted himHe was riding a scooter when two men stopped him threw red chilli powder into his eyes and snatched the bag full of moneyDespite his temporary blindness Agrawal tried to chase the looters who fired in the air before fleeing in an SUV Luckily he escaped without any bullet injuriesPolice teams rushed to the spot and launched a manhunt scanning CCTV footage from the areaThe place where the robbery took place is also close to the residence of Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran MahatoThe incident taking place in broad daylight in one of the citys busiest localities has triggered panic among residents and the business communityMany traders gathered at the scene expressing anger over what they described as the deteriorating lawandorder situation in JamshedpurThe latest crime comes just a day after six armed men looted Vardhman Jewellers in the Sonari police station area of the city The gang entered the shop posing as customers held owner Pankaj Jain hostage and looted jewellery worth several lakhs When Jain resisted he was struck on the head with a pistol butt leaving him seriously injured The criminals also fired three rounds before fleeingBacktoback sensational robberies in crowded marketplaces have raised serious questions over the law and order situation While investigations are underway in both cases fear and anger continue to simmer across the city with locals demanding immediate and effective action against the criminals IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/back-to-back-robberies-rock-jamshedpur-businessman-looted-of-rs-30-lakh-a-day-after-jewellery-shop-heist-636451.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-fake-para-commando-arrested-for-cheating-woman-of-rs-70-000-636459.html New Delhi Sep 4 Shahdara district police in Delhi have arrested a 23yearold man for impersonating a Lieutenant in the Indian Armys Para Commando unit and duping a woman of Rs 70000 on the pretext of marriage According to police a PCR call was received at Farsh Bazar police station on September 1 when the complainant 28yearold Damini a medical store owner from Noida alleged that she had been cheated by a man posing as an Army officerThe accused identified as Deepanshu a resident of Sanjeev Nagar Kanpur was apprehended when he came to meet herA police team comprising SI Vinay ASI Shiv Kumar Solanki and Ct Vikrant led by Inspector Ajay Karan Sharma SHOFarsh Bazar and supervised by ACP Sanjay Kumar verified the facts and arrested the accusedAn FIR No 4522025 under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered on September 2 Investigators revealed that Deepanshu had earlier appeared for the NDA exam but failed Ashamed to reveal the truth he downloaded a passout list carrying the name Deepanshu and convinced his parents that he had been selectedHe took out the NDA passout candidate list from the portal which carried the name of one Deepanshu He showed his parents that he had been selected and left the house by saying that he was going to NDA Khadakwasla for training He stayed around Kanpur doing odd jobs the police said in a statementAt a marriage function he met Damini and introduced himself as a Lieutenant in the Para Commando ForceOver time he visited her several times dressed in uniform Gaining her trust he extracted around Rs 70000 through cash and online transfers on various pretextsOn checking his phone police found photographs of him in an Army uniform a fake Army identity card an NDA rank list and a forged appointment letterHis father a retired Havaldar was also unaware of his deceptionPolice have recovered one Army Lieutenant uniform and a fake identity cardFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-fake-para-commando-arrested-for-cheating-woman-of-rs-70-000-636459.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dont-fall-prey-to-bank-account-rental-fraud-kolkata-police-warns-citizens--636526.html Kolkata Sep 4 Kolkata Police have started alerting people about a new kind of fraud where individuals are getting linked to fraud cases by sharing their bank account details with fraudsters This new kind of fraud is seen as bank account rental fraud through which a huge amount of money is going to the accounts of fraudsters said a senior officer of Kolkata Police on ThursdayAccording to the police people of different ages especially housewives are falling victim to this fraudRecently a woman from Tollygunge in south Kolkata was arrested by the Kolkata Police for being involved in such a fraud case The womans name is Rita Vaidya SenguptaIt is alleged that a loan of five lakh rupees was taken from a lending company by submitting fake documents in her name However the woman did not know anything about this and had no idea that such an amount was taken from a lending company in her nameBut as she could not deposit the money on time a case was registered against Rita Vaidya with the Kolkata Police Based on that complaint special officers of the Kolkata Polices Detective Branch arrested herMeanwhile a young man from the Banshdroni area in south Kolkata also became a victim of this crime namely Imran Ansari Similarly fraudsters took a huge loan by using his bank account details and the complaint was filed in ChandigarhBased on that complaint Chandigarh Police along with Kolkata Police raided Imrans house and arrested himAlthough Imran who was caught apparently knows nothing about this In both incidents the police could not catch the main culpritThere is a mastermind behind all of this A search is underway to find that mastermind Fraudsters are luring people from different classes to get loans easily said a senior officer of Kolkata PoliceOnce they fall into the trap and share their bank details the fraudsters use such details to get loans from lending companies They are also making fake documents such as payslips in the name of the individual to clear their track Once the loan is approved it is being deposited in the fraudsters account while the loan is going on in the name of that individual who had shared the bank details said the policeWhile all this is going on the individual in question has no clue about it As fraudsters are not repaying the loan amount the individual is seen as the defaulterFollowing such developments officers of the Detective Branch of Kolkata have advised people to be careful The police officers have also warned people not to share their bank account details with anyone IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dont-fall-prey-to-bank-account-rental-fraud-kolkata-police-warns-citizens--636526.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 22:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rs-637-crore-bank-loan-fraud-ed-searches-firms-premises-in-chennai-mumbai-goa-636535.html Chennai Sep 4 In multicity searches the ED identified illegal assets and froze bank accounts as part of Rs 63758 crore bank loan fraud and related money laundering by a company identified as Arvind Remedies an official said on Thursday The ED Chennai Zonal Office conducted searches on September 2 and 3 at various locations in Chennai Kancheepuram Goa Kolkata and Mumbai and inspected the premises of promoters dummy Directors and key persons of Arvind Remedies under the PMLA 2002During the searches various incriminating documents digital evidence and propertyrelated documents have been seized and Rs 15 lakh shares of listed and unlisted companies were frozen said the EDIt said the search operations resulted in the identification of certain assets immovable assets and shares held by the promoters in the name of family members distant relatives etc to prevent the banks from recovering loans assetsAbout 15 Lakh shares of various listed as well as unlisted companies held by promoters have been frozen said the EDDuring the search operations dummy Directors accepted that they were not aware of the affairs of the company and they were paid monthly salaries in cash by brokers Such dummy Directors signed the cheques of the shell companies for nominal commissions without knowing the purpose said the EDThe ED initiated investigations under PMLA based on the FIR registered by CBIThe FIR was registered based on the complaint of Punjab National Bank PNB wherein it was alleged that Arvind Remedies and its promoter Arvind B Shah and others cheated the consortium of banks to the extent of Rs 637 CroreThe PNB was the leader of consortium of banks consisting of various banks namely United Bank of India State Bank of India IDBI Bank Allahabad Bank Karur Vysya Bank Indian Overseas Bank Corporation Bank which have extended various credit facilities cash credit term loan and nonfund based to the tune of Rs 70475 crore against which Rs 63758 crore was outstanding as per the books of the banks as on September 30 2016 All the bank loan accounts had been declared as NPAThe ED investigation revealed that the bank funds were siphoned off through shell entities controlled by the promoters the ED said in a statementMany dummy Directors were appointed by the Promoter Arvind B Shah through brokers to manage the shell companiesThe bank funds were rotated among the shell companies to show higher turnover to the banks and thereby induced the banks to lend more funds The rotation of funds was also made to artificially rig the share price and pocket the gains A certain part of the funds was also diverted to acquire assets The assets provided as security to the banks were disposed of without the knowledge of the banks and thereby the banks were deprived of the assets to enforce recovery of the loans the ED said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rs-637-crore-bank-loan-fraud-ed-searches-firms-premises-in-chennai-mumbai-goa-636535.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 22:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/tv-actor-ashish-kapoor-held-in-rape-case-arrested-from-pune-636306.html Mumbai Sep 4 Television actor Ashish Kapoor has been arrested on charges of raping a woman during a house party in Delhi last month the Delhi Police said in a statement on September 3 According to the police Kapoor was tracked down to Pune after initially moving through Goa He was taken into custody following a coordinated search by multiple police teams A complaint was filed by a woman who alleged that Kapoor whom she had met on Instagram invited her to a friends house party in the second week of AugustShe accused Kapoor of sexually assaulting her inside the washroom Investigators said the CCTV footage and witness accounts confirmed that Kapoor and the woman went into a washroom together and did not come out for a considerable amount of time When other guests knocked repeatedly an argument broke out and continued up to the society gate where the woman alleged she was assaulted by the hosts wife It was the hosts wife who ultimately placed the PCR call the police addedDCP North Raja Banthia has confirmed Ashish Kapoors arrest and said that the investigation is ongoing Ashish Kapoor has been a part of many television serials His stint in the hit show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai was the most popular one Kapoor who was born on October 17 1984 has appeared on shows like SsshhhPhir Koi Hai Sasural Simar Ka 2 Saath Phere Saloni Ka Safar Saraswati Chandra and Molkki Rishton Ki AgniparikshaThe actor was engaged to producer Pearl Grey in 2021 but split after a year IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/tv-actor-ashish-kapoor-held-in-rape-case-arrested-from-pune-636306.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 01:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/youth-congress-leaders-custodial-assault-case-exposes-police-cover-up-636352.html Thrissur Kerala Sep 4 Serious questions have been raised over a possible coverup in the custodial assault case of Youth Congress Chovannur constituency president VS Sujith with evidence indicating that the accused police officers were deliberately shielded through weak charges and token punishments Despite CCTV visuals clearly showing the brutal assault inside the Kunnamkulam police station the officers were booked only under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code a minor offence of voluntarily causing hurt that carries a maximum oneyear sentenceLegal advice obtained by the department further stated that no additional departmental action was possible as the four officers had already been penalised with the stoppage of increments for two years and a bar on promotions for three yearsThis effectively insulated the accused from stronger disciplinary measuresAn inquiry report confirmed that the action taken was only in name noting that the officers were never suspended during the investigationThe report prepared by ACP KC Seth identified SubInspector Nuhman Senior CPO Sashidharan and CPOs Sandeep and Sajeev as those who assaulted SujithSujith has further alleged that attempts were made to suppress the case by offering him and local leader Varghese Chovannur up to Rs 20 lakh as hush moneyHe also claimed that Suhair then the police driver and now employed with the Revenue Department had participated in the assault but faced no actionI refused to compromise and insisted on legal recourse Sujith said demanding that all five officers be brought to justiceLeader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Thursday said the police are being manned by a caucus in the office of Chief Minister VijayanThe Congress party demands that all accused individuals be immediately dismissed from service If the state government fails to take action we will launch an unprecedented protest The explanation provided by the top police official is unacceptable and appears to be an attempt to shield the guilty We will not tolerate this said SatheesanThe incident dates back to April 5 2023 when Sujith confronted police officers intimidating his friends during a local festivalHe was taken to the Kunnamkulam station stripped of his shirt and beaten by multiple officers CCTV footage obtained only after a twoyear legal battle and an order from the Information Commission shows Sujith being forced into a crouching position and repeatedly struck on his body and faceFollowing public outrage after the visuals surfaced Thrissur DIG Harishankar submitted a report to the DGPThe officers received minor punishments with the report describing their offence as hitting with handsThe matter is under direct investigation by the Kunnamkulam court which is expected to decide on further actionFor Sujith and his supporters the fight continuesUntil those responsible are removed from service we will not end our struggle he has declared as protests led by the Congress gather momentum in Thrissur IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/youth-congress-leaders-custodial-assault-case-exposes-police-cover-up-636352.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pest-control-wasnt-carried-out-very-serious-note-taken-mp-dy-cm-on-hospital-rodent-attack--636176.html Indore Sep 3 A day after the shocking incident of rodent attack inside the Intensive Care Unit ICU ward of M Y Hospital in Indore in which one newborn baby girl died Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla on Wednesday claimed that the government has taken the incident very seriously asserting that pest control was not carried out in the hospital The incident is very serious The government has initiated action and suspended two staff members nurses Further action would be taken once the detailed investigation report is available The pest control wasnt carried out in the hospital the Deputy Chief Minister told the media persons Shukla 61 who is also the states Health and Family Welfare Minister said that he has instructed the Principal Secretary of Health and Family Department to submit a detailed report within one week The pest control and cleanliness drive was not done regularly which is why M Y Hospital has become a shelter for the rodents said the Deputy Chief Minister The babies born last week were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU of the Maharaja Yashwantrao Chikitsalaya MYH one of the biggest government hospitals in the state The incident came to light when the nursing team of the hospital saw the injured newborns and informed the hospital management The administration then scanned CCTV cameras installed in the unit and found rats jumping in a swing near the newborns After the incident broke out on Tuesday Dean of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial MGM Hospital which is the past of MY hospital Arvind Ghanghoria told media persons that a fine of Rs 1 lakh has been imposed on the pest control agency One of two babies bitten by rodents weighing just 12 kilograms died on Tuesday evening Although doctors maintain that the cause of death was severe infection and congenital complications the presence of rats in a neonatal ward has triggered outrage about the negligence and unhygienic conditions of the hospital According to doctors the infant who died had been brought from Khargone in an extremely fragile condition with low haemoglobin and underdeveloped organs He was on oxygen and ventilator support Despite the medical challenges the rodent bite incident has been viewed as a serious contributing factor that compromised his already deteriorating health IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pest-control-wasnt-carried-out-very-serious-note-taken-mp-dy-cm-on-hospital-rodent-attack--636176.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/over-rs-1-crore-seized-in-i-t-raids-against-medical-equipment-trader-in-mp-636177.html Bhopal Sep 3 The Income Tax Department sleuths have seized over Rs 1 crore during raids at multiple offices and establishments of Science House Medical Private Limited Sources in the Income Tax Department told IANS on Wednesday that besides unearthing 30 bank lockers more than Rs one crore cash was recovered during raids in BhopalThe department has also found that the firm has invested in some foreign companiesThe IT official on condition of anonymity said that searches were still underway on WednesdayMeanwhile the assessment of cash amount and gold and silver jewellery recovered from multiple locations in Bhopal Indore and Mumbai was yet to be doneOn Tuesday the IT Department raided the house of medical equipment trader Rajesh Gupta and his associatesSimultaneously raids were also conducted at residential and office premises in other parts of Bhopal including Rachna Nagar and LalghatiOfficial sources said raids were also carried out on the premises of the suppliers to the trader identified as Jitendra Tiwari Shailendra Tiwari and Mohan SharmaAn official said these premises belong to individuals associated with the Science House GroupScience House located in Bhopal has been supplying medical equipment since 1994 Rajesh runs a medical and surgical equipment factory in Uganda This company supplies medical equipment across the country and provides diagnostic servicesApart from this it also provides services of a pathology lab and a private hospitalCurrently the Income Tax Department team is busy investigating the documentsThe IT Department officials reportedly questioned the company director Jitendra Tiwari and three more people linked to him Rohit Gupta a software engineer Dinesh Barolia and Shikha RajoriaIt is also alleged that the trader had close connections with a senior IAS officer in the state through brokers However the officers identity was yet to be disclosed IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/over-rs-1-crore-seized-in-i-t-raids-against-medical-equipment-trader-in-mp-636177.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/minor-girl-gang-rape-case-karnataka-police-arrest-eight-people-636214.html Mangaluru Sep 3 Karnataka Police have arrested eight people in connection with a gangrape case and the subsequent viral spread of a video of the assault on social media police said on Wednesday The incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station in MangaluruAccording to police a man raped the minor victim and another made a video of the sexual assault The other accused made the video of the assault go viral The incident occurred in June after which the victim filed a complaintThe police have charged the individual who committed the rape and the other who recorded the assault with gangrapePolice stated that one of the accused had connected with the victim on Instagram The accused then invited her to an isolated location where the crime was committedFollowing the assault the accused sent the video to their friends who then posted it on social mediaFurther details were awaitedEarlier on April 14 in a shocking incident a youth allegedly attempted to sexually assault a fiveyearold girl and later strangled her to death for resisting his advances within the jurisdiction of the Ashokanagar police station in HubballiAccording to the police the accused took the girl to a shed and attempted to assault her When the girl screamed for help locals rushed towards the spotUpon noticing the people the accused allegedly strangulated the girl to death and managed to escapeThe girls parents were from Koppal Her father works as a painter and her mother is employed as a maid The mother had taken the victim with her to work While she was working the accused allegedly took the girl awayLater the girls body was discovered in a shedThe Karnataka Police later tracked the accused down and arrested him The accused was killed in an encounter when he attempted to fleeThe accused was identified as 35yearold Ritesh Kumar from Patna IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/minor-girl-gang-rape-case-karnataka-police-arrest-eight-people-636214.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-222-crore-assets-in-money-laundering-case-in-vizag-636237.html Visakhapatnam Sep 3 The Directorate of Enforcement EDhas provisionally attached assets valued at Rs 222 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA in a case of cheating of Canara Bank Kancharapalem branch Visakhapatnam by taking fraudulent Kisan Credit Card Fish Tank loans The assets provisionally attached by Visakhapatnam SubZonal Office include immovable assets having a value of Rs 220 crore and movable properties valued at Rs 136 LakhThe attached properties are in the name of Dodla Venkata Krishna Kumar and his wife Dodla Suneetha in the form of residential flat plots and bank balances as he had utilised the KCC Fish Tank loan amount which was availed by the borrowers namely Devasani Nirmala Adari Chandrakala and Kovvuri Srinivas from Canara Bank Kancharapalem branch Visakhapatnam for his personalbusiness useThe Central agency initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by CID Headquarters PS Mangalagiri Andhra Pradesh under various sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC against Devasani Nirmala Adari Chandrakala Kovvuri Srinivas DVK Kumar and othersThe FIR and chargesheet alleged that Kovvuri Srinivas and Adari Chandrakala obtained Kisan Credit Card fish loan to the tune of Rs 80 Lakh and Rs 250 crore respectively by submitting fake lease agreements and passbook that Devasani Nirmala also availed Kisan Credit Card fish loan to the tune of Rs 220 Crore and defaulted on repayment of the said loansED investigation revealed that DVK Kumar utilised Rs 457 crore out of the Rs 550 Crore KCC Fish Tank loan sanctioned to the said three borrowers and was the ultimate beneficiary The sanctioned KCC loan amounts were withdrawn in cash diverted from the borrowers accounts to the accounts of friendsrelatives of DVK Kumar and the same was utilised by DVK Kumar for his personalbusiness use the agency saidPart of the proceeds of crime was utilised by DVK Kumar for the acquisition of immovable properties in the name of his wife Dodla Suneetha Further investigation is in progress it added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-222-crore-assets-in-money-laundering-case-in-vizag-636237.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ex-bengal-minister-paresh-chandra-adhikari-daughter-ankita-get-bail-in-school-jobs-case-636239.html Kolkata Sep 3 Former West Bengal minister Paresh Chandra Adhikari and his daughter Ankita Adhikari have been granted bail in the School Service Commission SSC teacher recruitment case Earlier on Wednesday both surrendered before the Special CBI court in Kolkatas Alipore in a case related to corruption in the SSC recruitment process At the same time they also applied for bail At the end of the day the court granted conditional bail to both father and daughter They were granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 7000At the same time Debashree Sinha wife of former convener of the School Service Commission Advisory Committee Shantiprasad Sinha was also granted bail by the courtRecently the CBI has submitted the final chargesheet in the SSC recruitment case for 9th10th and 11th12th classesOn last Friday the final chargesheet was submitted to the Alipore court in the GroupC recruitment case as well Earlier the CBI had submitted two more charge sheets in that case In total four charge sheets have been submittedA total of 75 people were summoned to the court in all the cases Under such circumstances Paresh and Ankita surrendered to the court this time Incidentally the name of the former ministers daughter is at number 104 in the list of tainted and ineligible candidates which was published by the West Bengal School Service Commission WBSSC recentlyIt may be recalled that Ankita Adhikari got a teaching job for political science submitted for classes 11th and 12th through WBSSCHowever another job seeker Babita Sarkar filed a case in the Calcutta High Court alleging that Ankita had got the job illegally In May 2022 then Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay cancelled Ankitas jobThe High Court also ordered her to return her salary As a result Babita got the job of the daughter of a former state minister and a salary of about Rs 15 lakhLater it was learned that there was a mistake in the evaluation of Babitas marks She also lost her job after another job seeker named Anamika Roy filed a case Finally the same job went to Anamika RoyHowever Roy too lost the job after the Supreme Court cancelled the teaching and nonteaching jobs of about 26000 candidates IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ex-bengal-minister-paresh-chandra-adhikari-daughter-ankita-get-bail-in-school-jobs-case-636239.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nepal-sees-surge-in-criminal-activities-linked-to-chinese-nationals-report-636274.html Kathmandu Sep 3 Nepal is witnessing a rise in criminal activities involving Chinese nationals exposing significant gaps in the countrys regulatory immigration and security systems a report cited on Wednesday Citing police investigations it stated that Chinese nationals are increasingly leveraging technology to commit crimes including illegal currency trading gold smuggling rape wildlife product trafficking human trafficking gambling and drugrelated offencesOn 23 July 2025 two Chinese nationals were arrested in Thamel with two kilogrammes of gold and Rs24 million in cash with no verifiable source They were apprehended while conducting business from a Chineserun hotel in the area Just six days earlier a Chinese national was arrested in Sinamangal Kathmandu with electronic equipment valued at Rs22 million including laptop batteries CCTV cameras and laptop parts He had set up a warehouse there to sell these taxevaded goods a report in Nepal Views detailedThese are just a few examples illustrating the rising involvement of Chinese nationals in criminal activity across Nepal Two years ago seven Chinese citizens were arrested at Tribhuvan International Airport for smuggling 100 kilogrammes of gold it notedAccording to the report former Additional Inspector General AIG of Nepal Tek Prasad Rai stated that Chinese nationals have been involved in organised criminal activity across Nepal for around a decade with an alarming rise in the past five years He attributes this surge to the ease in obtaining visas by Chinese nationals and minimal scrutiny while entering Nepal which makes the country a hub for illegal activityRai observed that as Chinese communities have grown worldwide criminal activities have also simultaneously expanded on a global scaleNepal is a victim of that globalized crime Our security monitoring is weak and our approach to Chinese nationals is lenient Thats why Chinese criminals find it relatively easy to operate here Nepal views quoted the police official as sayingSpeaking on condition of anonymity another former Nepali AIG the report said criticised the lack of coordination between Nepals investigative bodies and the Chinese EmbassyWe dont follow up or coordinate when Chinese suspects are identified This coordination if institutionalized could filter problematic arrivals at immigration Right now theres only superficial chitchat between the agencies and the Embassy Thats insufficient for crime control said the former police officialAnjan Neupane an official at Tribhuvan Airports immigration office the report stated confirmed that Chinese nationals are granted visas on arrival in Nepal and are allowed to stay up to 150 days a year without paying visa feesExperts also highlight that Nepals diplomatic and strategic ties with China influence policy Chinese tourists enjoy relaxed visa regulations and longer permissible stays compared to other foreign visitors making access easier the report notedFormer security officials say that the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu has sometimes intervened in legal cases involving Chinese suspects seeking their release While this may reflect Nepals efforts to maintain goodwill with China critics argue that some law and order principles are being compromised it added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nepal-sees-surge-in-criminal-activities-linked-to-chinese-nationals-report-636274.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/business-associate-of-bhopals-machhli-family-approached-me-says-nhrc-member--636280.html Bhopal Sep 3 National Human Rights Commission NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo on Wednesday alleged that a man claiming to be a business associate of the controversial Machhli family from Bhopal approached him at his New Delhi residence According to Kanoongo the individual identified himself as Jainendra Pathak and claimed to be a real estate partner of Sharik Machhli Pathak allegedly stated that he had come on behalf of the Machhli family which is currently facing multiple serious charges including drug trafficking money laundering and alleged involvement in coercive religious conversionsThe person offered me sweets he had brought but I reprimanded him and asked him to leave I have filed a formal complaint following which Delhi Police detained the individual Kanoongo posted on XIn the same post Kanoongo stated that the Bhopal Crime Branch has initiated investigations against Sharik Machhli and other family members for their alleged involvement in the narcotics trade and the exploitation of Hindu women through forced religious conversion There will be no leniency Madhya Pradesh Police will investigate the matter with utmost strictness and integrity his Hindilanguage post readOver the past few weeks nearly a dozen members of the extended Machhli family have been booked under various charges with several arrests already made The investigation is being led by Bhopals Crime BranchOn August 21 the Bhopal district administration demolished a luxury bungalow belonging to the Machhli family citing illegal construction on government land Multiple properties and encroached plots linked to the family have also been seized in recent weeksThe crackdown follows the July arrests of Shahwar Machhli and his nephew Yasin also known as Yaseen Machhli both accused of playing central roles in a drug syndicate allegedly operating across Madhya PradeshOriginally from Budhwara an old locality in Bhopal the Machhli family began as fish brokers before relocating to Hathaikheda in the late 1970s and early 1980s Over time the family reportedly cultivated ties with local politicians and influential figures allegedly shielding their expanding illegal operations Their activities later diversified into fish farming illegal mining land grabbing and by the late 1990s narcotics and arms smuggling IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/business-associate-of-bhopals-machhli-family-approached-me-says-nhrc-member--636280.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-valued-at-rs-19-crore-seized-in-manipur-woman-among-6-held-636282.html Imphal Sep 3 Huge quantities of drugs valued at Rs 19 crore were seized in Manipur and six drug peddlers including a woman arrested by security forces during the past 24 hours officials said on Wednesday A police official said that 574 kg of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and brown sugar contained in 24 soap cases with a total value of Rs 19 crore were seized from three districts Thoubal Churachandpur and TengnoupalAccording to the official two drug peddlers including a woman were arrested from the Lilong Hangamthabi areas in Thoubal district and 2357 kg Methamphetamine tablets cash amounting to Rs 204 lakh six mobile phones multiple IDs Aadhaar Voter ID and PAN as well as ATM cards a walkietalkie set with a charger and jewellery items including a jantra a ring and earrings were recovered from their possessionIn another incident the security forces arrested two drug smugglers from the Tengnoupal Naka check post in Tengnoupal district which shares an unfenced border with MyanmarFrom their possession 3387 kg of Methamphetamine tablets and a car were recoveredIn the third incident security forces arrested two drug smugglers from Singhat in Churachandpur district Following their disclosure 24 soap cases containing huge quantities of brown sugar were recovered from different locations in the districtMeanwhile two drug peddlers from Churachandpur district were arrested by the Assam Police Special Task Force STF at Amingaon area on the outskirts of Guwahati city and from their possession 910 grams of heroin valued at approximately Rs 72 crore was recoveredPolice officials said that all the drugs were smuggled from Myanmar and from Manipur the drug peddlers ferried them to other northeastern and other states and abroad including BangladeshManipur has a 398 km unfenced border with Myanmar the main source of drug smuggling into India and other countries Various drugs especially highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and different types of contraband including exotic animals are often illegally traded through six districts in Mizoram Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip which share unfenced borders of 510 km with MyanmarFrom Mizoram these drugs are also ferried to other parts of the country and abroad including BangladeshMizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma last week said that drug abuse remains the biggest threat to the state He had said that the state lies within close proximity to the Golden Triangle a region notorious for drug traffickingMizoram Home Minister K Sapdanga on Monday launched the special campaign as well as an intensive operation to prevent the illegal trade of drugs and their menaces Inspector General of Police H Ramthlengliana said that the special campaign as well as intensive operation would continue till December 31 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-valued-at-rs-19-crore-seized-in-manipur-woman-among-6-held-636282.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-farmer-murdered-for-resisting-deer-hunt-in-jaisalmer-villagers-torch-shop-636291.html Jaipur Sep 3 A farmer was murdered in Dangri village under Sangad police station limits of Fatehgarh subdivision of Rajasthan after he resisted a group of miscreants attempting to hunt a deer The incident occurred late Tuesday night The farmer was found lying in a pool of blood in his fields early Wednesday morning and was rushed to a nearby hospitalAccording to police Khet Singh 50 was attacked with sharp weapons on the head while he was asleep Severely injured he lay unattended in the field the entire night After initial treatment he was referred to Barmer in critical condition where he succumbed during treatment Following the murder tension gripped the village Enraged villagers set fire to a tyretube shop belonging to the accuseds side around 6 pm on Wednesday Police immediately deployed additional force barricaded the area and appealed to residents to remain indoorsEntry of outsiders into the village has also been restricted Jaisalmer SP Abhishek Shivhare confirmed that police detained two accused Ladu Khan and Alam Khan while another Khete Khan is still absconding The vehicle used by the accused has been seized The SP said the primary motive behind the killing appears to be the farmers opposition to illegal hunting The situation is under control Police force is present in the village and villagers have been asked to stay at home SP Shivhare said In his police complaint the victims brother Swaroop Singh revealed that about 10 days ago Ladu Khan and Alam Khan had come to the village armed with guns to hunt deer When Khet Singh opposed them a heated argument broke out during which the miscreants allegedly attempted to take away one of his goats Swaroop Singh said the accused had threatened Khet Singh warning that they would take care of him On Tuesday night they allegedly attacked while Khet Singh was sleeping in his fieldThe murder has left the village in shock with the police maintaining tight security to prevent further escalation Jaisalmer Superintendent of Police has issued an appeal to the general public to maintain peace and harmony in the wake of the recent murder incident in the Sangad police station area The SP informed that all three named accused have been arrested in connection with the case Police have also seized the vehicle used in the crime ensuring that all key suspects are in custody SP Shivhare said that the police are adopting a zerotolerance policy in dealing with the case and assured the public that strict legal action is being taken Senior police officers remain present at the site to oversee lawful proceedings and to ensure the situation remains under control He urged citizens to keep faith in the police action and to cooperate in maintaining law and orderThe Superintendent of Police also issued a strong warning against spreading false or misleading information on social media He said that any post or comment that is baseless or has the potential to disturb communal harmony will invite strict legal consequences The police have reiterated their commitment to act firmly against those trying to disrupt peace in the region and appealed to the public not to fall prey to rumours IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-farmer-murdered-for-resisting-deer-hunt-in-jaisalmer-villagers-torch-shop-636291.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-arrest-absconding-bjp-leader-in-congress-office-vandalism-case-636079.html Kolkata Sep 3 Kolkata Police have arrested absconding BJP leader Rakesh Singh on charges of vandalism at the headquarters of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee in Kolkata last week The police arrested him early on Wednesday morning from a flat in the Tangra area near EM BypassThe BJP leader will be produced before a Sealdah court later in the day where the police will seek his custodyWhen he was arrested and taken into a police van at around 2 am Rakesh Singh shouted slogans like Narendra Modi Zindabad and said Rakesh Singh is not afraid of anyoneFollowing the arrest the police said After receiving a tipoff from a confidential source Rakesh Singh was arrested from a flat in the Tangra area He will be produced in a court todayThe BJP leader had been absconding since he led the vandalism at the state Congress headquarters in Kolkata on August 29He however was seen active on social media handles and shared videos of his speaking against the policeOn Monday the Entally Police arrested Rakesh Singhs son Shivam Singh for allegedly aiding his fathers escape who is the main accused in the vandalismFollowing the arrest of his son Rakesh Singh took to social media and slammed the police for harassing his family members after failing to arrest himBefore arresting his son the police had arrested three persons close to Rakesh Singh in connection with the vandalism They were identified as Vijayprasad Dhanuk Santoshkumar Rajbhar and Dibyendu SamantaA police team also went to Rakeshs house last Saturday afternoon for the sake of investigation But the BJP leader was not found there Police said the arrests have been made based on an FIR lodged by the Congress against the attack and defacing of posters of its leaders Rahul Gandhi and othersOn Friday a group of BJP workers led by Singh went on a rampage at state Congress headquarters at CIT Road in central Kolkata burning party flags and defacing posters of party leaders Rahul Gandhi and others to mark their protest against alleged abuses hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Rahul Gandhis Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kolkata-police-arrest-absconding-bjp-leader-in-congress-office-vandalism-case-636079.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-case-sit-to-seek-extension-of-complainants-custody-636087.html Mangaluru Sep 3 The Special Investigation Team SIT custody of complainant Chinnaiah known as the masked man ends on Wednesday The SIT is preparing to produce him before the jurisdictional local court and seek an extension of his custody Sources in the SIT stated that they will seek 10 days of custody for further investigationThe police have already conducted searches and mahazar proceedings in Dharmasthala Ujire Belthangady and Bengaluru They are also preparing to take him to Mandya in Karnataka Salem in Tamil Nadu and the national capital DelhiThe SIT is also preparing to question activists Mahesh Shetty Thimarodi Girish Mattennavar T Jayanth and YouTuber Sameer who raised their voices against temple authorities and made direct allegations targeting the DharmadhikariIn addition the SIT is interrogating Sujatha Bhat a complainant who initially claimed that her daughter Ananya Bhat an MBBS student had gone missing under suspicious circumstances She later retracted her statement saying she had no daughter before going on to claim that she was blackmailed into making the allegationThe SIT had arrested the unidentified complainant on charges of providing false information related to the Dharmasthala caseSIT officials who interrogated him for more than 15 hours concluded that he had been misleading the authoritiesThe sources revealed that he confessed to being lured by certain individuals to make allegations and press for a specific course of investigationOn July 11 the complainant claimed that he had been forced to bury the bodies of women and girls who were raped and murdered in Dharmasthala and recorded his statementFollowing the serious claims made by the complainant authorities had carried out excavations at 17 different locations in the temple town of DharmasthalaIn addition the whistleblower reportedly submitted a skull allegedly recovered from one of the burial sites to the SITThe authorities are awaiting the Forensic Science Laboratory and DNA analysis reports of the sand samples collected from the 17 excavated sites IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-case-sit-to-seek-extension-of-complainants-custody-636087.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-asks-centre-to-frame-policy-against-foreign-accused-jumping-bail-636117.html New Delhi Sep 3 The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to consider formulating an appropriate policy to prevent foreign nationals accused of crimes in India from absconding from the country The issue arose when a Nigerian national accused in a highprofile criminal case allegedly absconded to his home country after being granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court in May 2022The top court in December last year had set aside the bail order directing the authorities to ensure the accused is brought back to India to face trialAt the same time it underscored the need to do something moreas these cases keep coming up and therefore a proper set of guidelines has to be framed and distributed to all the Courts concerned so that such incidents do not happen in futureIn the latest hearing a Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih was informed by Additional Solicitor General Raj Kumar Bhaskar Thakre the law officer appearing on the Centres behalf that extradition was unlikely due to the absence of a bilateral treaty with NigeriaThe Union Ministry of External Affairs in an email to the Solicitor General said In the absence of a bilateral Extradition treaty between India and Nigeria the Nigerian authorities are unlikely to extradite their own nationalHaving regard to the fact that there is no bilateral treaty between Nigeria and India the apex court observed that continuing to pursue the matter would serve no useful purposeDisposing of a Special Leave Petition SLP filed by the Jharkhand government the Justice Dattaled Bench said The special leave petition stands disposed of confirming the order of cancellation of bail but leaving it open to the Central Government to formulate an appropriate policy or initiate such further action as deemed necessary and proper so that foreign nationals do not flee the course of justice after committing crimes in India IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-asks-centre-to-frame-policy-against-foreign-accused-jumping-bail-636117.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/multi-crore-dmf-fraud-ed-raids-several-locations-in-chhattisgarh-636133.html Raipur Sep 3 The Enforcement Directorate ED on Wednesday morning launched a fresh round of raids across several districts of Chhattisgarh in connection with the multicrore District Mineral Foundation DMF fund scam The searches were carried out at the premises of several businessmen vendors and contractors in Raipur Durg Bhilai and BilaspurAccording to official sources raids were conducted at the residence of prominent agricultural businessman Vinay Garg in Shankar Nagar Raipur and at the house of Shivkumar Modi in DurgAnother key location searched was Villa No 54 in Raipur reportedly linked to agricultural equipment trader Satpal Chhabra who operates businesses in both Chhattisgarh and OdishaIn total the ED is conducting searches at nearly 18 premises belonging to vendors contractors and middlemen suspected to be involved in the alleged misappropriation of DMF fundsThe central agency suspects that a huge portion of the fund running into hundreds of crores was siphoned off through fraudulent supply of agricultural materials such as pesticides seeds and equipmentThe alleged fraud was routed through the Chhattisgarh Beej Nigam during the tenure of the previous Congress governmentBusinessmen including Garg are believed to have supplied agricultural equipment and materials in districts like Korba and JanjgirChampa under projects financed by the DMFThe probe is linked to the arrest of senior IAS officer Ranu Shahu who was taken into custody earlier in connection with the same scamShahu along with other accused is alleged to have facilitated the diversion of DMF money that was meant for the welfare and development of miningaffected areasAn ED team comprising 810 officers is conducting the ongoing searches which are expected to continue throughout the daySo far the agency has not issued an official statement on the latest action However sources indicate that more highprofile names could come under the scanner as the investigation progresses IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/multi-crore-dmf-fraud-ed-raids-several-locations-in-chhattisgarh-636133.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-worth-more-than-rs-7-crore-seized-two-arrested-in-assam-636136.html Guwahati Sep 3 In a significant crackdown on narcotics the Assam Police Special Task Force STF seized heroin worth approximately Rs 72 crore in the international market and arrested two individuals in a meticulously planned operation based on specific intelligence Acting on a tipoff regarding a consignment arriving from a neighbouring state STF personnel laid a strategic trap and intercepted a vehicle in the Amingaon area on the outskirts of Guwahati on WednesdayA thorough search of the vehicle led to the recovery of a substantial quantity of the banned substanceBased on Intel input a vehicle coming from a neighbouring State was intercepted in Amingaon and 910 grams of heroin was recovered Two accused have been arrested Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma posted on the social media platform XThe Chief Minister lauded the STFs operation emphasising the state governments unwavering commitment to its war on drugsOperation AssamAgainstDrugs continues in full force he added in his post This seizure is the latest in a series of major successes under the states relentless War on Drugs campaign spearheaded by CM SarmaThe campaign has seen a multipronged approach targeting not just streetlevel peddlers but also disrupting the larger supply chains and financial networks fuelling the drug trade in the regionThe STF officials are currently interrogating two apprehended individuals to uncover the broader network including the source of the narcotics and its intended distribution channels within AssamThe operation underscores the heightened vigil maintained by Assam Police along interstate borders to curb the influx of illegal substancesFurther investigations into the case are ongoing Meanwhile CM Sarma recently said that the fight against the drug nexus is quite massive while claiming that drug smugglers have been using several new methods including drones to deliver narcotics consignmentsThe Chief Minister said that with modified tactics the drugs are being delivered by traffickers sitting in far places which is very dangerousIn Assam and Meghalaya primarily drug carriers have been operating and it is a long battle for us against them and it will continue However the traffickers have been using various methods to deliver the consignments and often they have been using drones as carriers of narcotics items he stated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-worth-more-than-rs-7-crore-seized-two-arrested-in-assam-636136.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/australia-teenager-charged-over-stabbing-in-western-sydney-636157.html Sydney Sep 3 A teenager has been charged over a stabbing at a western Sydney train station that left a boy in a critical condition in hospital Police in the state of New South Wales NSW said on Wednesday that emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at a railway station in Merrylands 20 km west of central Sydney around 515 pm on Monday Xinhua News Agency reportedA 16yearold male victim was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital in a critical condition As of Wednesday morning he was continuing to recover in hospitalInvestigators believe that the 16yearold boy had interacted with two males who were not known to him before they assaulted him and left the sceneNSW Police said that a 17yearold attended a police station on Tuesday afternoon where he was arrested and charged with seven offenses including wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm being armed with intent to commit a serious offense and using a knife in a public placeHe was refused bail and will make an initial appearance before a childrens court on Wednesday Police inquiries into the incident are ongoingOn August 28 police said one teenager was dead and another was hospitalised following a stabbing incident in western SydneyAccording to the police emergency services were called to a bus station in Mount Druitt 38 km west of central Sydney following reports of a concern for welfare shortly after 1010 pm on August 27Police officers arrived at the scene and found two men both aged 19 suffering from stab wounds One of the men was treated by ambulance paramedics for stab wounds to his chest but could not be revived and was declared deceased at the sceneThe other man sustained stab wounds to his arm and was treated by paramedics before being taken to the hospital in a stable conditionLocal police established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation into the incident with assistance from the homicide squad IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/australia-teenager-charged-over-stabbing-in-western-sydney-636157.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hc-dismisses-bail-pleas-of-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-in-2020-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case-635962.html New Delhi Sep 2 The High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of Umar Khalid Sharjeel Imam and several others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case Pronouncing the decision a Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said All the appeals are dismissed A copy of the detailed judgement is yet to be uploaded on the official website of the Delhi High CourtIn July this year the Justice Chawlaled Bench reserved its decision after hearing the oral submissions advanced on behalf of the accused individuals and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who appeared on behalf of the Delhi PoliceOpposing the bail pleas Solicitor General Mehta the secondhighest law officer of the Centre said that the long incarceration of the accused individuals should not be a ground for their release on bail pending trial since they were involved in a wellorchestrated criminal conspiracy to put the entire country to shame ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump in 2020If you referring to accused persons are doing something against the nation then youd better be in jail till you are acquitted or convicted he had submittedIt is not just a case of bail in regular riot cases it is a very well thought and wellorchestrated criminal conspiracy which starts in the capital of the country aiming at a particular day and time Mehta addedThe Solicitor General referring to speeches made by Sharjeel Imam had said that there was a plan to divide the nation based on a particular religionTheir intention was to divide the nation on religious lines The intention was to cause national embarrassment at the global level he assertedDuring his arguments Mehta referred to several global media posts relating to the Delhi riots and said that the accused were not protesting against a law but were planning something sinisterHe shared an earlier court order denying bail to Umar Khalid where the entire episode was termed as a terrorist actPlease do not treat it as a mere riot case It is a case of premeditated attack on the sovereignty of the nation by doing something in the national capital had concluded Mehta IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hc-dismisses-bail-pleas-of-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-in-2020-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case-635962.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/in-a-reverse-trap-cbi-apprehends-two-accused-for-attempting-to-bribe-its-officer-636032.html New Delhi Sept 2 In a rare case of reverse trap the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has apprehended two private persons while offering and paying a bribe amounting to Rs 22 lakhs to a Superintendent in GST Intelligence The two accused are Ram Sevak Singh and Sachin Kumar GuptaThe commendable action was led by a Superintendent in GST Intelligence from the GST Intelligence Directorate who played a pivotal role in a CBI operation that led to the arrest of two private individuals on charges of briberyAccording to the agency the abovementioned officer was approached by a few online companies to favour them in exchange for a bribeThe officer who was conducting an inquiry into alleged tax evasion by several online companies was approached to favour the firms in exchange for a bribe the CBI said in its press statementUpholding the highest professional and ethical standards the officer immediately lodged a formal complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation it further addedThe CBI subsequently laid a reverse trap a meticulously planned operation designed to catch the perpetrators in the act The operation culminated in the successful apprehension of two private individuals as they were offering and paying a bribe to the complainant officer it saidFollowing the arrests the CBI has initiated extensive searches at various locations connected to the accused These searches are expected to unearth further evidence related to both the bribery attempt and the underlying tax evasion schemeThis successful operation highlights the crucial role of honest public servants in combating corruption The public servants resolute commitment to their duty serves as an important example in the ongoing fight against corrupt practices IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/in-a-reverse-trap-cbi-apprehends-two-accused-for-attempting-to-bribe-its-officer-636032.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/speeding-car-rams-truck-in-greater-noida-one-student-killed-four-injured-635809.html Noida Sep 1 A devastating road accident in the Dadri police station area of Gautam Buddha Nagar Noida on Monday has left the local community in shock According to reports the incident took place near Rampur Fatehpur village in Greater Noida when a speeding car lost control and rammed into a truck ahead of it The collision was so severe that the car was completely mangled and all the students inside sustained serious injuries Upon receiving information about the accident local police rushed to the spot and began rescue operations The trapped students were extricated from the wreckage and immediately taken to a nearby hospital Unfortunately one of the students Ishika was declared dead during treatmentThe news of the accident caused chaos and grief among the families of the victims The four injured have been identified as Anvi daughter of Amit Jain Yugraj Singh Harsh and Yash All are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital and according to doctors the condition of two of them remains criticalReports indicate that both the deceased and the injured students were enrolled at a university there The tragic news has cast a pall of gloom over the university campus with students and faculty expressing deep sorrow over Ishikas untimely deathLocals stated that the car was travelling at a very high speed which led the driver to lose control before crashing into the rear of the truckMeanwhile the police have said that a thorough investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the accident The truck driver and eyewitnesses are being questioned The Station House Officer SHO of Dadri confirmed that the situation at the scene is under control and legal procedures are being followed The body of the deceased student has been taken into custody and sent for a postmortem IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/speeding-car-rams-truck-in-greater-noida-one-student-killed-four-injured-635809.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bluru-shocker-jilted-lover-kills-woman-by-setting-her-on-fire-arrested-635816.html Bengaluru Sep 1 In a shocking incident a 52yearold jilted lover killed his former partner a widow to death by setting her afire The incident took place within the limits of Hulimavu police station in Bengaluru The police have arrested the accused Vittala a cab driver in connection with the case an official said on MondayThe deceased widow has been identified as 25yearold Vanajakshi a resident of Samanduru village in Anekal taluk on the outskirts of BengaluruThe incident occurred on August 30 and Vanajakshi succumbed to her injuries at a Bengaluru hospitalHer current partner Muniyappa lodged a complaint regarding the incident the police addedAccording to the FIR Vanajakshi had separated from her husband three years ago and was living alone with her sonHer husband had died six months prior and Muniyappa had entered into a relationship with her frequently visiting her residence On the day of the incident Muniyappa was traveling in a car with Vanajakshi and another woman Lakshmamma along Bannerghatta RoadAt Hommadevanahalli Muniyappa noticed another car chasing them and constantly honking When he stopped the accused emerged from his vehicle holding a petrol can and poured fuel on Muniyappas car The accused tried to prevent Muniyappa and the others from opening the car doors Muniyappa managed to escape but the accused poured petrol on himVanajakshi also stepped out and began running behind Muniyappa The accused doused her with petrol and while she was running on a muddy road she fell The accused then set her on fire with a lighter He also attacked another person who tried to interveneDuring the attack the accused suffered burns but managed to remove his shirt and escape Before losing consciousness Vanajakshi told Muniyappa that the accused was Vittala a resident of Malenallasandra village and that he had been harassing her for several daysShe also asked Muniyappa to take care of her son and ensure Vittala was punished according to the FIRPolice investigation revealed that Vanajakshi had previously been in a livein relationship with Vittala Last month they had a quarrel after which Vanajakshi ended the relationship Vittala had been married twice before his first wife had died and his second wife had eloped with another manDCP Electronic City Narayana M stated that the incident was a result of domestic discord and unfortunate circumstances The police arrested the accused within 24 hours and appreciated the bravery of the person who saved the woman he statedThe police have taken up further investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bluru-shocker-jilted-lover-kills-woman-by-setting-her-on-fire-arrested-635816.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/60-year-old-banana-vendor-nabbed-in-mumbai-with-drugs-worth-rs-35-lakh-635829.html Mumbai Sep 2 Mumbai Police have arrested a 60yearold man for peddling MD drugs while posing as a banana seller in Bandra The accused identified as Mohammad Ali Abdul Gaffar Sheikh was caught with 153 grams of MD drugs valued at Rs 3530 lakh according to the officialsMohammad Ali had been selling bananas near Bandra railway station but was simultaneously engaged in the drug trade the officials saidBased on a tipoff the Crime Branch Unit 9 launched an operation after learning that he was secretly selling MD drugs under the guise of being a fruit vendorLate on Friday night Mohammad Ali was intercepted by officers in civil dress while moving along Maharashtranagar Road near Bandra Bus DepotHe was taken into custody for questioning and when the police examined his handcart they found a metal box that held a bag containing 153 grams of MD drugsThe police stated that the confiscated drugs are estimated to be worth Rs 3530 lakh in the global marketA case has been registered under the NDPS Act and the accused was produced before a court which remanded him to police custody until September 3 officials saidDuring interrogation Mohammad Ali revealed that he turned to the drug trade due to financial difficulties He admitted that despite selling bananas in Bandra to make ends meet the low income from fruit sales pushed him towards smuggling MD drugs as an alternative source of livelihood according to the policePolice officials are now probing the source of the drugs the duration of his involvement in the trade whether he had accomplices and if he has a prior criminal recordThe investigation is underwayFurther details are awaited IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/60-year-old-banana-vendor-nabbed-in-mumbai-with-drugs-worth-rs-35-lakh-635829.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fir-lodged-against-director-sanjay-leela-bhansali-in-rajasthan-635841.html Jaipur Sep 2 An FIR has been registered against filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali at Bichwal police station in Rajasthans Bikaner district Bichwal Police SHO Govind Singh Charan told IANS that the FIR was filed on Monday nightThe complaint was filed by Jodhpurbased Radha Films and Hospitality CEO Prateek Raj Mathur who alleged that he was appointed as the line producer for Bhansalis upcoming film Love and War and was later removed without paymentAccording to Mathur despite repeated requests no formal agreement was signed with him However he received an email confirming his role as line producerMathur claimed to have handled key responsibilities including administrative support government clearances and security arrangements for the film crewThe FIR also accused Bhansali along with Bhansali Productions managers Utkarsh Bali and Arvind Gill of misbehaving with him at Hotel Narendra Bhawan in Bikaner on August 17Mathur alleged that he was pushed insulted and threatened that his companys future projects would be obstructedHe further claimed criminal breach of trust and cheating on the part of the production teamInitially police had not registered the case following which Mathur approached the court Based on the courts directive the FIR was filed and the investigation has now begunBhansali earlier faced challenges in Rajasthan during the release of the Padmavat filmBhansalis muchawaited film Love and War is scheduled for release in December The movie a romantic drama set against the backdrop of war features Ranbir Kapoor Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in lead rolesShot extensively in Bikaner during August the film includes sequences at iconic locations such as Junagadh FortIndustry sources suggest that the first look poster or teaser may be unveiled on Ranbir Kapoors birthday September 28 as a special promotional eventMeanwhile police said they are examining the allegations and statements of all parties involved Further action will depend on the outcome of the investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fir-lodged-against-director-sanjay-leela-bhansali-in-rajasthan-635841.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-aap-mla-who-slammed-mann-govt-for-flood-crisis-arrested-in-old-case-635850.html Chandigarh Sep 2 Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party AAP legislator Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra whose security was withdrawn by the Mann government a day earlier In a Facebook video post he said Punjab Police have booked him under Section 376 in an old case involving his exwifeHe alleged the Delhi AAP team is trying to rule over Punjab and is suppressing his voiceEarlier the legislator from Sanour publically blamed senior Irrigation Department officers including Principal Secretary Drainage Krishan Kumar for deteriorating flood situation in the statePathanmajra has also slammed the partys central leadership for the flood crisis and demanded the removal of the officerHe has said the officer has not initiated steps to desilt and clean rivers particularly the Tangri river despite his requestsIn his earlier video he said the government should listen to people or they will thrash us If negligence continues in the 2027 Assembly polls AAP will be in a very bad condition may not even be in a position to form the government again he saidBlaming Kumar for the floods he said Punjabs floods are due to him If rivers and canals had been desilted in time the damage could have been avoided He behaves as if Punjab survives only because he was bornThe legislator urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to remove Kumar accusing him of controlling key departments for years misleading politicians and ignoring farmers concernsOn Monday Pathanmajra claimed that his security cover of 12 personnel has been withdrawn and the station house officers in his constituency have been replacedI knew it beforehand I told these personnel yesterday that they should prepare AAP Delhi leaders think they can scare me I want to tell the CM that all MLAs are with you If you do not listen to me today then it will be too late I have been a soldier of the party They are dictators Instead of replacing the officers they are taking action against the MLAs They want to send a message to all the MLAs by doing this to me he saidPathanmajra has said on directions of the partys Delhi leadership the Vigilance Bureau may book him for speaking against his own government IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-aap-mla-who-slammed-mann-govt-for-flood-crisis-arrested-in-old-case-635850.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/i-t-dept-raids-medical-equipment-trader-at-30-locations-in-mp-mumbai-over-suspected-tax-evasion-635865.html Bhopal Sept 2 The Income Tax Department conducted raids at around 30 locations across Bhopal Indore and Mumbai targeting a medical equipment trader over suspected tax evasion Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the raids were conducted at multiple offices and establishments of Science House Medical Private Limited which deals in medical and surgical equipment and is owned by Bhopalbased trader Rajesh GuptaIncome Tax officials began the search around 5 am on Tuesday and it is expected to continue for several hoursTax officials reportedly seized several documents pointing to suspected tax evasion by the company according to local media reports which claimed that the raid is underway at the companys office in Mumbai as wellThe IT Department officials are reportedly questioning the company director Jitendra Tiwari and three more people linked to him namely Rohit Gupta who is a software engineer Dinesh Barolia and Shikha RajoriaAccording to initial information Income Tax officials arrived in a convoy of five vehiclesAhead of the Income Tax Department teams arrival heavy police security was deployed outside the Science House Group premises in Gautam Nagar in the state capital BhopalSimultaneously raids were also conducted at residential and office premises in other parts of Bhopal including Rachna Nagar and LalghatiAn official said these premises belong to individuals associated with the Science House GroupA team from the IT Department also reached his home in Panchwati Park Lalghati A large security force also accompanied the team to prevent any untoward incidents during the raidsOfficial sources said raids were also carried out on the premises of the suppliers to the trader identified as Jitendra Tiwari Shailendra Tiwari and Mohan SharmaNo details are available regarding the supplies or the reasons behind the raids at their premises by the Income Tax officialsIt is alleged that the traders under probe have close connections with a senior IAS officer in the state through brokers However the officers identity has not yet been disclosedThe Income Tax team is currently examining documents and records inside the buildingsAuthorities have not yet officially confirmed the reason for the raids IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/i-t-dept-raids-medical-equipment-trader-at-30-locations-in-mp-mumbai-over-suspected-tax-evasion-635865.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/elderly-couple-brutally-murdered-in-jharkhands-dumka-two-daughters-injured-635873.html Dumka Jharkhand Sep 2 A gruesome double murder has shaken Sundaraplan village under Shikaripara police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand leaving an elderly couple dead and their two daughters grievously injured According to police the incident occurred between 2 am and 3 am on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday when unidentified assailants broke into the house of 63yearold Saheb Hembram and his wife Mangali Kisku 60The attackers allegedly used sharpedged weapons to kill the couple on the spot before turning on their daughtersThe couples elder daughter Hiramuni Hembram 25 and younger daughter Beni Hembram 17 sustained severe injuries in the attackDespite her condition Hiramuni managed to call the police emergency helpline 112 following which Shikaripara police station incharge Amit Kumar Lakra rushed to the spot with his team and arranged for the victims immediate transfer to PhoolJhano Medical College Hospital in DumkaBoth sisters remain in critical condition and are being treated The bodies of the deceased have been sent for postmortem examinationDumka Superintendent of Police Pitambar Singh Kherwar told media persons that preliminary investigations suggest the involvement of the elder daughters lover a resident of Pakur district who was allegedly present in the house on the night of the crimePolice however have maintained that all possible angles are being thoroughly examinedThe incident has sparked fear and grief across Sundaraplan village where residents woke up to the shocking newsHeavy police deployment has been made in the area to prevent any untoward situationSP Kherwar further said that a special police team has been constituted to track down the culpritsHe has assured the villagers that the perpetrators will be arrested soon and justice will be delivered to the bereaved family IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/elderly-couple-brutally-murdered-in-jharkhands-dumka-two-daughters-injured-635873.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/i-t-raids-18-locations-linked-to-real-estate-pan-masala-groups-in-jaipur-kota-635889.html Jaipur Sep 2 The Income Tax Department launched a major raid on Tuesday conducting simultaneous searches at 18 locations linked to real estate and pan masala businesses in Jaipur and Kota Nearly 150 officers and staff were deployed in this largescale operationAccording to officials the action was triggered by complaints of tax evasion large cash transactions undeclared income and use of fake documentsInvestigators suspect that the raids could uncover huge amounts of cash benami properties and hidden assets said sourcesGroups under the scanner of the IT include High Fly Real Estate Group Jaipur whose eight locations were being raidedThe group is suspected of largescale cash dealings in property transactions and black money useMore details about the raid were awaitedBesides the real estate group the Income Tax officers were raiding three locations linked to the Siddheshwar Gums Signature Pan Masala KotaThe company reportedly faces charges of irregular financial records and tax evasionThe raid was also being carried out at six locations of the Gokul Kripa Group BRB Developers Jaipur Allegations include undeclared income and suspicious property transactionsRaids began in the morning and are likely to continue till late at night sources saidTeams were scanning documents computer systems and digital records at all locations the sources addedSources hinted at the possibility of large recoveries of cash and incriminating documentsOfficials revealed that these groups had been under the departments radar for months In particular the real estate sector was flagged for benami deals black money transactions and complex financial layering to conceal undeclared wealthThe Income Tax Department has not released an official statement so farDetails of seizures and findings are expected once the searches concludeMeanwhile the raids have created panic among business circles in Jaipur and Kota especially those linked to the targeted groups IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/i-t-raids-18-locations-linked-to-real-estate-pan-masala-groups-in-jaipur-kota-635889.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kannada-actress-radhika-questioned-by-lokayukta-on-rs-25-crore-loan-to-minister-635709.html Bengaluru Sep 1 Karnataka Lokayukta officials have questioned popular Kannada actress Radhika in connection with a Rs 25 crore loan allegedly given by her to Minister for Housing and Waqf Zameer Ahmad Khan Sources said on Monday that while probing the origin of the income of Minister Zameer the Lokayukta sleuths obtained documents showing him receiving the said loan amountActress Radhika who appeared before the investigators admitted that she had indeed given the loan to Minister Zameer about a decade ago and submitted a statement to the authoritiesShe claimed that the money came from the profits of her Kannada movie Lucky starring KGF fame Yash and popular actress and former Congress MP Ramya produced under the Shamika Enterprises bannerShe said the funds were generated through box office collections and the sale of satellite rights to television channels The Lokayukta has asked actress Radhika to provide documents to substantiate her claimsThe Enforcement Directorate ED had conducted raids on Zameer Khans residences and offices in Bengaluru in 2019 in connection with the IMA Ponzi scheme worth Rs 4000 crore in which thousands of people mostly Muslims were duped of their hardearned moneyDuring the raids ED officials reportedly gathered information on financial transactions involving him At that time Zameer Khan was a minister in the then CongressJDS coalition government in KarnatakaThe AntiCorruption Bureau ACB had also lodged a complaint against Zameer Khan in this regard However after the ACB was abolished the case was handed over to the Karnataka Lokayukta which is now investigating the matterFurther investigation is underwayMinister Zameer Ahmad Khan is considered to be the righthand man of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah The AntiCorruption Bureau ACB had conducted simultaneous searches at five places belonging to Khan on July 5 2022 The raids were carried out based on the Enforcement Directorate ED report on disproportionate assets Then Zameer Ahmad served as the food and civil supplies minister in the HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kannada-actress-radhika-questioned-by-lokayukta-on-rs-25-crore-loan-to-minister-635709.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mizoram-launches-4-month-campaign-cum-operation-against-drug-smuggling-abuse-635735.html Aizawl Sep 1 The Mizoram government on Monday launched a fourmonthlong special campaign to curb the illegal trade of drugs and their menace officials said A variety of drugs especially highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin and different types of contraband including exotic animals are often illegally traded through six districts in Mizoram Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip which share unfenced borders of 510 km with MyanmarFrom Mizoram these drugs are ferried to other parts of the country and abroad including Bangladesh through Assam and TripuraMizoram Home Minister K Sapdanga on Monday launched the special campaign as well as intensive operation to prevent the illegal trade of drugs and their menaceMizorams Inspector General of Police IGP H Ramthlengliana said that the special campaign as well as intensive operation would continue till December 31The police various other lawenforcing agencies in collaboration with the Young Mizo Association YMA and village chiefs would undertake the campaign in all drugaffected localities villages and bordering areas of all 11 districts of Mizoram the IGP told IANSThe IPS officer said that Mizoram is the first state among the eight Northeastern states launched such a huge antidrug campaigncumoperation to eradicate the drugrelated menace in the stateThe influential YMA has been undertaking various social cultural and awareness programmes in the Mizo society in Mizoram and other states where Mizo people are residingMizoram Home Minister Sapdanga said that drugrelated activities are rampant in Mizoram hugely affecting people especially the youthsThe state government and YMA are doing their utmost to combat drug trafficking and the Mizoram government is working hard to ensure that the drugs fighting campaign is meaningfulAn official statement said that on August 7 the state Home Department Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department Mizoram Police SubInspector and YMA leaders held a meeting to discuss the fight against drugsThe meeting identified 22 sources of neighbouring Myanmar from where drugs were smuggled into MizoramDrugs were also smuggled into Mizoram from other states of the Northeast regionAnother senior police official said that a special antidrug squad has been formed with 30 policemen and they would be deployed in border areas along the IndiaMyanmar border to assist Assam Rifles and local volunteers in curbing drug trafficking from MyanmarThe paramilitary Assam Rifles are guarding the IndiaMyanmar borderMizoram Home Minister Sapdanga had recently said that drug smugglers including Myanmar nationals and drug addicts often commit various crimes including theft causing danger to the Mizo societyExperts and social activists claimed that only 10 to 12 per cent of the drugs smuggled from Myanmar were seized by the law enforcement agencies including Assam Rifles and Mizoram policeAccording to the data of the state Excise and Narcotics Department more than 50 people including women have died of drug abuse this yearIn more than five years since 2020 a total of 351 people have died due to drug abuseMizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma last week said that drug abuse remains the biggest threat to the stateThe Chief Minister had said that the state lies within close proximity to the Golden Triangle a region notorious for drug traffickingCalling for collective efforts to fight the menaces of both drug abuse smuggling of narcotics and spread of HIVAIDS Lalduhoma said that it is a struggle for both physical and spiritual wellbeing of all peopleThe Mizoram government has started the recruitment process to form a Mizo Territorial Army battalion to deal with drug trafficking and other law and orderrelated issues IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mizoram-launches-4-month-campaign-cum-operation-against-drug-smuggling-abuse-635735.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-urges-calcutta-hc-to-act-against-unauthorised-constructions-in-kolkata-635742.html New Delhi Sep 1 The Supreme Court on Monday called upon the Calcutta High Court to act against each and every unauthorised construction across Kolkata the capital city of West Bengal A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan while dismissing a plea filed by a private firm and other petitioners against a Calcutta High Court ruling observed that unauthorised constructions in violation of norms must be dealt with firmly in accordance with lawIt is high time that the Calcutta High Court in larger public interest takes up this issue of unauthorised constructions and ensures that each and every unauthorised construction across the city of Calcutta is dealt with appropriately in accordance with law the Justice Pardiwalaled bench saidThe case involved a building in Howrahs Chakpara area where the Howrah Zilla Parishad found that the developers had added a fifth floor and cantilever projections in violation of the sanctioned planThe Parishad in its resolution of August 12 2024 concluded that the deviations were made knowingly and deliberately and directed the builders Ms TS Construction Tapas Saha and Supriyo Mazumdar to remove the unauthorised portions of their existing building at their own costIn its order passed in November 2024 the Calcutta High Court upheld Howrah Zilla Parishads decision rejecting the developers reliance on a revised plan submitted in 2021In support of his claims the petitioners relied on Regulation 2015 of the Howrah Zilla Parishad Byelaws 2005Dismissing the special leave petition filed against the Calcutta High Court decision the Supreme Court observed that the Byelaws were appropriately dealt with by the High CourtThe Justice Pardiwalaled bench endorsed the Calcutta High Courts approach and appreciated its concern in taking appropriate action against such unauthorised constructions all across the cityAt last the apex court urged the Calcutta High Court to act swiftly against unauthorised constructions in Kolkata IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-urges-calcutta-hc-to-act-against-unauthorised-constructions-in-kolkata-635742.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/gujarat-46-tonnes-of-adulterated-food-items-seized-in-august-635744.html Gandhinagar Sep 1 In a statewide crackdown on adulterated and substandard food products the Food and Drug Control Administration FDCA of Gujarat seized 46 tonnes of inedible items valued at around Rs 18 crore in August The raids carried out across multiple districts primarily targeted ghee palm oil cooking mediums and silver foilOfficials said the action was taken to ensure that citizens have access to safe and pure food particularly during the holy Shravan month According to FDCA Commissioner HG Koshia nearly 10 raids and 28 samples were collected as part of routine inspections and a special statewide driveAdditional seizures worth Rs 177 lakh were made during this campaign with authorities destroying around 32 kg of unsafe stock The crackdown covered Surat Ahmedabad Banaskantha and Mehsana among other districtsAmong the biggest hauls 10 tonnes of ghee worth Rs 65 lakh were seized from Surats SRK Dairy Farm while samples tested later were found substandard In Ahmedabad over 11 tonnes of ghee worth Rs 10 lakh were seized from Mahadev Dairy along with stocks of palm oil and cooking mediums from multiple units including Shivam Oil Industries Daskroi and Happy Oil Industries Chhatral In Banaskantha 824 kg of suspicious ghee worth Rs 56 lakh was seized while in Mehsana raids at Vijapurs Divine Food yielded 649 kg of paneer and 238 kg of refined palmolein oilAuthorities said the campaign will continue with strict action planned against those involved in the manufacture and sale of spurious food products The FDCA is committed to ensuring that citizens of Gujarat get access to pure and safe food Koshia saidEarlier in the year the agency also seized 2700 kg of suspect ghee and related products from a manufacturing unit in Surendranagar valued at Rs 13 lakh and 4000 kg of adulterated ghee worth Rs 175 lakh from a dairy facility in BanaskanthaThese actions are part of a broader crackdown in the 202425 fiscal year the FDCA carried out over 190 raids recovering 351 tonnes of suspicious food items worth Rs 105 crore ranging from ghee and sweets to grains and other festive essentials IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/gujarat-46-tonnes-of-adulterated-food-items-seized-in-august-635744.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-police-uncover-illegal-arms-manufacturing-unit-in-tikamgarh-635758.html Bhopal Sep 1 The Crime Branch of Madhya Pradesh Police has uncovered an illegal arms manufacturing factory which has been operating for the last 40 years in Tikamgarh district Countrymade pistols were also being supplied in neighbouring states The Illegal arms manufacturing factory was operating in the name of an agricultural product which was set up in a remote area agricultural land of the Tikamgarh districtAddressing a press conference on Monday Bhopal Police Commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra told media persons that more than 100 countrymade pistols were recovered from the factory during the raid conducted on SundayThe factory was registered in the name of agricultural products but countrymade pistols were being manufactured Family has been involved in this business for three generations Mishra said during the press conferenceThe Commissioner said that the operation was launched after the interrogation of suspects recently arrested in Bhopal with illegal weapons revealed links to arms suppliers operating from Tikamgarh Acting on this intelligence a Crime Branch team carried out simultaneous raids in Ramgarh and Chanderi villages on Sunday with support from the local police Mishra added During the raids officials searched multiple premisesIn Chanderi the team stormed the house of one Surendra Vishwakarma who is suspected of manufacturing countrymade firearms illegally Later the team moved to Ramgarh where they raided a large warehouse disguised as a workshop for vehicle body fabrication and iron works Investigators said that under this cover the facility was being used for largescale production of firearmsFrom the sites the police recovered a lathe machine strong iron pipes used for barrels pins spare parts and several finished as well as semifinished firearms The findings indicate a wellorganised illegal arms supply network with connections beyond TikamgarhMishra said that the accused were attempting to spread fear by circulating these weapons in different areas including Bhopal Arms pistols were also being supplied to other districts and neighbouring states via Jhansi he added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-police-uncover-illegal-arms-manufacturing-unit-in-tikamgarh-635758.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ahmedabad-illegal-liquor-manufacturing-factory-busted-300-litres-of-raw-material-seized-635761.html Ahmedabad Sep 1 The police in Ahmedabad raided an illegal liquor unit operating out of a rented house near Fatehwadi Canal on the citys outskirts an official said on Monday adding that the raid led to the seizure of over 300 litres of raw material including flavouring essence an alcohol meter and nearly 2000 empty bottles allegedly meant for bottling spurious liquor According to officials the haul is valued at around Rs 50000Police sources confirmed that the unit was being used to manufacture fake English liquorWhen the raid team arrived the house was locked However with the landlords help they entered and recovered the stock The tenant who had allegedly been running the operation is abscondingSarkhej Police Inspector SA Gohil said that preliminary investigations suggest the accused was producing counterfeit liquor using chemicals and efforts are underway to establish whether the supply chain extended beyond Ahmedabad The accused has been identified and will be arrested soon he addedThe raid forms part of Gujarat Polices ongoing crackdown on bootlegging under the state prohibition lawIn 2025 Gujarat Police have stepped up their crackdown on illicit liquor under the states prohibition law seizing massive hauls across districts including IMFL worth Rs 126 crore hidden in a tanker at the GujaratMadhya Pradesh border in Dahod 15456 bottles of counterfeit liquor worth Rs 54 lakh in Ahmedabad 8596 bottles valued at Rs 119 crore in Surendranagars Chotila and another Rs 6518 lakh consignment in Vadodara alongside seizures such as liquor worth Rs 3057 lakh from a gas tanker near DahodAccording to official data Gujarats State Monitoring Cell confiscated alcohol worth Rs 2252 crore in 2024 while in the past two years alone liquor valued at Rs 191 crore has been seized underlining both the scale of smuggling operations and the states intensified enforcement IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ahmedabad-illegal-liquor-manufacturing-factory-busted-300-litres-of-raw-material-seized-635761.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jharkhand-woman-accused-of-theft-paraded-with-shoe-garland-video-sparks-outrage-635771.html Giridih Jharkhand Sep 1 In a disturbing case of mob justice a woman in Jharkhands Giridih district was humiliated and assaulted by villagers after being accused of theft The incident took place in Piprali village under Dumri police station limits According to reports some villagers alleged that the woman had stolen household goods Acting on suspicion a group of residents on Sunday evening caught hold of her assaulted her chopped off her hair and forced her to wear a garland of shoes and slippersShe was then paraded through the village as bystanders recorded videos of the act These videos have since gone viral on WhatsApp and other social media platforms drawing sharp criticism and widespread condemnationThe matter came to light after the local village head informed the police A team from Dumri police station reached the spot and rescued the woman from further assaultShe was later taken to the police station for questioning and sent to a hospital for medical examinationPolice said that prompt action has been taken in the case Three women have already been detained for their involvement in the assault while efforts are underway to identify others seen in the viral footage Officials stressed that strict action will be taken against all those found guiltyDistrict authorities have condemned the incident describing it as inhuman and unlawful Social media users too have demanded stringent punishment for the culprits pointing out the dangers of mob vigilantism and public shamingThe entire matter is being investigated thoroughly Those responsible will not be spared under any circumstances Giridih police officials assuredThe incident has once again highlighted the persistent issue of mob justice in rural areas and the urgent need for awareness against such unlawful acts IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jharkhand-woman-accused-of-theft-paraded-with-shoe-garland-video-sparks-outrage-635771.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-hc-to-pronounce-tomorrow-its-decision-on-bail-pleas-of-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-635786.html New Delhi Sep 1 The Delhi High Court will deliver on Tuesday its decision on bail pleas of Umar Khalid Sharjeel Imam and several others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case As per the causelist published on the website of the Delhi High Court a Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur is scheduled to pronounce the verdict in the postlunch session on September 2In July this year the Justice Chawlaled Bench reserved its decision after hearing the oral submissions advanced on behalf of the accused and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who appeared on behalf of the Delhi PoliceOpposing the bail pleas Solicitor General Mehta the second highest law officer of the Centre said that the long incarceration of the accused individuals should not be a ground for their release on bail pending trial since they were involved in a wellorchestrated criminal conspiracy to put the entire country to shame ahead of the visit of the US President Donald Trump in 2020If you referring to accused persons are doing something against the nation then you better be in jail till you are acquitted or convicted he had submittedIt is not just a case of bail in regular riots cases it is a very well thought and well orchestrated criminal conspiracy which starts in the capital of the country aiming at a particular day and time Mehta addedThe Solicitor General referring to speeches made by Sharjeel Imam had said that there was a preparation to divide the nation based on a particular religionTheir intention was to divide the nation on religious lines The intention was to cause national embarrassment at global level he assertedDuring his arguments Mehta referred to several global media posts relating to the Delhi riots and said that the accused were not protesting against a law but were planning something sinisterHe shared an earlier court order denying bail to Umar Khalid where the entire episode was termed as a terrorist actPlease do not treat it as a mere riots case It is a case of premeditated attack on the sovereignty of the nation by doing something in the national capital concluded Mehta IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-hc-to-pronounce-tomorrow-its-decision-on-bail-pleas-of-umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-635786.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-ed-attaches-properties-worth-rs-480-crore-in-money-laundering-case-635788.html Hyderabad Sep 1 The Directorate of Enforcement has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 480 crore belonging to Mohd Munawar Khan and his wife Faiqa Taha Khan are in connection with a money laundering case against Khader Unissa and others The properties attached by ED Hyderabad Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 are situated at Banjara Hills Tolichowki and ShamshababadThe ED had initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the Maheshwaram Police Station against private persons and government officials regarding the illegal sale of government land involving forgery of documents and manipulation of government revenue recordsThe ED investigation revealed that Government landBhoodan land situated in Nagaram Village Maheshwaram Mandal was falsely claimed by Khader Unissa and her son Mohd Munawar Khan as ancestral property that the revenue records were fraudulently mutated and the land parcels were further sold to several parties in association with several middlemenThese middlemen in connivance with some government officials forged the documents and changed the land revenue records fraudulently resulting in denotifying the said land from the prohibited list and its subsequent sale to some private parties the Central agency said in a statementBy selling Government landBhoodan Land illegally Khader Unissa and her son Mohd Munawar Khan illegally gained Proceeds of Crime POC to the tune of Rs 645 crore The POC were further utilised by Mohd Munawar Khan inter alia to acquire immovable properties in the name of his wife Faiqa Taha Khan Further investigation is in progress the ED addedIn April the ED had conducted searches at the residences and farmhouses of Khaderunissa Mohd Munawar Khan Mohd Lateef Sharfan Mohd Akhtar Sharan and Mohd ShukoorThe agency had stated that it seized 45 cars including several vintage carsThe agency seized incrimination documents related to the fraudulent sale and purchase of government land Indian currency of Rs 23 lakh and 12000 UAE DirhamsIn March 2023 Dastagir Shareef filed a private complaint in a court that some individuals with the alleged collusion of revenue officials fraudulently obtained succession rights mutated revenue records and issued illegal pass books for 4233 acres of land in Nagaram village in Maheshwaram mandal of Rangareddy district IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-ed-attaches-properties-worth-rs-480-crore-in-money-laundering-case-635788.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-announces-cbi-probe-into-kaleshwaram-project-635548.html Hyderabad Sep 1 The Telangana government on Monday decided to hand over to the CBI the case relating to alleged irregularities in the construction of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project during the BRS rule Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy made the announcement in the state Assembly in the early hours of Monday after a marathon debate which began at 4 pm on SundayThe Chief Minister said since the case involves interstate matters and some Central institutions it was only appropriate to hand over the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIHe made the announcement at around 140 am after a nearly 10hour debate on the report of the PC Ghose Commission which probed the alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project during Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS ruleCM Revanth Reddy alleged that then Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao KCR and then Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao looted public funds to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore while then Finance Minister Eatala Rajender sat silentlyHe said the Commission also indicted many officials including IAS officers and engineersStating that KCR wrote death warrant for Telangana with Kaleshwaram the Chief Minister said the BRS government borrowed Rs 87000 crore at the interest rate of 1150 per centRevanth Reddy revealed that his government has so far repaid about Rs 49835 crore including the interest He also claimed that another Rs 47000 crore is required to complete the projectThe report tabled in the Assembly on Sunday morning held KCR directly and vicariously accountable for the irregularities and the illegalities in planning construction completion operation and maintenance of three barragesThe debate was marred by angry exchanges between members of the ruling Congress and the main opposition BRSBRS members tore the copies of the report to register their protest over the denial of sufficient time during the discussion The main opposition party later staged a walkout from the HouseAfter coming out of the House KT Rama Rao Harish Rao and other BRS members dumped the copies of the report in the dustbinResponding to clarifications sought by AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi the Chief Minister said the government provided all the information to the CommissionEarlier the Chief Minister alleged that KCR redesigned the Kaleshwaram project and escalated the project cost to become richer than the last Nizam of Hyderabad who was the worlds richest man of his timeThe Chief Minister came down heavily on KCR and Harish Rao for changing the location of the project and accused them of misappropriation of funds borrowed for the construction of the projectHeaded by former judge of the Supreme Court Pinaki Chandra Ghose the Commission probed the alleged irregularities in planning design construction quality control operation and maintenance of Medigadda Annaram and Sundilla Barrages of the Kaleshwaram projectResponding to Harish Raos remarks during the debate the Chief Minister said that Harish Rao was misleading the Telangana society with incomplete informationThe Chief Minister claimed that the BRS government deliberately suppressed the facts to change the location of the project He said that since the Ghose Commission exposed them the BRS leaders were spewing venom against it The report clearly mentioned on page number 98 that Harish Rao committed faultsThe CM pointed out that the Maharashtra government never opposed the project at Tummidihatti and only suggested reducing the heightCM Revanth Reddy brought to the attention of the House that KCR and Harish Rao ignored the report of the retired engineers committee and shifted the barrage to Medigadda from TummidihattiThe Chief Minister said the Ghosh Commission stated clearly in its report that the state exchequer was looted by ignoring the report of the retired engineers committeeDeputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the project constructed at a cost of Rs 1 lakh crore collapsed within three years He alleged that the cost of the project was escalated for the sake of commissionsHe mentioned that projects constructed 5060 years ago were still intact Pocharam project constructed by Nizam withstood the recent floods he saidVikramarka said the Medigadda barrage collapsed when the BRS was in power and the entire state saw it He told the House that the Ghose Commission gave the report after hearing KCR and Harish Rao He said that since there were irregularities they approached the Court to stop tabling of the report Any project is designed by engineers and subject experts but Kaleshwaram was designed by KCR and Harish Rao he saidIrrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy said the previous BRS regime spent more than Rs 1 lakh crore on Kaleshwaram but the project collapsed He termed it as Indias manmade financial disasterTelangana could have completed the earlier PranahitaChevella at Rs 38500 crore and finished several ongoing lift schemes from the previous decade By 2014 with about a third of PranahitaChevella already executed and statutory processes substantially advanced continuing on that path would have delivered assured irrigation to large tracts in North Telangana without the hydropower intensity and recurring costs embedded in the Kaleshwaram configuration he saidUttam Kumar Reddy told the House that the then Congress government launched PranahitaChevella in 2009 with Central Water Commission processing under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme and that interstate arrangements with Maharashtra on barrage levels and submergence studies were underway through an interstate board process supported by the Central Water and Power Research Station Pune By 2014 Rs 11679 crore had been spent about 30 per cent of the then estimated cost of Rs 38500 crore before the then new TRS state government abandoned the plan and pushed a redesign on the Godavari at Medigadda Annaram and SundillaThe shift was taken up as Kaleshwaram with a sanctioned outlay of about Rs 87449 crore and then expanded with the CAG later reporting a figure of Rs 127 lakh crore and projections now pointing to a total of about Rs 147 lakh crore compared to a viable lowercost PranahitaChevella pathway he addedBJP floor leader A Maheshwar Reddy said the lack of mention of KCRs corruption in the report raises suspicions He alleged that the report appeared to have been prepared by Congress and BRS togetherThe BJP leader wanted to know what action the government would take against the corrupt IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-announces-cbi-probe-into-kaleshwaram-project-635548.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-college-girl-murder-case-police-arrest-accused-near-nepal-border-in-up-635612.html Kolkata Sep 1 The West Bengal Police have arrested Deshraj Singh the accused in the murder of college student Ishita Mallick in Krishnanaga of Nadia district officials said on Monday According to police sources he was arrested in an area near the Uttar PradeshNepal border on SundayDeshraj Singh was brought to the Kotwali police station in Krishnanagar on transit remand in the morning Earlier his maternal uncle Kuldeep Singh was arrested in Jamnagar in Gujarat After interrogating the maternal uncle Deshraj was also caught by the policeOn August 25 Deshraj 23 shot Ishita 19 dead from pointblank range in her house in Krishnanagar She was shot three times in the headAfter the incident the police suspect that Deshraj fled to his ancestral home in Deoria in Uttar Pradesh But despite several teams of the Krishnanagar police district conducting searches for the past few days they could not catch the accused Finally the police reached the main accusedAccording to the police Deshraj lived with his mother and sister in a rented house in Kanchrapara in the North 24 Parganas district It is alleged that he killed the college girl from Krishnanagar after being rejected by the girlInitially it was learned that the young woman did not want to have a relationship with Deshraj anymore But spurned lover Deshraj forced the young woman to be in a relationship It is alleged that he kept threatening her He even sent a video of himself attempting suicide to his girlfriend once Even then it is suspected that when Ishita did not give in the young man conspired to kill herAll these angles will be probed He will be produced in a court and the police will seek his custody said a senior officer of Krishnanagar district policeInvestigation revealed that Deshraj first contacted his maternal uncle after killing his girlfriend It is learnt that his maternal uncle also helped him to escape IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-college-girl-murder-case-police-arrest-accused-near-nepal-border-in-up-635612.html Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/high-court-decision-being-examined-by-law-dept-rajasthan-minister-on-si-recruitment-case-635396.html Jaipur Aug 31 Rajasthan Law Minister Jogaram Patel has clarified the state governments stand on the SI recruitment case Speaking to the media in Jodhpur on Saturday Patel said The High Court has not cancelled the SI recruitment It has only given observations to the government These observations will be examined by the Law Department and then forwarded to the Rajasthan Public Service Commission RPSCHe alleged that the irregularities took place during the tenure of the previous Congress government The Minister said All members and chairpersons of RPSC appointed under the Congress regime are under question The court itself pointed out that when RPSC members are involved a thorough probe and restructuring of the commission is necessaryMinister Patel added that the BJP government acted promptly when the paper leak surfaced An SIT was formed and the first FIR was registered immediatelyThis recruitment was conducted during the Congress government yet no action was taken by them Patel saidOn the possibility of approaching the division bench the minister clarified that the matter is being studied by the Law DepartmentHe also suggested that petitioners affected by the order may file appeals themselves Patel further stated that the court has indicated that 1051 other pending posts should also be merged with this recruitment and all 2021 candidates should be included againWhoever is guiltywhether a small or big fish political leader or influential personwill not be spared Innocents will not be harassed and the probe will be fully transparent he assuredOn August 28 the Rajasthan High Court had annulled SI Recruitment 2021 conducted for 859 posts after a detailed 202page judgment by Justice Sameer JainThe court noted six RPSC members including then chairman Sanjay Shrotriya had a role in the leak The accused spoke to members Sangeeta Arya Manju Sharma and Jaswant Rathi for their kids questions showing systematic corruption Babulal Kataras inclusion in an interview panel despite being under probe was termed a serious crimeThe paper was leaked before reaching the printing press showing a complete breach of confidentiality The court directed that the cancelled posts be added to the 2025 recruitment and that all 2021 candidates be allowed to reappear IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/high-court-decision-being-examined-by-law-dept-rajasthan-minister-on-si-recruitment-case-635396.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/chennai-police-warn-public-against-rising-online-investment-scams-635401.html Chennai Aug 31 Greater Chennai Police have issued a caution to the public following a surge in online investment fraud targeting unsuspecting citizens in the city According to a statement released by Police Commissioner A Aruns office cybercriminals have recently been misusing the names of reputable financial institutions to lure people into fraudulent schemes leaving several victims defraudedThe Central Crime Branchs Cyber Crime Wing has been receiving a growing number of complaints against a racket operating in the guise of a wellknown finance companyPolice investigations revealed that the group promotes deceptive advertisements on social media platforms promising unusually high returns on investments Once victims show interest they are added to WhatsApp groups run by the fraudsters Through these groups people are persuaded to download fake investment applications and transfer money To gain their trust scammers initially allow small withdrawals under the pretext of profit distribution However once higher sums are invested victims are informed that further deposits are mandatory to access the full amount effectively trapping them into sending more moneyThe police clarified that the bank accounts used for these transactions are in no way connected to the financial company being impersonatedCrucially the fraudsters provide no receipts agreements or documents as mandated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBIAuthorities stressed that no SEBIregistered firm or legitimate private company communicates through WhatsApp groups or unauthorised apps for investment purposesPolice Commissioner Arun urged the public not to fall prey to promises of extraordinary profitsPeople should exercise caution and avoid transferring money to accounts shared by unknown individuals claiming to represent financial institutions the statement warnedCitizens were reminded that genuine firms provide proper documentation in line with SEBI regulations and never operate through informal chat groupsChennai Police also appealed to the public to report any suspicious investment advertisements or communications to the Cyber Crime Wing at the earliestOfficials emphasised that raising awareness is key to curbing the menace as online investment scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their methodsWith the rise of digital transactions authorities reiterated the importance of verifying all financial opportunities through authorised channels before committing funds IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/chennai-police-warn-public-against-rising-online-investment-scams-635401.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/tn-to-launch-pilot-counselling-scheme-for-prisoners-reintegration-from-sep-1-635407.html Chennai Aug 31 In a pioneering move Tamil Nadu will roll out a pilot scheme on September 1 to provide prerelease and postrelease reintegration counselling for convicts who have spent three years or more in prison The initiative first of its kind in India aims to smoothen the transition of prisoners back into society and reduce the risk of repeat offencesThe scheme will be implemented through the Tamil Nadu Discharged Prisoners Aid Society TNDPAS with the support of qualified clinical psychologists approved by the State Mental Health Authority SMHAAccording to Dr Maheshwar Dayal Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Tamil Nadu the programme will be monitored as a pilot to assess its impact and make necessary modifications In the first phase beginning September 1 about 350 convicts due for release over the next four months will be covered Each eligible prisoner will receive three counselling sessions one before release and two after to help them prepare for challenges outside prisonOfficials said more than 800 SMHAapproved psychologists can take part in the programmeThe state government has earmarked Rs 10 lakh for the pilot At Rs 1000 per session the cost of counselling per prisoner is estimated at Rs 3000 Prison psychologists will also identify individuals who require longerterm assistance beyond the initial sessionsOfficials noted that existing counselling services inside prisons largely address issues related to incarceration whereas discharged prisoners face a different set of difficulties including social stigma lack of family support and employment barriersThe reintegration counselling is designed to bridge this gap Experts welcomed the initiativeVijay Raghavan professor at the Centre for Criminology and Justice Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai described it as a pioneering step especially beneficial for women prisoners who often encounter severe social stigma after releaseHe emphasised that counselling should be combined with broader measures such as family support and structured reintegration programmesThe government clarified that the new initiative will supplement not replace the aid already extended through TNDPAS including financial grants and seed capital for small businessesOfficials expressed confidence that the scheme beginning on September 1 will help released prisoners rebuild their lives with dignity reduce stigma and reintegrate into society with greater confidence IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/tn-to-launch-pilot-counselling-scheme-for-prisoners-reintegration-from-sep-1-635407.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/chennai-to-install-170-new-anpr-cameras-to-curb-wrong-side-driving-635450.html Chennai Aug 31 The Greater Chennai Traffic Police GCTP is set to strengthen its enforcement drive against wrongside driving by deploying 170 additional automatic number plate recognition ANPR cameras across the city A tender worth Rs 374 crore has been floated for the project which will enhance surveillance streamline penalty generation and integrate seamlessly with the central traffic command systemThe new cameras will be strategically installed at key junctions and arterial stretches where violations are most frequentEach device will capture highresolution images of vehicles driving against traffic and automatically generate echallans by linking with the Vahan and Sarathi databasesThe evidence generated will also be valid for legal proceedings ensuring stricter enforcementThe system is designed to capture number plates even at high speeds of up to 150 kmph and can function effectively under varied lighting and weather conditions It will be integrated with the citys intelligent traffic management platform enabling continuous monitoring and datadriven traffic controlWrongside driving remains a persistent issue in Chennai particularly along GST Road Poonamallee High Road and Old Mahabalipuram Road In 2023 alone more than 74000 such cases were booked with the eastern region recording the highest number of violations followed by the northern and southern regions Nearly 35 per cent of these violations were detected through cameras already in placeThe hotspots identified include Thambu Chetty Street Retteri Junction and Madhavaram Roundtana in the north Vadapalani Junction LB Road Signal and the 200Feet Radial Road in the south and Barnaby Road Junction Valluvarkottam Junction and PS Sivasamy Salai in the eastTraffic officials expect the expanded network of cameras to significantly improve compliance reduce accidents caused by reckless behaviour and ease congestion across the cityThe focus of the initiative is not only to penalise offenders but also to create a deterrent effect by ensuring that violations are consistently recorded and acted uponWhile the technologydriven approach is expected to bring positive results authorities stress that continuous monitoring and proper maintenance of the system will be critical to its successThe expansion of ANPR cameras marks another step in Chennais effort to build a safer and smarter urban traffic environment IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/chennai-to-install-170-new-anpr-cameras-to-curb-wrong-side-driving-635450.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/324-corrupt-pakistan-officials-pocketed-rs-37-million-meant-for-poverty-alleviation-report-635467.html Islamabad Aug 31 Plagued by opaque biometric systems Pakistans social safety net has fallen prey to insidious decay with the Auditor General revealing that 324 government officials embezzled over Rs 37 million from the Benazir Income Support Programme BISP local media reported on Sunday According to Auditor General of Pakistan AGP officials BISP staff from Grade 1 to Grade 22 or literally every level of seniority and qualification were involved in graft leading Pakistani daily The Express Tribune reportedThe BISP was designed to provide a lifeline to millions living in poverty but has repeatedly been undermined by corruption and malfeasance at multiple levels The Rs 37 million graft is merely the tip of the iceberg In March audit reports uncovered financial irregularities worth Rs 141 billion in BISP for FY24 including payments to ineligible recipients fake biometric verifications and funds disbursed to deceased individuals said the reportIn effect those entrusted with administering aid to the poor are instead perpetuating poverty it saidThe involvement of officials across all grades illustrates the deeply ingrained culture of impunity Even more egregious are reports of bank employees and retailers illegally and fraudulently charging beneficiaries fees when they try to use their BISP cards said the The Express Tribune reportIn some of the reported cases the perpetrators curiously escaped criminal charges despite being caught redhanded and named publicly Unfortunately even if guilty officials are prosecuted and terminated recent history has shown that the fear of consequences has not particularly slowed corruption in most government departments and BISP is no different it saidControls need to be more proactive including transparent biometric systems stricter verification processes and independent monitoring mechanisms said the reportThe BISP supports around 58 million people or almost a quarter of the countrys population Allowing it to become a corrupt and untrusted institution is not just a betrayal of honest and deserving beneficiaries but of every single taxpayer and international donor supporting the programme it said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/324-corrupt-pakistan-officials-pocketed-rs-37-million-meant-for-poverty-alleviation-report-635467.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/racket-refilling-premium-scotch-bottles-with-cheap-alcohol-busted-in-punjab-635496.html Chandigarh Aug 31 Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Sunday that the State Excise Department has conducted two major enforcement operations leading to the unearthing of a racked refilling premium scotch and whiskey bottles with lowquality and cheap alcohol and the seizure of a substantial consignment of illicit alcohol He added that the operations in the Ludhiana East range were executed based on specific intelligence inputs and under the supervision of Excise and Taxation Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal along with other senior departmental officersOur teams acted with precision to not only seize illegal stock but also to expose a new modus operandi where criminals are endangering public health by refilling premium bottles with lowquality liquor This is a clear case of fraud and a serious threat to consumer safety and we will not tolerate it he saidIn the first raid enforcement teams in coordination with local police dismantled a sophisticated racket operating in LudhianaThe accused were found refilling highend imported liquor bottles brands including Glenlivet Johnnie Walker Gold Label and Chivas Regal with cheaper Indian Made Foreign Liquor and Punjab Medium Liquor with the intent to deceive consumers and evade excise dutiesTwo people Amit Vij and Pankaj Saini were apprehended at the spotThe authorities recovered 106 empty bottles 39 refilled bottles various bottling accessories and seized a vehicleAn FIR has been registered at Police Station Division number 3 in Ludhiana and investigations are ongoing to trace the full extent of the networkIn another operation excise officials intercepted Vikramjeet Singh in Samrala who was found in possession of 60 bottles of illicit liquor labeled For Sale in Chandigarh onlyThe consignment had been illegally smuggled into Punjab prompting his arrestA case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Punjab Excise Act 1914Minister Cheema said the Excise Department will continue its rigorous enforcement drives across the state to dismantle illegal supply chains and prevent the circulation of spurious and nondutypaid alcoholHe highlighted that regular raids surprise inspections and coordinated interstate operations will persist against bootleggers and smugglersThe Minister also urged citizens to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the nearest excise or police authority stressing that public cooperation is vital to eliminate the menace of illicit liquor from Punjab IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/racket-refilling-premium-scotch-bottles-with-cheap-alcohol-busted-in-punjab-635496.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pil-in-sc-seeks-higher-fines-in-criminal-cases-635501.html New Delhi Aug 31 A public interest litigation PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking guidelines for lower courts to consider imposing higher fines in order to better achieve the punitive and deterrent objectives of criminal law As per the plea fines prescribed under criminal sections are grossly inadequate in achieving their goals in the present scenario due to the significant depreciation of the rupee over the last many decadesThe PIL said that the Motor Vehicles Act has been amended twice in recent years significantly increasing fines for various traffic offences for example Rs 10000 for drunk driving or for not possessing a Pollution Under Control PUC certificateIf one is breaking many traffic rules at a time eg one is driving rashly after drinking and jumping a red signal or not possessing a pollution certificate he may be fined for more than Rs 50000 Such fines certainly have a deterrent effect on offenders the petition saidIt added that the fine under the criminal law has become too little an amount and imposing fines such as Rs 100 or Rs 500 is too little to make any meaningful impactThe plea filed by Sanjay Kulshresthra the petitionerinperson said that the fine should be substantial enough to deter offenders or potential offenders from committing wrongful acts and that the fine as a form of punishment must be capable of instilling a sense of fear in their mindsStating that fines are also failing as a means of compensating victims the PIL referred to an example where the trial court imposed a grossly insignificant additional fine of Rs 5000 on the convict as compensation for a sixyearold rape victim It said that nominal fines of Rs 100 Rs 200 or Rs 500 do not meaningfully contribute to the governments efforts in maintaining the judicial systemFor fines to serve this purpose they must be quantifiable otherwise the goal becomes redundant the plea addedAs per the causelist published on the website of the apex court a Bench of Chief Justice of India CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran will take up the matter for hearing on Monday September 1 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pil-in-sc-seeks-higher-fines-in-criminal-cases-635501.html Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/suspected-crude-bomb-blast-kills-one-several-hurt-in-keralas-kannur-houses-damaged-635209.html Kannur Kerala Aug 30 One person was killed and a few sustained injuries in a massive explosion at a rented residence in Kannurs Kannapuram early on Saturday morning the police said The explosion suspected to be caused by a crude bomb was so powerful that the body was torn apart and the remains were found scattered at the siteAccording to eyewitnesses the house was reduced to rubble in the blast Several houses in its neighbourhood have also been damaged in the blastThe police suspect that the explosion may have taken place accidentally while a crude bomb was being manufactured The owner of the house identified as Keezhara Govindan had leased it to two persons engaged in running a spare parts shop in Payyannur around 40 km from KannurThe identities of the deceased and the injured have not yet been established and the number of people present in the house at the time of the crude bomb blast is still unknownThe impact of the explosion damaged neighbouring houses cracking walls and dislodging doors Forensic experts and the bomb disposal squad are on the scene to examine the circumstances and gather evidenceThe crude bomb blast has once again brought attention to the persistent issue of illegal bombmaking in the Kannur districtThe region has a documented history of such occurrences often with a political subtext In April 2024 a worker of the ruling Communist Party of IndiaMarxist was killed in a similar crude bomb blast in Panur while reportedly assembling explosivesThat same year a 90yearold man died in Thalassery after accidentally picking up a steel bomb he found on an uninhabited plot Such incidents which frequently result in casualties including children and innocent bystanders have been a source of recurring tension and a political blame game between rival political factions in the area IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/suspected-crude-bomb-blast-kills-one-several-hurt-in-keralas-kannur-houses-damaged-635209.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 08:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/maoists-kill-another-shikshadoot-in-chhattisgarhs-bastar-region-635254.html Raipur Aug 30 In another chilling case of violence Maoists have killed another Shikshadoot identified as Kallu Tati in striketorn Bastar division of Chhattisgarh Shikshadoots are local education volunteers in ChhattisgarhThe latest victim Tati is the ninth Shikshadoot victim of Maoists in the recent past He was brutally murdered marking yet another grim chapter in a series of killings that have sown widespread panic among communities striving to rebuild education in remote conflictridden areasThe incident occurred on Friday evening at around 9 pm when Tati a dedicated Shikshadoot posted at Nendra school in the highly Naxalaffected Gangalore region was returning home after a day of teaching children Ambushed en route he was kidnapped by Maoists and executed later that night His body was callously discarded discovered by locals the following day police officials saidA total of six Shikshadoots in Bijapur and three in Sukma have been killed so far in ChhattisgarhTati a resident of nearby Todka village had been instrumental in educating young minds in one of Bastars most vulnerable zones where access to formal schooling remains precarious due to ongoing Maoist activities This murder comes on the heels of a similar attack in neighbouring Sukma district underscoring a disturbing patternShikshadoots often young locals stepping up to fill educational voids have become prime targets for Maoists seeking to disrupt government initiatives aimed at normalising life in these interiorsAuthorities report that since the gradual reopening of schools previously shuttered by insurgent activities a total of nine Shikshadoots have fallen victim to such targeted killingsOf these five occurred in Bijapur while four were in Sukma highlighting the districts as hotspots of this renewed aggressionThe roots of this conflict trace back to the Salwa Judum era a controversial antiNaxalite campaign in the mid2000s that polarised the regionDuring their peak dominance Maoists systematically demolished school buildings in controlled territories forcing many institutions to relocateAs security forces regained ground and the situation stabilised somewhat the Chhattisgarh government prioritised reviving education by reopening these facilitiesIn areas lacking permanent teachers communitydriven Shikshadoots emerged as lifelines imparting basic literacy and fostering hope amid adversityHowever this progress has provoked backlash from Maoists who view these educators as symbols of state infiltrationThe killings are an attempt to instil fear and derail development said police sources in Bijapur speaking on condition of anonymityLocals already grappling with the crossfire between security forces and insurgents now live in heightened dreadVillages like Nendra and Todka nestled in dense forests have seen school attendance plummet as parents weigh the risks of sending children to classThe recent spate of murders has prompted calls for enhanced protection for ShikshadootsAdvocacy groups urge the government to deploy more security personnel around schools and provide these volunteers with better support including insurance and training in conflict zonesMeanwhile security operations against Maoists have intensified with raids yielding arms caches but failing to curb the targeted assassinations IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/maoists-kill-another-shikshadoot-in-chhattisgarhs-bastar-region-635254.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/vulgar-messages-to-kannada-actress-ramya-number-of-arrests-rise-to-12-police-continue-hunt-for-others-635263.html Bengaluru Aug 30 The number of arrests in connection with the case of sending vulgar messages to Kannada actress and former MP Ramya has risen to 12 and the police have launched a manhunt for others involved All those arrested are fans of jailed actor Darshan Darshans fans had targeted Ramya for sharing a post about the fan murder case and commenting that justice should be servedThe latest three arrests were made in the north Karnataka region The accused were employed in small firms Earlier the police had arrested nine individuals from Bengaluru Vijayapura Chitradurga and other districts in connection with the caseThe Central Crime Branch CCB has gathered information on 10 more social media accounts and launched a search for their users Some of the accused are absconding and several others have gone into hiding after deleting their posts However the police have obtained sufficient information and are actively pursuing themRamya had lodged a police complaint against 43 social media accounts The accused had even threatened Ramya with rapeRamya had filed a complaint with Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh on July 28 evening against actor Darshans fans for sending obscene and defamatory messages following her remarks on the fan murder caseRamya had said I shared news about the Supreme Courts development regarding actor Darshans bail petition to give hope to common people about justice After that the trolling began I have filed this complaint as a voice for womenI have lodged a complaint against 43 social media accounts Some of them even threatened me with rape If this can happen to me what about others Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh has assured me of action and has transferred the case to the Cyber Crime Wing Women have the same freedom as men Actor Darshan should have asked his fans not to post such messages she addedAs celebrities and public figures we must follow the law and set an example for others Earlier superstars Yash and Kichcha Sudeep were also targeted online I had raised the issue back then too Had action been taken earlier things might not have escalated to this level she saidRamya further pointed out that many of the accused used fake profiles with womens names and posted indecent photos She said she has received support from the film industry but many women are afraid to speak out due to fear of character assassinationIn her complaint Ramya stated The disgruntled fans of actor Darshan for this act of mine of sharing the news reporting of the Supreme Court proceedings have sent scandalous ghastly and obnoxious messages to my Instagram handle through various accounts The messages sent to me are so disgusting and misogynistic that I am unable to even reproduce the same in the complaintThe Film Industry for Rights and Equality FIRE organisation had submitted letter to Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara demanding immediate action against vulgar and misogynistic social media abuse targeting the former MP RamyaReacting to the vulgar messages and videos posted by actor Darshans fans against Kannada actress and former MP Ramya the Karnataka State Womens Commission had also urged Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh to take action in the matter IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/vulgar-messages-to-kannada-actress-ramya-number-of-arrests-rise-to-12-police-continue-hunt-for-others-635263.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/odisha-three-held-in-puri-drugs-cash-three-two-wheelers-seized-635285.html Puri Aug 30 The Special Squad of the police in Odishas Puri arrested three persons and recovered about 170 grams of brown sugar Rs 16 lakh in cash and three twowheelers during a raid in the temple town the police said on Saturday Acting on a tipoff the police carried out a raid in Chandanpur area here on Friday evening after information about the drug supply in the locality by the accusedThe accused have been identified as Pradeep Kumar Pradhan Litu Pradhan and Niranjan ParidaPuri Superintendent of Police SP Pratik Singh said that the arrest is a major step in the polices ongoing antinarcotics driveThese arrests are a direct result of our focused intelligencebased operations the SP saidSingh said that the accused were apprehended redhanded while selling the brown sugarThe police seized 170 grams of the contraband worth Rs 16 lakh two motorcycles one scooter and three mobile phones from their possession the SP addedThe recovery also included a small knifeThe police also recovered Rs 16 lakh in cash from the possession of the accused suspected to be proceeds from the sale of the contrabandThe Chandrapur police led the raid the SP said adding that the accused admitted to working for two notorious local drug peddlers who are currently abscondingEfforts are underway to apprehend the main accused in the drug traffickingThe seized contraband and other items were confiscated in the presence of an executive magistrate and two independent witnessesThe accused will be produced before the court on Saturday as the investigation continues to uncover more details about the drug supply chainPuri Police achieved significant success as part of its ongoing antidrug campaign Acting on intelligence inputs about the movement of interstate drug suppliers the Special Squad SDPO Sadar team and Chandanpur InspectorinCharge coordinated efforts and tracked the suspects When the accused arrived to supply the drugs they were arrested by our team SP Singh said while briefing the mediaThe SP added that efforts are being intensified to make Puri a drugfree district and more such crackdowns will follow IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/odisha-three-held-in-puri-drugs-cash-three-two-wheelers-seized-635285.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sexual-misconduct-case-bjp-workers-protest-against-cong-mla-mamkootathil-in-keralas-palakkad-635288.html Palakkad Aug 30 BJP workers marched to Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathils office in Keralas Palakkad on Friday to protest against the leader who is facing sexual misconduct allegations The police used water cannons to disperse the BJP workersNotably BJP leader C Krishnakumar has declared that Mamkootathil would not be allowed to attend official or public events in the Palakkad constituencyThe protest by the BJP comes at a time when a special investigation team of the Crime Branch wing of the Kerala Police has begun probing allegations against Mamkootathil in a case related to stalking and harassment of womenLast week following the allegations the Congress party first removed him as president of the Youth Congress and later suspended him from the partyEven if he takes part in programmes of clubs or residents associations as an MLA we will block him Organisers must decide whether to invite Rahul or not said KrishnakumarIncidentally at the November 2024 Palakkad Assembly byelection Krishnakumar lost to MamkootathilHis remarks came amid reports that a section of the Congress party was strongly backing Mamkootathil and attempting to revive his presence in the constituency by involving him in local eventsKrishnakumar also targeted Congress leader Sandeep Warrier dismissing his allegationsSandeep is wandering like an orphaned ghost Even the Congress does not want his charges The details I submitted in my election affidavit are 100 per cent correct Within the Congress Sandeep is struggling to stay afloat Why should we rescue him he askedMeanwhile with the Police probe team who appear determined to go forward to bring to light the alleged sexual misconduct allegations that have publicly surfaced is now getting ready to meet with those who levelled the allegationsTo date there has not been a single complaint registered against Mamkootathil and thats what baffles the probe teamThe special probe team has begun its job of looking into cyber evidence with technical officers joining the probe teamOn the political front Congress MP Shafi Parambil is trying his best to get his close aide Mamkootathil back to PalakkadSince the outbreak of the sexual misconduct allegations against Mamkootathil he has stayed put at his residence in Pathanamthitta IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sexual-misconduct-case-bjp-workers-protest-against-cong-mla-mamkootathil-in-keralas-palakkad-635288.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 16:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-court-convicts-three-in-murder-case-of-bihar-journalist-rajdev-ranjan-635304.html Patna Aug 30 Nine years after the murder of senior journalist Rajdev Ranjan in Bihars Siwan the Special CBI Court in Muzaffarpur on Saturday convicted three accused while acquitting three others On May 13 2016 Rajdev Ranjan then bureau chief of a leading Hindi daily was shot dead in SiwanHe was returning from a hospital visit when assailants opened fire hitting him with two bullets that proved fatal on the spotHis wife Asha Yadav lodged the FIR at the Siwan Town police station and suspicion soon pointed towards jailed RJD strongman and former Siwan MP Mohammad Shahabuddin though charges were later framed against other accusedThe case was later taken over by the CBI which filed a chargesheet against seven accused excluding ShahabuddinShahabuddin considered the main accused died during the COVID19 pandemicThe trial involved six accused Azharuddin alias Laddan Mian Rohit Kumar Soni Vijay Kumar Gupta Sonu Kumar Gupta Rajesh Kumar and Rishu Kumar JaiswalAnother accused was declared a juvenile with his case being heard separatelyAfter nearly eight years of proceedings during which the CBI examined 69 witnesses and presented 111 pieces of evidence District and Additional Sessions Judge3 Namita Singh delivered the judgmentAs per the judgement Azharuddin alias Laddan Mian Rajesh Kumar and Rishu Kumar Jaiswal were acquitted while Vijay Kumar Gupta Sonu Kumar Gupta and Rohit Kumar Soni were found guiltyDefence lawyer Sharad Sinha told reporters that the court acquitted three accused due to lack of evidence while the remaining three were found guilty of the journalists murderThe highprofile case once linked to Shahabuddins political clout in Siwan was initially heard at the Special Court MPMLA cases in Patna before being shifted to the CBI Court in MuzaffarpurThe sentencing of the three convicted accused is expected in the coming days IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-court-convicts-three-in-murder-case-of-bihar-journalist-rajdev-ranjan-635304.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bihar-land-dispute-claims-two-lives-in-araria-635305.html Patna Aug 30 A longstanding land dispute in Araria district turned violent in the early hours of Saturday claiming two lives and a house was set ablaze The incident took place around 3 am in Dhaneshwari Panchayat Ward13 under the jurisdiction of Bhargama police stationAccording to police the violence broke out near the depot and house of Panchayat Samiti member Guddu YadavUnknown assailants allegedly shot dead 40yearold Jaikumar Yadav son of Vishnudev Yadav while he was asleep inside the depotWhen people heard the gunshots and reached the spot they became angry and in retaliation allegedly set a house on fire causing severe injuries to Nayan Yadav who was inside the house at the timeYadav later succumbed due to burn injuriesLocal villagers said the dispute involved about 225 acres of land between Guddu Yadav and his cousin brotherinlaw Nayan YadavGuddu had forcibly gotten the land registered in his name but Nayan had been resisting his attempts to occupy itOn Friday evening tensions escalated when both sides clashed during the ploughing of the disputed fieldThe attack and arson in the early morning are believed to be the fallout of that confrontationAs soon as the incident was reported Farbisganj SDPO Mukesh Kumar Saha rushed to the spot with reinforcements from multiple police stationsBoth the dead bodies were recovered from the crime scene and sent to Sadar Hospital for postmortemA Forensic Scientific Lab FSL team has collected evidence from the siteSDPO Saha confirmed the violence stemmed from a land dispute adding Police are conducting a scientific and technical investigation The culprits will be arrested soonA heavy police presence has been deployed in the area to prevent further escalation However tension continues to grip Dhaneshwari Panchayat and adjoining villages with locals demanding swift action against the accused to prevent the feud from spiralling further IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bihar-land-dispute-claims-two-lives-in-araria-635305.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-kills-daughter-burns-body-over-inter-caste-affair-in-karnataka-635342.html Kalaburagi Aug 30 In a suspected case of honour killing a man allegedly murdered his daughter and then burnt her body over her inter caste affair in Karnatakas Kalaburagi district The incident occurred in Melakunda village in Kalaburagi taluk within the jurisdiction of the Farhatabad police stationThe accused identified as Shankar Kolkur has been arrestedThe police are searching for the other two accused Sharanu and Dattappa who assisted him in the crimeAccording to the police the victim 18yearold Kavitha from the Lingayat community was a secondyear preuniversity student Class 12Kavitha who was travelling to Kalaburagi city for her studies was in a relationship with Malappa Poojari a young man from the Kuruba community from the same villageFour months ago her family discovered her relationship and stopped her from attending collegeDuring this time Kavitha challenged her parents stating she would only marry Malappa and would elope with him if they did not agreeKavithas family opposed her and threatened her not to take such a drastic step However Kavitha remained firm insisting that she would marry the person she was in love withAccording to the police her father Shankar and the two relatives strangled her to death They then tried to make it seem as if she had died after consuming a pesticide Afterwards they transported her body to a relatives farm and burned itWhen the police learned of the incident they immediately went to the scene and arrested the accused father The police have filed a suo motu caseKalaburagi Police Commissioner D S Sharanappa and other senior officers visited the locationThe situation has caused tension in the village and the police are conducting a further investigationKavithas mother Mallmma shared that her husband Kolkur recently won over his 20yearold liquor addiction However he started consuming liquor again after getting to know about the intercaste relationship of his daughterMallmma went on to say that Kavitha was adamant to marry the guy from the family which was not on good terms with us IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-kills-daughter-burns-body-over-inter-caste-affair-in-karnataka-635342.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/international-organisations-slam-pakistan-for-growing-enforced-disappearances-635375.html Islamabad Aug 30 Marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances several international human rights and civil society organisations on Saturday highlighted the systematic failure of the Pakistani authorities to end the growing menace in the country calling upon the local authorities to provide truth justice and reparations to victims and their families Enforced disappearances impact families and entire communities particularly in cases where it is targetted against ethnic minorities These disappearances affect the families mental and physical health financial status and security and results in stigma and social isolation Further families and activists campaigning and protesting for the return of their loved ones have been subject to surveillance harassment and threats by the Pakistani authorities read a joint statement issued by eight human rights and civil society organisationsCiting official data from the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances COIED constituted by the Pakistani government the rights groups mentioned that a total of 10592 cases were registered from 2010 to August 2025 by the commission Of these COIED reported that 1017 were sent to internment centres 4776 individuals returned home 706 were located in prisons and 293 were extrajudicially killed or found dead Another 1978 cases were disposed of on the grounds that they did not fall under the category of enforced disappearanceAs of August 2025 1837 cases remain unresolved with 140 new cases reported to the COIED alone This lack of compliance and accountability not only renders the commission ineffective but further traumatises the families who are left with written orders but no justice the signatories assertedAccording to the statement grassroots and regional movements painted an equally grim picture with the Baloch Yakjehti Committee BYC reporting 546 cases of enforced disappearance in Pakistan between January and July 2025 Additionally the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement PTM has documented 133 cases and Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh has reported 40 cases from January to July 2025 across the countryFurthermore the rights body Defence of Human Rights DHR has documented 3140 cases since 2006 of which 1362 victims remain forcibly disappeared while in 2025 DHR documented 32 new casesPeaceful protests organised by families of the disappeared are often subject to state repression and have resulted in arbitrary arrests and unlawful use of force Enforced disappearances continue to be routinely used by the Pakistani authorities as a tool to target dissidents and human rights defenders with thousands of cases having been documented by local civil society organizations the joint statement addedThe eight signatories urged the Pakistani government to end the practice of enforced disappearances immediately bring all those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice in fair trials before ordinary civilian courts and provide truth justice and reparations to the victims and their families IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/international-organisations-slam-pakistan-for-growing-enforced-disappearances-635375.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 21:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/brs-leader-complains-to-ed-against-cm-revanth-reddy-635136.html Hyderabad Aug 29 A leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS has lodged a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for alleged misuse of office and awarding highvalue contracts to familylinked companies under suspicious circumstances BRS spokesman Manne Krishank lodged a complaint with the Central agency and demanded a thorough investigationHe alleged that the Chief Minister facilitated the awarding of crores worth of government contracts to companies owned by his close relatives and associates He stated that these actions raise strong suspicions of money laundering conflict of interest and abuse of powerKrishank in his complaint said Shodha Constructions owned by the brotherinlaw of CM Revanth Reddy reported a total income of only Rs 713113 in the financial year 2022 Despite this negligible turnover the company was awarded a Rs 1137 crore AMRUT tender in 2024 followed by a Rs 115 crore Singareni mining contract and a Rs 365 crore Dindi Lift Irrigation contract he saidThe disproportionate scale of these contracts compared to the companys financial background suggests fraudulent favouritism and possible laundering of public money the BRS leader saidKrishank said in 2018 the Enforcement Directorate had already conducted raids on Revanth Reddy and KLSR Infratech due to suspected business tiesNotably the car used by Revanth Reddy as an MP was registered in the name of KLSR Infratech confirming his links with the company Under the present government KLSR Infratech has received several largescale contracts including Rs 168 crore Mission Bhagiratha contract Rs 191 crore Lift Irrigation contract in Palair Reservoir and Rs 319 crore Rajiv Gandhi Lift Irrigation Scheme contract he claimedGiven that KLSR Infratech has been under the radar for economic offences the awarding of such contracts under Revanth Reddys tenure is highly questionable The above facts clearly indicate a systematic misuse of office by the Chief Minister to benefit familyowned and linked entities with no proven financial capacity or track record thereby exposing potential channels of corruption kickbacks and money laundering reads the letter addressed to the director of the EDKrishank urged the ED to initiate an indepth investigation into the contracts awarded to Shodha Constructions and KLSR Infratech under the present Telangana GovernmentExamine the sources of funds financial transactions and ownership structures of these companies to establish whether they are being used as vehicles for laundering public money he saidHe also demanded that the Central agency investigate the personal financial interests and involvement of Revanth Reddy in these dealsTake necessary legal and punitive action as per the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA and other applicable laws The misuse of public office to unjustly enrich close relatives and associates not only violates the trust of the people but also undermines the integrity of governance he added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/brs-leader-complains-to-ed-against-cm-revanth-reddy-635136.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/vijay-mallya-moves-karnataka-hc-for-bank-records-on-loan-recoveries-court-lists-plea-for-hearing-in-sept-635139.html Bengaluru Aug 29 The Karnataka High Court on Friday listed the petition by fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya demanding a direction to the concerned banks to provide a statement of accounts on the remaining debt amount owed by him and others to September 15 The United Breweries Holdings Limited UBHL Director Daljit Mahal has also filed a plea in this regardThe petitions have sought a direction to release statement by banks on the remaining debt owed by Vijay Mallya and UBHL and other certificate debtorsThe plea has also been made asking for financial details or an updated account that includes interest that has been accumulating over time and proper credit for any payments or recoveries that have been made since April 10 2017 which is the date of the updated recovery certificate issued by the Debts Recovery TribunalConsidering the petition the bench headed by Justice BM Shyam Prasad passed the order to list the matter on September 15Senior counsel Sajan Poovayya appearing for Vijay Mallya had submitted before the court that a winding up order ie a legal order to shut down a company and sell its assets to pay debts was issued against Kingfisher Airlines and its parent company UBHLThis winding up order has been confirmed all the way up to the Supreme Court The amount owed has already been recovered Despite that additional recovery actions were still being taken against Vijay Mallya the ownerpromoter he saidThe companies have been legally shut down the courts even the Supreme Court have confirmed it and the debt has already been paid back Yet further recovery actions are still being taken against Mallya possibly unnecessarily or unfairly counsel Poovayya addedHe also said that Rs 6200 crore which was ordered to be paid by primary debtor Kingfisher and guarantor UBHL was recovered multiple times and there is an admitted statement wherein the recovery officer says Rs 10200 crore has been recoveredPoovayya also added that the statement is also made in the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that Rs 14000 crore has been recoveredThe petition seeks interim orders for staying all further actions by banksThe petition also sought details of assets and properties which are with banks and not utilised towards the debts IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/vijay-mallya-moves-karnataka-hc-for-bank-records-on-loan-recoveries-court-lists-plea-for-hearing-in-sept-635139.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/twin-cases-of-missing-girls-in-mp-end-in-unexpected-marriages-635186.html Bhopal Aug 29 In two strikingly similar cases from Madhya Pradesh young women reported missing earlier this month were found married after unexpected journeys across state lineshighlighting the complex intersection of digital relationships emotional distress and legal boundaries In the Raisen district Nikita Lodhi who left home on August 18 claiming she was going to submit a collegerelated document was later traced to Sangrur Punjab According to police officials she had married a man named Sandeep a harvester driver she had befriended through the microblogging social media platform Instagram nearly four years ago Their online friendship gradually deepened culminating in a decision to meet in person and marrySpeaking to IANS SubDivisional Officer Police Alok Shrivastav confirmed that Nikita first travelled to Kazigunda near Hyderabad to meet Sandeep From there the couple journeyed to Sangrur where they solemnised their marriage in a temple and sought protection from the local district court The court granted them police securityWe recovered her and facilitated a meeting with her family the senior police official said They tried to persuade her to return home but she remained firm in her decision to stay with her newlywed husband Since both are consenting adults we cannot intervene furtherThe case prompted a multistate investigation after Nikitas sudden disappearance with Raisen Police coordinating efforts alongside her family Legal proceedings could have been continued depending on whether her family appeals the courts protection order but they have refused to pursue the matter any furtherIn a parallel case from Indore Shraddha Tiwari a secondyear student at Gujarati College went missing on August 23 following a dispute with her parents Her family had announced a fatty reward and hung her photograph upside downa traditional gesture believed to hasten a missing persons returnShraddhas journey began aboard a Ratlambound train where she reportedly contemplated suicide in a fit of rage when the man who was supposed to meet her at the railway station did not turn up said the police officials At the brink of despair she was stopped by Karan Yogi a former acquaintance and college electrician who intervened just as she was about to jump from the moving train The two then travelled to Khargone and Maheshwar where they married in a templeAfter facing rejection from Karans family in Palia they moved to Mandsaur Shraddha later contacted her father to request documents for formal marriage registration The couple arrived at the MIG police station in Indore on August 29 where police began piecing together the weeklong sagaShraddha visibly quiet and reserved avoided media interactions though photos confirmed her marital status Her father has since demanded a fresh investigation expressing doubts about the sequence of eventsBoth cases underscore the emotional complexity and legal challenges surrounding missing persons especially when digital relationships and personal agency intersect Police investigations remain ongoingA few days ago a civil judge aspirant girl from Katni also went missing but was later recovered by the police from the Nepal border She went missing to escape marriage pressure from her family members IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/twin-cases-of-missing-girls-in-mp-end-in-unexpected-marriages-635186.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-arrests-third-accused-in-andhra-is-terror-conspiracy-case-634948.html New Delhi Aug 28 The National Investigation Agency NIA has arrested another key accused in the Vizianagaram ISIS terrorist conspiracy case an official said on Thursday Arif Hussain aka Abu Talib a resident of Bihar was nabbed by an NIA team at IGI Airport Delhi while attempting to flee the country the official saidHe will be presented before the NIA Special Court Visakhapatnam he saidInvestigations by the NIA had revealed that the accused had been in contact with accused SirajurRahman already arrested in the case earlier along with Syed SameerSiraj and Sameer were found to be in possession of chemicals used for making IEDs and were conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks the NIA saidArif was involved in illegal supply of weapons in various parts of the country for jihadi activities the investigations further revealedBefore the NIA took over the investigation Siraj and Sameer were arrested in May by Andhra Pradesh PoliceThe police took them into custody from Visakhapatnam Central Jail and shifted to Vizianagaram for questioningSenior officials including the incharge Superintendent of Police Madhava Reddy questioned the accused over the alleged terror plotThe duo was questioned about the plot and the activities of AlHind Ittehadul Muslimeen floated by them The investigating officials tried to gather information about their contacts in Andhra Pradesh Telangana and other statesSiraj was arrested by Vizianagaram police following the recovery of explosives at his residence on May 17 The subsequent investigation led to the arrest of Sameer in HyderabadSameer was brought to Vizianagaram and the duo were sent to judicial custody for 14 daysThey were booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 and under the Explosive Substances Act of 1908The two suspects had allegedly procured explosives online and were planning a series of explosions near Vizianagaram IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-arrests-third-accused-in-andhra-is-terror-conspiracy-case-634948.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:05:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-for-abusive-remarks-against-pm-modi-his-late-mother-in-bihar-634990.html Patna Aug 29 A man has been arrested on charges of hurling abuses against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during the Mahagathbandhans Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihars Darbhanga district The accused has been identified as Rafiq alias Raja a resident of Bhopura village under the jurisdiction of Sihwada Police StationAn FIR was registered against him at the Simri police stationThe SHO of Sihwada Police Station confirmed the arrest He said that the Senior SP of the district will provide the details later in the dayAccording to police Rafiq allegedly snatched the microphone from the stage at a rally in Bithauli shouted abusive words targeting the Prime Minister and his late mother and raised slogans in support of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and RJD leader Tejashwi YadavThe rally was organised by local Congress leader Mohammad Naushad an aspirant for the Jaale Assembly seat as part of the ongoing Voter Adhikar YatraThe controversy flared after a video of the incident went viral on social media showing several workers raising slogans and hurling abuses despite attempts by others to stop them The video also captured children and locals climbing onto the stage amid the commotionThe police said further investigation is underway to identify others involved in the incidentFollowing the uproar BJP executive member Krishna Singh Kallu lodged an FIR against Rahul Gandhi at Gandhi Maidan Police Station in PatnaThe BJP launched a sharp attack on the opposition through social media saying From the stage of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadavs yatra very abusive language was used for the late mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Such meanness has never been seen before in politics This yatra has crossed all limits of insult hatred and lowlinessThe Bihar State Womens Commission has taken a suo motu cognisance of this matterBihar State Womens Commission chairperson Apsara said that insulting any woman regardless of her position or family cannot be toleratedThis is a violation of democratic norms and sends the wrong message to society Leaders must ensure political platforms are not used for such statements against women she statedThe Commission has issued notices to Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi seeking their responseIt also shot off a letter to the DM of Darbhanga seeking a detailed report on this matter IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-for-abusive-remarks-against-pm-modi-his-late-mother-in-bihar-634990.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-bust-armed-auto-lifter-gang-arrest-four-634991.html New Delhi Aug 29 Delhi Police have busted an armed autolifter gang with the arrest of four men along with weapons and stolen vehicles The police on Friday said the arrests were made after intelligence inputs regarding their presence in Dwaraka district in the national capital A press note of the police said that on August 21 the accused persons were roaming near Hanuman Chowk Qutub Vihar while planning to commit a major crime Acting swiftly on secret information the police team of PS Chhawla laid a trap and apprehended three accused namely Shadik Manga Mangi and Sahil who were riding a stolen KTM Duke motorcycleDuring their search one USmade pistol one countrymade pistol with two live rounds and one stolen mobile phone were recoveredAccordingly a case vide FIR No 33425 Dt 21082025 Us 255459 Arms Act and 112 BNS was registered at the Chhawla police stationThe police after sustained interrogation and further disclosures of the accused arrested their associate Dilip and four additional stolen motorcycles were recoveredThe operation was carried out under the close supervision of DCP Dwarka District guidance of ACP Jaswant Singh ACPChhawla SubDivision and leadership of Om Prakash Sinha SHOChhawla as mentioned in the press note The team comprised Head Constables Mahender Kumar Pradeep Jaswant and Praveen and Constables Girdhari Lal and Pradeep The police said the accused Shadik and Manga were recently released from jail and are habitual offendersShadik 22 is a resident of Village Khalilpur in district Bulandsahar Uttar Pradesh According to the police statement he is involved in 12 different criminal cases including seven in the Railways Manga Mangi is a resident of Delhi and is aged 24 years The police said he is a budding autolifter and was earlier arrested in theft cases He has five Criminal cases registered against him in Punjab and DelhiSahil 22 is a resident of Krishna Market Shyam Vihar PhI Najafgarh Delhi The police said that he is a firsttime offender drawn into crime by association Dilip hails from Auraiya district Uttar Pradesh and is aged 22 years The police said he is a new entrant in crime and has been arrested for the first timeOn the basis of disclosures and recoveries five motor vehicle theft cases and one mobile theft case have been solved All these cases are from DelhiDCP Ankit Singh said that the Delhi Police remain committed to acting firmly against repeat offenders and ensuring the safety of citizens IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-bust-armed-auto-lifter-gang-arrest-four-634991.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-arrests-key-accused-in-muzaffarpur-ak-47-seizure-case-635035.html New Delhi Aug 29 The National Investigation Agency NIA has arrested a key accused in the Muzaffarpur AK47 rifle and ammunition seizure case marking a major breakthrough in its probe into an arms smuggling racket The accused Manjoor Khan alias Babu Bhai was apprehended for his alleged role in conspiring with others to smuggle sophisticated prohibited bore weapons including AK47 assault rifles from Nagaland into BiharAccording to NIA officials Khan was a close aide of the prime accused Vikash Kumar who is believed to have led the armsrunning networkNIA investigations revealed that Khan and his associate were actively engaged in procuring and transporting illegal weapons with the intent of creating unrest and threatening public safety thereby endangering national securityNIA investigations revealed that Manjoor had conspired with his coaccused to smuggle prohibited weapons with the intent to disrupt public peace and safety thereby endangering national security the agency said in its press statementThe case dates back to July 2024 when Fakuli police recovered an AK47 rifle fitted with a lens along with live ammunition at Murghatiya Bridge in Muzaffarpur district Bihar The recovery led to the arrest of four men Vikash Kumar Satyam Kumar Devmani Rai and Ahmad Ansari who were booked under the Arms Act and chargesheetedIn August 2024 the NIA took over the investigation Case No RC112024NIADLI During the probe the agency uncovered evidence linking the arrested men to a larger conspiracy and subsequently filed a supplementary charge sheet against the four under Section 120B of the IPC criminal conspiracy and Sections 13 amp 18 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActWith Khans arrest the NIA believes it has tightened the noose around the arms smuggling networkHowever the agency emphasised that the investigation remains ongoing to trace other conspirators potential financiers and the endusers of the seized weapons IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-arrests-key-accused-in-muzaffarpur-ak-47-seizure-case-635035.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-nab-convicted-rapist-murderer-of-six-year-old-girl-after-four-years-on-the-run-635070.html New Delhi Aug 29 A convicted rapist and murderer who had been on the run for over four years after jumping parole has been apprehended by the Delhi Polices Crime Branch The accused identified as Sanjay alias Sujoy 40 was arrested in Patna Bihar following a threemonthlong operation Sanjay was convicted in 2010 for the brutal rape and murder of a sixyearold girl in Kapashera Delhi in 2007The prosecutions case revealed a horrific story Sanjay a neighbour of the victim lured her with the promise of a samosa The innocent child unaware of his malicious intent accompanied him to a vacant plot where he committed the heinous crimes To conceal his acts he brutally murdered the girlIn 2010 the Dwarka Additional Sessions Court sentenced Sanjay to life imprisonment a conviction upheld by the Delhi High Court in 2014 After serving part of his sentence he was granted parole by the Delhi High Court on June 15 2021However upon the completion of his parole period he failed to surrender and vanished A dedicated team from the AntiRobbery and Specialised Crimes ARSC unit of the Crime Branch was tasked with tracking down parole jumpers involved in heinous crimesActing on a tip the team led by Inspectors Mangesh Tyagi and Robin Tyagi began a meticulous investigation Through advanced technical surveillance and human Intelligence they traced the fugitive to Patna Bihar To evade law enforcement Sanjay had changed his name to Sujoy and frequently moved between different areas of BiharDuring his time on the run he continued his criminal behaviour even facing a new case in Patna for assaulting women with the intent to outrage their modestyHe also married twice while in hiding and has one child from one wife and another wife is pregnantThe accused came to Delhi in 2003 to work in an export company He studied up to 5th class in his native village At present he has no other source of income and he is totally dependent on the income received from his ancestral agricultural fields said DCP Sanjeev Kumar YadavThe successful apprehension of Sanjay from Patna is a testament to the perseverance and tactical efficiency of the Delhi PoliceThe operation which involved over ten police personnel demonstrates the commitment of law enforcement to ensure that those who commit such horrific crimes are brought to justice even if it takes years IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-nab-convicted-rapist-murderer-of-six-year-old-girl-after-four-years-on-the-run-635070.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/now-sog-probing-junior-engineer-recruitment-exam-says-rajasthan-police-adg-635077.html Jaipur Aug 29 The Special Operations Group SOG on Friday stepped up its probe after the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the SubInspector SI Recruitment examination 2021 SOG Additional Director General ADG VK Singh has said the agency has now shifted focus to other examinations including Junior Engineer JE recruitment and lecturer recruitments where irregularities are under scannerWe have already started working on these cases and results will be out soon Singh addedThe SOG ADG revealed that in the SI paper leak investigation the involvement of 27 accused has been confirmed while another 88 remain under suspicionAll of the accused persons in connection with the case are abscondingWith the help of ATS we have intensified the search How long will they run They will have to surrender sooner or later We are using every legal authority available Singh saidThe ADG confirmed that an FIR under Section 174A of the IPC has been lodged against Suresh Dhaka a key figure in the paper leak gang for ignoring court orders and evading summonsWhenever he comes into our custody he will have to pay the price for this FIR They cannot run away for long now Singh warnedSpeaking on the cancellation of SI recruitment examination the SOG ADG said the court judgment would benefit deserving candidatesMeritorious students will get jobs again with better ranks Those involved in fraud will be thrown out like garbage Even those who had left earlier jobs will get reinstated The High Court has ensured no one is left disappointed he addedThe Rajasthan High Court on Thursday cancelled the contentious 2021 SI recruitment exam owing to allegations over paper leak and involvement of members of Rajasthan Public Service Commission RPSCJustice Sameer Jain cancelled the exam which was the bone of contention for both BJP and Congress governments in the state and gave a detailed judgmentThe Hindi idiom ghar ka bhedi lanka dhaye insider does maximum damage aptly encapsulates the egregious circumstances surrounding the SubInspector Recruitment Examination 2021 wherein the very guardians entrusted with safeguarding the sanctity of the process namely the members of the RPSC were instrumental in its vitiation the court order saidThe judgment further called it a travesty of monumental proportions in which six members of the RPSC tasked with the sacrosanct duty of protecting the interests of the public and masses chose to betray that trustSenior advocate Major RP Singh who represented the petitioners said the illegality and fraud on the system was so conspicuous and the judgment would hopefully act as a deterrent for the gangs playing with the future of youths IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/now-sog-probing-junior-engineer-recruitment-exam-says-rajasthan-police-adg-635077.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/terror-attack-was-planned-in-pahalgam-due-to-relative-isolation-heavy-tourist-footfall-in-baisaran-nia-634904.html Jammu Aug 28 The National Investigation Agency NIA said on Thursday that the terrorists chose Baisaran for the terror attack in April due to the heavy tourist footfall there the relative isolation of the meadow and the response time of the security forces The NIA spokesman said on Thursday Three terrorists were directly involved in the brutal terror attack in which 26 people were killed in cold blood on April 22The target was chosen considering the response time from the security agencies posted thereThe terrorists chose Baisaran as the target due to its high tourist presence relative isolation and after considering that the response from the security agencies would take time the NIA spokesman addedIn the targeted attack terrorists killed male tourists around eateries taking pony rides or just picnicking with their families including young children and parents in the Baisaran meadow near PahalgamThe NIA in June arrested two men for harbouring the three Pakistanbased terrorists who were killed by the armed forces late last monthThe arrested persons Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote and Bashir Ahmad Jothar from Pahalgam disclosed the identities of the three assailants as Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed outfit LashkareTaiba LeTThe two men provided food shelter and logistical support to the terrorists NIA officials had saidThe three LeT terrorists who were killed in the July 28 encounter codenamed Operation Mahadev on the outskirts of Srinagar had been hiding in the DachigamHarwan forest belt since the attack they revealedIn response to the Pahalgam terror attack the Indian armed forces on May 7 carried out precision strikes at terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and PakistanoccupiedKashmir PoK under Operation SindoorThe operation targeted nine sites including the headquarters and training centres of LeT and JaisheMohammed from where terror attacks against India were planned and directedIn the resulting escalation 18 Defence bases of Pakistan were damaged by the Indian armed forces IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/terror-attack-was-planned-in-pahalgam-due-to-relative-isolation-heavy-tourist-footfall-in-baisaran-nia-634904.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:47:00 +0530