DailyWorld News - The First International Newspaper From India https://dailyworld.in/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:36:02 +0530 en https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-hm-vows-swift-action-after-techie-loses-rs-3183-crore-in-digital-arrest-scam-649217.html Bengaluru Nov 18 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the government would take firm action in the online fraud case involving the âdigital arrestâ of a 57yearold Bengaluru tech professional who lost Rs 3183 crore He confirmed that it is the largest online financial scam reported in Karnataka to date adding that the people behind the digital arrest would not be sparedSpeaking to reporters Parameshwara said that the fraud took place over more than a year involving about 187 transactions from the victimâs account âShe could have approached the police at any stage and had she done so earlier she would not have lost such a large amountâ he saidHe said the state had not witnessed a digital arrest case of this scale earlier âWe are treating the case with full seriousness and will trace those responsibleâ he saidâIf she realised the fraud only after transferring money amounting to crores it shows how deeply she was affected by the scam Now that the case has come to light we have taken it seriously This is the highestever online fraud reported from our state This is the first time such a largescale digital arrest case has been reported and such a huge amount siphoned offâ Parameshwara saidThe Karnataka Home Minister also referred to a separate case in which people based in Karnataka had virtually detained individuals in the United States pointing out that the method was not new to local investigatorsThe incident came to light on Monday when it was reported that a 57yearold Bengaluru tech professional had lost Rs 3183 crore to cybercriminals after being held in a digital arrest for more than six monthsFollowing a complaint at Bengaluruâs East Cyber Crime Police Station the police launched a hunt to trace the gangThe victim transferred Rs 3183 crore in 187 transactions exhausting nearly all her savings and deposits except her fixed deposits The accused repeatedly assured her that the money would be returned by February after verification but kept delaying the deadline with one excuse after anotherGrowing suspicious the victim lodged a complaint with the cybercrime police on November 14 In the complaint she stated that due to her sonâs marriage ceremony she could not approach the police earlyAccording to the police the cybercriminals kept the victim under digital arrest for more than six months and severed contact after extorting the amountHer ordeal began on September 15 2024 when she received a call from someone claiming to represent a reputed courier company who told her that a package in her name containing three credit cards four passports and banned MDMA had been received at a courier centre in Andheri MumbaiThe victim told the caller that she lived in Bengaluru and had no knowledge of the package He then warned her that since the parcel was linked to her mobile number it could involve cyber fraud and she needed to file a complaint Before she could respond her call was transferred to another person claiming to be an officer from the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIThe accused prevented her from contacting the police or seeking legal help by convincing her that cybercriminals were monitoring her every move They later issued direct threats warning that if she revealed anything her entire family would be implicatedWith her sonâs wedding approaching she yielded to the pressure and followed their instructions The accused then contacted her via Skype identifying himself as Pradeep Singh and informed her that another associate Rahul Yadav would monitor her for a week During this period she was confined to her home while the accused worked remotely from her residenceOn September 23 last year the accused instructed the victim to declare her properties to the Reserve Bank of Indiaâs Financial Intelligence Unit FIU After she disclosed her assets and cash they extorted money from her in stages and even provided a forged clearance certificateThe police said that the investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ktaka-hm-vows-swift-action-after-techie-loses-rs-3183-crore-in-digital-arrest-scam-649217.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/targeted-killings-taking-place-in-punjab-to-destroy-communal-harmony-bjp-649218.html Chandigarh Nov 18 Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said on Tuesday that targeted killings are taking place with the clear intent to destroy the stateâs communal harmony while the Aam Aadmi Party government has completely failed to discharge its responsibility He was in Ferozepur town to offer condolences to the family of Naveen Arora a son of RSS leader Baldev Raj Arora who was shot dead Speaking to the media Jakhar said the gangsters are continuously targeting people to shatter the communal fabric He described the killing of the son of an RSS leader in broad daylight as an attack on Punjabiat and said no Punjabi will tolerate this He pointed out that earlier murders of RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja Vikas Bagga and now Arora have all been carried out in a similar pattern which indicated a larger conspiracy aimed at spoiling the communal harmony Jakhar said at a time when âwe are celebrating the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur who sacrificed his life for religious neutrality and the protection of all faiths such targeted killings are a blot on the forehead of Punjab and Punjabi cultureâ âYet the government has failed in its duty and till now no official reaction has come from the government in this regardâ He said this appears to be a dirty mindset to create divisions in society and such elements must be stopped with an iron hand âThe silence of the government on this serious matter is causing even greater concern The culprits must be identified and those sowing the poison of hatred in the state must receive the strictest punishmentâ The BJP leader appealed to all Punjabis to maintain mutual brotherhood and not let these antisociety and antiPunjab forces succeed Jakhar reminded the media of the statement given by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on November 6 in Tarn Taran in which he had promised to wipe out gangsters from Punjab within seven days He said much more than seven days have passed but that promise has proved to be nothing more than an election gimmick while the people of Punjab are being forced to live in an atmosphere of fear and terror He said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has knelt before his Delhi leadership due to which he has no control over the administration and the senior leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party is directly responsible for whatever deterioration is taking place in the state IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/targeted-killings-taking-place-in-punjab-to-destroy-communal-harmony-bjp-649218.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-ed-court-frames-charges-against-ex-maha-minister-nawab-malik-in-pmla-case-649219.html Mumbai Nov 18 A Special PMLA Court in Mumbai on Tuesday framed charges against former Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case linked to underworld don Dawood Ibrahimâs syndicate Malik who is currently out on bail pleaded not guilty However the court found enough evidence to proceed against MalikThe case pertains to the alleged illegal acquisition of around three acres of land in the Goawala Compound in Kurla said to belong to one Munira PlumberMalik Dawood Ibrahimâs sister Haseena Parkar her aide Salim Patel and 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Sardar Khan are accused of conspiring to grab the land and later launder the money The ED values the proceeds at around Rs 16 croreEarlier in the day the court dismissed a discharge application filed by Malikâs firm Malik Infrastructure which argued that the Enforcement Directorates case was based on âguesses and conjecturesâ and that the company did not exist when the alleged transactions took placeThe court however ruled that there was sufficient prima facie evidence to proceed noting that the preliminary investigation indicated Malik and the other accused allegedly associated with the DCompany participated in the illegal acquisition and laundering of the landMalik also sought a sixweek postponement of the framing of charges saying his petition in the Bombay High Court was scheduled for hearing soon His counsel Taraq Sayed argued that the ED had not submitted certain documents that could assist the defence and that after the full disclosure there may not be any need to frame chargesSpecial Public Prosecutor Sunil Gonsalves countered that there was no stay from the High Court and therefore the trial could not be halted The court agreed citing Supreme Court and High Court directions to expedite cases involving MPs and MLAs and rejected Malikâs requestThe ED arrested Malik in February 2022 alleging he colluded with Haseena Parkar to illegally acquire the Kurla property using forged documents and criminal intimidation Malik and two companies are named as the accused in the caseThe court formally framed charges against Malik and the other accused on Tuesday afternoon paving the way for the trial to begin IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-ed-court-frames-charges-against-ex-maha-minister-nawab-malik-in-pmla-case-649219.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-forces-deployed-in-nagaur-over-dispute-on-installation-of-maharaja-surajmals-statue-649230.html Jaipur Nov 18 Tension erupted in Jodhiyasi village of Rajasthan on Tuesday over the installation of a statue of Maharaja Surajmal at a public square Two groups clashed around 130 pm when one side attempted to put up a tent at the disputed site Stone pelting took place despite the presence of police forcing personnel to disperse the crowdsPolice teams from nine stations along with RAC and Quick Response Team units were deployed at the bus stand intersection where the incident occurred Officials said the situation is now under control The dispute has been ongoing for nearly a year Three statues â of Lord Parshuram Maharana Pratap and Maharaja Surajmal â were to be installed in the villageHowever late Monday night one group independently installed the statue of Maharaja Surajmal at the contentious location At 5 am Tuesday members of both groups began staging sitinsOne faction maintains that they have no objection to installing the statue but oppose its placement at the public square which houses government offices and the village bus standâThis area already faces parking issues Installing the statue elsewhere in the village would avoid inconvenienceâ said villager Karan SinghThey also accused Sarpanch Kamala Mund and her representative Dayalram Mund of instigating the installation However the opposing group argues that the Gram Sabha had already passed a resolution to install the statue at the location as part of village beautificationâThe proposal was approved by the District Collector and sent to the Divisional Commissioner though final approval is still pendingâ said Sarpanch representative Dayalram MundWhen the group that installed the statue tried to erect additional tents in the afternoon the other side objectedAs police attempted to mediate both sides hurled stones at the site of the installation workDistrict collector Arun Kumar Purohit said senior officials including the Additional District Collector SDM and Additional SP were at the scene to monitor the situationEfforts are underway to bring both sides to an agreement though talks so far have remained inconclusive IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-forces-deployed-in-nagaur-over-dispute-on-installation-of-maharaja-surajmals-statue-649230.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-517-crore-dubai-assets-linked-to-rs-1-266-crore-sbi-fraud-case-649260.html New Delhi Nov 18 Directorate of Enforcement ED Bhopal Zonal Office has provisionally attached nine luxurious foreign immovable properties located in Dubai UAE under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 The attached properties are in the form of apartments and commercial spaces having a worth of Rs 5170 croreAccording to the ED the said attachment done on Monday has been done in the matter of âbank fraud done by Ms Advantage Overseas Private Limited AOPL its directors guarantors and related persons including its main directorsignificant beneficial owner Shrikant Bhasi which caused wrongful loss of Rs 126663 Crore to State Bank of IndiaâThe attached properties belong to Shrikant Bhasi who gifted them to his daughterâThe said foreign assets situated in Centurion Residence â Dubai Investment Park Second Dubai Silicon Oasis Liwa Heights Al Thanyah Fifth Business Bay and World Trade Centre Residences were found to be acquired out of Proceeds of Crime POC generated in connection with the bank fraud case where SBI Shahpura Branch has incurred wrongful loss to the tune of Rs 126663 Croreâ the ED said in its press noteED investigation revealed that Shrikant Bhasi who exercised strategic control over AOPL and its associated entities had acquired the said foreign properties in DubaiâThese properties were later deliberately gifted to his daughter through gift deeds executed in 2022â2023 without any consideration to hide the POCâ ED saidAccording to the central agency the properties were acquired from funds generated by AOPL and its group entities through âillegal merchanting trade transactions diversion of bank funds fabrication of documents circular trading and layering of illicit proceedsââDuring investigation it was revealed that 12 Foreign Letters of Credit FLCs amounting to USD 200 million approx Rs 126663 Crore were devolved upon SBI between AprilâMay 2018 after AOPL failed to fulfil the mandatory margin requirements and could not infuse funds at the time of LC rolloverâ it saidDue to depletion of Fixed Deposit margins and the companyâs failure to honour its obligations the Bank was compelled to make payments to overseas suppliers resulting in substantial loss to the public sector bankThese devolved LCs constitute a major component of the POC which were subsequently layered and laundered through related entities and used for acquiring foreign assetsED investigation has also uncovered a network of domestic and foreign entities used for layering diversion of funds and acquisition of assets in India and abroadIt also noted that further investigation is in progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-517-crore-dubai-assets-linked-to-rs-1-266-crore-sbi-fraud-case-649260.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/murder-convict-serving-life-term-in-tihar-jail-arrested-from-kolkata-after-misusing-parole-649263.html Kolkata Nov 18 A team of the Kolkata Police and Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested a murder accused from Kolkata who fled from the Tihar Jail officials said According to the police the notorious gangster from Uttar Pradesh was out on parole but did not return to Tihar jail and has been in hiding in the Topsia area of the cityHe was arrested from the Ripon Street in Kolkata in a joint operation by officers of the Kolkata Police and the Delhi PoliceThe man has been identified as Mohammad Shorab who is serving a life sentencePolice said that he is convicted of multiple murdersA senior officer of Kolkata Police said Today a team of Delhi Police requested for police assistance for conducting raid with Delhi Police Special Cell During prolonged search and technical assistance one Sohrab 38 was arrested from a house in Ripon Street He hails from Lucknow in Uttar PradeshThe notorious criminal had also committed crimes in Delhi as wellHe was currently lodged in the Tihar jailHe was released on parole in June this yearThe accused persons parole ended in July and since then he has been hidingHe is also involved in around 20 criminal cases which includes six to seven murder cases few attempt to murder cases and also robbery cases in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi the senior police officer saidAccording to police sources three brothers Salim Rustam and Shorab used to run a gangSeveral charges including murder and robbery were filed against themIn 2005 Shorab committed three murders in an hour on the occasion of EidHowever he was later arrested in connection with that murderLater in 2011 Shorab and one of his brothers were arrested in connection with the robbery of a gold shop and murder in Delhis Karol BaghA Delhi court sentenced both of them to life imprisonmentSince then Shorab has been imprisoned in the Tihar JailAfter a long imprisonment Shorab was released on parole on June 26 this year citing his wifes illnessHe was supposed to return to jail on July 4 However he did not returnHe fled to a relatives house in Topsia in KolkataHe was staying there in disguiseHe was also working as an app cab driver by hiding his identityMeanwhile the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police formed a special investigation team as the notorious gangster did not return to jail IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/murder-convict-serving-life-term-in-tihar-jail-arrested-from-kolkata-after-misusing-parole-649263.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/former-us-treasury-secretary-harvard-head-hit-by-disclosures-in-epstein-files-649269.html New York Nov 18 As Congress readies to vote on Tuesday on the release of all the files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once a highflying billionaire social figure preliminary leaks have hit Larry Summers a former Treasury Secretary and Harvard University head After disclosures in emails between them that Summers sought advice from Epstein about seducing a woman Summers said that he was âdeeply ashamedâ and would withdraw from public engagementsDemocrat Representative Ro Khanna who spearheaded the effort for the legislation to release the documents told a TV interviewer that he wanted the elite involved to be exposedAs an asset manager Epstein had billionaire clients and his influence and networking built a web of business political and social figuresAfter months of opposing the release of all the Epstein documents to the government President Donald Trump retreated on Sunday and said his partyâs members of the House of Representatives can vote for legislation to open the trove of filesHe backtracked because it appeared that a large number of Republicans would defy him and vote for it which could be interpreted as the first sign that his control was slippingâItâs a Democratsâ problem Democrats were Epsteinâs friends all of themâ Trump assertedSummers is a Democrat who was in former President Barack Obamaâs cabinetLike Summers former President Bill Clinton was a guest of Epstein and flew on his private planes which Trump mentioned and asked the Justice Department to investigate them and financial institutions with links to the billionaireDemocrats pushed for the filesâ release and some Republicans joined them because of the antielite sentiments of their baseTrump said that he had broken off all relations with Epstein decades agoThe leaks from Democrats showed that Trump had greeted Epstein on his birthday and in emails Epstein claimed Trump knew of the trafficking which the president has deniedThere were no indications that Trump was involved with the girls victimised by Epstein and his friends and in an email Epstein said that Trump hadnt had a massageSummers was the first major American figure to be felled by disclosures of Epstein connections which already brought down former British Prince AndrewNow known plainly by his surname MountbattenWindsor after being stripped of his royal title he was accused of having sex with minors as a guest of EpsteinEpstein was convicted in Florida of procuring children for sex and was facing a federal trial on charges of trafficking minors for sex when he died in jail Authorities said he committed suicideThe disclosures so far do not show that Summers was involved in the sex crimes but only in ribald email conversations about a woman who sought his mentoringHarvard Crimson identified the woman as an academic at the London School of Economics and the daughter of a former highranking Chinese officialSummers is on the Harvard faculty and he said he would continue to teach thereHe is on the board of several companies including OpAI and a White House official told Politico that institutions he is associated with should drop himThat was echoed by Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/former-us-treasury-secretary-harvard-head-hit-by-disclosures-in-epstein-files-649269.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/gujarat-mastermind-of-international-cyber-slavery-network-held-649281.html Ahmedabad Nov 18 Gujaratâs Cyber Centre of Excellence has arrested Neel Purohit alias âThe Ghostâ the alleged kingpin of an international âcyber slaveryâ network operating across Myanmarâs KK Park and Cambodia Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi announced that the stateoftheart centre built for Rs 500 crore has cracked a global syndicate that lured Indian youth with fake overseas job offers and trafficked them into cyberfraud factories run by Chinese mafias in Southeast AsiaOfficials said the operation was carried out under the directions of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel CID Crime DGP KLN Rao and Additional DGP Parikshita Rathod The team arrested Purohit from Gandhinagar as he was reportedly attempting to escape to Malaysia Two of his close associatesâsubagents Hitesh Somaiya and Sonal Phadduâwere also held along with two other accused Bhavdeep Jadeja and Hardeep JadejaA court has granted a 14day remand for Purohit Investigations have revealed that Purohit ran a highly organised transnational trafficking network managing more than 126 subagents across India while maintaining links with over 30 Pakistani handlers and more than 100 Chinese and foreign corporate HR operators who sourced manpower for cyberfraud compoundsPolice said he had trafficked or facilitated deals to traffic over 1000 individuals to Cambodia Myanmar Vietnam and Thailand often routing victims through Dubai Laos and Sri LankaMore than 500 citizens from India Sri Lanka Bangladesh Nepal Pakistan Nigeria Egypt Cameroon Benin and Tunisia were moved into cyber slavery through routes arranged by himAccording to the Cyber Centre the accused used Telegram Instagram and Facebook to lure victims with highpaying dataentry jobs abroad seized their passports and transported them illegally across bordersâoften through the Moei River into Myanmarâs Myawaddy region a notorious hub for crypto scams phishing operations romance frauds and Ponzi racketsVictims were forced to commit cybercrimes under threats of physical and psychological torture For each trafficked person Purohit allegedly earned 2000â4500 distributing 3040 per cent to subagents and funnelling the money through mule bank accounts and multiple crypto walletsThe arrest is significant as over 4000 Indians have been rescued in joint operations by India Thailand and Myanmar in the past three years In their statements several survivors named Purohit helping investigators identify him as a key link in the global racketDeputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi congratulated the Cyber Centre of Excellence team calling the crackdown âa landmark stepâ in protecting citizens from evolving cyber threats and criminal syndicates IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/gujarat-mastermind-of-international-cyber-slavery-network-held-649281.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-al-falah-university-founder-in-money-laundering-case-649282.html New Delhi Nov 18 Enforcement Directorate ED on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui founder of Al Falah University and Chairman of Al Falah group in connection with a terror financinglinked money laundering case He was taken into custody under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA The arrest took place on Tuesday following a detailed investigation and analysis of evidence gathered during a search action conducted at premises related to the Al Falah group in the âongoing probe in an ECIR recorded by the ED under PMLA in connection with the Al Falah GroupâAccording to the ED it initiated the investigation against the Al Falah group on the basis of two FIRs registered by the Crime Branch Delhi Police based on the allegations that AlFalah University Faridabad has made âfraudulent and misleading claims of NAAC accreditation with an intention to deceive students parents and stakeholders for wrongful gainâIt has been further mentioned in FIR that AlFalah University has falsely claimed UGC recognition under Section 12B of the UGC Act 1956 with an oblique motive to cheat the aspirants students parents guardians stakeholders and general public to gain wrongfully and cause wrongful loss to themâThe UGC clarified that AlFalah University is included only under Section 2f as a State Private University has never applied for inclusion under Section 12B and is not eligible for grants under that provisionâ the ED said in a press noteAlFalah Charitable Trust was constituted by a public charitable trust deed dated September 8 1995 with Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui named as one of the first trustees and designated as the Managing TrusteeAll the educational institutions university and colleges are ultimately owned and financially consolidated under this trust which is effectively controlled by Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui The entire AlFalah group has seen a meteoric rise since the 1990s metamorphosing into a large educational bodyâHowever the rise is not backed by adequate financialsâ the agency saidED conducted search operations at 19 locations in Delhi on Tuesday including the premises of Al Falah University and residential premises of key persons of the Al Falah groupThe agencys investigation has revealed that large amounts of proceeds of crime have been generatedâEvidence reveals that crores of rupees have been diverted by the trust to familyowned entities For example the construction as well as catering contracts were given by trustJawad Ahmad to entities of his wife and childrenâ it saidIt further added that during the search âcash of over 48 lakhs multiple digital devices and documentary evidence were found and seized Multiple shell companies of the group have been identified Numerous violations under several other Acts have also been detectedââThe role of Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in effectively controlling the trust and its activities has been brought out by multiple pieces of evidence Exhaustive evidence including recovery of cash from trusteesâ diversion of funds to family concern layering of funds etc clearly establishes the pattern of generation and layering of proceeds of crimeâ it saidAfter establishing his culpability in the offence Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui was arrested on Tuesday under Section 19 of the PMLA 2002 after following due legal procedureâHe has been produced before the Court for the purpose of seeking ED remandâ it saidFurther investigation is in progress IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-al-falah-university-founder-in-money-laundering-case-649282.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/why-isis-kashmir-revival-faltered-money-driven-terrorists-failed-but-professional-cells-are-filling-the-gap-649157.html New Delhi Nov 18 The ISI decided to go in for a complete shift in strategy after it realised that many of its recruits in Jammu and Kashmir were not ideologically connected In recent years many of its recruits in the Valley were not committed to an ideology and the security agencies learnt that most of them were working for money Terror groups such as the JaisheMohammad and LashkareTaiba have been facing this issue since the abrogation of Article 370 and all their recruits since then have been more committed to the finances rather than the causeThis explains the complete shift that one got to witness where the Faridabad terror module of the JaisheMohammad is concerned The module comprised mostly doctors and they were in charge of the planning recruitment and also arranging fundsInvestigators who are questioning some of the doctors arrested in connection with this case say that none of them were working for money Further most of them reached out to the JaisheMohammad rather than vice versa For the JaisheMohammad having such members as part of the module was advantageous in many waysIn the runup to joining any terror group the biggest challenge is always radicalisation Only a thoroughly radicalised terrorist is fully committed to the cause In most cases a terrorist pretends to be radicalised but his primary intention is the money he getsIn the case of the Faridabad module almost all the members were selfradicalised and did not visit any designated camp to undergo this process In all their calls with their bosses or handlers none of them demanded any financial assistance Most of them had highpaying jobs and were ready to put in their own finances to run the moduleBarring a payment of Rs 20 lakh to recruit and procure the ammunition the members of this module did not demand anything else Most of the module members being highly educated and working professionals did not have any criminal background This made it easy for them to operate as they never ran the risk of coming under the radar of the security agenciesDue to their background and skills the JaisheMohammad was able to leverage them to plan highimpact and sophisticated attacks During the questioning of the accused it was also learnt that their skill sets were used as they were found to be more adept at planning and also using encrypted platformsThe probe has found that the members of the Faridabad module were in contact with each other and also their foreignbased handlers through a Swiss communication app called Threema This app was used to coordinate their activities related to the attacks they had planned to carry out The decision to use this app was made by Dr Umar Muhammad the Delhi bomber This app does not need an email ID or phone number and hence tracking becomes next to impossibleSuch suggestions go a long way for terror groups and hence the decision to recruit highly educated persons works In recent times terror has largely moved online and to operate in such a space one needs experts who are also highly educated Terror groups recruit such persons since they have the computer skills that are needed to manage online propaganda and recruitment effortsWhile this trend of whitecollared terrorism has become quite common today it has been in play for over ten years AlQaeda and then the Islamic State are known to have recruited mostly educated terrorists These groups also decided to focus on whitecollared terrorists because it helps them in carrying out operations on foreign soil Such terrorists are better suited for international operations as they adapt more easily to foreign environments and navigate complicated situationsIntelligence agencies say that this trend is only likely to increase Pakistanbased terror groups especially the LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammad are likely to use this tactic more for attacks deep inside India officials also add IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/why-isis-kashmir-revival-faltered-money-driven-terrorists-failed-but-professional-cells-are-filling-the-gap-649157.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/excise-team-attacked-in-jharkhand-mob-frees-two-accused-liquor-dealers-649194.html Koderma Jharkhand Nov 18 A team from the Jharkhand Excise Department came under attack while returning from an operation against illegal liquor manufacturing in Koderma district officials said on Tuesday The mob not only vandalised government vehicles and pelted stones but also freed two arrested accused and assaulted security personnelThe incident took place near Tilaiya Basti late Monday night which falls under Barhi police station limits in Hazaribagh district when the team was returning from Kanti village the site of the raid after detaining two men involved in the illegal liquor tradeAccording to officials they arrested Anil Mahato and Dhanuki Mahato of Barki Dhamrai village during the raid in Kanti village in the Tilaiya Dam OP area The team was transporting them back to Koderma when their vehicle lost its way in the dark due to unfamiliar terrainSub Inspector Shivsagar Kumar said that during this time some locals allegedly circulated a false rumour that a âthief was fleeing with a childâ a ploy believed to have been used to mobilise the crowd and help free the detained liquor tradersWithin minutes Kumar said villagers from Gudio Vijaya Tilaiya Basti and nearby hamlets gathered in large numbers and encircled the teamâs vehiclesOfficials said the team attempted to leave but the mob began hurling stones without warning The situation quickly escalated with villagers smashing vehicle windows damaging the government vehicles and physically confronting the personnelIn the chaos the two accused were forcibly freed from police custodyExcise officials reported that several officers were manhandled and some even had their uniforms torn during the scuffle The team eventually managed to escape the area to avoid further violenceBarhi police station incharge Vinod Yadav said the police were informed about the incident late at night but no formal complaint has been filed yetâAn investigation will begin as soon as a written application is receivedâ he stated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/excise-team-attacked-in-jharkhand-mob-frees-two-accused-liquor-dealers-649194.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/31-maoists-hiding-as-labourers-arrested-in-andhras-vijayawada-kakinada-649197.html Vijayawada Nov 18 The presence of Maoists in Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh and surrounding areas created a stir on Tuesday as police arrested 31 Naxals including some top leaders belonging to Chhattisgarh As many as 27 Maoists were arrested from a fourstorey building at New Autonagar in Kanuru neighbourhood in VijayawadaNine members of the Central Committee of CPIMaoists were suspected to be among those arrested by OCTOPUS and Greyhounds personnel with the help of local policeMost of the arrested Maoists were women who had reportedly taken shelter in the guise of labourersSecurity personnel carried out searches following an intelligence alert that Maoists had taken shelter in the cityAdditional Director General Intelligence Mahesh Chandra Laddha said a total of 31 Maoists were arrested from Krishna district Vijayawada and KakinadaAs a large number of migrant workers from other states including Chhattisgarh are employed in various factories and timber depots in and around Vijayawada especially Autonagar the Maoists had taken shelter so as not to arouse any suspicionLargescale search operations were carried out to arrest the Maoists It was immediately not clear if the security personnel seized any arms and explosivesThe searches are said to be linked to Tuesdayâs operation by security forces in the forests of Alluri Sitharamaraju district in the AndhraOdisha border area in which six Maoists including top commander and CPIMaoist Central Committee member Hidma and his wife Raji were killedFacing the heat due to intensified operations by the security forces in Chhattisgarh several Maoists from that state are believed to have entered Andhra PradeshADG Intelligence said they were keeping a close watch on the movements of Maoists for the last monthSome Maoists and sympathisers were suspected of having moved to the interior parts of Andhra PradeshPolice were questioning the owner of the building in Autonagar and were trying to identify those who had given shelter to Maoists and their sympathisers An investigation was also conducted on whether they were planning any attacksPolice officers said such a large number of Maoists were not arrested from any city in Andhra Pradesh even when Maoist activity was at its peak IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/31-maoists-hiding-as-labourers-arrested-in-andhras-vijayawada-kakinada-649197.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-police-detain-three-linked-to-delhi-blast-accused-649202.html Mumbai Nov 18 The Mumbai Police have detained three individuals linked to the accused in the Delhi car blast attack case officials said on Tuesday They are now being sent to Delhi for further interrogration These three individuals were detained from different locations in a secret operation carried out by a special team of the Mumbai Police and are currently being questionedAccording to the officials the detained people were in contact with the accused through a social media applicationThe police have also mentioned that these people are from welltodo families just like Dr Umar Muhammad and Dr Muzammil two key accused in the terror module linked to the Delhi blastSimilar investigations are being conducted in various districts across the state officialsEarlier on Monday sources said that investigators have found encrypted conversations and the movement of weapons has revealed a tightly organised inner circle within the terror module linked to Dr Umar Muhammad the driver of the i20 car that exploded near Delhis Red Fort killing at least 13 and injuring over a dozen peopleAccording to official sources Umar created an encrypted Signal group nearly three months ago using a name marked with special characters to avoid surveillanceHe reportedly added Muzammil Adil Rather Muzaffar Rather and Maulvi Irfan Ahmad Waghe to this channel which functioned as the primary hub for internal coordinationA major turning point in the probe came after an assault rifle and a pistol were recovered from the car of Dr Shaheen Shahid Investigators believe Umar had procured these weapons and handed them to Irfan sometime in 2024Shaheen had previously seen the same weapons during a visit to Irfans room along with Muzammil and is suspected to have contributed the largest share of funds used to sustain the modules operationsSources said the evidence so far points to a clear hierarchy and division of roles Financial support was primarily managed by the three doctors with Dr Muzammil playing a central roleRecruitment of Kashmiri youths was handled by Irfan who is believed to have brought in two arrested recruits Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil and Yasir ul AshrafInvestigators have also documented several instances of weapon movement In October 2023 Adil and Umar visited Irfan at a Kashmir mosque carrying a rifle hidden in a bag and later left after cleaning its barrelA month later Adil again arrived at Irfans residence with a rifle Muzammil and Shaheen also reached the location that same day The weapon was reportedly kept with Irfan and Adil returned the next morning to collect it sources saidThe findings indicate a coordinated network operating through encrypted platforms involving systematic fundraising targeted recruitment and careful handling of weapons they addedThe network is linked to the Faridabad terror module which was exposed on November 9 after police seized 2900 kg of explosives and ammunition from rented rooms linked to Muzammil a doctor associated with the Al Falah UniversityUmar another doctor associated with Al Falah University was driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10 triggering a massive investigation into the modules operations Police have since intensified the hunt for all individuals connected to the networkFurther investigations are underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-police-detain-three-linked-to-delhi-blast-accused-649202.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-ats-recovers-hidden-data-from-arrested-clerics-phone-points-to-major-conspiracy-649068.html Jaipur Nov 17 A major revelation has come out from the mobile phone of cleric Osama Umar arrested from Rajasthans Barmer district for alleged links with TehreekeTaliban Pakistan TTP and foreign funding The AntiTerrorism Squad ATS has recovered over 300000 hidden photos along with a significant amount of suspicious digital material According to IG Vikas Kumar multiple ATS teams are examining the recovered photos deleted data and suspicious content extracted from Osama Umarâs mobile phone and social media accounts Umar was arrested on November 6 after two days of intensive interrogation and has remained in ATS custody sinceHe was produced in court on Saturday and subsequently sent to jail Investigations into possible foreign funding are also underway Officials revealed that Umar had been in contact with radical organisations through social media For the past four years he had reportedly been consuming online propaganda material of the TehreekeTaliban Pakistan On November 8 he was allegedly planning to fly to Afghanistan via Dubai to receive terror trainingThe ATS detained him before he could leave the country Several chats and messages in Urdu and Persian have been recovered from his device and are currently under scrutiny Meanwhile efforts are ongoing to deradicalise four other individuals detained alongside him After the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts several attempts by terror outfits to expand their network in Rajasthan have been foiled Following the recent arrests including Osama Umar and a doctor from Malpura Tonk national intelligence agencies ATS and state surveillance units have been put on alert Monitoring of suspects especially on social media platforms has been intensifiedIG ATS Vikas Kumar said that Umar was detained from Sanchore on November 4 After verification he was arrested on November 6 During interrogation investigators learned that he had planned to flee to Dubai on November 8 just two days after his arrest From Dubai he intended to travel to Afghanistan to undergo jihad training at a TTP base camp It has also been revealed that after completing his training he planned to return to India and activate a sleeper cellThe FSL report of Umarâs mobile phone has now been released Investigators found that he had been in contact with the terrorist organisation for nearly four years Consequently around four yearsâ worth of data has been recovered from the device including over 300000 photos related to extremist content Most of the images contain messages in Urdu Arabic or Persian which will be analysed by language experts IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-ats-recovers-hidden-data-from-arrested-clerics-phone-points-to-major-conspiracy-649068.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bluru-woman-techie-loses-rs-3183-crore-after-being-trapped-into-digital-arrest-for-six-months-649102.html Bengaluru Nov 17 A shocking incident of a 57yearold woman techie losing Rs 3183 crore to cyber crooks after being trapped in a digital arrest for more than six months has been reported from Bengaluru The police have launched a hunt to bust the gang following a complaint lodged at the East Cyber Crime Police Station in Bengaluru officials said on MondayThe victim transferred Rs 3183 crore in 187 transactions She exhausted all her savings and deposits except for her fixed deposits The accused had assured her that she would get her money back by February after verification but kept postponing the date on one pretext or another Police sources claim that this is one of the biggest digital arrest cases reported in KarnatakaGrowing suspicious the victim lodged a complaint with the cybercrime police on November 14 She stated that due to her sonâs marriage ceremony and other reasons she had delayed filing the complaintAccording to the police the cybercriminals kept the victim under digital arrest for more than six months and severed contact after extorting a huge amountHer ordeal began on September 15 2024 when she received a call from a person claiming to be from a reputed courier company who said that a package in her name containing three credit cards four passports and banned MDMA had been received at a courier centre in Andheri MumbaiThe victim told the caller that she lives in Bengaluru and knows nothing about the package He then told her that since the package was linked to her mobile number it could be a case of cyber fraud and she needed to lodge a complaint Before she could react he connected her call to another person who claimed to be an officer from the Central Bureau of Investigation CBIThe accused ensured that she did not contact the police helpline or seek legal assistance by convincing her that she was being monitored by cybercriminals Later they issued direct threats saying that if she shared the information they would implicate her entire family in the caseAs her sonâs wedding was approaching she succumbed to the pressure and acted as per their instructions The accused later contacted her through Skype video identifying himself as one Pradeep Singh He informed her that for a week another associate named Rahul Yadav would monitor her She was restrained at home during this period The accused opted for workfromhome and stayed in her residenceOn September 23 2024 the accused asked the victim to declare her properties to the Reserve Bank of Indiaâs Financial Intelligence Unit FIU After she declared her assets and cash the accused extorted money from her in stages They even issued her a fake clearance certificateFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bluru-woman-techie-loses-rs-3183-crore-after-being-trapped-into-digital-arrest-for-six-months-649102.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-shot-dead-by-police-following-stabbing-in-australian-state-of-queensland-649113.html Sydney Nov 18 Police in the Australian state of Queensland have fatally shot a man after he stabbed another man and threatened a woman in the early hours of Tuesday morning The Queensland Police Service QPS said in a statement that officers responded to reports that a man had been stabbed in the neck by another man on a street in the town of Caboolture 40 kilometers north of Brisbane around 342 am on Tuesday Xinhua news agency reportedThe armed offender fled the scene on foot the QPS said and was found a short time later threatening a female member of the publicAn officer shot the man who died at the sceneThe man who was stabbed was transported to hospital in a serious condition and the woman was not physically injuredThe QPS said that the matter is under investigationEarlier in November a teenage boy was hospitalised in a critical condition after a stabbing in eastern Australia on Thursday November 6 2025 nightA statement released by the police service in the Australian state of Queensland said that emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing at a property in the suburb of Molendinar 65 kilometers southeast of Brisbane in the states Gold Coast regionA 17yearold boy was found at the scene with serious injuries and transported to hospital in a critical conditionThe Queensland Police Service said that two attackers reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle prior to the arrival of officersA crime scene was established and investigations into locating the two offenders were ongoing IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-shot-dead-by-police-following-stabbing-in-australian-state-of-queensland-649113.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-probe-uncovers-bombers-justification-for-suicide-attacks-agencies-trace-wider-plot-649146.html New Delhi Nov 18 In a viral video the Delhi Red Fort bomber Dr Umar Mohammad is heard talking about suicide bombing and says that it is a very misunderstood concept Umar Mohammad also known as Umar un Nabi says that what is called suicide bombing is actually a martyrdom operationThis explains his mindset and contrary to some reports Umar in fact had full plans of carrying out a largescale suicide bombing He also says that a martyrdom operation is one in which a person presumes that he is going to die at a place and at a particular timeHe also says that several arguments and contradictions have been brought against suicide bombingUmar was in the car that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10 At least 13 people died in the blastOfficials looking into the video say that this was probably recorded to send out a large message His intention was clear to radicalise people into taking up arms and then carrying out suicide attacksUmars mindset is clear that suicide bombings are the way to go as they are the most lethal form of striking Further this has also become a norm for terror groups such as the Islamic State and HamasThe video is being examined closely by the investigating agencies This video could provide more insight into the mindset and plans that were in placeThe police have learnt that Umar was the most radical among all the other module members from Faridabad He was selfradicalised and joined the JaisheMohammads Faridabad terror module of his own willHe was part of the larger planning and also the execution of the attacks He along with the remaining module members had planned on carrying out a series of attacks in and around DelhiThe police suspect that Umar may have panicked after the Faridabad module was busted and detonated the car in a crowded area The original plan was to ram the car into the Red Fort on January 26In the runup to the explosion the module had planned to carry out a suicide bombing on many occasions Originally it was meant to be on August 15 The plan was then postponed owing to heavy security They then planned on carrying out the attack on December 6 There was also a debate on whether to also strike on January 26 next year However the Faridabad module was busted and this led to the premature bombing on November 10During the raids the police seized nearly 3000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate that was mixed with Triacetone triperoxide TATP This mixture makes the explosive extremely potent and lethalOwing to the nature of the explosive that was seized and stored at the Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir However it accidentally exploded resulting in several deaths The explosion took place before the forensics team could reach the police station premises IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-probe-uncovers-bombers-justification-for-suicide-attacks-agencies-trace-wider-plot-649146.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-man-claims-divorced-wife-harassed-threatens-to-blow-up-metro-station-649153.html Bengaluru Nov 18 A man allegedly sent a bomb threat email claiming that his divorced wife a staffer in Metro in Bengaluru was being harassed police said on Tuesday The threat email warning of a blast at a metro station has triggered panic within the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited BMRCLThe message was sent by an unidentified person to the official BMRCL email address around 1130 pm on November 14Following the development BMRCL has lodged a complaint with the Wilson Garden police Based on the complaint the police have registered an FIR and initiated further investigationAccording to police the sender alleged that his divorced wife who works as a metro staffer was being subjected to mental harassment after her duty hours He threatened that if such harassment continued he would have to blast one of the metro stationsThe email also stated that he would act like a terrorist and claimed that the threat was specifically directed against KannadigasFollowing the receipt and verification of the email a BMRCL official filed a complaint at the Wilson Garden police stationThe police have lodged an FIR under relevant BNS sections related to criminal intimidationEarlier on August 7 the discovery of a suspicious object near Lalbagh metro station by a staffer caused a scare in the city amid the polices efforts to provide adequate security ahead of Republic Day Police later confirmed it to have been a hoax bomb threatCommuters who spotted the unattended bag quickly informed the metro security personnel Initial checks with a metal detector raised concerns prompting authorities to escalate the matterThe Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad along with the local police and a fire unit swiftly arrived and sealed off the area as a precautionAfter a thorough inspection officials declared the situation a false alarm the bag contained only toolsShortly afterwards Manjunath Jadhav a technician working in HALs Aircraft Wing arrived at the scene and informed the authorities that the bag was hisJadhav had just returned from a training programme in Haryana the same day and was commuting home with multiple bags In the process he accidentally left the toolbox behind the police said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-man-claims-divorced-wife-harassed-threatens-to-blow-up-metro-station-649153.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mystery-shrouds-over-couples-death-in-west-bengal-648963.html Kolkata Nov 16 In a shocking incident the bodies of a couple were recovered from the bank of a river in West Bengals Siliguri on Sunday While the womans body was found lying on the bank of the river with her throat slit the husband was found hanging from a tree nearbyLocal police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem examinationPolice officers are investigating whether it was a case of double murder or a case of suicide after committing murderAccording to police sources the bodies were found at around 7 am by local villagers near the Sahu River in SiliguriThe deceased were identified as Tapan Mandal and Anima Mandal the police saidThe couple lived in the Bholapara area of ââSiliguri Tapan and Anima were married for more than two decades and blessed with two sonsThere was also no report of any unrest in the family or between the coupleThe cause of the crime was yet to be ascertained and the police were conducting the probe from all anglesTapan was a mason by profession and his wife Anima worked in a factory It is reported that the husband and wife used to return home every day at a specific time after finishing workAccording to family sources the couple could not be found since Saturday eveningFamily members said they were unable to contact Tapan and Anima on their mobile phones eitherSearches were conducted in various places to trace the coupleA senior officer of Siliguri Police Commissionerate said Animas body was found with her throat slit on the banks of that river About 200 metres away the body of her husband Tapan was seen hanging from a tree with a noose around his neck An investigation into the matter has started It is being probed whether both were killed or the man killed his wife and then hanged IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mystery-shrouds-over-couples-death-in-west-bengal-648963.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 03:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hm-amit-shah-to-chair-northern-zonal-council-meeting-in-faridabad-today-648982.html New Delhi Nov 17 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will lead discussions on key issues concerning states and the Centre at the Northern Zonal Councilâs meeting in Haryanaâs Faridabad on Monday Under HM Shahâs chairmanship the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council may discuss broad issues of national importance including the speedy investigation of cases of sexual offences against women and children and the implementation of Fast Track Special Courts FTSC for their swift disposalIssues like providing brickandmortar banking facilities within the designated area of every village implementation of the Emergency Response Support System ERSS112 and various regionallevel common interest issues such as strengthening nutrition education health electricity urban planning and the cooperative system may also come up for discussion said a statement issued on SundayThe Northern Zonal Council comprises the statesUTs of Haryana Himachal Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh and ChandigarhSenior officials from the Government of India state governments and union territories will also participate in the meeting chaired by HM ShahThis meeting on Monday will be organised by the InterState Council Secretariat Ministry of Home Affairs with the Haryana government as its hostThe Union Home Minister is the chairperson of the Northern Zonal Council and Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is its vicechairpersonThe role of the Zonal Councils is advisory however over the past few years these councils have proven to be an important factor in promoting healthy bonds of mutual understanding and cooperation in various fieldsFive Zonal Councils including the Northern Zonal Council were established under Sections 15 to 22 of the States Reorganisation Act 1956With the cooperation of all state governments Central ministries and departments a total of 63 meetings of the various Zonal Councils and their permanent committees have been held in the last 11 years said a statementThe Zonal Councils provide a forum for resolving and progressing issues and disputes between the Centre and the Member StatesUTs among the Member StatesUTs and within the zone it said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hm-amit-shah-to-chair-northern-zonal-council-meeting-in-faridabad-today-648982.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-police-arrest-over-3-000-criminals-in-11-days-under-operation-trackdown-648994.html Chandigarh Nov 17 The Haryana Police under their recently launched Operation Trackdown have in 11 days arrested more than 3000 criminals said officials adding that this has reinforced the state governmentâs firm commitment to ensure safety and dismantle organised crime syndicates According to a statement released by Haryana Police the intensive operation launched on November 5 has now completed its 11th day further tightening the grip of law enforcement across the state and instilling fear among criminal elements On the 11th day alone police arrested 96 notorious offenders involved in various crimes With this action the total number of arrests made under Operation Trackdown has reached 3172These arrests include 610 individuals involved in serious and heinous crimes while the number of criminals arrested in other cases has risen to 2562 Providing further details IG Rakesh Arya stated that on November 15 police made eight arrests in seven murder cases and one attempttomurder case Additionally 29 arrests were made in 23 cases and 27 criminals were apprehended in 22 cases registered under the Arms Act for illegal weapons possession In total 67 offenders were sent to jail in connection with 54 serious casesTo intensify the crackdown history sheets were opened for 19 accused individuals on November 15 bringing the total number of criminals with newly opened history sheets to 150 This growing figure underscores the Haryana Policeâs dedication to eliminating crime and reflects the operationâs highly effective results in advancing the goal of making Haryana a crimefree stateIn a significant development under the ongoing campaign Karnal Police arrested four notorious criminals involved in cases of snatching and firing Acting on the instructions of the Haryana Director General of Police Karnal Police recorded two major achievements as part of Operation Trackdown a special initiative aimed at curbing organised crime across the state By demonstrating promptness vigilance and proactive strategy the district police strengthened law and order through the arrest of four wanted criminals implicated in serious offencesThe first major action pertained to a robbery and snatching incident On November 13 the accused and his accomplices robbed the complainant Kamaljeet who was walking along the canal bank toward the village of Kalri Nanhera A case number 650 was registered at Indri Police Station Acting swiftly a team led by SubInspector Sumit Kumar under the supervision of Inspector Vipin Kumar Station House Officer of Indri apprehended the accused Yogesh son of Dan Singh a resident of Nauratha Indri KarnalIt was reported that Yogesh is a hardened and highly skilled criminal Besides the robbery case he faces eight additional cases registered at Indri Police Station under various serious sections including theft and offences related to the Arms Act After extensive interrogation Yogesh was produced before the court and subsequently remanded to judicial custody in the district jailKarnal Police also achieved another breakthrough in the CNG petrol pump firing case Under the guidance of the Superintendent of Police Karnal and through continuous surveillance under Operation Trackdown a team from Gharaunda Police Station acting on credible information arrested three wanted accused These individuals had created panic by firing indiscriminately following a minor altercation with a CNG pump employee in Gharaunda on the night of October 13 before fleeing the sceneThe arrested individuals were identified as Jitendra son of Satpal Panipat Sachin alias Ricky son of Harish Bhardwaj Shivah Panipat and Deepak son of Karamveer Jatal Panipat A case was registered against them under Section 1091 of the IPC and relevant provisions of the Arms Act in case number 624 at Gharaunda Police Station All three were taken on production warrants for detailed interrogationThe main accused Jitendra already has four serious cases registered against him including attempt to murder rioting and fraud After interrogation all three accused were produced before the court once again and sent to the district jail IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-police-arrest-over-3-000-criminals-in-11-days-under-operation-trackdown-648994.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-governor-orders-fir-against-trinamools-kalyan-banerjee-over-raj-bhavan-weapon-remarks-649009.html Kolkata Nov 17 The office of the West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose had directed the Kolkata Police to start an investigation into the allegations made by the fourtime Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjeeâ that arms and ammunition were being distributed from the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata by registering a first information report FIR in the matter An insider from Raj Bhavan said the Governors office had also cautioned the city police authorities that action under the Governors powers would be taken in case of noncompliance with the order to initiate an investigation into the matter by registering an FIRAt the same time the insider added the Governor is also consulting legal experts on possible actions that could be taken by his office on the matter including approaching the Lok Sabha Secretariat for action against Banerjee for his controversial commentsOn Sunday morning the Governor described the allegation floated by Banerjee as âinflammatory explosive and irresponsibleâ and also cautioned of strong legal actions on his part He also demanded an unconditional apology from Kalyan Banerjee if his allegations made publicly are untrueHowever the strong note of caution from the government could not stop Banerjee from continuing with his jibes âIf necessary I will also file a counter suit and fight it out till the Supreme Court level At the same time I am challenging the government to appear in an open forum where I will also be presentâ Banerjee saidOn Saturday while interacting with the media persons Kalyan Banerjee alleged that the Raj Bhavan was giving shelter to âcriminalsâ of the BJPThe Trinamool MP also claimed that the Governor should first stop giving shelter to criminals and distributing arms and ammunition to them to kill Trinamool Congress workers âAs long as an incompetent Governor like you remains as long as a BJPservant Governor remains you will never see anything good happening in West Bengalâ Kalyan Banerjee said on SaturdayOn Saturday Banerjee also made a controversial statement about Prime Minister Narendra Modi linking the latter with the car explosion in New Delhi last week killing 12 peopleWhile speaking to the media persons Banerjee said the blast was conducted deliberately just a day before the second phase of the Bihar Assembly polls just to create a sympathy wave in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and directly accused the Prime Minister of masterminding that conspiracy IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-governor-orders-fir-against-trinamools-kalyan-banerjee-over-raj-bhavan-weapon-remarks-649009.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-arrest-man-recover-16-stolen-bicycles-649011.html New Delhi Nov 17 In a successful operation a Delhi Police team arrested a bicycle thief and recovered 16 stolen bicycles officials said on Monday During the investigation more than 300 CCTV cameras from areas near the theft sites were examined and local informers were activated Both technical and manual intelligence inputs were collected to trace the culprits The bicycle thief was previously involved in four criminal casesAccording to a statement released by the Dwarka South Police Station the officers became more concerned after the recent rise in bicycle thefts in the Dwarka South area Recognising that for many residents a bicycle is an essential possession the police resolved to identify the offender and restore the stolen bicycles to their rightful ownersA dedicated team was constituted by Inspector Rajesh Kumar Sah SHO Dwarka South under the close supervision of ACP Dwarka Kishor Kumar Rewala The team included HC Sudhir Kumar 987DW HC Manoj Kumar 828DW HC Gaje Singh 1030DW HC Surender 764DW and Ct Tushar Yadav 1803DWOn October 28 at around 700 pm HC Manoj received secret information that the thief would arrive near DDA Park or Bhains Wala Park within a few minutes He immediately alerted the team and the officers reached the location and laid a trap near Bhains Wala ParkAfter some time a man was spotted riding a bicycle from the direction of Ganpati Chowk towards Bhains Wala Park His behaviour appeared suspicious and the police signalled for him to stop Instead of complying he attempted to flee towards DDA Park Dwarka Sector 7 abandoning the bicycleThe team chased and apprehended him Upon inspection the bicycle matched the description of one reported stolen in eFIR 801019512025 registered under Section 3032 BNS at Dwarka South Police StationDuring interrogation the accused confessed that he had stolen the bicycle from Ramphal Chowk Road in front of Instyle Salon Sector 7 Dwarka He further revealed that he had stolen several other bicycles Based on his disclosures the police recovered 15 additional bicycles from different locations after sustained effort IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-arrest-man-recover-16-stolen-bicycles-649011.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/assam-rifles-apprehend-member-of-banned-peoples-liberation-army-in-manipur-648925.html Imphal Nov 16 The Assam Rifles under the Spear Corps of the Indian Army apprehended an active cadre of the Peoples Liberation Army PLA in Yaripok Bazar Thoubal Manipur an official said on Sunday âAssamRifles and Thoubal Commandos apprehended one active cadre of the proscribed PLA in Yaripok Bazar Thoubal Manipur on 15 Nov 2025 One smartphone with SIM was recovered The individual was handed over to Yaripok PS for further investigationâ said a message on XEarlier the Assam Rifles flagged off an education tour for students and teachers of Don Bosco College Maram Manipur to Arunachal Pradesh an official saidIn a message on X the Spear Corps said âAssamRifles under SpearCorps flags off Seemadarshan Tour under Op Sadbhavana for students and teachers of Don Bosco College Maram Manipur The team will explore important places in ArunachalPradesh and visit Assam Rifles Training Centre and School ARTC amp SâIn a similar initiative the Chennai leg of the National Integration Tour by Red Shield Division under the Spear Corps concluded on an inspiring noteStudents interacted with Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi visited the Officers Training Academy explored Egmore Museum and Marina Beach immersing in Chennaiâs rich culture said a statement on XThe Spear Corps in another statement on X said that the Assam Rifles flagged off a maiden Territorial Army Recruitment Rally from Noney Manipur taking career awareness and opportunities to remote areas of the stateThe initiative aimed to empower local youth and enhance their participation in national service it saidOn Thursday the Assam Rifles conducted a comprehensive premedical documentation and physical screening at Mon District Nagaland for youth aspiring to join the 164 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army H amp H NAGAThe initiative was organised as part of the preparation for the recruitment rally scheduled from November 15 to 24 at Zakhama Military Station Kohima to guide and assist local candidates in meeting the required standards said a message on X IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/assam-rifles-apprehend-member-of-banned-peoples-liberation-army-in-manipur-648925.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bjp-condemns-murder-of-rss-leaders-son-in-punjab-648936.html Chandigarh Nov 16 BJPs Punjab unit working President Ashwani Sharma on Sunday condemned the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS volunteer Naveen Arora in Ferozepur Arora a thirdgeneration Sangh volunteer was the grandson of senior RSS leader and social worker late Dina Nath and the son of Baldev Raj AroraHe was allegedly shot dead by two motorcycleborne assailants on Saturday eveningThe incident occurred when Naveen Arora 32 who ran a shop in the main bazaar was walking homeAccording to the police the assailants opened fire at him near the Baba Noor Shah Wali dargah One of the bullets hit his head and he was rushed to a private hospital where doctors declared him dead The family has refused to opt for cremation seeking justiceDescribing the incident neither the first nor an isolated one BJP working chief Sharma said the continuous murders and crimes targeting businessmen athletes youth and common people raise serious questions about the incompetent working style of the state governmentHe said the state government has proven to be a complete failure in handling law and order and that the BJP will not remain silent on the issue of the safety of innocent peopleThis incident clearly shows how the morale of criminals has soared under the current governments ruleExpressing concern he stated that people in Punjab no longer feel safe anywhereHe further said Instead of ensuring public safety the Punjab Police have been deployed to serve AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and his team who have come from Delhi which is against public interestSharma said the BJP will continue its fight against this rising wave of crime and will keep demanding strict measures to restore peace and security in the stateSharma expressed condolences to the Arora family and assured them of all possible support in their fight for justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bjp-condemns-murder-of-rss-leaders-son-in-punjab-648936.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/railway-protection-force-crackdown-on-narcotics-smuggling-intensified-across-northeast-648940.html Guwahati Nov 16 The Railway Protection Force RPF of Northeast Frontier Railway NFR continues to demonstrate its commitment towards ensuring the safety and security of railway passengers and property officials said on Sunday NFRs Chief Public Relations Officer CPRO Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that during October the RPF troops of NFR apprehended 37 people involved in the smuggling of narcotics items and contraband goods valued at approximately Rs 941 croreHe said that on November 13 the RPF of New Cooch Behar in North Bengal recovered 371 kg of unclaimed dry ganja marijuana worth Rs 371 lakhs at New Cooch Behar railway stationThe recovered items were handed over to the OfficerinCharge OC GRP New Coochbehar for taking necessary legal actionOn the same day joint efforts by RPF and the Government Railway Police GRP of Agartala and Lumding recovered 2361 Kg of ganja worth Rs 236 lakh at Agartala and Lumding railway stationsThe recovered items were handed over to the respective OCs of GRP for taking necessary action Similarly on November 12 the RPF of Dharmanagar Tripura Agartala and Rangapara North Assams Sonitpur district recovered 5051 kg of ganja worth Rs 505 lakh at Dharmanagar Agartala and Rangapara NorthThe recovered items were handed over to the respective OCs of GRP for necessary actionThe NFR commends the dedicated efforts of RPF personnel across various posts and their effective coordination with GRP and Customs authorities ensuring the safety of railway premises and curbing illegal activities within its jurisdiction the officials saidMeanwhile in a concerted effort to protect vulnerable passengers and combat human trafficking the RPF of NFR achieved commendable success by rescuing a large number of minors including girls regularlyThe NFR operates in the Northeastern states and in seven districts of West Bengal and five districts of northern Bihar IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/railway-protection-force-crackdown-on-narcotics-smuggling-intensified-across-northeast-648940.html Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-trader-murder-case-police-seize-car-of-accused-bdo-648835.html Kolkata Nov 15 The police have seized the car of Block Development Officer BDO Prashant Barman who is accused of the murder of a gold trader in the Duttabad area of Kolkata According to a senior officer of the Bengal Police the car with a blue beacon was seized from the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass area of the cityThe police are investigating whether this car was used to dump the body of gold trader businessman Swapan Cumilla in the forest of the New Town area near KolkataThe Cooch Behar Police will also question the family of the arrested Trinamool Congress leader Sajal SarkarThe family of the deceased gold trader alleged that Rajganj BDO Prashant Barman masterminded the crimeThe family alleged that the BDO kidnapped and killed the gold traderDuring the investigation of this incident the Bidhannagar Police arrested BDOs driver Raju Dhali BDOs close friend Tufan Thapa and Cooch Behar Trinamool leader Sajal SarkarHowever the family of the deceased has raised questions about why the BDO is not being arrested despite a police complaint against him It is alleged that on the day of the incident six people were present at the BDOs New Town flatIt is alleged that Swapan was severely beaten there He died as a result of that and was thrown into the New Town forestMeanwhile the police will investigate whether the family of the Trinamool leader arrested in the murder case was involved in gold smuggling through the northeastern statesThe Cooch Behar district police may question Sajals brother and wife The process of removing Sajal from his post has also begunSince the arrest of Cooch BeharII Block Trinamool President Sajal Sarkar both his grandfather and brother have not been seen at homeSajals daughterinlaw and Cooch BeharII Block Panchayat Samiti President Gayatri Sarkar has also not been seenInvestigators have learnt that on the day of the incident October 28 the BDO along with his associates went to the gold shop in Duttabad in Kolkatas Salt Lake area in a car with a blue beacon After that the gold trader was allegedly kidnapped severely beaten up and thrown in a forestOn November 6 the family of the deceased businessman filed a kidnapping and murder complaint against Barman in Jalpaiguri district IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-trader-murder-case-police-seize-car-of-accused-bdo-648835.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cpi-m-hails-krishnagiri-caste-killing-verdict-calls-for-stronger-stand-against-honour-crimes-648850.html Chennai Nov 15 CPIMs Tamil Nadu state Secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday welcomed the verdict of the Krishnagiri court awarding three life sentences and an additional 10year jail term to the accused in the Subash caste killing case Describing the Krishnagiri Principal District Sessions Courts judgment as a significant step in the fight against castebased violence in Tamil Nadu he said the ruling sends a clear and stern message to those attempting to enforce caste supremacy through brutalityThe case stemmed from the marriage of Anusuya a woman from a Scheduled Caste community in Kollapuram village in Ariyalur district and Subash 28 who belonged to a Backward Class community from Arunapathi near Uthangarai in KrishnagiriThe couple married on March 27 2023 despite strong oppositionOn April 14 2023 responding to a call from Subashâs grandmother Kannammal the couple travelled to her homeWhat unfolded hours later was a chilling instance of honourbased violenceIn the early hours of April 15 Subashâs father Dhandapani allegedly attacked the couple and Kannammal with a sickle Subash and his grandmother died on the spot while Anusuya gravely injured underwent prolonged treatment at Salem Medical College Hospital and eventually recoveredThe Uthangarai police registered the case under the SCST Prevention of Atrocities ActAfter nearly two and a half years of hearings Judge V R Latha of the Krishnagiri Principal District Sessions Court delivered the verdict on November 14 sentencing Dhandapani to three life sentences along with a 10year term and ordered a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to AnusuyaWelcoming the ruling Shanmugam said casterelated murders continued to stain Tamil Naduâs social fabric and the judgment reaffirmed the stateâs commitment to protecting intercaste couples and survivors of honour crimesHe acknowledged the efforts of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front which supported the legal proceedings and appreciated the role of CPIM district units in Krishnagiri and Salem in standing by Anusuya throughout her ordeal He also commended special public prosecutor Ramesh lawyers who volunteered for the case and High Court advocate KC Karl Marx for their legal guidancePraising Anusuyaâs courage and resilience Shanmugam urged the state government to provide her with a government job as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation package ensuring she can rebuild her life with dignity IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cpi-m-hails-krishnagiri-caste-killing-verdict-calls-for-stronger-stand-against-honour-crimes-648850.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-9mm-cartridges-recovered-from-delhi-blast-site-no-weapon-found-648863.html New Delhi Nov 16 The investigation into the car blast near Red Fort has taken a significant turn after forensic teams recovered three cartridges two live and one empty of 9mm calibre from the scene sources have said The sources said on Sunday that the ammunition is of a calibre prohibited for civilian possession raising concerns about the source of the cartridges and the nature of the incident However officers also clarified that no pistol or any firearm component was found at the blast site making the recovery even more puzzling for investigatorsOfficials said the discovery of the cartridges is being treated as a crucial clue but the absence of a corresponding weapon has opened multiple investigative anglesForensic experts are examining whether the cartridges were discharged at the spot or brought to the location as part of a staged attempt to mislead investigatorsEarlier on Saturday the Delhi Police Crime Branch intensified its investigation focusing particularly on potential links with Al Falah University Officials confirmed that two FIRs have been lodged one related to cheating and another concerning forgery based on evidence collected so farA Crime Branch team visited the universityâs Okhla office issuing a formal notice and seeking key documents that could offer insight into irregularities involving individuals associated with the institution Sources suggest the action is part of a wider probe examining whether academic or administrative channels may have been misused in connection with the events leading up to the explosionMeanwhile fresh details have emerged from Nuh where Dr Umar Muhammad who died in the blast was reportedly seen moving around for several hours before the explosion Investigators have learned that he had rented a room behind the Goyal Ultrasound Centre for 10 days arranged with the help of Shoeb an electrician employed at Al Falah UniversityThe rented accommodation found locked after the blast has been raided by teams from the Delhi Police NIA and CIA Nuh who believe it may contain crucial leads CCTV footage from the nearby ultrasound centre is being closely examined with initial frames showing the i20 car involved in the blast potentially helping reconstruct Umarâs movementsMultiple teams from the NIA Delhi Police and Haryana Police are now sweeping through Nuh and adjoining regions to trace anyone who may have interacted with Dr Umar or could be linked to the explosive device IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-9mm-cartridges-recovered-from-delhi-blast-site-no-weapon-found-648863.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-car-blast-driver-received-rs-20-lakh-from-jem-handlers-sources-648874.html New Delhi Nov 16 The driver of the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near Delhis Red Fort metro station on November 10 received Rs 20 lakh through illegal financial channels sources revealed on Sunday A white Hyundai i20 exploded near a traffic signal on Netaji Subhash Marg close to the Red Fort metro stations Gate No 1 which left at least 12 people dead and nearly two dozen injured Dr Umar Mohammad was driving this car at the time of the blast DNA tests have confirmedThe attack occurred hours after investigators in Haryanas Faridabad seized 2900 kg of explosives including ammonium nitrate from a location roughly 50 km from the national capitalThe security agencies are now probing the financial links of Dr Umar Dr Muzammil and another woman doctor accused in the terror module case Dr ShaheenAccording to sources Muzammil told officials that the doctors received Rs 20 lakh suspected to have come from a JaisheMohammed JeM handler who delivered it to the doctors through hawalaIt has also been revealed that there was a dispute between Umar and Shaheen over the moneyThe police have detained several hawala dealers for interrogation sources addedAround Rs 3 lakh was spent on purchasing fertilisersWhile carrying out the raids at several locations in Faridabad linked to the terror network officials seized large quantities of ammonium nitrate which is used as a fertiliser as well as a raw material in explosives and has been used in terrorist attacks and major accidentsThe Delhi explosion is being described as a whitecollar terror module involving several trained medical professionals with links to Jammu and KashmirA police officer confirmed that teams from the Special Cell the National Investigation Agency NIA and other units have completed multiple rounds of examination at the scene collecting over 40 samples as part of the probeInvestigations are underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-car-blast-driver-received-rs-20-lakh-from-jem-handlers-sources-648874.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-film-piracy-racket-kingpin-sent-to-judicial-custody-648900.html Hyderabad Nov 16 Immadhi Ravi who was allegedly running film piracy racket from Caribbean islands has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days Ravi who was arrested by Hyderabad police late on Friday was produced before a magistrate on Saturday nightThe accused who was allegedly involved in uploading and distributing pirated Telugu and other regional language films and OTT content on piracy websites iBomma and Bappam was later shifted to Chanchalguda Central PrisonRavi who had thrown an open challenge to the police to arrest him was picked up from a house in the Kukatpally area of Hyderabad late on FridayThe accused had fled the country on October 1 after police had registered a case against him He was reportedly in Amsterdam on October 3 and kept changing IP addresses to evade arrestHe came to Hyderabad a couple of days ago thinking that the police would not be able to trace him However the police managed to track his movements through mobile phone signals and traced him at a location in KukatpallyCybercrime police will file a petition in Nampally Court on Monday to seek Ravis custody for seven days for questioningPolice reportedly seized hundreds of hard disks from the house After taking the login credentials from the accused the Cybercrime police also blocked the iBomma and Bappam platformsThe investigators were checking Ravis bank accounts and crypto accounts They hope to gather more information about the piracy rackets during further questioningRavis network allegedly relied heavily on encrypted Telegram groups overseas virtual private servers and cryptocurrency payments to mask its activitiesOnline gaming and betting websites were used to promote the pirated content financing the racket in exchange for advertisingA native of Visakhapatnam Ravi is said to be highly educated and a technical expert He reportedly acquired the expertise in hacking any serverRavi started using his expertise to indulge in piracy of newly released movies He was allegedly uploading pirated content on the website from the Caribbean islandsThe accused was allegedly uploading pirated Telugu Tamil Kannada Malayalam and Hindi movies and television serials on the websitesIt was on August 30 that the AntiVideo Piracy Cell of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce lodged a complaint with Cybercrime police about film piracy after movies like Single HIT and Kuberra surfaced online on their release daysA case was booked against on iBomma Bappam and and 65 mirror websites These platforms had monthly views of 37 lakhConfident that police would never be able to trace him he had thrown an open challenge to them not to focus on his websitesOn September 29 Hyderabad police arrested five accused who were hacking servers to download moviesThe accused include Ashwani Kumar from Bihar who allegedly hacked servers of digital media companies to steal HD copiesAccording to police Cyril Infant Raj from Tamil Nadu was operating piracy websites and earned nearly Rs 2 crore in cryptocurrencyAnother accused Jana Kiran Kumar of Hyderabad reportedly recorded more than 100 films in theatres using concealed mobile devicesSudhakaran from Tamil Nadu confessed to recording 35 South Indian films while Arsalan Ahmed allegedly uploaded pirated films to filesharing platforms and circulated them through Telegram channels IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-film-piracy-racket-kingpin-sent-to-judicial-custody-648900.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/suspected-drug-peddler-injured-in-encounter-during-escape-bid-in-assams-barpeta-648902.html Guwahati Nov 16 A man suspected to be part of an active drug trafficking network in lower Assam was injured in police firing after he allegedly tried to escape from custody in the early hours of Sunday The incident occurred around 2 am at Mailkuchi village in Barpeta district officials saidThe injured accused has been identified as Anowar Hussain a resident of the same village who police claim has been under surveillance for his alleged involvement in narcotics distribution across the districtAccording to a senior official a team from Tarabari Police Station in the Barpeta district had detained Hussain late on Saturday night after fresh inputs linked him to a drugrunning group that had earlier managed to evade authoritiesOn November 6 Tarabari Police had intercepted an Alto car during a routine check and recovered 11 soap cases containing suspected heroin believed to have been smuggled for local distribution The occupants of the vehicle had reportedly abandoned it and fled into nearby fields triggering an intensive search for the networkâs operativesPolice said Hussain was being taken to various locations as part of the followup investigation to recover more stash linked to the earlier seizure However while accompanying the team during the night operation he allegedly pushed one of the personnel and attempted to flee under the cover of darknessâRepeated warnings were issued but he continued running To stop him from escaping the police had to open fireâ a senior officer saidHussain was hit in the left thigh and immediately shifted to Barpeta Medical College and Hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment His condition is stated to be stableA team of senior officials including Barpeta Superintendent of Police Sushanta Biswas Sharma Additional SP Crime Bidyut Bikash Bora Bhuyan and Sadar DSP Jitesh Barman visited the encounter site on Sunday morning and reviewed the sequence of eventsAn official inquiry has been initiated to examine the circumstances of the firing as mandated in all encounterrelated cases in Assam Police maintain that the crackdown on narcotics networks in Barpeta and neighbouring districts will continue with several more suspects under the scanner IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/suspected-drug-peddler-injured-in-encounter-during-escape-bid-in-assams-barpeta-648902.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-booked-for-misbehaving-with-woman-in-bengaluru-648907.html Bengaluru Nov 16 A man was booked on the charges of misbehaving with a woman on the pretext of showering affection on her pet in Karnataka police said on Sunday According to the police on November 6 the woman had stepped out for a walk with her dog in Upkar Layout in the Jnanabharati area when the accused approached her and asked if he could touch her petBelieving him to be a dog lover the woman permitted him to pet the dog After caressing the pet the accused suddenly touched her inappropriately the police said quoting complainantDespite resistance the accused again tried to assault her after which the woman slapped the accusedAmid commotion her mobile phone fell to the ground Before bystanders could gather the accused picked up the phone and fled the sceneThe woman later filed a police complaintPolice have launched a search for the accused after collecting CCTV footage from the area Further details are awaitedEarlier this month two cases of crime against women were reportedOn November 9 a man high on marijuana allegedly attempted to sexually assault a differentlyabled woman The incident occurred in MR Nagar under the jurisdiction of the Audugodi PoliceOn November 6 Bengaluru Police arrested a Rapido driver on charges of harassing a female passenger The alleged incident was brought to public attention after the woman posted details on social media the police saidThe Bengaluru Polices social media monitoring unit spotted the post and subsequently contacted her to obtain further detailsA case was officially registered the following day and an inquiry was launched the police saidThe incident took place as the woman was making her way back to her hostel from the vicinity of Church Street The accused has been identified as 28yearold Lokesh a resident of Muniyappa Layout Ullal Bengaluru IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-booked-for-misbehaving-with-woman-in-bengaluru-648907.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mute-and-deaf-bengal-fisherman-dies-in-bangladesh-jail-648911.html Kolkata Nov 16 A fisherman from Kakdwip in West Bengals South 24 Parganas district died in a Bangladeshi jail said the police on Sunday The fisherman was identified as Babul Das 25 who hails from the West Gangadharpur area of ââKakdwipDas mute and deaf since birth was arrested along with other fishermen for allegedly violating the IndiaBangladesh international watersAs soon as news of the fishermans death reached here on Saturday night his family members broke downAccording to sources it was learnt that Das who was an undertrial died of a heart attack and his family was informed by the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata However the family expressed doubts over the cause of deathAccording to police sources on July 13 two trawlers named FB Mangalchandi and FB Jhar from Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas were seized by the Bangladesh Navy on charges of venturing into Bangladeshi watersAbout 34 Indian fishermen were apprehended The two trawlers had set out from Kakdwip to catch Hilsa in the deep sea The Bangladesh Navy handed over the arrested fishermen to the police of Mongla Port Police Station in BangladeshOn July 15 the fishermen were arrested and a case was registered at the said police station The Bagerhat court ordered that the arrested fishermen be remanded in judicial custody Since then they have been in Bangladeshi jails as undertrial prisonersThe deceaseds brother Basudeb Das told a section of media persons on Sunday that they first received the news through the Harwood Point Coastal Police Station on SaturdayHe said the family is in a state of confusion over the cause of his deathAlthough the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission also confirmed the news of his death over the phone Bablus brother said Although Dada was mute and deaf he did not have any other physical illness On the contrary he was quite healthy and strong This death is suspicious We fear that he was tortured to death in jail We want to bring the body to Kakdwip and conduct a second autopsyAfter receiving the news Sundarban Shramjivi Matsya Union Secretary Satinath Patra met the family He gave assurance that Babuls body will be returned to the family as soon as possibleThe news of the death of the fisherman who was imprisoned in Bangladesh due to a heart attack is sad We will try our best to bring his body back to the country Patra said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mute-and-deaf-bengal-fisherman-dies-in-bangladesh-jail-648911.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fairpoint-the-educated-faces-behind-kashmirs-terror-network-648917.html New Delhi Nov 16 For decades a convenient myth has floated around Kashmirs troubled history that terrorism in the Valley is a bluecollar phenomenon driven by poverty lack of education and exploitation The reality however has always been far more unsettling Kashmirs terror ecosystem has been powered not by the poor or disadvantaged alone but by individuals who grew up in privilege educated wellplaced and economically comfortable Many lived in spacious homes owned land and enjoyed social standing Yet they chose to lend their intellect networks and credibility to the machinery of terrorThis uncomfortable truth resurfaced recently with the shocking revelation that several young Kashmiri doctors were part of a sinister terror plotFor many who grew up in the Valley and were forced to flee after years of targeted persecution the involvement of such professionals did not come as a surprise They had witnessed firsthand how radicalisation had seeped into every layer of society including among the welloff and highly educatedThe root of Kashmirs terrorism has never been socioeconomic deprivation It has always been ideological From the time of Independence the longterm objective of Pakistanbacked separatism was the religious homogenisation of the region culminating in its integration with Pakistan When this agenda failed through wars in 1965 1971 and 1999 Islamabad shifted gears The proxy war launched in 1988 targeted Kashmiri Pandits first forcing an entire community into exile What was framed as an independence struggle was at its core a religious project to turn Kashmir into an Islamic territory aligned with Pakistans unfinished 1947 dreamThe recent terror plot uncovered in Haryanas Faridabad once again exposes this deeper ideological foundation The accused were not foot soldiers but doctors individuals from affluent Kashmiri families with impressive educational backgrounds and comfortable lifestyles They lived in large houses with gardens earned well spoke fluent English and were techsavvy professionals one would assume they had no reason to be drawn into violence Yet beneath that polished exterior lay a chilling resolve Their radicalisation was not born of deprivation it was a matter of beliefNames such as Dr Umar Mohammad Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather Dr Muzammil Shakeel Dr Shaheen Saeed Dr Mohammed Arif Mir and Dr Farooq Ahmad Dar have now surfaced and the list continues to growReports suggest that nearly 15 more doctors may be part of this new Dgang Until now the only Dgang India knew was the terrormafia network of Dawood Ibrahim responsible for the devastating 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai and sheltered in Pakistan ever since Now 32 years later emerges another Dgang this time not a mafia syndicate but the coldblooded doctors terror gangThe involvement of these medical professionals is not an aberration The death of a suicidebomber doctor and the arrest of other medical professionals prove that successive governments at the Centre have chosen to look away from the core reality terrorism in Kashmir has never been about lack of development opportunities or infrastructure It is fundamentally a religious war jihad And this is not the first time that doctors professionals or government officers have been involved in terrorist activitiesFrom the very beginning of terrorism in the Valley a large section of the educated Muslim class was deeply involved They supported and enabled the terror network to grow and unleash violence against minorities Hindus Sikhs and anyone suspected of being proIndia In the early 1990s when Kashmiri Pandits were targeted it was often the good old neighbour a colleague or even a friend who supplied information about Hindu families to the terroristsTelecom engineer BK Ganjoo brutally killed in 1990 while hiding inside a drum at his home might have survived had his security not suddenly disappeared and had his neighbour not guided the killers to his hiding place Girja Tickoo might not have been gangraped for days and eventually killed on a saw machine if her own office colleagues had not been part of the plot The terror enablers were educated individuals who knew the victims personally yet they chose to betray themDoctors in particular have had a troubling history within Kashmirs terror narrative In the early years of militancy several cases emerged of medical professionals refusing to treat Hindu victims of terror attacks not out of fear but out of solidarity with the separatist causeDr Abdul Ahad Guru a wellknown surgeon in the 1980s was a strong supporter of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front JKLF He was known as a critic of the security forces and even acted as a channel of communication between the government and terrorists He is said to have played a role in securing the release of the daughter of the then Home Minister Mufti Sayeed in 1989One of the most disturbing examples was the Shopian case of 2009 Two women Asiya Jan and Neelofar Jan were found dead and initial postmortem reports by two doctors Bilal Ahmad and Nighat Shaheen alleged rape and murder by security forces The Valley erupted For 42 days life came to a haltWhen the CBI investigated it found that the women had drowned and had neither been raped nor murdered The doctors the investigation revealed had fabricated evidence tampered with biological samples and intentionally misled the public to inflame unrest Dr Nighat even used her own vaginal swab and passed it off as one of the victims samples When the bodies were exhumed it was confirmed that no sexual assault had occurred Fourteen years later in June 2023 the Jammu amp Kashmir administration finally dismissed the implicated doctors from service The CBI chargesheet included not only doctors but lawyers and civilians illustrating the depth of the conspiracyThere have been cases where the elites have been identified and duly punished The current Lt Governor Manoj Sinha did take strong steps in identifying the hidden sympathisers and instigators Some of these included Dr Syed Ghulam Jeelani Kashmir University Assistant Professor who was dismissed for links with separatist networks in 2021 Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather a Scientist at the SKIMS was dismissed in 2021 under terrorismrelated allegations In 2017 Professor Muhammad Ashraf Mir Assistant Professor Pulwama Degree College was arrested during violent protests A Deputy Superintendent of Jail Feroz Ahmad Lone was arrested in 2021 for facilitating terrorists inside jailThen there is the shocking case of Dr Nisar ul Hassan who was posted in the Medicines Department of the SMHS Hospital Srinagar and was also functioning as the president of the Doctors Association of Kashmir DAK He was dismissed by the Lt Governors administration on November 21 2023 along with three other officials for their terror links But this doctor was recruited by AlFalah University Faridabad Haryana and is said to be a part of the DGangThis pattern of professionals weaponising their stature and skills to serve extremist goals is not limited to isolated incidents Over the years numerous terror investigations have exposed a tightly woven nexus of politicians activists doctors lawyers teachers and even law enforcement officersThe idea that radicalisation is confined to the uneducated or economically vulnerable does not hold up to scrutiny The Valleys conflict has always had its most critical support from within the educated class whose influence and networks amplified its reachThe recent arrests of Kashmiri doctors planning attacks far from the Valley underscore a sobering reality Radicalisation in Kashmir is not a fringe phenomenon it is deeply institutional socially enabled and often silently endorsedThe Faridabad case is a reminder that the conflict in Kashmir cannot be understood through simplistic narratives of poverty or deprivation It is a complex deeply ideological battle and until the country recognises the extent to which radicalisation has penetrated even the most privileged segments of Kashmiri society the problem will remain painfully misunderstoodThe rot runs deep and radicalisation remains a stark and uncomfortable truthDeepika Bhan can be contacted at deepikabiansin IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fairpoint-the-educated-faces-behind-kashmirs-terror-network-648917.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-bjp-denies-links-to-anand-thampi-says-was-shiv-sena-648918.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 16 Amid mounting criticism following the suicide of Anand K Thampi who allegedly took his life after being denied a BJP seat in the upcoming local body elections the party leadership in Kerala has firmly denied that he was ever associated with the party Addressing reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Anand was not a party member and had in fact joined the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv SenaâAnand Thampi was not part of the Bharatiya Janata Party Our information is that he had taken membership in Shiv Sena under Uddhav Thackeray It is unfortunate that political opponents are trying to use this tragedy to target the BJPâ Chandrasekhar saidBacking this stand BJP state general secretary Adv Suresh clarified that Anand had never been considered a potential candidate for the local body polls because he had no organisational association with the partyâIt is very sad to hear about Anandâs suicide But the fact remains that he was never active in the BJP He was not a worker nor was he involved in our activities Naturally he was not included among the probable candidatesâ Suresh saidHe added that internal inquiries had confirmed Anandâs affiliation with the Shiv SenaUBT not the BJP âOur political opponents are weaponising his death to tarnish the BJPâs imageâ he saidAnand K Thampi a resident of Jai Nagar in Thirumala died by suicide on Saturday His death triggered an uproar especially after the emergence of a suicide note in which he reportedly stated that he was deeply distressed over being denied a BJP ticketOpposition parties alleged that intense factionalism and candidate selection disputes within the BJP had driven Anand to despair Several local leaders questioned the BJPâs attempt to distance itself from the deceased especially when his note explicitly mentioned his disappointment over not being allotted a seatThe controversy has added to tensions within Thiruvananthapuramâs political circles with parties trading accusations over the handling of candidate lists and the pressures exerted on grassrootslevel aspirantsAs investigations continue Anandâs family and local residents have demanded a transparent probe into the events leading to his death The BJP however maintains that attempts to drag the party into the controversy are politically motivated and not supported by facts IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-bjp-denies-links-to-anand-thampi-says-was-shiv-sena-648918.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/massive-accidental-blast-at-srinagar-police-station-casualties-feared-terror-angle-ruled-out-648736.html Srinagar Nov 15 A massive accidental blast occurred inside a police station in JampKâs Srinagar district on Saturday and sources said that casualties are feared The blast occurred inside the Nowgam police station of Srinagar district The impact of the blast was so massive that buildings around the site shook as glass shattered all aroundThe loud bang of the blast was heard in areas 510 Kms away from Nowgam areaAlthough official confirmation of the cause of blast and the damage caused is still awaited sources told IANS that the blast took place when a police team was sampling the ammonium nitrate explosive recovered from the interstate white collar terror module in FaridabadWhile top sources have ruled out any terror attack it is feared that there could be casualties due to the accidental explosion caused while sampling the explosive materialTop sources said there are nine injuries among the police personnel who were present when the explosive sampling was underwayA number of vehicles parked inside the police station caught fire due to the massive explosion and fire tenders were dousing the flames as ambulances rushed to the police station to evacuate the injured policemen to the hospitalIt must be mentioned that 2900 Kg ammonium nitrate was recovered by JampK police when it busted the white collar terror module in Faridabad in coordination with the Haryana policeWhile Dr Adil Rather and Dr Muzammil Ganaie were arrested third terror accomplice Dr Umar Nabi had evaded arrest He was later killed in a car blast near the Red Fort in which several civilians were killed and many others were injuredA lady doctor from Lucknow Shaheen Shahid was also arrested after an assault rifle was recovered from her car The arrest of two over ground workers OGWs of JaisheMohammad JeM terror outfit led to the busting of the terror module IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/massive-accidental-blast-at-srinagar-police-station-casualties-feared-terror-angle-ruled-out-648736.html Sat, 15 Nov 2025 06:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-car-explosion-mbbs-student-of-al-falah-university-arrested-from-bengals-dalkhola-648745.html Kolkata Nov 15 Following a joint operation along with the cops of West Bengal Police the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency NIA arrested an MBBS student of AlFalah University in Faridabad from Dalkhola in North Dinajpur district in West Bengal in connection with the car explosion near Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi earlier this week insiders from the state police confirmed on Saturday morning The arrested medical student has been identified as Nisar Alam He and his family members have been settled in Punjabâs Ludhiana for quite some time However their ancestral house is still in DalkholaIt is learnt that he recently came to Dalkhola earlier this week along with his mother and sister to attend a family function The NIA sleuth tracked Alamâs mobile tower location at Dalkhola and following this the sleuths of the central Intelligence agency reached Dalkhola on Friday and finally arrested him on the same dayAfter the arrest Alam was first taken to the local Islampur Police Station After interrogating him at the police station for a couple of hours the accused was later shifted to Siliguri in the Darjeeling district As far as information available till Saturday morning the NIA sleuths might bring him to Delhi in transit remand later in the dayThe local people of Konal village in Dalkhola where the ancestral house of the accused is located told media persons that although the Alam family had shifted to Ludhiana quite some time back they were in touch with their relatives residing at the ancestral houseâAlam and his other family members used to come to Konal from time to time to meet their relatives We have found him to be an extremely wellmannered and softspoken youth We could never guess about his association with insurgency activities a resident of Konal told media persons on Saturday morningAlFalah University a private institution located about 27 km from the HaryanaDelhi border on Raga Road District Faridabad Dhauj has come under national spotlight over the past few days owing to shocking developments that include a massive recovery of explosives and the blast near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi that left 12 people dead dozens injured and shook the nationIn the past few days police teams have made multiple visits to the AlFalah University campus in Dhauj Faridabad questioning as many as 52 doctors as part of their investigation Authorities are trying to gather details about Dr Muzammil Shakeel Dr Shaheen Shahid and Dr Umar Mohammed â the trio suspected of operating a JaisheMohammed terror module IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-car-explosion-mbbs-student-of-al-falah-university-arrested-from-bengals-dalkhola-648745.html Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:08:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nmc-cancels-registrations-of-doctors-accused-in-delhi-blast-648783.html New Delhi Nov 15 The National Medical Council NMC has cancelled the registrations of three doctors linked to the car blast attack near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station barring them from practising until further orders The Delhi blast which occurred on November 10 killed 12 and injured several others sending shockwaves across the nationThe council released the directive in light of the FIR filed under UAPA Sections against Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather and Dr Muzamil Shakeel effective immediatelyWhile Muzamil Adeel and another suspect Dr Shaheen are currently in the custody of the JampK Police Muzaffar is thought to have escaped India around August this yearThey are believed to have connections to the Faridabad terror moduleAn order from Rajiv Sharma the NMC Secretary incharge mentioned an FIR filed against Ahmad Rather and Shakeel in Srinagar on October 19It stated that evidence gathered by investigating agencies indicated their involvement in the Red Fort terror blast caseSuch association or conduct is prima facie inconsistent with the standards of ethical propriety integrity and public trust expected of members of the medical profession and attracts the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Professional Conduct Etiquette and Ethics Regulations 2002 the order readThe Jammu amp Kashmir Medical Council has exercised its authority to cancel the registrations of the three doctors mentioned above instructing that their names be promptly removed from the Register of Medical Practitioners that is maintained by the councilConsequent upon such removal the said practitioners shall cease to be entitled to practise medicine or to hold any appointment as medical practitioners till further orders the order addedIt also mentioned that in view of the notifications dated November 13 2025 regarding cancellation of registration of the abovementioned doctors issued by the Jammu amp Kashmir Medical Council their names be removed from the Indian Medical Register IMR National Medical Register NMR with immediate effectIt has been reported though not yet confirmed that a similar directive has been issued concerning Dr Shaheen Saeed who was listed with the Uttar Pradesh Medical Council and she has also been promptly removed from the IMRNMR IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nmc-cancels-registrations-of-doctors-accused-in-delhi-blast-648783.html Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-real-estate-firm-md-in-pmla-case-accused-sent-to-14-day-custody-648792.html New Delhi Nov 15 The Enforcement Directorate ED has arrested Ocean Seven Buildtech Pvt Ltd OSBPL Managing Director Swaraj Singh Yadav after conducting searches at nine locations across DelhiNCR and other regions in a moneylaundering probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 an agency statement said on Saturday The action stems from allegations that Yadav diverted and laundered funds collected from homebuyers across multiple projects including those under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana PMAYThe searches on Thursday led to the recovery of Rs 86 lakh in cash suspected to be proceeds of crime along with incriminating documents and digital evidenceAccording to the ED Yadav orchestrated a largescale diversion of homebuyer funds through fraudulent cancellation and resale of units at inflated prices cashbased premiums collected outside banking channels and misuse of escrow accountsHe allegedly routed substantial sums into shell entities and concealed cash proceeds with relatives the ED statement saidInvestigators also found a pattern of rapid liquidation of assets held personally and through company entities in Gurugram Maharashtra and Rajasthan which the agency believes was intended to secure illicit gains and evade legal scrutinyHis wife and children have already relocated to the United States the probe revealedThe agency said Yadav operated a dualpayment mechanism in the resale of PMAY flats and even in the sale of parking spaces routing only nominal amounts through banks while collecting the bulk in cash These activities form part of a wider probe linked to multiple FIRs alleging cheating forgery and other predicate offencesFollowing his arrest Yadav was produced before the Court of ASJ06 at Patiala House Courts on Friday in compliance with Supreme Court directionsAfter detailed submissions from both sides and a passover granted to allow him legal assistance the court sent him to ED custody for 14 days until November 28The agency has been directed to produce him before the court at 2 pm on the date of expiry of remandThe ED said it is pursuing further investigation to trace freeze and attach assets acquired from the laundered funds to ensure recovery and restitution to affected homebuyers IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-arrests-real-estate-firm-md-in-pmla-case-accused-sent-to-14-day-custody-648792.html Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/afghan-police-arrest-suspected-smuggler-seize-narcotics-in-takhar-province-648707.html Kabul Nov 14 Afghan police have arrested a suspected drug smuggler and confiscated illicit narcotics during an operation in the northern Takhar province provincial police spokesman Nizamudin Omir said Friday According to the official the suspect was detained while attempting to transport crystal methamphetamine and other chemicals used in heroin production to Taluqan the provincial capital where he allegedly planned to sell the materials Xinhua News Agency reportedThe suspect has been placed in custody for further investigation the spokesman addedAfghanistan has intensified counternarcotics measures in recent years launching targeted operations against trafficking networks clandestine laboratories and illegal marketsOn November 9 provincial police spokesman Gul Mohammad Qudrat said that Afghan counternarcotics forces had confiscated 170 kg of opium poppy and apprehended two suspected smugglers in the western Nimroz provinceThe seizure took place during a targeted operation in the Zanjer Sharqi area along the ZaranjDelaram highway the official saidThe Afghan government has intensified its nationwide campaign against illicit drugs pledging to eradicate poppy cultivation and dismantle trafficking networksOn November 4 the provincial police office said that police in eastern Afghanistans Ghazni province seized 225 kg of opium from a carThe official said the contraband was hidden in secret compartments of the vehicle and was discovered during a routine search in Muqar district on November 3The driver of the car fled the scene the official confirmed adding that search operations are underway to locate and bring to justice the owner of the drugsIn a similar antinarcotics operation several days ago police discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab in the eastern Paktia provinceOn November 1 a local police officer said that Afghan counternarcotics forces have eradicated 400 acres of illegal poppy farms in the northern Badakhshan provinceThe operations targeted illicit crops on the outskirts of Baharak Jurm Shuhada and Darayem districts according to Ehsanullah Kamgar provincial police spokesmanKamgar said that security forces would not allow cultivation of poppy or any other prohibited crops in the provinceIn April 2022 the Afghan government imposed a nationwide ban on the cultivation of illegal crops including poppy and hashish IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/afghan-police-arrest-suspected-smuggler-seize-narcotics-in-takhar-province-648707.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-upholds-conviction-of-man-in-pocso-case-648708.html New Delhi Nov 14 The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man for sexually assaulting a fouryearold girl under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria affirmed the concurrent findings of the trial court and the Chhattisgarh High Court holding that the evidence on record âestablished the commission of offenceâ and warranted no interferenceâThe appreciation of evidence of the trial court and consideration thereof by the High Court could be said to be eminently legal and proper warranting no interference by this Courtâ observed the Justice Kumarled BenchHowever taking note of the time already served the apex court modified the sentence âto undergo rigorous imprisonment for 6 years insteadâ As per the prosecution the childâs mother discovered the appellantaccused Dinesh Kumar Jaldhari âwearing half shorts and sitting near the legs of her minor daughterâ inside their home where the fouryearold was found crying with her clothes displaced and complaining of pain in her private partsUpholding the findings of the courts below the Justice Kumarled Bench relied on the testimony of the parents observing that âthere is no good reason not to disbelieve the details revealed and the narration given about the incident by PW3 â mother of the victimâThe Supreme Court also noted the trauma exhibited by the child during her deposition before the trial court observing that she became visibly distressed and refused to even look at the accused once his mask was removed âThe fact that the victim was in a frightened state upon seeing the accused is a pointer in itselfâ the judgment said adding that the entire sequence was âtelltaleâ of the assaultâs psychological impact on the fouryearoldRejecting the appellantâs argument that the absence of external injuries weakened the prosecutions case the Justice Kumarled Bench reaffirmed that consistent and cogent ocular evidence must prevail The apex court reiterated âthe medical evidence will take a backseat and even if it does not corroborate with the ocular evidence where the ocular evidence is consistent and cogent the latter would be allowed to prevailâThe Supreme Court concluded that the conviction under Sections 9m and 10 of the POCSO Act was fully justified However noting that the appellant had already undergone âabout 4 years and 5 monthsâ of imprisonment the Justice Kumarled Bench reduced the sentence from seven to six years while not interfering with the fine and default sentence IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sc-upholds-conviction-of-man-in-pocso-case-648708.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-had-done-everything-to-protect-real-culprits-in-rg-kar-rape-amp-murder-case-victims-mother-tells-court-648713.html Kolkata Nov 14 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI had done everything to protect the real culprits in the RG Kar rape and murder case the victims mother told a trial court in Kolkata on Friday The CBI is supposedly Indias most highprofile investigative agency But they have done whatever is required to protect the real culprits in the case CBIs investigating official does not respond to our calls They are yet to file the supplementary chargesheet in the case she saidThe victims parents also pleaded to give a confidential statement in front of a judicial magistrate in the matterHowever the CBI counsel objected to this decisionOn Friday the CBI submitted its seventh status report on the progress of the investigation in the case and told the court that 11 new individuals have been questioned by the CBI in the matterThe same trial court identified Sanjay Roy a former civic volunteer posted with the Kolkata Police as the sole convict in the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor in August last year and also sentenced him to life imprisonmentAt present the CBI is investigating the aspect of a larger conspiracy behind the crimeThe victims parents had been accusing the central investigation agency of a lackadaisical probe in the second stage of investigation since the very beginningHowever this is the first time that the victims mother has directly accused CBI of doing whatever is required to protect the main culprits in the caseThe woman CBI officer who was present at the court was also overwhelmed by the emotional outburst of the victims mother on FridayLater the woman CBI officer came out of the courtroom at the end of the hearing with tears in her eyesI am too a mother she told the media persons in a choked voice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-had-done-everything-to-protect-real-culprits-in-rg-kar-rape-amp-murder-case-victims-mother-tells-court-648713.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-security-forces-demolish-umars-house-in-kashmir-648474.html New Delhi Nov 14 Security forces have demolished the house of Dr Umar Mohammed in Pulwama Kashmir who triggered the car blast near Delhiâs iconic Red Fort A controlled explosion was used to destroy the house during an overnight operation The action comes amid a high alert and an intensified crackdown on terror modules linked to the Red Fort blastThe investigation into the November 10 explosion which left 12 people dead and injured several revealed that Umar a doctor at AlFalah University in Faridabad was driving the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near a traffic signal on Netaji Subhash Marg His presence in the vehicle was confirmed after DNA samples recovered from the blast site matched those collected from his motherNew CCTV footage has also emerged showing Dr Umar Mohammed driving an i20 car in Connaught Place the heart of Delhi nearly five hours before heading toward the Red Fort area where the blast ultimately occurredAccording to police sources Umar was seen driving the explosiveladen vehicle around Connaught Placeâs Outer Circle at approximately 205 pm He then moved toward Mayur Vihar and eventually proceeded to the Red Fort vicinityInvestigative agencies on Thursday found another vehicle a Maruti Brezza which was missing initially Officials are also examining why the terror module was using multiple cars The i20 exploded near the Red Fort while an EcoSport belonging to Dr Umar Mohammad was recovered in FaridabadSources have indicated that the module had been planning a series of car bombings but their plans were exposed before further attacks could be executedThe powerful explosion occurred at around 652 pm on November 10 sending shockwaves across the national capital and triggering immediate security responses The blast struck close to one of Indiaâs most iconic heritage sites raising serious concerns about a breach in the highsecurity zone surrounding the Red FortFollowing the incident the National Investigation Agency NIA formally took over the probe from the Delhi Police Special Cell NIA officials cordoned off the area and conducted detailed forensic examinations of the debris including explosive residues vehicle fragments and digital evidence to trace the entire network behind the attackOn Wednesday the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed that the incident be investigated with the âutmost urgencyâ to swiftly identify and bring all âperpetratorsâ and âsponsorsâ to justice The Cabinet observed two minutes of silence in honour of the innocent lives lost and described the November 10 blast as âa heinous terror incident perpetrated by antinational forcesâAdditionally on Thursday the Association of Indian Universities AIU suspended the membership of AlFalah University in Faridabad Haryana with immediate effectThe demolition of Umars house in Kashmir is aimed at sending a message to those backing terrorist activities Earlier similar action was carried out against those involved in the Pahalgam terror attack case IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-security-forces-demolish-umars-house-in-kashmir-648474.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-after-22-kg-of-cocaine-seized-at-sydney-airport-648489.html Sydney Nov 14 A Sydney man has been arrested over an alleged attempt to import 22 kg of cocaine from South Africa hidden inside suitcases The Australian Federal Police AFP and Australian Border Force ABF said in a statement on Friday that the 25yearold man from southwest Sydney was stopped for a baggage examination after he disembarked a flight that arrived at Sydney Airport from Johannesburg via DohaDuring the examination ABF officers located 22 packages wrapped in plastic hidden inside the suitcases Xinhua news agency reported The packages contained a white powder that subsequent testing identified as cocaine with a total volume of 22 kgThe matter was handed to the AFP who seized the cocaine and arrested the 25yearoldHe was charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a bordercontrolled drug which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonmentOn Thursday the Australian authorities announced that they have seized 145 kg of cocaine hidden in the motor compartments of refrigerated shipping containers since OctoberIn a joint statement with the Australian Border Force the Australian Federal Police noted a recent trend of criminal syndicates attempting to import drugs and other bordercontrolled goods via refrigerated shipping containersCriminals will then attempt to break into docks container facilities or other storage areas to get the drugs after the containers arrive in AustraliaThe seized cocaine was valued at almost 50 million Australian dollars 328 million US dollarsLast week a woman was charged over an alleged attempt to smuggle 39 kg of methamphetamine from the United States into Australia concealed in luggageThe AFP and ABF said in a joint statement on November 7 that the woman a 20yearold Australian citizen was selected for a baggage examination on arrival at Sydney Airport from Los Angeles on ThursdayDuring the search ABF officers located a substance covered in chilli flakes inside the womans suitcasesSubsequent testing identified the substance as methamphetamine with a total weight of 39 kgThe drugs were seized by AFP officers who questioned the woman before charging her with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a bordercontrolled drugIf convicted she will face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment AFP Detective Acting Inspector Amy Knox said that the seized volume of methamphetamine could have supplied 390000 street deals with a total value of about 36 million Australian dollars 233 million US dollars IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-after-22-kg-of-cocaine-seized-at-sydney-airport-648489.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-singapore-based-businessman-in-rs-3160-crore-bank-fraud-case-648534.html New Delhi Nov 14 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has arrested Singaporebased businessman Rajesh Bothra for his alleged involvement in a Rs 3160 crore bank fraud case linked to Punjab National Bank PNB the investigation agency said on Friday Bothra was taken into custody on Thursday after the agency received specific inputs about his arrival in India and subsequently traced him to Hotel Andaz and Hyatt Residences in Aerocity New DelhiThe case registered last year RC0062024A0032 on the basis of a complaint filed by PNB pertains to alleged fraudulent activities by Ms Frost Infrastructure and Energy Pvt Ltd FIEL its directors unknown individuals and unnamed public servantsThe company had reportedly availed a Foreign Letter of Credit FLC limit from the bank through forged documentationAccording to investigators Bothra played a key role in orchestrating the fraud by generating and supplying bogus Bills of Lading which falsely depicted saleâpurchase transactions between FIEL and two foreign entitiesâMs FAREAST and Ms Gulf Distribution LtdInvestigation has revealed that Ms FAREAST and Ms Gulf Distribution Ltd were actually controlled and operated by Rajesh Bothra and no actual business or movement of goods took place as falsely shown in the forged Bills of Lading the CBI said on FridayThese forged Bills of Lading were allegedly submitted to the bank to secure LC proceeds enabling FIEL to siphon off funds amounting to approximately Rs 32 crore from PNB formerly Oriental Bank of CommerceThe CBI further said that the accused also figures as an accused in some other cases of CBI ACB Lucknow in which he has been charge sheeted along with other accused personsThe accused Rajesh Bothra never joined the investigation in the aforesaid cases nor did he turn up during the trial The accused is wanted in many other bank fraudeconomic offence cases it saidOfficials said his arrest is critical to ensure his presence before courts and prevent him from evading the legal process again Bothra will be produced before the trial court concerned on Friday itself IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-singapore-based-businessman-in-rs-3160-crore-bank-fraud-case-648534.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/indian-woman-goes-missing-in-pakistan-was-member-of-sikh-group-to-celebrate-parkash-purab-648619.html Chandigarh Nov 14 A woman Sikh pilgrim went missing from the group of devotees who had travelled to Pakistan on November 4 to celebrate the Parkash Purab birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev The pilgrim has been identified as Sarabjit Kaur a resident of Kapurthala district PunjabAs per official records the woman travelled to Pakistan on November 4 with a group of 1923 pilgrims via the Attari border in Amritsar under a bilateral agreement facilitating visits to religious shrinesThe âjathaâ was led by Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj of Akal Takht SahibAfter spending 10 days visiting various gurudwaras in Pakistan the group of 1922 returned to India on Thursday eveningAccording to immigration records Sarabjit Kaur had gone missing from the group Her name was not found in the records of Pakistanâs immigration while exiting nor in Indiaâs immigration records for reentryAfter her disappearance intelligence agencies in both India and Pakistan are trying to trace her whereaboutsSources in the Indian government told IANS that the Indian mission in Pakistan is in touch with the Pakistani authoritiesOn November 4 the Sikh pilgrims went to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan to celebrate Guru Nanak Dev Jiâs Prakash Parv However Pakistani officials reportedly denied 14 Hindus from Delhi and Lucknow from travelling with the Sikh groupLast month the Union government granted permission to the Sikh pilgrims to undertake a 10day journey to the Nankana Sahib shrine in Pakistan and mark the birth anniversary almost two weeks after it refused permission for the holy trip citing security concernsEvery year the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee SGPC sends a delegation of Sikh devotees to Pakistan to pay obeisance at various historic gurudwaras associated with the Sikh faith especially on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev Jiâs Parkash Purb IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/indian-woman-goes-missing-in-pakistan-was-member-of-sikh-group-to-celebrate-parkash-purab-648619.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-hc-grants-interim-relief-to-ex-tdb-official-from-arrest-till-tuesday-in-sabarimala-gold-theft-case-648642.html Kochi Nov 14 The Kerala High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to former Travancore Devaswom Board TDB secretary S Jayasree offering temporary relief even as the Special Investigation Team SIT ramped up action in the highprofile Sabarimala gold theft case The interim order issued by a singlejudge Bench will remain in force until Tuesday when the matter will be taken up for detailed hearingEarlier this month the High Court had dismissed her first anticipatory bail plea on procedural grounds noting that she had approached it directly without first moving the Sessions Court or citing exceptional circumstancesHowever on Friday the High Courtâs intervention comes just a day after the trial court rejected Jayasreeâs anticipatory bail plea clearing the way for her possible arrestThe Sessions Court had found merit in the prosecutionâs stand that custodial interrogation was essential given the seriousness of the allegations and the need to trace the chain of responsibility in the suspected misappropriation of temple gold and valuablesIn her fresh plea before the High Court Jayasree maintained that she had no role in the alleged gold smuggling asserting that her duties as TDB secretary and later as Thiruvabharanam commissioner were purely administrativeShe further submitted that she is undergoing treatment for serious health issues and sought protection from arrest on medical groundsThe prosecution however contends that Jayasree colluded to facilitate the misappropriation of gold alleging that she issued orders entrusting items from the Sreekovil in violation of board decisions â an action investigators believe enabled systematic diversion of valuablesThe SIT has so far registered two FIRs and arrested five individuals including former TDB president N Vasu one serving official two former officials and alleged sponsor Unnikrishnan PottiWith the probe widening the interim protection granted to Jayasree is set to become a key flashpoint when the High Court reviews the matter next week IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-hc-grants-interim-relief-to-ex-tdb-official-from-arrest-till-tuesday-in-sabarimala-gold-theft-case-648642.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-police-bust-interstate-fake-currency-module-rs-999-crore-seized-648671.html Chandigarh Nov 14 Punjab Police have busted an interstate fake currency module with the arrest of two individuals from Dera Bassi and seized Rs 999 crore counterfeit and demonetised currency from their possession said Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav here on Friday Those arrested have been identified as Sachin and Gurdeep both residents of Kurukshetra in Haryana The recovery includes Rs 1105000 in original old currency and Rs 988 crore in fake currency Apart from recovering the currency police teams have also impounded their white ScorpioN in which they were travelling DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused were using a deception method by placing real notes on top of bundles while hiding fake notes inside to cheat unsuspecting individuals They are linked to multiple cheating and counterfeit cases across the states of Punjab Haryana and Rajasthan The DGP said that technical analysis and further interrogation are underway to identify the full network and identification of more associates involved in this module Sharing operational details Senior Superintendent of Police SAS Nagar Harmandeep said a tipoff was received about the movement of two individuals linked to an interstate fake currency module Special teams were formed under the supervision of Superintendent of Police Rural Manpreet Singh and DSP Dera Bassi Bikramjit Singh Brar Acting swiftly the teams led by SHO Dera Bassi Sumit Mor and incharge antinarcotics cell Malkeet Singh laid a special checkpoint near PWD Rest House on the Ghaggar Bridge on the old AmbalaKalka highway and intercepted the duo and recovered the fake and demonetised currency from their possession The SSP further stated that the probe has revealed that arrested accused persons have duped several people in Punjab and neighbouring states and have criminal backgrounds with involvement in prior cases of cheating and counterfeit currency More arrests and recoveries are likely in the coming days as the probe is ongoing he added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-police-bust-interstate-fake-currency-module-rs-999-crore-seized-648671.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-police-advises-citizens-to-beware-of-cyber-scam-in-name-of-kyc-update-648450.html Jaipur Nov 12 To curb the increasing incidents of cybercrime Rajasthan Additional Director General of Police Cyber Crime Vijay Kumar Singh has issued an important advisory for the public The advisory explains how cybercriminals are defrauding citizens under the pretext of KYC Know Your Customer updates and provides essential safety measures to prevent financial lossesADG Singh stated that cybercriminals often call or message people from unknown mobile numbers threatening that their SIM card KYC has expired or their number is linked to illegal activities They claim that the victimâs SIM servicesâincluding calls messages and OTPsâwill be immediately deactivated if KYC is not updated In panic many people share personal details such as their name address PAN card Aadhaar number and bank account information believing they are updating their KYC Fraudsters then misuse these details to access bank accounts and withdraw moneyHe also shared key tips to stay safe from Cyber fraud and said that TRAI does not deactivate SIM cardsâThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI does not deactivate mobile numbers Only telecom companies have the authority to do so If you receive a KYCrelated message visit your telecom companyâs official store directly to confirm Do not share your OTP Aadhaar PAN or bank details with any unknown caller or online link Avoid Downloading Unknown Apps and never install applications or click on links suggested by unidentified callers or messagesâ he saidHe said that if you receive any intimidating or urgent calls or messages report them immediately on the Sanchar Saathi Chakshu Portal httpssancharsaathigovinsfc advised Singh ADG Singh advised that in case of cyber fraud victims should immediately file a complaint through respective channels said Singh IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-police-advises-citizens-to-beware-of-cyber-scam-in-name-of-kyc-update-648450.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/businessman-held-for-rs-450-crore-gst-fraud-case-648458.html Kolkata Nov 13 The Goods and Services Tax GST officers have arrested a businessman named Jitendra Kumar Chaurasia for fraud worth around Rs 450 crore officials said on Thursday GST authorities said that network of this fraud ring extends from Jammu and Kashmir to KolkataIt has been alleged that this huge fraud was committed by keeping fake documents of two companies in front of itAccording to GST sources the businessman claimed to be in the business of supplying nicotinelike substancesBased on that two companies of the businessman were traced and its activities were monitoredThe head of both the private companies is businessman Jitendra ChaurasiaInitially the businessman used to do business in Jammu and KashmirIt is alleged that the issue of GST evasion was first reported from thereHis GST license was also cancelled in that stateLater the authorities allowed it to be started againAccording to GST authorities following this Jitendra shifted his business to KolkataRecently the GST office of Kasba area in Kolkata also filed a complaint against himIt alleged that the two companies through which the business is shown to be going on are actually shell companiesBut it is alleged that a lot of fake bills invoices and fake documents were created in the name of the two companies to evade paying GSTIt was shown that goods worth a huge amount of money were supplied through the companiesFake documents were kept in frontIt was shown that GST money was deductedIn this way from 2021 to 2025 a GST fraud of Rs 4333 crore was committed through one company and Rs 1477 crore through the otherBut it is alleged that the businessman embezzled about Rs 450 crore from the total GST fraud of more than Rs 580 croreAccording to GST authorities he was summoned to the GST office on TuesdayGST officers questioned him by showing him his bank accounts and other documentsIt is alleged that money was laundered through several other fake companies in addition to those two companiesThe businessman could not give a satisfactory answerLater he was arrestedHe was produced before Alipore court on WednesdayThe businessmans lawyer Sanjay Dasgupta applied for bailHe said in his application to the court that the GST authorities in Jammu and Kashmir first cancelled his license but later returned itThe allegations made against the businessman by the GST authorities in Kolkata were incorrectThe lawyers of the GST authorities opposed the bail prayerAfter hearing the arguments of both the parties the judge ordered the arrested businessman to be remanded in judicial custody till November 26GST detectives are examining the documents obtained from his company and conducting further investigation into the matter IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/businessman-held-for-rs-450-crore-gst-fraud-case-648458.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-businessman-held-for-rs-450-crore-gst-fraud-case-648459.html Kolkata Nov 13 The Goods and Services Tax GST officers have arrested a businessman named Jitendra Kumar Chaurasia for fraud worth around Rs 450 crore officials said on Thursday GST authorities said that network of this fraud ring extends from Jammu and Kashmir to KolkataIt has been alleged that this huge fraud was committed by keeping fake documents of two companies in front of itAccording to GST sources the businessman claimed to be in the business of supplying nicotinelike substancesBased on that two companies of the businessman were traced and its activities were monitoredThe head of both the private companies is businessman Jitendra ChaurasiaInitially the businessman used to do business in Jammu and KashmirIt is alleged that the issue of GST evasion was first reported from thereHis GST license was also cancelled in that stateLater the authorities allowed it to be started againAccording to GST authorities following this Jitendra shifted his business to KolkataRecently the GST office of Kasba area in Kolkata also filed a complaint against himIt alleged that the two companies through which the business is shown to be going on are actually shell companiesBut it is alleged that a lot of fake bills invoices and fake documents were created in the name of the two companies to evade paying GSTIt was shown that goods worth a huge amount of money were supplied through the companiesFake documents were kept in frontIt was shown that GST money was deductedIn this way from 2021 to 2025 a GST fraud of Rs 4333 crore was committed through one company and Rs 1477 crore through the otherBut it is alleged that the businessman embezzled about Rs 450 crore from the total GST fraud of more than Rs 580 croreAccording to GST authorities he was summoned to the GST office on TuesdayGST officers questioned him by showing him his bank accounts and other documentsIt is alleged that money was laundered through several other fake companies in addition to those two companiesThe businessman could not give a satisfactory answerLater he was arrestedHe was produced before Alipore court on WednesdayThe businessmans lawyer Sanjay Dasgupta applied for bailHe said in his application to the court that the GST authorities in Jammu and Kashmir first cancelled his license but later returned itThe allegations made against the businessman by the GST authorities in Kolkata were incorrectThe lawyers of the GST authorities opposed the bail prayerAfter hearing the arguments of both the parties the judge ordered the arrested businessman to be remanded in judicial custody till November 26GST detectives are examining the documents obtained from his company and conducting further investigation into the matter IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-businessman-held-for-rs-450-crore-gst-fraud-case-648459.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-prisoners-at-shyalwas-jail-form-human-chain-to-celebrate-vande-mataram--648264.html Jaipur Nov 12 The Central Jail in Shyalwas Dausa came alive with patriotic fervour on Wednesday as inmates and jail staff came together to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the iconic song Vande Mataram In a remarkable display of unity and devotion around 400 prisoners and officials formed a massive human chain spelling out the words âVande Mataramâ on the prison grounds â a striking symbol of national pride and collective spirit The event began with the inmates waving the Tricolour and chanting patriotic slogans creating an atmosphere filled with emotion and reverence for the nationJail Superintendent Paras Jangid said the celebration represented not just patriotism but also the values of unity integrity and reformation âWorship of Mother India should not be confined to words â it must be reflected in our actionsâ he emphasised Superintendent Jangid further noted that the primary aim of the event was to instil national pride and a sense of purpose among inmates He said such initiatives serve as a powerful medium for reformation and rehabilitation guiding prisoners toward positive transformation and reintegration into societyThe efforts of prisoners Sandeep Agarwal Vikas Sharma and Deendayal who played key roles in creating the human chain formation were especially appreciated The programme concluded with the collective singing of Vande Mataram as the entire prison complex resonated with patriotic chants â turning the moment into a living tribute to the song that has inspired generations Officers including Jailer Vikas Bagoria Deputy Jailer Dilawar Khan and Platoon Commander Manish Kumar were also present joining the inmates in celebrating this remarkable event of unity and national pride IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-prisoners-at-shyalwas-jail-form-human-chain-to-celebrate-vande-mataram--648264.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-nia-questions-man-in-bengals-murshidabad-district-648297.html Kolkata Nov 12 The investigators reached Nabagram in Murshidabad on Wednesday According to sources the NIA came to Bengal after getting certain phone numbers from the suspects who were arrested in connection with the Delhi blast Sources said the operation began at 7 am at a village under Nabagram police station in Murshidabad The NIA investigation team went to the house of a person named Mainul Hasan He was called and questioned for a long time It is learnt that Mainul Hasan is a migrant worker by profession He had worked as a migrant worker in Delhi and sometimes in MumbaiSources said that Mainul had contact with members of some militant organisations at that timeSources said that Mainuls phone number was received from one of the suspects of the Delhi blastA search was also conducted at Mainuls house Apart from Mainuls house the investigating officers are roaming around Murshidabad villages and making enquiriesSources said that apart from Mainul several other names have come to the fore The operation is being conducted based on such names It is being investigated whether these residents of Murshidabad are directly or indirectly involved in the Delhi blast The neighbours of the area were surprised by this sudden operationAt least eight people were killed and dozens were injured after a blast in a car near the Red Fort on Monday eveningThe blast took place in a Hyundai i20 car at 652 pm near the Red Fort Metro Station leaving mangled bodies and damaged cars scattered in the busy areaA high alert has been sounded in Delhi The Delhi Police have invoked UAPA Unlawful Activities Prevention Act sections after forensic evidence and intelligence inputs pointed to possible terror linksThe investigators have arrested about 15 people in connection with the incident and are searching for others who were directly or indirectly involved in the blast IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-nia-questions-man-in-bengals-murshidabad-district-648297.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-railway-police-take-suo-motu-action-after-illegal-protest-at-csmt-two-booked-648310.html Mumbai Nov 13 The Mumbai Railway Police on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of an illegal protest staged at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT by members of the Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh CRMS A case has been registered at the CSMT Railway Police Station against two railway employees identified as SK Dubey and Vivek Sisodia According to a statement released by the Mumbai Railway Police the protest was held on November 6 demanding the withdrawal of an FIR registered against two engineers in connection with the Mumbra station incident which claimed the lives of five people Without obtaining prior permission CRMS members organised the agitation at CSMT leading to charges of unlawful assembly and violation of public order and traffic regulationsOn the day of the incident members of CRMS held a sitin protest outside the motormanâs lobby and the Station Managerâs office disrupting railway operations and halting local train services for nearly an hourAround 4 pm nearly 100 to 200 railway employees gathered at Milan Hall under the leadership of CRMS president Praveen Vajpayee and later marched peacefully towards the Divisional Railway Managerâs DRM office However after the official protest concluded around 530 pm about 30 to 40 employees led by Dubey and Sisodia allegedly entered the motormanâs lobby at CSMT and began an unapproved sitin protestThe protesters reportedly blocked entry to the motormen guards and the Station Managerâs office using iron benches resulting in staff being trapped inside and complete disruption of local train services from 541 pm The stoppage led to crowding and confusion among passengers on the platformsThe agitation ended at 638 pm after assurances were given by the DRM following which train services gradually resumedA senior officer stated that the CRMS protest violated existing prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Indian Penal Code IPC which bans gatherings of five or more persons within the jurisdiction of the Railway Police Commissionerate without prior permissionA case has been registered under Sections 1892 190 1272 221 and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and Sections 371 and 135 of the Maharashtra Police ActPolice officials said the accused will soon be summoned for questioning Investigators are also probing who instigated and supported the CRMS members to stage the protest within the station premises without prior approval The investigation is currently underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-railway-police-take-suo-motu-action-after-illegal-protest-at-csmt-two-booked-648310.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-police-raid-13-locations-in-kashmir-in-connection-with-delhi-blast-648315.html Srinagar Nov 13 The CounterIntelligence Wing Kashmir CIK of JampK Police on Thursday raided 13 locations across the Valley in connection with the Delhi terror blast Officials said that simultaneous raids are being carried out against the banned JamaateIslami JeI organisation in different parts of Kashmir after the Delhi blast in which a local doctor Mohd Umar was involved He belonged to the Pulwama districtMeanwhile the DNA of the mother has matched with Dr Mohd Umar confirming his identityHe was on the run after the JampK Police in coordination with the Haryana Police busted a terror module in Faridabad Dr Mohd Umar escaped arrest after his terror associates Dr Adil of Kulgam district and Dr Muzammil Ganai of his native village Koil in Pulwama district were arrestedA woman doctor from Lucknow Dr Shaheen Shahid also working with Dr Mohd Umar and others in AlFalah Medical College in Faridabad was arrested after an assault rifle was recovered from her carLucknow police on Wednesday detained her brother for questioningDr Adil was caught after CCTV footage showed him putting up posters of the terror outfit JaisheMohammad JeM One AK47 rifle was recovered from Aadilâs locker in the Government Medical College Anantnag where he had left his job in October 2024His disclosure led to the arrest of Dr Muzammil Ganai also working at AlFalah Medical College Over 2900 kg of ammonium nitrate were recovered from Muzamil by the JampK Police in FaridabadThe Union Home Ministry MHA has handed over the investigation of the Delhi terror blast to the NIAThe worrying discovery of white collar terrorism involving professionals like doctors has added a new dimension to terrorist activities in Jammu and KashmirThe busting of the terror module run by doctors has vindicated the decision of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha who has terminated many government employees for terror links in the UTIronically the LGs decision to terminate the services of government employees with terror links had been criticised by various political parties including the National Conference NC presently in power in the union territory IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-police-raid-13-locations-in-kashmir-in-connection-with-delhi-blast-648315.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ysrcp-leader-ambati-rambabu-booked-for-threatening-police-officers-648322.html Amaravati Nov 13 Police in Andhra Pradeshs Guntur have registered a case against former minister and YSR Congress party leader Ambati Rambabu and others for unlawful assembly and threatening police officers on duty Rambabu and his supporters had taken out a rally without police permission and when stopped they allegedly threatened police officialsA case has been registered at Pattabhipuram Police Station under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSPolice said the rally held without permission caused traffic disruptions and inconvenienced the publicThe YSRCP leaders and cadres took to the roads as part of the partys statewide protest against the privatisation of medical collegesThe case has been registered under BNS sections assaulting or using criminal force against public servants to prevent them from discharging their duty 1262 wrongful restraint 3513 criminal intimidation and 1892 unlawful assemblyAccording to police Rambabu was told by DSP Arvind and CI Ganga Venkateshwarlu that there is no permission for the rally but he along with his supporters went ahead with the protest They tried to remove the barricades and entered into an argument with the policeSimilar cases were registered against Rambabu in the past during the protests called by the YSRCP over various issuesThe YSRCP cadres took out rallies in all the constituencies on Wednesday to protest against the privatisation of medical collegesYSRCP president and former chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy posted on X that privatisation of medical colleges has drawn strong resistance from people across the state and the massive rallies held in all 175 constituencies stand as proof of their collective voiceI am deeply proud of our citizens YSRCP cadre YSRCP leaders likeminded parties and likeminded organisations who came forward voluntarily to defend public education and healthcare This commitment shows that people value social welfare over private gain and are determined to safeguard the states future he wroteAt the behest of their political parties though the police tried in every possible way to stop these rallies people did not step back They continued with courage and discipline standing united for a just cause Their determination and peaceful participation reflected the true democratic spirit of the state and proved that the voice of the people cannot be silenced by force he addedJagan Mohan Reddy demanded that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu respect this strong public sentiment and immediately withdraw his decision to privatise medical colleges IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ysrcp-leader-ambati-rambabu-booked-for-threatening-police-officers-648322.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/punish-delhi-blast-perpetrators-say-children-of-victim-mohsin-648327.html New Delhi Nov 13 The children of Mohsin a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh who was killed in a car bomb blast near Delhis Red Fort on Monday have urged the authorities to punish those responsible for the tragedy on Thursday IANS spoke to Mohsins family who recounted the heartbreaking incident and demanded strict action against the culpritsSpeaking to IANS Mohsins son said Punish those who are responsibleHis daughter echoed the sentiment saying I just want to say that whoever is responsible should be punishedMohsins brotherinlaw shared the familys anguish I was in Ahmedabad when I heard about the blast Early this morning around 5 am I was informed that the postmortem examination had been completed Mohsins sons are very young The family was living in a rented house in Delhi The government has made announcements but we have not received any help so farMohsins younger brother Nadim added He was around 35â36 years old and died instantly in the blast We searched for him for hours but found no clue His name was not even on the initial list of victims He used to drive an erickshaw to support his family He is survived by two children and his wife They live in a rented house and we havent received any assistance from the government His entire body was burnt only his face was recognisableMohsins sisterinlaw recalled the tense hours after the explosion After several attempts an officer finally answered his phone and said he was at the Red Fort police station Thats when we feared he might have been caught in the blast We were then told to go to LNJP Hospital but security was tight and no one was giving us any information We were only told to wait patientlyMohsin had moved to Delhi two years ago with his wife Sultana and their two children to earn a living as an erickshaw driver Following his death his body was taken back to his hometown in Meerut for the last ritesOn Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited LNJP Hospital in Delhi to meet the survivors of the Red Fort blast He assured that those behind the conspiracy would be brought to justiceIn a post on X PM Modi wrote Went to LNJP Hospital and met those injured during the blast in Delhi Praying for everyones quick recovery Those behind the conspiracy will be brought to justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/punish-delhi-blast-perpetrators-say-children-of-victim-mohsin-648327.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:47:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/1-631-criminals-held-in-haryana-in-operation-track-down-648340.html Chandigarh Nov 13 The statewide campaign named Operation Track Down launched by Haryana Police achieved success with the arrest of 1631 criminals including 319 notorious and interstate offenders the police said on Thursday The mission led by Director General of Police DGP O P Singh is not only dismantling criminal networks but also showcasing the polices precise intelligence operations swift coordination and technological efficiencyThe recent actions carried out in Ambala Palwal Sirsa Dabwali and Yamunanagar reflected the wideranging success of this ongoing campaignAmbala Police achieved a breakthrough by arresting four active members of an interstate Iranian gang kingpin Ghulam Abbas alias Rihana Razvi Mohammad Khan Akbar Miyan Sheikh and Asadullah Khan alias KaliyaThe gang has been involved in over 105 incidents of gold and diamond thefts and frauds across IndiaThe police recovered four mobile phones four SIM cards and two scooters used in these crimesUnder Operation Track Down Dabwali Police launched a swift and decisive strike against drug traffickers arresting three interstate peddlers with 25613 grams of heroin worth approximately Rs 125 croreInvestigations revealed that the arrested individuals were already facing multiple cases of murder arms violations and NDPS Act offences in both Punjab and HaryanaThe District Crime BranchII in Yamunanagar achieved a major success by arresting two members of the notorious Kala Rana gang Manish Singari alias Mannu and Tarun Singari alias TannuBoth were wanted in several serious cases including attempt to murder extortion fraud and Arms Act violations Their arrest not only disrupted the gangs operations but also highlighted the district polices effectiveness in maintaining law and orderThe Palwal Police in a joint operation with the STF unit arrested a wanted criminal Chandrabhan from Narwana in Jind district He was absconding in a murder case with a reward of Rs 5000 on his headThe case dates back to February 2024 when a man named Dharambir was killed and the main accused Ravindra and his wife Kanti had already been arrested and sent to jailDescribing the success of the Operation Track Down as a powerful example of the state polices zerotolerance policy towards crime DGP Singh emphasised that whether it is drug trafficking murder fraud extortion or cybercrime every offender will be brought to justiceHe reaffirmed that the campaign would continue relentlessly until a crimefree environment is established across the state IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/1-631-criminals-held-in-haryana-in-operation-track-down-648340.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/global-leaders-condemn-delhi-blast-extend-support-to-india-648345.html Singapore city Nov 13 Several world leaders condemned the deadly terror attack near the Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi which claimed several lives and injured many The incident occurred on Monday evening when a Haryanaregistered car parked near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded killing several people and injuring over 20The Indian Union Cabinet declared it a terrorist attack saying in a resolution âThe country has witnessed a heinous terror incident perpetrated by antinational forces through a car explosionâThe cabinet directs that the investigation into the incident be pursued with the utmost urgency and professionalism so that the perpetrators their collaborators and their sponsors are identified and brought to justice without delayâ the resolution addedCondemning the attack Singaporeâs Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan expressed solidarity with IndiaâSingapore strongly condemns the terror incident involving a car explosion near New Delhiâs Red Fort on 10 Nov Heartfelt condolences to the families of victims May those injured recover soon EAM S Jaishankar â Singapore stands in solidarity with India in this difficult timeâ Balakrishnan posted on XIn response to the statement External Affairs Minister EAM S Jaishankar took to X statingâ Value your sentiments of solidarity FM Vivian BalakrishnanâSouth Koreas Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun offered heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the horrific attackâI am deeply saddened by the news of the explosion in Delhi On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Korea I offer my sincere condolences to the people of India who lost their loved ones I wish the injured a full and speedy recovery and a swift return to normal lifeâ Hyun posted on XAdditionally Irish Ambassador to India Kevin Kelly extended support to India condemning terrorism in all formsâHeartfelt condolences to the victims and speedy recovery to those injured in the Delhi terror attacks Terrorism has no place in society We strongly condemn all forms of terrorism and stand with the Indian peopleâ Kelly posted on X IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/global-leaders-condemn-delhi-blast-extend-support-to-india-648345.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/tumakuru-man-grilled-by-karnataka-police-in-delhi-blast-case-648375.html Bengaluru Nov 13 The police grilled a man whom they said was a former terrorist for more than two hours in Karnatakas Tumakuru on Thursday in connection with the November 10 car blast in Delhi which claimed 12 lives According to police the former terrorist Mujahid was questioned by Additional SP Purushottam at the Tilaknagar police stationAfter questioning the police released him Mujahid faced charges of organising a meeting for a terror organisation He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency NIA earlier and sent to Tihar Jail in Delhi He had come out after being in prison for six years police saidHe is now residing at PS Colony in Tumakuru police saidThe police further stated that he was grilled in connection with the Delhi blasts and only after it was confirmed that he had no role to play in the terror act he was releasedFurther details were awaitedAt present the Karnataka NIA team is on high alertIt is suspected that the main planner or mastermind of the Delhi blast might have links or connections in Bengaluru The NIA officers who are already questioning some suspects in custody are now trying to find out whether there is any evidence or information connecting the Bengaluru network to the blastNIA teams in Karnataka have become actively involved in the investigation to uncover any possible link between the Delhi blast and individuals or activities in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka said sources hereThe authorities are also suspecting the link between this case and Abdur Rahman aka Dr Brave who was arrested in Karnatakas Bengaluru on August 17 2020As a student of MBBS at Bangalore Medical College and a resident of Basavanagudi in Bengaluru Dr Brave got radicalised listening to the online lectures of hardline Islamic preachers including âAnwar Awlakiâ Subsequently he came into contact with other radicalised youth and travelled to Syria in December 2013 and participated in various terrorist activities of ISISOn returning to India he continued to remain closely associated with the ideology of ISIS and was in regular contact with the terror elements of ISIS in India and abroad Utilising his knowledge of Ophthalmic Lasers and Medical Science he made efforts to develop applications for medical and military equipment of ISIS He was contacting ISIS ideology promoter Jahanzaib Sami through a messaging platform named Threema The NIA had investigated the case of the Islamic State Khorasan Province registered at New Delhi under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/tumakuru-man-grilled-by-karnataka-police-in-delhi-blast-case-648375.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-over-36-picked-up-for-questioning-in-kashmir-648389.html Srinagar Nov 13 Intensifying crackdown on suspects across Kashmir Valley in the aftermath of the Delhi terror blast the JampK Police have picked up over three dozen people for questioning Officials said some of these people are government employees and have been picked up in Srinagar Sopore Baramulla Anantnag Kulgam and Shopian districtsThe Jammu and Kashmir Police have intensified surveillance and checking across the Valley and new âNakasâ Checkposts have come up in various districtsThe CounterIntelligence Kashmir CIK wing of the JampK Police carried out raids at 13 locations earlier in the day in connection with the Delhi terror blastThe surfacing of the white collar terror module operated by Kashmiri doctors has added another dimension to antiterrorist operations since without âactionable intelligence action against people otherwise engaged in normal activities of life becomes impossible for the security forcesThis is also proved by the fact that the Faridabad terror module was unearthed after the arrest of two overground workers OGWs of terror outfits It was the sustained interrogation of these two arrested OGWs that led to the subsequent arrest of Dr Adil Rather of Qazigund and later to the unearthing of the entire terror moduleWhat is worrisome is that some professionals whose services were terminated in Jammu and Kashmir for terror links could have found subsequent appointment in institutions outside the union territory without their antecedents being verified by the new employersThe discovery of otherwise welltodo professionals like doctors involved in terrorism has shocked genuine local professionals in and outside the UT as they fear facing hardships due to the antinational activities of others chasing the same professionsJampK Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has assured that no innocent will be put to trouble while nobody with terror links will be sparedThe unearthing of white collar terror module has vindicated the Lt Governor Manoj Sinhaâs decision to terminate the services of rogue government employees who are found to have terror linksLocal political parties including the ruling National Conference have been critical of the Lt Governorâs decisions to come down heavily on the government employees with terror links IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-over-36-picked-up-for-questioning-in-kashmir-648389.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/female-law-student-found-hanging-in-lawyers-chamber-in-bengals-kakdwip-police-launch-manhunt-648395.html Kolkata Nov 13 The body of a firstyear female law student was recovered from a lawyers chamber in the Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district the police said on Thursday The police registered a case of unnatural death and launched a search to nab the lawyer after her relatives lodged a complaint against himThe incident occurred on Wednesday evening in the Pratapaditya Gram Panchayat area under the Kakdwip Police Stations jurisdiction The deceased a resident of the Gandhinagar area was reportedly visiting the local lawyers chamber daily for practice related to her studies according to family membersThe family of the deceased student said that she had left home on Wednesday morning as usual In the evening they were informed that her body was found hanging in the lawyerâs chamber The family members immediately informed the police who recovered the body and sent it for autopsyPolice sources said that a bag containing a love letter was recovered from the scene Her relatives alleged that the letter indicated a close relationship between the deceased and the lawyer and that she might have taken the extreme step due to tension in the relationshipSubsequently the law studentâs family members lodged a written complaint against the lawyer at Kakdwip Police StationA case of unnatural death has been registered and an investigation is underwayâA case has been initiated against the accused lawyer The body has been sent for postmortem and the cause of death will be determined after receiving the report The accused lawyer has been absconding since the incident and a search has been launchedâ said a senior officer of Sundarban Police DistrictResidents and neighbours in Kakdwip were left in shock after hearing about the studentâs tragic deathThe police are investigating whether it is a suicide or foul play The accused lawyer has not yet been arrested and search operations are underway at multiple locations to arrest him IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/female-law-student-found-hanging-in-lawyers-chamber-in-bengals-kakdwip-police-launch-manhunt-648395.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/75-year-old-man-among-3-killed-in-family-feud-in-mps-ashoknagar-648398.html Ashoknagar Madhya Pradesh Nov 13 A family feud over agricultural land in Ashoknagar district Madhya Pradesh turned deadly killing three relatives and injuring several others the police said on Thursday The clash occurred in Karaiya Bainet village on Wednesday night when two brothers and their family members divided into opposing groups attacked each other with swords lathis axes and other weapons resulting in a deadly confrontationAccording to the police the dispute arose over possession of four acres of agricultural land owned by 75yearold Khillan Singh Yadav a resident of Karaiya BainetThe land has been given to Khillan Singhâs elder son Mahendra YadavOn Wednesday evening Mahendraâs younger brother Krishnabhan Yadav arrived at the disputed land with his tractor and reportedly attempted to destroy a standing mustard crop cultivated by Mahendra Yadav This led to a verbal confrontation between the brothers that quickly escalated into a deadly oneKhillan Singh along with other relatives from both sides joined the confrontation armed with swords axes and other weapons turning the clash into a fullscale attackThe clash resulted in the immediate deaths of two family members while several others sustained injuriesKhillan Singh Yadav and a relative identified as Pawan Yadav sustained serious injuries in the incident and died during treatment at a hospital in Ashoknagar late on Wednesday night the police saidKrishnabhan Yadav who was referred to a Bhopal hospital for further treatment succumbed to his injuries early on Thursday morning added the policeAdditional Superintendent of Police ASP Ganjendra Kanwar stated on Thursday that the bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families after postmortem examinations and the last rites were performed in the presence of policeâAn FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway Weapons used in the attack have been seized Three other individuals remain hospitalised in Ashoknagarâ the ASP added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/75-year-old-man-among-3-killed-in-family-feud-in-mps-ashoknagar-648398.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-begins-probe-into-odisha-police-si-recruitment-scam-648400.html Bhubaneswar Nov 13 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI Bhubaneswar has begun a probe into the multicrore Odisha Police Sub Inspector SI Recruitment scam The case was registered on Wednesday The central agency has entrusted the investigation of the scam to one of its senior officers of the rank of Additional Superintendent of PoliceSources claimed that the CBI has reportedly sought all the caserelated details from the Crime BranchActing on the request of the Odisha government the Union government through a notification issued on November 11 transferred the recruitment scam case 725 which was being investigated by the Crime Branch of the Odisha Police to the CBI for further investigation into the irregularities in the combined Police Service Examination CPSE 2024 which was scheduled to be held on October 5 and 6 2025Notably the Odisha Police had first busted the largescale scam with the arrest of 114 aspirants and three middlemen following the interception of three buses in Andhra Pradesh on the night of September 29Subsequently the Odisha Crime Branch took over the investigation of the case 4472 originally registered at the Golanthara Police Station in Ganjam district on September 30 by registering a separate case 72025 on October 1 2025It is pertinent to mention here that the Odisha Police Recruitment Board OPRB had entrusted the conduct of the Combined Police Service Examination CPSE2024 for SI recruitment to ITI Limited which later sublet the work to Ms Silicon Tech Pvt LtdThe private agency in turn engaged Panchsoft Technologies Pvt Ltd located at Patia in Bhubaneswar where the alleged mastermind of the entire scam Sankar Prusty was a director to handle key stages of the examination processThe Odisha Police have so far arrested 126 people including the prime accused Prusty his other associates such as Muna Mohanty Srikanta Maharana alias Rinku Arabinda Das etcMeanwhile during the investigation suspicion arose that the roots of the corruption may extend beyond Odisha to other states including Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal There were also indications of the involvement of an interstate organised criminal gang in the case Subsequently Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi recommended a CBI probe into the matter to the Centre Acting upon the Chief Ministerâs request the Centre directed a CBI investigation into the case IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-begins-probe-into-odisha-police-si-recruitment-scam-648400.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-gets-5-day-custody-of-jaypee-infratechs-ex-cmd-manoj-gaur-648442.html New Delhi Nov 13 A Special Delhi Court on Thursday sent Manoj Gaur former CMD of Jaypee Infratech Limited to fiveday custody of the ED for intensive questioning in a money laundering case a lawyer said The Special Court at Patiala House accepted the EDâs plea for the need to question Gaur to unravel the details of the case that involves alleged misuse of crores of rupees collected from homebuyers who were never delivered their dream flatsGaur former CMD of Jaypee Infratech Limited and former Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ms Jaiprakash Associates Ltd JAL was arrested earlier in the day by the probe agency under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002The ED probe found that out of approximately Rs 14599 crore collected by JAL and JIL from homebuyers as per claims admitted by NCLT substantial amounts were diverted for nonconstruction purposes the official said in a statementThe ED initiated an investigation against the Jaypee group based on multiple FIRs registered by the Economic Offences Wings EOW of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police based on complaints filed by homebuyers of Jaypee Wishtown and Jaypee Greens projects alleging criminal conspiracy cheating and criminal breach of trust against the company and its promotersIt has been alleged that the funds collected from thousands of homebuyers for the construction and completion of residential projects were diverted for purposes other than construction leaving the homebuyers defrauded and their projects incomplete the ED said in a statementThe funds were siphoned off to related group entities and trusts including Jaypee Sewa Sansthan JSS Ms Jaypee Healthcare Ltd JHL and Ms Jaypee Sports International Ltd JSILIt has also been revealed during the investigation that Manoj Gaur is the Managing Trustee of Jaypee Sewa Sansthan JSS which received part of the diverted funds the ED saidThe Enforcement Directorate had May 23 carried out searches at 15 premises linked to Manoj Gaurs flagship real estate development companies Jaypee Infratech Ltd and Jayprakash Associates Ltd as well as their associated entitiesThese searches were conducted in Delhi Noida Ghaziabad and Mumbai including the offices and premises of Ms Jaiprakash Associates Ltd and Ms Jaypee Infratech Ltd During the searches the ED seized a large volume of financial and digital records along with documents evidencing the offence of money laundering and diversion of fundsDuring the operation officials seized cash to the tune of Rs 17 crore along with financial records digital data and property documents registered in the names of promoters their family members and group companiesIDBI Bank had first filed a petition against Jaypee Infratech Limited JIL in the National Company Law Tribunal NCLT Allahabad after JIL defaulted on a payment of over Rs 526 crore The NCLT initiated the insolvency process on August 9 2017The insolvency case gained national attention due to over 21000 homebuyers who had booked flats in JIL projects being left in the lurch as money had been diverted from construction projects primarily in Wish Town Noida IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-gets-5-day-custody-of-jaypee-infratechs-ex-cmd-manoj-gaur-648442.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dri-busts-major-gold-smuggling-syndicate-in-mumbai-1188-kg-gold-seized-11-arrested-648198.html Mumbai Nov 12 The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI has busted a major gold smuggling and melting syndicate in Mumbai under âOperation Bullion Blazeâ an official statement said on Wednesday The operation exposed an organised network engaged in smuggling gold into India melting it in clandestine furnaces and offloading the refined bullion into the grey marketActing on specific intelligence DRI officers conducted simultaneous searches on November 10 at four discreet premises in Mumbai two illegal melting units and two unregistered shopsBoth furnaces were found operational equipped with complete setups to convert smuggled gold concealed in wax and other forms into bars Officers seized 635 kg of gold on the spot and detained those running the unitsFollowup searches at two shops linked to the mastermind used for receiving smuggled gold and selling melted bars to local buyers led to the recovery of an additional 553 kg of gold barsIn total 1188 kg of 24carat gold valued at Rs 1505 crore and 872 kg of silver worth Rs 1317 lakh were seized under the provisions of the Customs Act 1962Eleven persons including the mastermind his father a manager four hired melters an accountant and three delivery personnel were arrested All accused were produced before the court in Mumbai and remanded to judicial custody according to the statementPreliminary investigations indicate a wellorganised conspiracy to smuggle and sell gold illicitly in clear violation of Indiaâs gold import policy and aimed at evading government revenueThe DRI reaffirmed its commitment to dismantling organised smuggling networks that undermine revenue distort markets and threaten fiscal stability By intercepting illicit gold flows and disrupting the shadow economy the DRI continues to safeguard Indiaâs economic interests and uphold a fair and transparent trading environmentFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dri-busts-major-gold-smuggling-syndicate-in-mumbai-1188-kg-gold-seized-11-arrested-648198.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:15:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/parakamani-theft-case-sit-continues-questioning-ex-andhra-police-officers-648201.html Tirupati Nov 12 The Special Investigation Team SIT of Andhra Pradesh continued questioning former police officers and TTD officials in the Parakamani theft case at Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala Jaganmohan Reddy who was Circle Inspector CI of Police at Tirumala One Town Police Station when the case was registered in 2023 appeared before the CIDled SIT for second time on WednesdaySome officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam TTD which manages the affairs of the richest Hindu temple also appeared before the SIT led by CID Director General Ravi Shankar AyyanarOn Monday the CID interrogated former CI Jaganmohan Reddy SubInspector Lakshmi Reddy and former TTD vigilance officer Giridhar Earlier former Two Town CI Chandra Sekhar was also questionedThe CID is looking into the role of police officials in the compromise between the accused CV Ravi Kumar and the complainant Satish KumarThe SIT is also examining unrecorded properties linked to the accused and alleged political interference to settle the caseLast month the SIT had visited Parakamani coins and currency notes counting centre at the famous hill shrine and seized the records pertaining to the case registered at Tirumala One Town Police StationThe SIT launched the probe after the Andhra Pradesh High Court pulled up the police department and the DGP for not implementing its orders on the petition challenging the closure of the Parakamani theft case in the Lok AdalatRavi Kumar an employee of TTD was caught while stealing 920 dollars from Parakamani in April 2023The theft case registered at the Tirumala police station was shifted to the Lok Adalat where a compromise settlement formula was reached in September 2023 after Ravi Kumar volunteered to donate seven properties worth Rs 40 crore all of them located in Tirupati and Chennai in the name of the TTDRecently a petition was filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court alleging that there was no investigation into the theft case The thengoverning board of TTD had closed the case after a settlement in the Lok Adalat The petitioner had challenged the closure of the caseIn September the High Court had directed the Inspector General of CID to seize all records pertaining to the case proceedings before the Lok Adalat and draft resolutions by the TTD board if any and submit the same in a sealed coverAlso in September two members of the TTD Trust Board released a video purportedly of the theft caseTTD board member and BJP State spokesperson G Bhanuprakash Reddy and TTD Ex Officio member C Divakar Reddy released the CCTV footage from the surveillance cameras fixed at ParakamaniRavi Kumar had allegedly swindled away currency notes by concealing them in his undergarments on April 29 2023The TTD Board members alleged that he was caught in the act of stealing 11300 dollars but the FIR showed recovery of only 900 dollarsThey also alleged that the accused had amassed properties worth Rs 100 crore by stealing wads of foreign currency notes several times in the past IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/parakamani-theft-case-sit-continues-questioning-ex-andhra-police-officers-648201.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-connection-with-them-al-falah-university-on-doctor-terror-module-delhi-blast-648206.html Faridabad Nov 12 The management of Al Falah University in Haryanas Faridabad which has come under scrutiny after doctors associated with it were named as key suspects in the recent Delhi blast has expressed anguish over the unfortunate developments and strongly condemned them In an official statement ViceChancellor Prof Dr Bhupinder Kaur Anand said Our University has been conducting various academic and professional courses and has been training undergraduate MBBS students since 2019 The doctors trained and graduated from our institution are presently serving in reputed hospitals institutions and organisations across India and abroad holding responsible and distinguished positionsThe ViceChancellor clarified that the university maintains only a professional relationship with the doctors under investigationWe are deeply saddened and anguished by the unfortunate developments that took place and condemn the same Our thoughts and prayers are with all the innocent people affected by these distressing events the statement readAl Falah University came into focus after two of its doctors Dr Muzammil and Dr Shaheed were arrested in connection with the seizure of 2900 kg of explosivesDr Mohammad Umar the main suspect in the blast near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station that killed at least eight people was also associated with the universitySecurity agencies have been scanning the university campus over the past few days questioning more than 52 individuals linked to the institution as part of their ongoing investigationWe have also learnt that two of our doctors have been detained by the investigating agencies We wish to make it clear that the University has no connection with the said persons apart from them working in their official capacities with the University the statement saidThe ViceChancellor also condemned what she described as baseless reports being circulated to tarnish the universitys imageThe University also notes with deep concern that certain online platforms are circulating baseless and misleading stories with the clear intent of maligning the reputation and goodwill of the University We strongly condemn and categorically deny all such false and defamatory allegations the statement saidIt is hereby clarified that no such chemical or material as is being alleged by certain platforms is being used stored or handled within the University premises University laboratories are used solely and exclusively for the academic and training requirements of MBBS students and other authorised courses Every laboratory activity is carried out in strict adherence to established safety protocols statutory norms and ethical standards mandated by the regulatory authorities the statement further addedAppealing for responsible reporting the university said We also urge all organisations and individuals to act responsibly and verify through official channels before making or sharing any statements concerning the University IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-connection-with-them-al-falah-university-on-doctor-terror-module-delhi-blast-648206.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-3-arrested-for-misappropriating-funds-meant-for-students-overseas-travel-648225.html Bengaluru Nov 12 Three people including two women were arrested in connection with misappropriating advance funds meant for students overseas travel police said on Wednesday A complaint in this regard was filed at the Sadashivanagar police station on November 1 by a staff member of a reputed institution located within the station limits Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said in a statementThe complainant stated that two women working as temporary secretarial assistants at the institution had forged approval orders for the students advance fundsThe accused allegedly edited and manipulated the approval documents changed the students bank account details and diverted a total of Rs 194 crore Rs 19433700 in several instalments to the bank accounts of their relatives and acquaintances thereby misappropriating the institutions funds and committing criminal breach of trust and cheatingAccordingly a case was registered at Sadashivanagar Police StationDuring the investigation the police pursued multiple leads and gathered credible information from informants On November 2 both women accused were taken into custody from their residences in Hesarugatta and YeshwanthpurUpon interrogation they confessed to their involvement in the crime and revealed the role of a male accompliceThe two women were produced before the court on November 3 and were remanded to eight days of police custodyDuring detailed interrogation they admitted to committing the offence with the intent of making quick financial gainsThey further disclosed that they had transferred the embezzled funds to 16 different bank accounts belonging to their relatives and friends and had used the money to purchase property gold ornaments and other valuablesSubsequently on November 9 the third accused a male accomplice residing near Arakere Bannerghatta Road was also taken into custody During interrogation he too confessed to his involvementHe was produced before the Court on the same day and was remanded to 10 days of police custodyBetween November 8 and Monday police recovered assets worth Rs 1 crore including Two plots of land valued at approximately Rs 70 Rs 80 lakh 121 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh Rs 11 lakh in cash and a car valued at Rs 10 lakhOn Monday the two women accused were produced before the Court which remanded them to judicial custody The third accused remains in police custody and the investigation is ongoing IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-3-arrested-for-misappropriating-funds-meant-for-students-overseas-travel-648225.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/teen-rape-victim-dies-by-suicide-18-days-after-consuming-pesticide-648227.html Kolkata Nov 12 A 15yearold rape victim from Keshiary in West Midnapore district of West Bengal died on Tuesday evening 18 days after she consumed pesticide allegedly due to social stigma and fear police said on Wednesday According to the police the accused has already been arrested and is in judicial custody The family of the teenage girl has now demanded exemplary punishment for the rapist for abetting suicideThe police said the minor died on Tuesday evening at Kharagpur Subdivisional Hospital while undergoing treatmentAs per the complaint filed by her brotherinlaw on September 9 the girl used to work at the factory owned by the accused in the Keshiary area and would often travel there with him on his motorcycle She used to call him uncleToward the end of August the man allegedly took her to a nearby forest under the pretext of visiting the factory and raped her He then threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed the matterAt first the girl hid the information out of shame and fear However she finally narrated the incident to her family on September 9That afternoon the minors family filed a written complaint with the police Based on the complaint the police arrested the accused the next day and presented him in court The arrested person was later sent to judicial custodyHowever on October 24 the victim tried to commit suicide by drinking pesticide kept at her homeAccording to the police she was at first taken to the Keshiary Rural Hospital where her condition was termed critical She was transferred to the Kharagpur Subdivisional Hospital Since then the girl has been undergoing treatment there After fighting for 18 days she died on Tuesday The autopsy of the girls body was also doneHer family suspects she was deeply distressed by taunts or remarks from someone in the locality or the accusedâs family which drove her to take the extreme stepA district police officer said A case has been registered under specific sections and the accused has already been arrested The accused is now in judicial custody In the meantime this unfortunate incident has taken place Everything will be thoroughly investigated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/teen-rape-victim-dies-by-suicide-18-days-after-consuming-pesticide-648227.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-five-arrested-in-assam-for-inflammatory-posts-648232.html Guwahati Nov 12 At least five people were arrested in Assam for inflammatory posts on social media platforms regarding the November 10 blast in the national capital Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday They have been identified as Mattiur Rahman Hassan Ali Mondal Abdul Latif Wajhul Kamal and Nur Amin AhmedThese persons were arrested from different corners of the stateIn a post on the social media X CM Sarma said that in connection with the recent Delhi blast Assam Police have arrested some individuals for spreading offensive and inflammatory content onlineAssam Police will continue to act swiftly and firmly against anyone misusing social media to spread hatred or glorify terrorâ he addedOn Tuesday he said When the news of the Delhi bomb blast surfaced on social media some people from a particular community started making jokes about it and adding ha ha emojis These people are terrorist supporters and our police are engaged in catching them at any costMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited LNJP Hospital in Delhi where he met the Red Fort blast survivors and said that those behind the conspiracy will be brought to justice Taking to the social media platform X PM Modi wrote âWent to LNJP Hospital and met those injured during the blast in Delhi Praying for everyoneâs quick recovery Those behind the conspiracy will be brought to justicePM Modi arrived in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon after concluding his twoday visit to Bhutan After landing he went straight to LNJP Hospital where he met and interacted with the injured wishing them a speedy recovery He was also briefed by doctors and senior officials about the condition of the patients and the ongoing treatmentThe Prime Minister in his remarks at Changlimethang Ground in Thimphu on Tuesday assured action against the conspirators behind the deadly car blast in Delhi He stated that Indian agencies will get to the bottom of the conspiracy and assured that those behind the blast will not be spared IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-five-arrested-in-assam-for-inflammatory-posts-648232.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/odisha-si-exam-scam-case-another-aide-of-prime-accused-arrested-648243.html Bhubaneswar Nov 12 The Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Wednesday arrested one more associate of Sankar Prusty the prime accused in the Odisha Police SubInspector recruitment scam case Calling the arrest a breakthrough the Odisha Police revealed that the Crime Branch team has arrested Sagar Kumar Gouda 22 resident of Balipada in Ganjam district in connection with the ongoing investigation into the largescale organised criminal conspiracy involving the adoption of unfair means in the Combined Police Service Examination CPSE2024The police further informed that Gouda who is presently residing at the MKCG Medical Campus in the Baidyanathpur area of Berhampur is identified as a close aide of the key accused PrustyDuring the investigation the Crime Branch found that Gouda had a pivotal role in overseeing the operations of the Balasore module a key wing of the organised criminal network involved in the recruitment scamActing on the instructions of the main accused Prusty Gouda coordinated logistical arrangements and ensured the execution of the plan on the ground stated the Odisha Police in a statementThe police also came to know that Gouda had visited Digha in West Bengal on September 29 where hotel accommodations had been booked by another key accused Aravinda Das for the aspiring candidatesAs per the criminal plan he was to operate and oversee the secret activities at Digha in direct connivance with PrustyThe Odisha Police has so far arrested 126 people including the prime accused Prusty and 114 aspiring candidates in this caseIn a significant development the Union government acting upon the request of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the multicrore scamThe Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training on Tuesday issued a notification stating that the decision follows the consent granted by the Odisha Government through its notification dated October 31 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/odisha-si-exam-scam-case-another-aide-of-prime-accused-arrested-648243.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-case-karnataka-hc-lifts-stay-on-sit-probe-against-activists-648248.html Bengaluru Nov 12 In a major development related to the sensational Dharmasthala case the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday lifted the stay on the Special Investigation Teams probe against the activists A bench headed by Justice Mohammad Nawaz directed the SIT not to harass the activists during the course of the investigationEarlier on October 30 the court had stayed the investigation and restrained the SIT from proceeding against activists Girish Mattennavar Mahesh Shetty Timarody Vittal Gowda and T Jayath These activists had been at the forefront of protests against the temple authorities alleging mass killingsThe activists have also filed a petition before the High Court seeking to quash the FIR and the investigation against themSITs Special Public Prosecutor SPP B N Jagadeesh had submitted to the court that the investigation was being carried out with the magistrates consentHe also brought to the courts notice that the activists themselves had earlier praised the SITs investigationCounsel for the activists S Balan argued that the petitioners had been issued notices nine times and repeatedly interrogatedThe petitioners have been named as accused in the FIR and the notices were served through WhatsApp messages instead of being delivered in person he submittedHe further contended that the petitioners are neither accused nor witnesses in the case and that the notice was issued due to political religious and organisational rivalryIn the name of inquiry they are being made to sit from morning till midnight More than 150 hours of questioning have already been conducted Initially an FIR was registered under Section 211a and later other sections were added Balan statedSPP BN Jagadeesh on the other hand argued that the complaint by Chinnayya known as the masked man was filed at the instigation of the petitionersLater Chinnayya made specific allegations against the petitioners he saidHe further informed the court that excavations and inspections had been conducted at 20 locations in Dharmasthala village and notices were issued to the petitioners after they were made accused in the caseAfter the first notice was issued the petitioners failed to appear and hence a fresh notice under the same section has now been issued he addedAfter hearing arguments from both sides the bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz had earlier ordered that the investigation be stayed until November 12Notably on July 11 the complainant Chinnayya claimed before a court that he had been forced to bury the bodies of women and girls who were raped and murdered in DharmasthalaHe had requested that the bodies be exhumed in his presence and alleged that the victims bore clear signs of sexual assaultThe whistleblower reportedly submitted a skull allegedly recovered from one of the burial sites to the SITState Home Minister G Parameshwara had also confirmed the recovery of a skullHowever later the SIT arrested the unknown complainantcum mask man Chinnaiah on charges of providing false information IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dharmasthala-case-karnataka-hc-lifts-stay-on-sit-probe-against-activists-648248.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/medical-students-body-yet-to-return-from-russia-indefinite-protest-begins-in-alwar-648254.html Jaipur Nov 12 Anger and grief engulfed the Laxmangarh area in Rajasthans Alwar as the body of Ajit Singh Chaudhary a medical student who died in Russia has not reached India yet In protest an indefinite sitin demonstration began at Bhagat Singh Circle on Wednesday with hundreds of residents demanding that Chaudharys mortal remains be returned immediatelyTraders and local associations have also announced that all markets and private educational institutions will remain closed on Thursday in solidarity with the affected familyAccording to locals Chaudhary a resident of Kafanwada had gone to Ufa Russia in October 2023 to pursue his MBBS degreeHe had been missing since October 19 and the next day Ufa Police reportedly found his mobile phone shoes and clothes on the banks of the Ufa RiverFollowing this Chaudharys family lodged a complaint with both the Ufa police and the Indian Embassy urging authorities to launch a thorough search operationAfter days of uncertainty Chaudharys body was found on November 6 in the White River Dam in UfaThe university authorities in Russia have declared his death a suicide urging the family to collect the bodyHowever Choudharys relatives have rejected this claim alleging foul play and demanding a videographed postmortem examination conducted under the supervision of the Rajasthan Medical Board once the body is brought back to IndiaDespite repeated assurances Chaudharys body has not yet arrived in India even seven days after being foundFrustrated by the delay and lack of clear communication from the authorities the family along with hundreds of locals began an indefinite dharna at Bhagat Singh CircleProtesters demanded that the administration expedite the process and called for the SubDivisional Officer SDO to visit the protest site to receive their memorandumLater a delegation met the SDO and submitted a memorandum reiterating their demandsThe family has also warned that if the delay leads to further distress or any untoward incident the administration will be held responsible IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/medical-students-body-yet-to-return-from-russia-indefinite-protest-begins-in-alwar-648254.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/interstate-borders-will-be-strictly-monitored-rajasthan-dgp-648256.html Jaipur Nov 12 Director General of Police DGP Rajiv Kumar Sharma said on Wednesday that interstate borders will be strictly monitored to fight the drug cartels who are hellbend on destroying the youth of the country The Rajasthan Police has also taken a significant stride toward its vision of a drugfree society with the inauguration of the new headquarters of the AntiNarcotics Task Force ANTF in JaipurDirector General of Police DGP Rajiv Kumar Sharma inaugurated the stateoftheart facility at Jagatpura on Wednesday The new office is expected to provide fresh impetus to the stateâs intensified campaign against drug trafficking and substance abuseAddressing the media DGP Rajiv Sharma highlighted the ANTFâs strengthened strategy to counter drug trafficking across the stateHe informed that 18 ANTF checkpoints are being established out of which 10 are already functional The task force he said will be equipped with advanced resources and technology to ensure a strong crackdown on the illegal drug tradeHe added that a coordinated approach has been launched involving central and state enforcement agencies to ensure a comprehensive fight against narcoticsâAntidrone systems have been deployed along interstate borders to curb drug smuggling while the BSF and Rajasthan Police are jointly working to tighten border surveillanceâ he saidSharma emphasised that while local police units will also participate in antidrug operations the ANTF will function as a dedicated and specialised force devoting its full capacity to the missionHe further warned that strict action will be taken against criminals who exploit minors for drug trafficking under the new legal provisionsThe inauguration began with a puja ceremony followed by DGP Rajiv Sharma formally cutting the ribbon to open the ANTF headquartersInspector General IG ANTF Vikas Kumar welcomed the DGP and gave him a detailed tour of various branches of the unit He also presented an overview of the ANTFâs major operations and achievements to dateIncharges of 10 operational ANTF checkpoints including those in Sriganganagar Jodhpur Barmer and Jalore joined the event virtually and introduced themselves to the DGPThe ceremony was attended by several senior officers including DG Traffic Anil Paliwal and ADGs Dinesh MN Hawa Singh Ghumaria Bhupendra Sahu VK Singh Vishal Bansal Bipin Pandey Prashakha Mathur and Lata Manoj Kumar along with other senior police officials IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/interstate-borders-will-be-strictly-monitored-rajasthan-dgp-648256.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/us-congresswoman-extends-condolences-over-delhi-blast-says-closely-monitoring-situation-648152.html Washington Nov 12 US Congress member Sydney KamlagerDove has extended her condolences to the victims of the blast near Red Fort in Delhi saying her heart goes out to all those affected In a statement to IANS on Tuesday local time KamlagerDove said My heart goes out to all those affected by the explosion at Delhis Red Fort and I extend my sincerest condolences to those who lost loved onesThe Democratic Congresswoman from California also added that she is monitoring the situation and the ongoing investigationsI will continue to closely monitor developments as law enforcement investigates and more details emerge she told IANSAt least eight people were killed and 20 were injured when a car exploded near the Red Fort on Monday evening Indian timeThe US State Department had also said that its closely monitoring the situation and stand ready to provide consular assistanceIn an exclusive response to IANS a State Department Spokesperson said We are aware of the explosion near Red Fort in Delhi We are closely monitoring the situation and stand ready to provide consular assistanceIn a separate post on X the State Department Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs wrote Our hearts are with those affected by the terrible explosion in New Delhi We continue to closely monitor the situation Our sincere condolences to the families who lost their loved ones Praying for the speedy recovery of those injuredThe blast took place in a Hyundai i20 car at 652 pm on Monday near the Red Fort Metro Station leaving mangled bodies and damaged cars scattered in the busy areaThis incident also came after police busted a terror module linked to JaisheMohammad JeM and Ansar GhazwatulHind terror outfits in Faridabad and seized 2900 kg of explosives and a huge cache of arms and ammunitionPolice also announced that over the past few days they have arrested two JampK doctors Adil Ahmad Rather and Muzammil who were linked to these terror outfits which according to the sources panicked the module and led to the blastInvestigators believe the blast may have occurred after one of the suspects Dr Umar Mohhamad panicked while transporting the explosives sources saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assured that our investigative agencies will get to the bottom of this conspiracyAll those responsible will be brought to justice he addedOn Tuesday Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting with senior officials and instructed them to hunt down each and every culprit behind this incidentChaired review meetings on the Delhi car blast with the senior officials Instructed them to hunt down each and every culprit behind this incident Everyone involved in this act will face the full wrath of our agencies Shah posted on X IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/us-congresswoman-extends-condolences-over-delhi-blast-says-closely-monitoring-situation-648152.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/sabarimala-gold-heist-case-notice-to-cpi-648169.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 12 In an embarrassment for the CPIM one of its senior leaders and former MLA A Padmakumar has been served a notice to appear before the High Courtappointed Special Investigation Team SIT probing the sensational Sabarimala temple gold heist case The development comes as a major setback for the ruling party already reeling from the arrest of N Vasu its close aide and former Devaswom Board commissionerVasu was also the former President of the Devasom BoardWhile the SIT has so far arrested four individuals none were directly linked to the political establishmentThat changed on Tuesday when Vasu who held the top administrative post at the Travancore Devaswom Board TDB in 2019 when the theft occurred was taken into custodyAt the time Padmakumar served as president of the TDB which oversees the Sabarimala shrine and several other templesIn recent days investigators have questioned a few officials secretaries and employees who worked with the Board during that periodThe SIT sources said has collected extensive statements and documents indicating procedural lapses and possible collusion within the temple administrationWith the notice now issued to Padmakumar the probe has clearly climbed the political ladder adding a fresh layer of discomfort for the CPIM ahead of the crucial local body electionsThe SIT is now waiting for him for questioning after which further action may followAccording to officials familiar with the investigation the next phase is likely to see more arrests including intermediaries and others already named in the caseThe widening scope of the inquiry has triggered political ripples with the Opposition alleging that the CPIM leadership sought to shield key functionaries until the courtmonitored probe forced the case openMeanwhile on Wednesday the Congress party is holding a massive protest before the State Secretariat demanding the resignation of Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan another top CPIM leader IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/sabarimala-gold-heist-case-notice-to-cpi-648169.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-makes-rape-attempt-on-specially-abled-bengaluru-woman-arrested-648171.html Bengaluru Nov 12 A man under the influence of ganja allegedly made a rape attempt on a differentlyabled woman in Bengaluru police said on Wednesday People caught hold of the accused identified as Vignesh alias Dadu and thrashed him Later they handed over Dadu to the policeWhile the incident occurred on November 9 it came to light recently and a video of the accused being thrashed has since gone viral on social mediaAccording to the police the incident occurred in broad daylight when the victim was alone at home The victim is a young speciallyabled woman who is nonverbal lacks control over her legs and has the developmental capacity of a childThe victims family members had left home to attend a wedding leaving her alone At around 11 am the accused barged into the house and locked the door from the insideMeanwhile the victims mother returned home and found the door locked from within Concerned the mother forcefully kicked the door openUpon entering the house the mother saw her daughter lying on the bed in a bad shape The accused had hidden in a corner of the house after the mother began trying to open the door forcefullyThe accused ran out of the house after being spotted by the victims motherLocals seeing him running out and hearing the victims mother raising the alarm chased caught and thrashed him They later handed him over to the policeThe Adugodi Police have arrested the accused and are conducting further investigationOn August 9 a mentallychallenged woman was allegedly gangraped in Karnatakas Hassan with the accused reportedly videorecording the actIn February two minors including a mentallychallenged girl were allegedly raped in Karnatakas Raichur and Hassan districts respectivelyA second standard student was allegedly raped in Manvi taluk and the police have arrested the accused The victim used to go to the educational institution by school busAn incident of sexual assault of a mentallychallenged girl was reported in the limits of Halebeedu Police Station in Hassan district IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-makes-rape-attempt-on-specially-abled-bengaluru-woman-arrested-648171.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-forms-special-10-member-team-to-investigate-delhi-blast-648173.html New Delhi Nov 12 The National Investigation Agency NIA has formed a special team of 10 officers to investigate the blast near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station The 10member special team will be led by NIA ADG Vijay Sakhare and will include an IG two DIGs three SPs and the rest DSPlevel officers sources said on WednesdayThis comes a day after the Home Ministry on Tuesday handed over the Delhi blast investigation to the NIAThe blast occurred on the evening of November 10 when a Haryanaregistered car parked near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozensThe NIA was handed over the case after Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took stock of the investigation and the multistate searches being conducted in the Delhi blast case reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modis resolve to bring the culprits to justiceChairing a meeting at his residence with top security officials HM Shah issued strict instructions to officials to get to the bottom of the conspiracy at the earliestMore than 1000 CCTV footage clips are being scanned by investigative agencies which suspect that the car explosion could have been a suicide attack aimed at causing maximum damage Delhi Police sources saidInvestigative agencies are also monitoring social media activity and collecting mobile phone dump data from several locations across DelhiAccording to police sources dump data is being retrieved from all mobile phones that were active in and around the Red Fort area This data may help identify phone numbers and communication links connected to the car bombingHM Shah has also directed the NIA IB and Delhi Police Special Cell to work in tandem vowing No stone will be left unturnedHigh alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhanced IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-forms-special-10-member-team-to-investigate-delhi-blast-648173.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/342-bomb-threats-reported-in-chennai-since-april-ats-takes-over-probe-648179.html Chennai Nov 12 Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A Arun has revealed that as many as 342 bomb threats have been reported across the city since April this year targeting key establishments and prominent individuals In a statement on Wednesday the senior officer said that the investigation into these threats has now been formally handed over to the AntiTerrorism Squad ATS of the Tamil Nadu PoliceThe commissioner said the police treat every single threat seriously âNothing is taken lightly Either a case is registered under an FIR or recorded in the Community Service Register CSR depending on the nature of the complaintâ he saidAccording to senior police officials the threats mostly received through emails have followed similar patterns in phrasing and sentence structure leading investigators to suspect that a single individual or a small group could be behind themâMost of these hoax messages are sent using TOR browsers or VPNs to conceal the senderâs IP address However for all practical purposes the messages may have originated from within the city itselfâ a senior officer notedPolice sources added that the Chennai City Police are coordinating with central agencies as similar threats have been reported from several other major cities across India In some cases the threats have been traced to mentally disturbed individuals or minors who were released on station bail after receiving stern warnings However police have acted firmly in serious casesLast month a physically challenged man was arrested for sending a hoax bomb threat to the Chief Ministerâs residence The investigation revealed that he was a repeat offender previously booked for a similar offenceFollowing a spate of hoax threats targeting foreign consulates in Chennai Commissioner Arun also held meetings with consulate representatives to brief them on the measures taken and to reassure them of the cityâs security preparednessMeanwhile in the wake of the recent blast in Delhi the Chennai City Police have intensified vehicle checks across key junctions since Monday night âThere is no specific threat to Chennai but we are maintaining heightened vigilance without causing unnecessary panicâ Commissioner Arun said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/342-bomb-threats-reported-in-chennai-since-april-ats-takes-over-probe-648179.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/canada-offers-condolences-over-deadly-red-fort-blast-in-delhi-647940.html New Delhi Nov 11 The High Commission of Canada in India has expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the Red Fort blast in Delhi describing the explosion as horrific Canada offers its condolences to the families of the people who were killed in todays horrific explosion in New Delhi and wishes those injured a speedy recovery the High Commission said in a post on X formerly TwitterIn a separate post the mission also shared emergency contact details for Canadian citizens in India stating Canadians in need of emergency consular assistance can contact Global Affairs Canadas Emergency Watch and Response Centre at httpsowlyMRkZ50UyybIThe message came hours after a powerful explosion ripped through a Haryanaregistered car parked near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station killing at least ten people and injuring over a dozen others The impact of the blast set several nearby vehicles ablaze and damaged streetlights and parked cars in the vicinityThe injured have been admitted to LNJP Hospital where their condition is being closely monitored Police NIA NSG and forensic teams reached the spot within minutes of the explosion and the entire area has since been cordoned off Authorities are currently scanning CCTV footage to determine the exact cause of the blast and trace the sequence of eventsPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured a speedy recovery He also reviewed the situation with Union Home Minister Amit Shah who later visited LNJP Hospital and sought a detailed report from the security agenciesThe Ministry of Home Affairs is monitoring the situation while high alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai Security has been tightened at crowded public places and religious sites with increased patrolling across sensitive areas IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/canada-offers-condolences-over-deadly-red-fort-blast-in-delhi-647940.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/preliminary-probe-suggests-red-fort-blast-was-hurried-move-after-module-bust-in-faridabad-647946.html New Delhi Nov 11 The preliminary investigation into the car explosion outside Delhis Red Fort suggests that it could be an act of terror Investigators have confirmed that a Hyundai i20 car was packed with explosives and it was deliberately detonated near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station At least nine people were killed and over 30 were injured in the attack Investigations suggest that it was a suicide attack and there could be a link to the Faridabad module which was busted by the Jammu and Kashmir policeForensic officials who were present at the spot have learnt that a highend explosive had been used They suspect that the car was laden with both ammonium nitrate and RDXOfficials say that car ownership has changed multiple times This is a classic modus operandi that terrorists use to choose a vehicle for SVBIED suicide vehicleborne improvised explosive device attacksOfficials say that nothing is being ruled out at the moment while adding that all angles point towards an act of terror Sources say that the car in question was purchased by one Tariq a resident of Pulwama Jammu and Kashmir His links to the Faridabad module are under investigation the police addedThe police say that the car blew up at around 652 pm This triggered a fire that engulfed the vehicles that were nearby Officials say that investigations point towards the involvement of the Faridabad moduleThis module is suspected to have played a major role in supplying the explosives and also planning the attack The police also suspect that one Dr Umar Mohammad who was part of the Faridabad module was present in the car at the time of the explosionA DNA test would help the investigators ascertain who was present in the car at the time of the blast The agencies have been on the trail of Mohammad for several days now He had been on the run and the police say that he was clearly linked to the Faridabad module Mohammad was an active member of the module and was involved in terror funding and the smuggling of arms and ammunitionThe trail of ownership is also crucial to the probe Investigations have found that the car was first registered in the name of Mohammad Salman He then sold it one Nadeem who then handed over the vehicle to a car dealer in Faridabad The car was then sold to Tariq before it finally landed up in the hands of Dr Umar Mohammad Tariq is currently being questioned by the policeDuring the probe the police also learnt that the car had been parked near the Red Fort for nearly three hours before it was driven out The car was driven out at a time when there was heavy traffic and the attackers intended to cause huge damage by detonating the explosives It is however unclear if the car was meant to explode when it was parked or if the attackers drove it out in panic after the Faridabad module was bustedHowever an official part of the probe agency said that all angles currently suggest that it was a Fedayeen attack He however added that the attack was carried out in haste and may not have gone as per the intended planSources however add that given the nature of the explosion the car was laden with a lot of explosives The blast took place days after the arrest of one Dr Muzzamil Shakeel from whom the police recovered 2900 kilograms of explosive materialsAfter busting the module the police learnt that it was being operated by both the JaisheMohammad and Ansar Ghazwatul Hind AGH which is linked to AlQaeda The police suspect that the blast was orchestrated in a hurryThe attackers may have panicked after the Faridabad module was busted The probe also found that the module had planned out a series of blasts across the country IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/preliminary-probe-suggests-red-fort-blast-was-hurried-move-after-module-bust-in-faridabad-647946.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-friends-from-ups-amroha-die-in-delhi-blast-families-devastated-647948.html New Delhi Nov 11 Two friends from Uttar Pradeshs Amroha lost their lives in the tragic blast near Delhis Red Fort The deceased have been identified as Lokesh Agarwal a fertiliser trader and Ashok Kumar The two were returning to Amroha from Delhi when the incident occurred Lokesh had reportedly gone to the national capital to visit a sick relative Both friends died on the spot leaving their families devastated Lokesh Agarwal and Ashok Kumar were both from Hasanpur in AmrohaThe Red Fort blast has sent a wave of grief across AmrohaA relative of the deceased said Both were returning from Delhi to Amroha The bodies have been handed over to the families after the postmortem Lokesh Agarwal had two sons and a large family We first learned about the tragedy from television and later the police called to inform usMeanwhile the Delhi Police have intensified their investigation into the car blast that occurred near the Red Fort revealing crucial details from CCTV footage that tracked the suspect vehicles movements hours before the explosionAccording to Delhi Police sources CCTV footage shows that the white i20 car was parked near the Red Fort parking area at around 319 pm remaining there for nearly three hours before it exited the parking at approximately 648 pmThe car was seen leaving the parking area at a time when there was heavy crowd movement in the vicinity police officials saidThe footage is being closely examined to determine who brought the vehicle to the parking area who entered or exited the car and who later drove it out Investigators are also tracing the vehicles full route from where it originated how it reached the Red Fort parking and how it later proceeded toward the traffic signal located directly in front of the monumentPolice officials confirmed that over 100 CCTV clips are being analysed including footage from nearby roads and parking toll plazas to map the vehicles journey and identify the suspect The suspect appears to be alone in the footage Delhi Police sources said adding that the route toward Daryaganj is now under examinationInvestigators will also question the parking attendant on duty at the time to gather more information about the cars arrival and departureA case has been registered under UAPA Sections 16 and 18 along with provisions of the Explosives Act and several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSMeanwhile as part of heightened security measures the Delhi Police have closed Gate Nos 1 and 4 of the Lal Qila Metro Station for public movement due to ongoing security operations in the areaThe Delhi Police are continuing to piece together the sequence of events leading up to the blast emphasising that all possible angles are being examined IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-friends-from-ups-amroha-die-in-delhi-blast-families-devastated-647948.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-place-for-extremist-terrorism-in-modern-world-ex-bdesh-pm-hasina-on-delhi-blast-647949.html Dhaka Nov 11 Bangladeshs former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday vehemently condemned the horrific attack near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station calling it unacceptable under any circumstances The remarks came after a powerful explosion ripped through cars parked near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening leaving at least 10 people dead and a dozen others injured The impact of the blast set several nearby vehicles ablaze and damaged streetlights and parked cars in the vicinityHasina expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of innocent lives and extended her condolences to the bereaved families while wishing a speedy recovery to those injuredThere is no place for extremist terrorism in the modern world These extremist terrorist groups strike at the very foundations of a secular humane and welfareoriented state These terrorist groups rooted in Pakistan have infiltrated networks across countries including Bangladesh and are carrying out attacks in India to undermine regional peace and stability read a statement issued by Hasina which was posted on the Awami Leagues social media platformWe must resist these terrorists and preserve South Asian peace and stability by building bonds between peoples The Bangladesh Awami League gives its full support to Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this principled struggle against terrorism the statement addedHasina underscored that such heinous crimes against humanity have no place and deserve no forgiveness in todays civilised world She emphasised that wherever the roots of terrorism lie they must be eradicatedThose who support these terrorist groups in Bangladesh and elsewhere are enemies of humanity and we strongly denounce them as well Hasina stressedShe further expressed solidarity with the people of India and pledged every possible cooperation in the fight against terrorismWe remain unwavering in our stance against terrorism and militancy We believe that through the defeat of these terrorist groups justice and human rights will be upheld and the world will become safer Hasina stated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-place-for-extremist-terrorism-in-modern-world-ex-bdesh-pm-hasina-on-delhi-blast-647949.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-suspect-car-bought-from-second-hand-dealer-in-faridabad-647970.html New Delhi Nov 11 As investigations continue into the Delhi blast it has been revealed that the Hyundai i20 car used in the explosion was bought from a secondhand car dealer located in Sector 37 of Faridabad Haryana The blast occurred on Monday evening when a Haryanaregistered car a Hyundai i20 parked near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozens High alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhancedThis incident also came just hours after police busted a terror module linked to JaisheMohammad JeM and Ansar GhazwatulHind terror outfits in Faridabad and seized 2900 kg of explosives and a huge cache of arms and ammunitionPolice also announced that over the past few days they have arrested two Jammu and Kashmir doctors Adil Ahmad Rather and Muzammil who were linked to these terror outfits which according to the sources panicked the module and led to the blastAs per the sources the Hyundai i20 was initially owned by Mohammad Salman who was apprehended on Monday night and the car changed ownership several times it was first sold to Nadeem then to a secondhand car dealer in FaridabadThe vehicle was later bought by Aamir followed by Tariq who is also suspected to be associated with the Faridabad terror module and subsequently acquired by Mohammad Umar Both Aamir and Tariq are also under investigation by authoritiesFollowing the blast the Delhi Police intensified their investigation into the car blast that occurred near the Red Fort revealing crucial details from CCTV footage that tracked the suspect vehicles movements hours before the explosionAccording to Delhi Police sources CCTV footage shows that the white i20 car was parked near the Red Fort parking area at around 319 pm remaining there for nearly three hours before it exited the parking at approximately 648 pmThe car was seen leaving the parking area at a time when there was heavy crowd movement in the vicinity police officials saidThe footage is being closely examined to determine who brought the vehicle to the parking area who entered or exited the car and who later drove it out Investigators are also tracing the vehicles full route from where it originated how it reached the Red Fort parking and how it later proceeded toward the traffic signal located directly in front of the monumentPolice officials confirmed that over 100 CCTV clips are being analysed including footage from nearby roads and parking toll plazas to map the vehicles journey and identify the suspect The suspect appears to be alone in the footage Delhi Police sources said adding that the route toward Daryaganj is now under examinationInvestigators will also question the parking attendant on duty at the time to gather more information about the cars arrival and departureA case has been registered under UAPA Sections 16 and 18 along with provisions of the Explosives Act and several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSMeanwhile as part of heightened security measures the Delhi Police have closed Gate Nos 1 and 4 of the Lal Qila Metro Station for public movement due to ongoing security operations in the areaThe Delhi Police are continuing to piece together the sequence of events leading up to the blast emphasising that all possible angles are being examined IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-suspect-car-bought-from-second-hand-dealer-in-faridabad-647970.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/uttarakhand-man-injured-in-delhi-blast-was-in-chandni-chowk-for-wedding-shopping-647974.html New Delhi Nov 11 A young man from Gadarpur in Uttarakhands Udham Singh Nagar district was among those injured in the blast near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station The injured man has been identified as 28yearold Harshul Setia According to information received Harshul son of Sanjeev Setia is a resident of Saraswati Vihar Colony in Gadarpur His father said that Harshul is scheduled to get married in February He had travelled to Delhi with his mother brother and fiancee for wedding shopping They were shopping in a lane opposite the blast site when a shard of glass from the explosion struck Harshul on the headSanjeev Setia said he received a phone call last evening informing him about his sons injury He added that Harshul is now safe and in stable condition Following the advice of security agencies he declined to make further commentsHe said he is leaving for Delhi to bring his son and family back home After Harshuls discharge from LNJP Hospital the family will return to Gadarpur where he will introduce his son to the mediaMeanwhile the white Hyundai i20 car that exploded on Netaji Subhash Marg in Delhi near the Red Fort was parked outside a mosque for nearly two hours before the incident sources saidThe police managed to piece together the route of the vehicle by obtaining CCTV footage from the areaThe blast took place at around 7 pm the police said The car then took a Uturn near the Old Delhi Railway Station and then headed towards Lower Subhash MargThe car slowed down at the traffic signal on Chhata Rail Chowk and then the explosion occurred the police saidIt is however unclear whether the explosion was meant to take place at the signal or the occupants intended to ram the car into the Red Fort officials saidThe trail of the cars ownership is also under investigation It has been found that the car was sold several timesThe vehicle bore the registration number HR26CE7674 It was first registered in 2014 to one Mohammad Salman a resident of Gurugram Following this the car had been sold multiple timesSalman sold it to a person called Devender following which it was sold to a person in AmbalaThe current owner of the car remains unknown and investigators are working on that aspectThe registered owner however is under arrest and being questionedMultiple agencies are working on the case IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/uttarakhand-man-injured-in-delhi-blast-was-in-chandni-chowk-for-wedding-shopping-647974.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-locals-as-well-as-natives-of-up-and-uttarakhand-among-victims-647994.html New Delhi Nov 11 At least eight people were killed in the blast near Gate No 1 of Delhis Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening As per the details the victims of tragedy include residents of national capital as well as migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand who visited the city either for meeting their relatives or for business purposes The youngest among the deceased included 21yearold Shivam Jha The massive car explosion has left a trail of suffering for the families who have been left devastated with the sudden loss of their loved onesAccording to officials 14 injured victims are residents of the national capital three injured were from Uttar Pradesh while one injured person each was from Uttarakhand and Himachal PradeshWhile police are still investigating whether the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber or an explosive device officials have confirmed that at least eight people were killed and over 20 others injured All victims were rushed to LNJP Hospital located just a few kilometres from the siteThe youngest victim has been identified as 21yearold Shivam Jha from Usmanpur Delhi according to the list shared by LNJP Hospital The hospital continues to treat several injured victims with some in critical conditionOther victims who have been identified included 34yearold Ashok Kumar from Amroha Uttar Pradesh and 35yearold Amar Kataria from DelhiNouman a resident of Jhijhana in Shamli Uttar Pradesh was also among those who lost their lives in the blast He worked in the cosmetics business and had come to Delhi to collect suppliesAnother victim Mohsin 35 from Meerut Uttar Pradesh had been living in Delhi for several years to support his family He drove a batteryoperated erickshaw and was at the site when the explosion occurred Mohsin is survived by his wife a daughter and a young son His grieving family has arrived at LNJP Hospital to collect his body as the postmortem examination continuesAmar Kataria a pharmaceutical businessman from Sriniwaspuri was another victim of the blast The 34yearold had closed his pharmacy in Bhagirath Palace around six kilometres from Red Fort and was heading home when the explosion took placeFollowing the incident Delhi Police have sounded a high alert across the city Late Monday evening police detained Mohammad Salman the registered owner of an i20 car found near the site He reportedly told investigators that he had sold the car to a person named Devendra in Okhla about a year and a half agoTraffic limitations and reroutes have been implemented on both lanes and the service road of Netaji Subhash Marg according to the police The restrictions will be enforced on the section between Chhatta Rail Cut and Subhash Marg CutOn 111125 due to exigencies traffic restrictions ampamp diversions will be in place in both the carriageways and service roads Netaji Subhash Marg from Chatta Rail Cut to Subhash Marg Cut Commuters are advised to avoid these routes from 0600 AM to till further order and use alternative roads for a hasslefree journey read the advisory IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-locals-as-well-as-natives-of-up-and-uttarakhand-among-victims-647994.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/those-responsible-will-not-be-spared-rajnath-singh-on-delhi-blast-647997.html New Delhi Nov 11 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assured the countrymen that the perpetrators of the explosion near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station would be brought to justice and will not be spared under any circumstances The blast occurred on Monday evening when a Haryanaregistered car a Hyundai i20 parked near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozens High alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhancedSpeaking at the Delhi Defence Dialogue in New Delhi Singh said I extend my heartfelt condolences to all those who lost their lives in the tragic accident that occurred in Delhi yesterday I pray to God to grant strength and solace to the bereaved families in this hour of deep griefHe said that the probe agencies are conducting a thorough investigation and the findings will be made publicI wish to assure my fellow citizens that the countrys leading investigative agencies are conducting a swift and thorough inquiry into the incident The findings of the investigation will soon be made public I want to firmly assure the nation that those responsible for this tragedy will be brought to justice and will not be spared under any circumstances the Defence Minister addedFollowing the blast high alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhancedSecurity has been ramped up across DelhiNCR with NSG commandos deployed at key installationsPolice NIA NSG and forensic teams reached the spot within minutes and the area has been cordoned off CCTV footage is being scanned to determine the sequence of events and identify the perpetrator IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/those-responsible-will-not-be-spared-rajnath-singh-on-delhi-blast-647997.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/team-of-500-officials-formed-to-investigate-delhi-blast-648011.html New Delhi Nov 11 A team of more than 500 security officials has been formed to investigate the blast near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station and has been assigned different tasks to carry out the probe said sources on Tuesday The team will consist of officers and soldiers from the various security agencies including the Intelligence Bureau IB NIA NSG Special Cell and local policeOfficers from the level of constable to Inspector ACP DCP Additional CP Joint CP and Special CP have been included in the team the sources saidAll of them are investigating the blast by forming various teams each assigned different tasksUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has also held a highlevel security review meeting at his residence regarding the investigation into the matterThe meeting was attended by the Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan IB Director Tapan Kumar Deka Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha and National Investigation Agency NIA Director General DG Sadanand Vasant Date while the Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police DGP Nalin Prabhat joined virtuallyOn Monday night HM Shah visited the spot of the explosion near the Red Fort and personally met the injured at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital pledging an exhaustive investigation into the blast that killed eight and wounded over a dozenArriving at the blast site near Gate No 1 of Lal Qila Metro Station around 945 pm HM Shah inspected the wreckage of the car now a twisted metal shell surrounded by forensic markersHe interacted with Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha and NIA officials on the ground before proceeding to LNJP Hospital where he spent nearly 30 minutes with victims including a 12yearold boy with burn injuries and a taxi driver whose vehicle was engulfed in flamesNotably the JampK Police earlier in the morning busted an interstate transnational terror module linked to JaisheMohammad JeM and Ansar GhazwatulHind terror outfits that led to the recovery of 2900 kg of explosive two assault rifles pistols timers and other material in the Faridabad area of Haryana near New Delhi police said adding that seven people have been arrested so farSecurity has been ramped up across DelhiNCR with NSG commandos deployed at key installationsHM Shah directed the NIA IB and Delhi Police Special Cell to work in tandem vowing No stone will be left unturnedHigh alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhanced IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/team-of-500-officials-formed-to-investigate-delhi-blast-648011.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-over-1-000-cctv-clips-being-scanned-to-map-suspects-movements-648013.html New Delhi Nov 11 A day after the blast in a car near Delhis Red Fort more than 1000 CCTV footage clips are being scanned by investigative agencies According to Delhi Police sources CCTV footage from several areas around the Red Fort Metro Station is being examined The initial investigation into the car explosion has indicated that it could have been a suicide attack aimed at causing maximum damage sources said on TuesdayThe blast occurred on Monday evening when a Haryanaregistered Hyundai i20 parked near Gate No 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozens High alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security tightened around crowded public places and religious sitesPreliminary findings suggest that the suspects motive was to carry out the blast after learning that the Faridabad module had been busted Realising that arrest was imminent the suspect allegedly planned a suicide attack to inflict maximum damage and avoid capture according to sourcesInvestigative agencies are also monitoring social media activity and collecting dump data from several locations across DelhiAccording to police sources dump data is being retrieved from all mobile phones that were active in and around the Red Fort area This data may help identify phone numbers and communication links connected to the car bombingOfficials added that dump data from the Red Fort parking area and surrounding localities is being analysed as investigators believe the individuals in the car may have communicated shortly before the explosion making these phone records particularly crucialSources said that a team of 500 officials has been formed to probe all aspects of the blast These include officials from the Intelligence Bureau NIA Delhi Police and various other security agenciesEarlier in the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured strong action against those behind the deadly blast He said that Indian agencies would uncover the entire conspiracy and ensure that the perpetrators will not be sparedDefence Minister Rajnath Singh also assured the nation that those responsible for the explosion near the Red Fort Metro Station would be brought to justice and will not be spared under any circumstances IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-blast-over-1-000-cctv-clips-being-scanned-to-map-suspects-movements-648013.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/several-maoists-neutralised-in-bijapur-gadhchiroli-gun-battle-search-ops-underway-648034.html RaipurGadhchiroli Nov 11 A fierce gun battle raging since Tuesday morning along the ChhattisgarhMaharashtra border in the dense forests near Bijapur and Gadhchiroli districts has reportedly left several Maoists neutralised according to preliminary inputs from security forces The ongoing operation involving joint teams of District Reserve Guards DRG CoBRA commandos and local police has drawn Maoist insurgents into a protracted firefight marking yet another blow to the dwindling insurgency in BastarOfficial confirmation on the exact number of casualties remains pending as the exchange of fire continues intermittently with security personnel maintaining a cordon to prevent escapesSeveral hardcore Maoists are believed to have been gunned down but the final tally will be ascertained only after the search operation concludes and the area is fully sanitised Chhattisgarh Police officers said on condition of anonymityNo injuries among security forces have been reported so far though reinforcements from nearby camps have been rushed to bolster the assaultThe clash erupted around 6 am when a joint patrol acting on specific intelligence about a group of 2025 armed ultras from the banned CPI Maoists Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee stumbled upon the insurgents in a forested stretchThe Maoists reportedly led by highlevel commanders opened fire with automatic weapons and grenades prompting a robust retaliationThe terrain characterised by thick undergrowth and ravines has favoured hitandrun tactics by the rebels prolonging the encounter into its third dayThis operation comes amid a surge in antiNaxal activities in the regionJust two days ago on November 9 a brief skirmish unfolded in the adjoining Sukma forests where security forces engaged a splinter Maoist squadThe insurgents fled into the underbrush evading capture but DRG teams have since intensified combing operations recovering abandoned explosives and propaganda materialSources indicate the escaped group may have linked up with the larger cadre targeted in the current BijapurGadhchiroli clashThe November 56 encounter on the BijapurTelangana border where three Maoists including a deputy commander with a Rs 5 lakh bounty were killed set the stage for this escalation That operation conducted by Telangana Greyhounds and Chhattisgarh STF yielded two AK47 rifles and IED components underscoring the Maoists desperation to regroup amid relentless pressureChhattisgarhs Bastar division a Maoist hotbed has witnessed a dramatic decline in insurgent activity this yearOver 400 cadres have surrendered since January citing improved rehabilitation policies under the state governments 2025 Surrender and Rehabilitation Scheme which offers skill training housing and stipends up to Rs 25 lakhHighprofile neutralisations such as the February Bijapur clash that claimed 31 Maoists have eroded the groups command structure reducing their operational zones to a mere 12 districts nationwideState Home Minister Vijay Sharma recently appealed for surrenders during his Bijapur visit hailed the ongoing action as a decisive step toward a Naxalfree BastarHe reiterated the governments dual approach of kinetic operations and development initiatives including road connectivity and mobile health units in remote villagesSecurity analysts attribute the Maoists vulnerability to enhanced intelligencesharing between states bolstered by drone surveillance and human informantsThe border areas strategic importance serving as a transit route for arms smuggling from Maharashtra makes such joint ops criticalAs the search intensifies authorities anticipate recovering weapons caches including INSAS rifles and gelatin sticks typical of Maoist armouries IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/several-maoists-neutralised-in-bijapur-gadhchiroli-gun-battle-search-ops-underway-648034.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-takes-over-delhi-blast-case-648045.html New Delhi Nov 11 The Home Ministry on Tuesday handed over the Delhi blast investigation to the National Investigative Agency NIA The blast occurred on Monday evening when a Haryanaregistered car parked near Gate No1 of the Red Fort Metro Station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozensThe NIA was handed over the case after Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took stock of the investigation and the multistate searches being conducted in the Delhi blast case reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modis resolve to bring the culprits to justiceChairing a meeting at his residence with top security officials HM Shah issued strict instructions to officials to get to the bottom of the conspiracy at the earliestThe meeting was attended by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Kumar Deka Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha and NIA Director General DG Sadanand Vasant Date while the Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police DGP Nalin Prabhat joined virtuallyA team of more than 500 security officials has been formed to investigate the blast while security has been ramped up across DelhiNCR with NSG commandos deployed at key installationsMore than 1000 CCTV footage clips are being scanned by investigative agencies which suspect that the car explosion could have been a suicide attack aimed at causing maximum damage Delhi Police sources saidInvestigative agencies are also monitoring social media activity and collecting mobile phone dump data from several locations across DelhiAccording to police sources dump data is being retrieved from all mobile phones that were active in and around the Red Fort area This data may help identify phone numbers and communication links connected to the car bombingHM Shah directed the NIA IB and Delhi Police Special Cell to work in tandem vowing No stone will be left unturnedHigh alerts have been issued in Delhi Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Mumbai with security around crowded public places and religious sites enhanced IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-takes-over-delhi-blast-case-648045.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/from-butcher-of-nithari-to-innocent-man-surendra-koli-set-free-by-sc-648049.html New Delhi Nov 11 IANS Surendra Koli a man who was given the sobriquet Butcher of Nithari was on Tuesday set free by the Supreme Court which allowed his curative petition giving a formal closure to a saga of botchedup probe and media trial built on theories of cannibalismnbspA bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath set free the suspect who lived in Nithari village in Noida With this Koli has emerged clean despite facing 19 criminal cases along with his nowacquitted employer Mohinder Singh PandhernbspReading out the benchs verdict Justice Vikram Nath said The curative petition is allowedKoli 53 will now walk out of jail as he has already been acquitted in all other casesnbspThe 2006 Nithari killings captured public attention after the disappearance of minors from the village was linked to the discovery of human remains in a drain outside Pandhers home in Noida Sector31 which became infamous as House of HorrorsnbspThe investigation into the case that involved allegations of abduction of children and young women and horrifying claims of rape cannibalism and organ theft had culminated in 19 cases some of which even resulted in Kolis conviction and sentencing to deathKoli a domestic worker and his employer Mohinder Singh Pandher were initially convicted in the case A total of 19 cases were lodged against the two in 2007 The CBI filed closure reports in three cases because of insufficient evidence Koli was found not guilty in three of the 16 remaining cases and his death sentence in one case was changed to life imprisonmentIn 2015 the Allahabad High Court commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment due to an inordinate delay in the decision on his mercy petition In 2023 the court acquitted Koli and coaccused Pandher stating that the prosecution had not proven their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and described the investigation as botched upnbspOn Tuesday the Supreme Court gave Koli a new life free from any criminal taint and suspended all other punishments handed down to him in other casesnbspThe case was initially probed by the Noida police but was later handed over to the CBI which had registered a total of 19 FIRs related to the alleged serial killing https://dailyworld.in/crime/from-butcher-of-nithari-to-innocent-man-surendra-koli-set-free-by-sc-648049.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/priyanka-chopra-says-she-is-devastated-to-see-the-visuals-from-red-fort-post-blast-648058.html Mumbai Nov 11 The devastating blast that took place near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station on the fateful evening of November 10 has shaken the entire nation to its core The Bollywood fraternity has also been mourning the loss of all the lives lost and praying for the people gravely injured Actress Priyanka Chopra once took to her social media account in expressing her grief She wrote Its devastating to see the visuals from Red Fort So much fear chaos and heartbreakMy thoughts and prayers are with those injured and condolences for the lives lost Hoping for some answers soon In the meantime please stay safe and alertEarlier in the day filmmaker Karan Johar had also taken to his social media account in expressing his sorrow He wrote Mourning the lives lost in the tragic incident filmmaker Karan Johar wrote on social media My heart goes out to all the victims and the ones affected by the recent tragedy in New Delhi Sending all my love and prayers to the families Please stay safe and alert during this time sicActor Sidharth Malhotra also expressed his heart through a post on his social media account and said My heart goes out to everyone affected by the Red Fort blast Delhi stay strong and stay safe followed by a folded hands emojiVeteran actress Jaya Prada who was equally devastated shared her grief on her social media post and wrote Deeply shocked to hear the news of the car explosion near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station It is very sad to know that many innocent citizens have died in this horrible accident In this difficult time my condolences are with the families who have lost loved ones Also praying for the speedy recovery of the injuredActress Raveena Tandon was the first Bollywood celebrity to mourn the loss of the lives in the blast She wrote in a post Condolences to all those bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the Delhi blast Horrible news IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/priyanka-chopra-says-she-is-devastated-to-see-the-visuals-from-red-fort-post-blast-648058.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/faridabad-explosives-case-search-underway-at-al-falah-university-many-questioned-648060.html Chandigarh Nov 11 IANS Haryana DGP OP Singh on Tuesday said that raids are being conducted across the state as well as in Faridabads Al Falah Medical College and Hospital a day after a large cache of explosives arms and ammunition linked to a terror module were seized from the citynbspThe Haryana DGP mentioned that a search is underway across the Al Falah University campus and suspects linked to the terror module were being questionedOfficials have also announced that the police have questioned over 52 people including faculty students and the medical college principal at Al Falah UniversityThis development comes a day after a blast occurred on Monday evening near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station when a Haryanaregistered car a Hyundai i20 parked near Gate No1 of the station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozensThis incident also came after police busted a terror module linked to JaisheMohammad JeM and Ansar GhazwatulHind terror outfits in Faridabad and seized 2900 kg of explosives and a huge cache of arms and ammunitionPolice also announced that over the past few days they have arrested two JampampK doctors Adil Ahmad Rather and Muzammil who were linked to these terror outfits which according to the sources panicked the module and led to the blastWe are continuously cooperating with the Delhi Police Special Cell and central agencies and the Haryana Police are assisting in raids immediately based on any information provided by the Delhi Police Singh saidHe stated that the scope of the investigation is not limited to Faridabad and Haryana Police were also conducting search operations in areas other than Faridabad based on intelligence inputsWe have placed the entire state on high alert We have expanded the scope of the investigation and are continuously coordinating with the Jammu and Kashmir Police the Delhi Police Special Cell and the Uttar Pradesh Police Singh added https://dailyworld.in/crime/faridabad-explosives-case-search-underway-at-al-falah-university-many-questioned-648060.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/more-explosives-seized-in-faridabad-two-arrested-648061.html New Delhi Nov 11 In a major operation two people were arrested and around 5060 kilograms of explosives were seized after raids in Sector 56 of Haryanas Faridabad officials said on Tuesday This development comes a day after a blast occurred on Monday evening near Delhis Red Fort Metro Station when a Haryanaregistered car a Hyundai i20 parked near Gate No1 of the station exploded killing at least eight people and injuring dozensCrime Branch conducted this major operation in the Sector 56 area of Faridabad During this around 50 to 60 kg of explosive material was recovered Additionally two accused were also arrestedThis incident also came after police busted a terror module linked to JaisheMohammad JeM and Ansar GhazwatulHind terror outfits in Faridabad and seized 2900 kg of explosives and a huge cache of arms and ammunitionPolice also announced that over the past few days they have arrested two JampK doctors Adil Ahmad Rather and Muzammil who were linked to these terror outfits which according to the sources panicked the module and led to the blastMeanwhile a case has been registered under UAPA Sections 16 and 18 along with provisions of the Explosives Act and several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSThe Home Ministry on Tuesday handed over the Delhi blast investigation to the National Investigative Agency NIAThe NIA was handed over the case after Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took stock of the investigation and the multistate searches being conducted in the Delhi blast case reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modis resolve to bring the culprits to justiceAs part of the heightened security measures the Delhi Police have closed Gate Nos 1 and 4 of the Lal Qila Metro Station for public movement due to ongoing security operations in the areaThe Delhi Police are continuing to piece together the sequence of events leading up to the blast emphasising that all possible angles are being examined IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/more-explosives-seized-in-faridabad-two-arrested-648061.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/gujarat-over-35-lakh-citizens-reached-through-8-000-awareness-activities-under-nasha-mukt-bharat-abhiyan-648095.html Gandhinagar Nov 11 Under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan DrugFree India Campaign launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on August 15 2020 Gujarat has made progress in spreading awareness about the dangers of substance abuse Over the past five years the state has organised more than 8000 activities including rallies signature campaigns seminars and awareness drives such as Nasha Mukti Rath Yatras reaching and sensitising more than 35 lakh citizens across urban and rural regionsThe campaign which initially covered eight districts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad Vadodara Bharuch Mehsana Surat Rajkot Jamnagar and Porbandar in 2020 was later expanded to Banaskantha Bhavnagar Junagadh Amreli Valsad and Gandhinagar in 2022Since August 2024 all districts of Gujarat have been brought under the initiativeThe primary objective of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan is to raise awareness about the harmful effects of drug and substance abuseWith active participation from youth students women and social organisations as well as coordination with local government offices the campaign has reached deep into schools colleges residential areas and villagesActivities such as oathtaking ceremonies competitions and distribution of educational materials have fostered a communitywide dialogue on prevention and rehabilitationMarking the campaigns fifth anniversary the Ministry has launched nationwide activities to further intensify outreachCitizens can also take a pledge online at httpsnmbadosjegovincontenttakeapledge to support the vision of a drugfree India as shared by the Gandhinagar Directorate of Social DefenceThe Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan is crucial for India because it addresses one of the countrys most pressing social and health challenges the growing problem of drug and substance abuse especially among youthWith Indias large young population rising drug addiction not only threatens public health but also impacts productivity family stability and national securityThis campaign is vital because it focuses on prevention through awareness community participation and rehabilitation rather than just enforcementIt helps educate citizens particularly students women and rural communities about the physical mental and social consequences of drug abuseBy involving schools colleges NGOs and local authorities it fosters a grassroots movement for behavioural change IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/gujarat-over-35-lakh-citizens-reached-through-8-000-awareness-activities-under-nasha-mukt-bharat-abhiyan-648095.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-files-charge-sheet-against-2-in-vizianagaram-terror-conspiracy-case-648107.html New Delhi Nov 11 The National Investigation Agency NIA has filed a chargesheet against two accused in an Andhra Pradesh and Telangana terror conspiracy case an official said on Tuesday The two accused identified as Siraz Ur Rahiman of Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh and Syed Sameer of Hyderabad Telangana were arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Police on May 16 and May 17 2025 respectivelyThe chargesheet filed against them before the NIA Special Court Visakhapatnam names them for their involvement in radicalising and preparing gullible youth across India through social media platforms to carry out terrorist attacks at various places in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and across the countrySiraz Ur Rahiman and Syed Sameer have been charged under various sections of the BNS Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention ActThe NIA which took over the case from Andhra Pradesh Police collected sufficient evidence establishing that the accused were inspired by ISIS ideology and were actively involved in spreading radical content through various social media groups and channels targeting hundreds of gullible youths across India with the intent to incite them towards violent jihad and antinational activitiesThe NIA investigations revealed that the accused had created several social media groups on platforms such as Instagram and Signal which were used to promote unlawful activities threatening the unity integrity security and communal harmony of the countryThe NIA continues to investigate the conspiracy to spread extremist propaganda and promote radicalisation said a statementIn a separate development two more accused have been sentenced to Simple Imprisonment SI in the Pakistanlinked Visakhapatnam Navy espionage case by a Special Court of the National Investigation Agency NIA an official said on TuesdayThe NIA Special Court at Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh has sentenced Kalavalapalli Konda Babu of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh and Aviansh Somal of Kangra District Himachal Pradesh to 5 years and 10 months of SI under each of sections 18 of UAP Act and section 3 of the Official Secrets ActThe court has also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 each and in the event of default of payment the accused persons will have to undergo an additional oneyear SI in the case said an NIA statement IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/nia-files-charge-sheet-against-2-in-vizianagaram-terror-conspiracy-case-648107.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-shocker-man-slits-womans-throat-in-balaghat-probe-underway-648108.html Balaghat Nov 11 In a horrific incident a woman was brutally killed by a man in broad daylight in Madhya Pradeshs Balaghat district police said on Tuesday The brutal incident that occurred in Baihar town of tribal dominated district Balaghat was captured on mobile cameras by some eyewitnesses which created panic in the regionVideos surfaced on social media showing a man attacking the woman with a knife and then slitting her throat multiple times The videos showed the woman lying unconscious in a pool of bloodViral videos also showed that after slitting the womans throat the killer lay down adjacent to her and fainted and then some people caught him and handed him over to the policeIronically over a dozen bystanders watched the brutality standing at close distance but none of them dared to intervene and try to save the victim One of the eyewitnesses however informed local area policeLater when police reached at spot the killer was found lying unconscious alongside the bloodstained knife Police arrested him and rushed him to a hospital for treatmentAccording to police the victim has been identified as Ritu Bhandarkar a resident of Amgaon village and she was working in a furniture shop in Baihar town in BalaghatAdditional Superintendent of Police ASP Adarsh Kant Shukla told media persons that the woman was waiting for a bus and the accused came to her on a motorcycleASP Shukla said preliminary investigation reveals the victim and the accused persons were known to each other Initially they exchanged heated arguments Meanwhile the man pulled out a knife and started stabbing the woman furiously When she fell on the ground the accused slit her throat he addedAccused persons have been arrested and admitted to the hospital for treatment He will be interrogated soon after he regains consciousness The body of the deceased has been sent for a postmortem Investigation is underway Shukla added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-shocker-man-slits-womans-throat-in-balaghat-probe-underway-648108.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-shocker-man-slits-womans-throat-in-balaghat-probe-underway--648112.html Balaghat Nov 11 In a horrific incident a woman was brutally killed by a man in broad daylight in Madhya Pradeshs Balaghat district police said on Tuesday The brutal incident that occurred in Baihar town of tribal dominated district Balaghat was captured on mobile cameras by some eyewitnesses which created panic in the regionVideos surfaced on social media showing a man attacking the woman with a knife and then slitting her throat multiple timesThe videos showed the woman lying unconscious in a pool of bloodViral videos also showed that after slitting the womans throat the killer lay down adjacent to her and fainted and then some people caught him and handed him over to the policeIronically over a dozen bystanders watched the brutality standing at close distance but none of them dared to intervene and try to save the victim One of the eyewitnesses however informed local area policeLater when police reached at spot the killer was found lying unconscious alongside the bloodstained knife Police arrested him and rushed him to a hospital for treatmentAccording to police the victim has been identified as Ritu Bhandarkar a resident of Amgaon village and she was working in a furniture shop in Baihar town in BalaghatAdditional Superintendent of Police ASP Adarsh Kant Shukla told media persons that the woman was waiting for a bus and the accused came to her on a motorcycleASP Shukla said preliminary investigation reveals the victim and the accused persons were known to each otherInitially they exchanged heated arguments Meanwhile the man pulled out a knife and started stabbing the woman furiously When she fell on the ground the accused slit her throat he addedAccused persons have been arrested and admitted to the hospital for treatment He will be interrogated soon after he regains consciousness The body of the deceased has been sent for a postmortem Investigation is underway Shukla added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-shocker-man-slits-womans-throat-in-balaghat-probe-underway--648112.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-more-associated-with-gangster-terror-module-arrested-in-punjab-648116.html Chandigarh Nov 11 Punjab Polices Special Operation Cell in Amritsar in a joint operation with Counter Intelligence CI of Pathankot arrested two more individuals associated with a gangsterterror module operating across multiple districts said Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday The police recovered one sophisticated 9MM Glock pistol along with three magazines and five cartridges from their possessionThose arrested have been identified as Harpreet Singh a resident of Baupur Afgana in Gurdaspur and Navpreet Singh a resident of Machhiwal village in AmritsarDGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed the accused were working at the behest of their UKbased handler who had arranged the weapon and had tasked them to conduct recce of specific targets in Gurdaspur Batala and Amritsar areasThe arrested accused were planning targeted killings to create panic and communal disturbance in the state he saidThe DGP said that earlier two members of the same module were arrested and a handgrenade and pistol were recovered from them The fresh arrests have been made during the probe of the same case he addedSharing operational details Assistant Inspector General Sukhminder Singh Mann said that building on the leads obtained from the previous operation the Special Operation Cell of Amritsar and CI of Pathankot undertook a meticulous probe to uncover the extent of the networks activities which led to the identification and arrest of two more individuals connected with the same moduleThe Assistant Inspector General said that further investigation is underway to expose and dismantle the entire network including its backward and forward linkagesMore arrests and recoveries are likely in coming days In this regard a case had been registered under Section 25 of the Arms Act Section 61 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and Sections 3 4 and 5 of the Explosives Act in Amritsar IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-more-associated-with-gangster-terror-module-arrested-in-punjab-648116.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/chhattisgarh-one-maoist-detained-after-encounter-in-bijapur-648132.html RaipurBijapur Nov 11 A Maoist was detained after he was injured during a fresh encounter with security forces in the dense forests of Annaram in the Tarlagud area of Bijapur district on Tuesday evening police officials said It is another tactical gain in the sustained antiNaxal operations across Chhattisgarhâs volatile interstate border regions The gun battle erupted as part of intensified searchanddestroy missions targeting Maoist hideouts in the forested pockets along the Maharashtra and Telangana boundariesPolice forces in Bijapur confirmed that the injured Maoist has been shifted to a secure medical facility under heavy escort where he is receiving treatment for gunshot woundsInterrogation has commenced under controlled conditions to extract vital information about the groupâs composition leadership hierarchy and planned activitiesAuthorities believe the detainee may provide critical leads on supply routes and safe houses used by the dwindling Maoist network in the trijunction areaThe operation launched under a coordinated framework involving multiple district units commenced early in the day following credible intelligence about a small group of armed cadres moving through the Annaram sectorJoint teams from the District Reserve Guard Special Task Force and supporting Central Reserve Police Force contingents fanned out across the rugged terrain navigating narrow ravines and thick undergrowth to flush out the insurgents Contact was established in the late afternoon when security personnel intercepted the Maoist squad leading to a brief but intense exchange of fireAmid the chaos one cadre sustained bullet injuries and was overpowered by the advancing forces The remaining members managed to scatter into the deeper jungle prompting an immediate expansion of the cordon to prevent their regrouping or escape across state linesSearch operations continue unabated across the AnnaramTarlagud belt with additional reinforcements deployed to comb adjoining hill ranges and riverine stretches Drone surveillance and canine units have been pressed into service to track footprints and detect possible caches of arms or explosivesSecurity forces remain on high alert for retaliatory ambushes a common Maoist tactic in response to such setbacksA senior police official speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the operation aligns with the broader strategy to dominate core Maoist zones before the onset of winter when insurgents traditionally attempt to replenish ranksâEvery neutralisation or detention weakens their operational spineâ the officer noted A comprehensive briefing including the identity of the detained cadre weapon recoveries and further casualties if any will be released once the area is fully sanitised and the operation concluded the police official saidFor now the focus remains on maintaining pressure and ensuring no Maoist elements regroup in the strategically sensitive border corridor IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/chhattisgarh-one-maoist-detained-after-encounter-in-bijapur-648132.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/eight-cpm-workers-get-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-trinamool-activist-648139.html Kolkata Nov 11 A court in West Bengalâs Hooghly district sentenced eight CPIM workers to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress activist Khudiram Hembram Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Kumar Sharma of the Chinsurah court on Tuesday pronounced the sentence in the 15yearold murder caseAccording to police records TMC activist Khudiram Hembram was murdered on March 18 in 2010 on the day of his sons Higher Secondary class 12 examination in Hooghly districts Gurap areaOn that day the Trinamool activist had gone to the house of a friend named Tapan Ruidas after finishing farming work in the field However he did not return home that day The next day on March 19 the police recovered his body covered in blood in a sack from the Damodar Valley Corporation DVC canalIt was alleged that he was hacked to death and thrown into the water for political reasons On the night of March 19 the deceaseds friend Tapan filed a murder case at the Gurap police stationBased on the complaint the police arrested 10 CPIM workers after investigating the matter Cases were registered against the then accused under various sections including murder destruction of evidence and crime with weaponsIncidentally the police submitted the charge sheet to the Chinsurah Court A total of 12 witnesses testified in the case There were four eyewitnesses to the incident However two of the accused died during the trial processOn November 6 the court had convicted eight accused CPIM workers On Monday the judge sentenced the workers named Ravi Baske Laxmi Ram Baske Siddheshwar Malik Sanatan Malik Ganesh Malik Laxminarayan Soren and Nadu Tudu to life imprisonment along with the then Gurbari1 panchayat chief Lalu Hansda Two other activists Amar Ruidas and Nepal Malik accused in the case died during the trial IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/eight-cpm-workers-get-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-trinamool-activist-648139.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/eight-cpi-m-workers-get-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-trinamool-activist-648141.html Kolkata Nov 11 A court in West Bengalâs Hooghly district on Tuesday sentenced eight CPIM workers to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress activist Khudiram Hembram Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Kumar Sharma of the Chinsurah court pronounced the sentence in the 15yearold murder caseAccording to police records Trimamool activist Hembram was murdered on March 18 in 2010 on the day of his sons Higher Secondary class 12 examination in Hooghly districts Gurap areaOn that day Hembram had gone to the house of a friend named Tapan Ruidas after finishing farming work in the field However he did not return home that day The next day on March 19 the police recovered his body covered in blood in a sack from the Damodar Valley Corporation DVC canalIt was alleged that he was hacked to death and thrown into the water for political reasons On the night of March 19 the deceaseds friend Ruidas filed a murder case at the Gurap police stationBased on the complaint the police arrested 10 CPIM workers after investigating the matter Cases were registered against the then accused under various sections including murder destruction of evidence and crime with weaponsThe police submitted the charge sheet to the Chinsurah court A total of 12 witnesses testified in the case There were four eyewitnesses to the incident However two of the accused died during the trial processOn November 6 the court had convicted eight accused CPIM workers On Monday the judge sentenced the workers named Ravi Baske Laxmi Ram Baske Siddheshwar Malik Sanatan Malik Ganesh Malik Laxminarayan Soren and Nadu Tudu to life imprisonment along with the then Gurbari1 panchayat chief Lalu Hansda Accused Amar Ruidas and Nepal Malik had died during the trial IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/eight-cpi-m-workers-get-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-trinamool-activist-648141.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:46:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/murder-accused-injured-in-police-encounter-in-ups-ballia-647766.html New Delhi Nov 10 A murder accused was injured in a police encounter during a latenight checking operation near GhoghachattiBaragaon Road under Maniyar Police Station limits in Uttar Pradeshs Ballia district According to police officials the accused opened fire on the police team when they attempted to stop him prompting the police to retaliate A bullet hit the accused in the leg leaving him injuredThe incident took place late Sunday night when a police team was conducting routine checking in the area Spotting a motorcycle approaching at high speed the police signalled the rider to stop However instead of complying the motorcyclist tried to flee leading to a brief chase As the police cornered him he allegedly opened fire on the officers In selfdefence the police team fired back injuring the suspectUpon questioning the injured man identified himself as Abhinandan alias Abhidendran Rajbharki a resident of the same region During interrogation he confessed to having murdered a youth in Mahlipur village under Maniyar police station area a few days ago using an axeThe police recovered a pistol a live cartridge and an empty shell from his possessionThe injured accused was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment and further legal action is being taken police confirmedAdditional Superintendent of Police Ballia Kripa Shankar while briefing the media said Yesterday an incident took place in Janpad Ballia under Thana Maniyar in which Chandan Rajbharki was brutally murdered In this regard a murder case was registered and the investigation was underway Today the police received information that the main suspect was fleeing on a motorcycle When the police surrounded him and challenged him he opened fire During the exchange he was shot in the legHe added His name is Abhidendran Rajbharki the main suspect in the murder case Upon searching him a pistol a live bullet and an empty cartridge were recovered He has been sent to the hospital and necessary legal procedures are being carried out The police force remains deployed at the sceneThe police continue their investigation into the case and are verifying possible connections of the accused with other criminal activities IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/murder-accused-injured-in-police-encounter-in-ups-ballia-647766.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/auto-lifter-involved-in-multiple-vehicle-theft-cases-arrested-by-delhi-police-647771.html New Delhi Nov 10 The Delhi Police on Monday arrested an autolifter involved in several vehicle theft cases across Delhi and other states The accused identified as Anil a resident of Sikandarabad in Uttar Pradeshs Bulandshahr was apprehended following an intensive investigation According to a statement issued by the Central District Police on October 29 a Thar SUV belonging to a resident of Haridwar Uttarakhand was reported stolen from South Patel Nagar Delhi The complainant stated that he had come to Delhi on October 28 to meet a friend staying in a paying guest accommodation in South Patel Nagar He had parked his vehicle outside the premises that evening However the next morning the SUV was found missing Despite efforts by the complainant and his friend to trace the vehicle in the nearby area no clue could be foundFollowing this a case EFIR No 02977225 under Section 305 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS was registered at Police Station Ranjit Nagar and an investigation was launchedTaking cognisance of the seriousness of the offence a dedicated team comprising Sub Inspector Sudhir Head Constable Amit Constable Chand and Ct Subham was constituted under the supervision of SHO Ranjit Nagar Inspector Tribhuvan Negi and the overall supervision of ACP Patel Nagar Sunil Kumar GuptaDuring the course of the investigation the team meticulously analysed several CCTV footages and technical leads including the location data of an Apple iPod that had been left inside the stolen Thar Through continuous surveillance the police were able to trace the movement of the stolen vehicle towards Sikandarabad in District Bulandshahr Uttar PradeshA covert operation was then carried out in Sikandarabad where the team identified a rented house suspected to be linked to the accused Although the stolen Thar was not initially found at the location the team maintained a discreet watch over the premises On October 31 when the suspect returned to the house the police team successfully apprehended Anil the main accused and an active autolifterSubsequently the investigation extended to the Siwan district in Bihar where the stolen vehicle was believed to have been sold The team examined CCTV footage from the area which showed Anil selling the stolen Thar to two individuals One of them drove the vehicle away toward the highway while the other escorted Anil to the railway station through the narrow lanes of the cityThe registration number of a motorcycle used by the duo was traced to its registered owner Upon verification the vehicle was found to have been sold about a year ago to Muhammad Kayum Local informers and technical surveillance were deployed leading to the recovery of the motorcycle used in the crime Further inquiry revealed that Kayum had been missing from his residence for the past two daysDuring sustained interrogation Anil confessed to having sold the stolen Thar in Siwan Bihar with the help of his associate Raju currently absconding for Rs 25 lakh He admitted to having received Rs one lakh in cash as part payment while the remaining amount was to be paid laterPolice records show that Anil has a long criminal history with previous involvement in multiple cases across Delhi and Uttar PradeshEfforts are currently underway to recover the stolen Thar SUV and arrest coaccused Raju along with the receivers of the stolen vehicle in Bihar IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/auto-lifter-involved-in-multiple-vehicle-theft-cases-arrested-by-delhi-police-647771.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/manipur-woman-found-dead-in-delhis-mahipalpur-police-suspect-electrocution-647798.html New Delhi Nov 10 The body of a 23yearold woman from Manipur was found in her rented room in the Mahipalpur area of Delhi Police suspect that she died due to electrocution while using an electric rod heater in the bathroom According to the Delhi Police the woman who worked at a software company in Gurugram was reportedly getting ready to attend a party when the incident occurred on Sunday She had been living in a rented room on the fourth floor of a building in Mahipalpur for the past few monthsA PCR call was received at 819 pm on Sunday at Vasant Kunj South Police Station regarding a woman found dead inside a locked room in Mahipalpur Upon receiving the call the investigating officer along with the police team reached the spot and found the woman lying unresponsive in the bathroom holding an electric rod in her handInitial inquiry revealed that the woman had gone to the bathroom to take a bath and was using an electric rod to heat water When she did not come out for a long time her friend who lives in the same building became concerned and went to check on her Finding the bathroom door bolted from the inside she immediately made a call for assistanceThe crime team was called to the scene and the site was inspected The body was then shifted to Safdarjung Hospital mortuary for postmortem examinationFrom the prima facie enquiry it appears to be a case of electrocution and no foul play has come to notice so farShahil the caretaker of the building told IANS The incident happened in room number 403 I received a call from the victims friend saying that she was not opening the door and asked for a duplicate key The owner was not present so I was instructed to make another key When we finally opened the door we found her lying in the bathroom with the electric rod still in her hand She had come here in June and was from Manipur She was working in GurugramFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/manipur-woman-found-dead-in-delhis-mahipalpur-police-suspect-electrocution-647798.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/officers-to-be-held-responsible-for-terror-suspects-criminals-using-mobile-phones-in-jails-ktaka-minister-647805.html Bengaluru Nov 10 Responding to videos showing terror suspects and criminals using mobile phones and enjoying luxury facilities inside Bengaluru Central Prison Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stated that the officers in charge of prisons will be held responsible for the major security breach Speaking to the media ahead of a highlevel meeting on Monday in Bengaluru Parameshwara said that reports have indicated illegal activities taking place inside prisons We have taken this matter very seriously The government will not tolerate it at any cost he saidThe officers concerned particularly the heads of the prisons are responsible for this situation They have been entrusted with the responsibility of managing these facilities and they will be held accountable Parameshwara statedIf mobile phones ganja and liquor are finding their way into prisons and such activities are continuing who else should be held responsible This responsibility must rest with the prison heads It is in this context that I have called for this meeting he addedThe ADGP Prisons will provide information during the meeting In addition we have also received reports from other sources The Chief Minister has given clear instructions and we have taken the issue seriously The CM has directed that strict and ruthless action be taken against the officers concerned This meeting has been convened in that context Parameshwara statedAllegations of major security lapses and preferential treatment within the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail in Bengaluru had surfaced last Saturday following the viral videos purportedly showing notorious inmates including one of Indias most notorious rapist and serial killers Umesh Reddy suspected terrorists and a gold smuggling accused using mobile phones and enjoying unwarranted luxuries causing significant embarrassment to prison authoritiesThe purported footage allegedly shows Umesh Reddy who was convicted for raping 20 women and murdering 18 women between 1996 and 2022 freely using two Android phones and one keypad mobile inside the jail Reddys death sentence was commuted by the Supreme Court to 30 years of imprisonment without remission in 2022Even more alarming are claims that the videos also show suspected LashkareTaiba ISIS and other foreign and domestic extremist outfit members using smartphones for communication within the central prison an incident that poses a national security threatThis latest controversy follows earlier Supreme Court strictures to ensure inmates do not receive luxury facilities a directive issued while looking into the fan murder case involving Kannada superstar Darshan IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/officers-to-be-held-responsible-for-terror-suspects-criminals-using-mobile-phones-in-jails-ktaka-minister-647805.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-recover-350-kg-explosive-assault-rifle-near-delhi-two-jampk-doctors-in-the-net-647807.html Jammu Nov 10 JampK Police have recovered 350 kg of explosive and an assault rifle near New Delhi and arrested two doctors in this connection The police recovered the explosive most likely ammonium nitrate and an assault rifle in Faridabad near the national capital officials saidOfficial sources said the massive recovery was made days after police arrested a Kashmiri doctor from Uttar Pradeshs Saharanpur for allegedly putting up posters supporting terror outfit JaisheMohammed in SrinagarOfficial sources said the Faridabad recovery followed revelations made by Dr Adil Ahmad Rather during questioningThe explosives and arms were stored with another doctor identified as Mujammil Shakeel Shakil also arrested is from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir and works at AlFalah hospital in FaridabadFaridabad Police Commissioner Satender Kumar Gupta said 20 timers were also found with the 350 kg of explosives He said a pistol three magazines and a walkietalkie set have been recovered tooOn October 27 posters supporting terror outfit JaisheMohammed appeared in Srinagar The local police probed the matter and CCTV footage showed Rather putting up the posters He was tracked down to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and arrested last week Police found that Rather was working at the Government Medical College Anantnag till October last yearWhen police searched his locker at Anantnag an assault rifle was found Based on information he shared during questioning cops seized the explosives in FaridabadOfficials have said the explosives and arms were recovered in a coordinated operation by JampK and Haryana PoliceRather was earlier charged under the Arms Act and the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActAccording to sources the doctors alleged involvement suggests that terror networks are now recruiting highly educated professionalsPolice sources said they do not yet know what the plan was behind amassing explosives so close to the national capital and a thorough investigation is underway to find out moreIt is also being probed how such a huge number of explosives was moved without detection so close to the national capitalSrinagar police registered a case after posters promoting JaisheMohammed were found in several parts of the city During the investigation CCTV footage showed a man putting up the posters who was identified as Rather IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-recover-350-kg-explosive-assault-rifle-near-delhi-two-jampk-doctors-in-the-net-647807.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/isis-suspects-phone-use-in-jail-triggers-ktaka-crackdown-hm-warns-of-action-against-officials-647813.html Bengaluru Nov 10 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has ordered a highlevel review on Monday after a suspected ISIS terrorist Zohaid Manna and other notorious criminals were found using a mobile phone inside highsecurity Bengaluru Central Prison warning that ruthless measures would follow if such security breaches persisted He said that the government was reassessing ways to prevent such lapses noting that past suspensions and FIRs had proved inadequate and warned that ruthless measures would be taken if similar incidents continued in the Bengaluru jailSpeaking to reporters in the state capital Parameshwara said the issue would be taken up seriously citing observations made by the National Investigation Agency NIAThe National Investigation Agency NIA has made the observations in this regard and I will discuss the matter in the meeting The observations have been made by the NIA with evidence and we have taken them seriously he statedParameshwara said the government had taken the matter seriously which is why a meeting was called with the ADGP Prisons senior officials and superintendents of major prisons including those from Belagavi Shivamogga and BallariWe have received information about several issues Parameshwara saidI am reviewing what must be done to prevent such lapses In the past officers were suspended and FIRs were filed but that alone does not seem enough If such incidents take place inside prisons can they even be called jails Officers are given authority under law to manage these institutions if they fail in their duties is that not a lapse the Karnataka Home Minister askedReferring to the Bengaluru Central Prison Parameshwara said it was the states main facility and warned that ruthless measures would be taken if such incidents continuedThe prison authorities have submitted replies about the videos but I am not satisfied with their explanations he addedHe said he had directed the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner to take action on certain developmentsThe Opposition now has grounds to question the government and we must treat this with utmost seriousness we too have our responsibilities Parameshwara statedThe development stems from a purported video surfacing recently showing Manna who was extradited from Dubai in 2023 on charges of radicalising youth for the global terror outfit ISIS using a mobile phone with apparent ease He was arrested in Dubai in 2020In the clip he is heard referencing security protocols saying If the password is available we will get caughtThe video has sparked controversy over prison supervision as it comes alongside other clips allegedly showing serial killer and rapist Umesh Reddy actress Ranya Raos associate Tarun and suspected terrorists using mobile phones listening to music and watching television inside jail The incidents have raised serious concerns about security and oversight in state prisons IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/isis-suspects-phone-use-in-jail-triggers-ktaka-crackdown-hm-warns-of-action-against-officials-647813.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:12:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-uncover-jk-doctors-faridabad-house-of-explosives-seven-arrested-in-kashmir--647831.html Srinagar Nov 10 IANS The Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted an interstate transnational terror module linked to JaisheMohammad JeM and Ansar GhazwatulHind terror outfits that led to the recovery of 2900 kg of explosive two assault rifles pistols timers and other material in the Faridabad area of Haryana near New Delhi police said here on Monday adding that seven people have been arrested so farnbspAccording to JampampK Police the crackdown follows the discovery of JaisheMohammad posters pasted at various locations in Bunpora Nowgam Srinagar on October 19 threatening police and security forcesnbspThe operation led to the arrest of seven key operatives and the recovery of a massive cache of arms ammunition and nearly three tonnes of improvised explosive device material during coordinated searches across multiple states The module was involved in identifying radicalising and recruiting individuals into terror ranks besides raising funds arranging logistics and procuring arms ammunition and explosive material the police saidThe arrested individuals have been identified as Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil a resident of Nowgam Srinagar YasirulAshraf a resident of Nowgam Srinagar Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid a resident of Nowgam Srinagar Molvi Irfan Ahmad Imam of a mosque in Shopian Zameer Ahmad Ahanger alias Mutlasha a resident of Wakura Ganderbal Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie alias Musaib a resident of Koil Pulwama and Dr Adeel a resident of Wanpora KulgamMore individuals connected to the network have been identified and efforts are underway to trace and apprehend them the police saidnbspDuring the investigation coordinated searches were carried out by the JampampK Police in Srinagar Anantnag Ganderbal and Shopian and jointly with Haryana Police in Faridabad and Uttar Pradesh Police in SaharanpurnbspThe operation led to the recovery of two pistols two AKseries rifles and a staggering 2900 kilograms of explosive and IEDmaking material including chemicals reagents inflammable substances electronic circuits remote controls batteries wires timers and metal fragmentsRecovered weapons include one Chinese Star pistol with ammunition One Beretta pistol with ammunition one AK56 rifle with ammunition and one AK Krinkov rifle with ammunitionnbspThe sheer quantity of explosives points to the possibility of a major planned attack which has now been averted A detailed financial investigation is underway to track the flow of funds and identify both local and crossborder linkages the police saidAll angles of funding coordination and supply chain are being traced and addressed expeditiouslynbspThis is one of the years biggest counterterror operations The success of the operation reflects the forces diligent efforts and unflagging determination in dismantling terror networks operating under cover The Jammu and Kashmir Police remain steadfast in their mission to stamp out the scourge of terrorism and ensure peace and security in the region the police officials said https://dailyworld.in/crime/police-uncover-jk-doctors-faridabad-house-of-explosives-seven-arrested-in-kashmir--647831.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:07:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/realtor-hacked-to-death-inside-police-quarters-in-tns-tiruchy-647867.html Chennai Nov 10 In a shocking incident that unfolded in full public view a 25yearold realtor was brutally hacked to death by a fivemember gang inside the police quarters in Tamil Nadus Tiruchy on Monday morning The attack sent shockwaves across the city as it took place close to the residential police facility at Marsingpettai and coincided with Chief Minister MK Stalins visit to TiruchyAccording to police sources residents of Bheema Nagar Main Road witnessed a group of men armed with lethal weapons chasing a youthThe terrified victim later identified as Thamaraiselvan 25 a local realtor ran towards the nearby police quarters seeking refuge However the assailants pursued him relentlessly and cornered him inside the premises before attacking him with sharpedged weaponsEyewitnesses said the gang showed no hesitation despite being in a police residential zoneHe ran into the police quarters screaming for help but the gang followed him and struck him repeatedly a local resident saidThe victim sustained multiple deep cuts particularly to his head and died on the spot before police personnel could interveneWhile most assailants fled the scene immediately after the assault leaving residents and police in shock alert members of the public managed to catch hold of one of the attackers and handed him over to the policeThe suspect was taken into custody for interrogation and police teams have launched a massive manhunt to trace the remaining four members of the gangSenior police officials including Tiruchy Commissioner of Police rushed to the scene and conducted an inquiry Forensic teams collected evidence and the body of Thamaraiselvan was sent to the Government Medical College Hospital for a postmortem examinationPreliminary investigations suggest that the murder may be linked to a previous dispute possibly related to real estate dealings though police have not ruled out other motivesGiven that the incident occurred when Chief Minister Stalin was in the city for an official event additional security was immediately deployed across Tiruchy to prevent any further disturbances Police have registered a case of murder and are probing all possible angles to uncover the motive behind the brutal daylight killing IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/realtor-hacked-to-death-inside-police-quarters-in-tns-tiruchy-647867.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-delhi-police-asi-for-taking-rs-24-lakh-bribe-from-litigant-647870.html New Delhi Nov 10 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI arrested an Assistant SubInspector ASI of Delhi Police while accepting a bribe of Rs 24 lakh from a litigant involved in a property case in Karkardooma Court in east Delhi an official said on Monday ASI Patil Kumar was posted at Police Station Jyoti Nagar the official said in a statementThe CBI registered the case against the policeman on Sunday after the property owner lodged a formal complaintInitially the ASI demanded a bribe of Rs 15 lakh from the complainant to submit a favourable verification report in court regarding his property in Meet NagarThe accused threatened that he would submit an adverse report against the complainant if the bribe was not paidAfter the complainant convinced the ASI to reduce the bribe amount the CBI laid a trap on Sunday and caught Patil Kumar redhanded while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 240 lakh from the complainant as part paymentEarlier in a separate case the CBI registered a case of disproportionate assets against former Project Directorcum General Manager of National Highway Authority of India NHAI Arvind R KaleThe FIR against Kale was filed on October 30 under charges of a public servant intentionally enriching himself illicitly during the period of his office and abetment of an offenceThe CBI case was registered after the probe agency assessed Kale and his family members income and expenses from April 1 2022 to March 3 2024 He was working as Project DirectorcumGM Project Implementation UnitNagpur NHAI since September 9 2022 said an officialThe probe agencys Deputy Superintendent of Police Harish Goel approved the registration of FIR against Kale after a computation of the assets income and expenditure of Kale and his family members indicated the presence of disproportionate assets worth Rs 156 crore almost 179 per cent more than the incomeIt is found that Arvind R Kale has illicitly enriched himself and has assets disproportionate to his known sources of income from April 1 2022 to March 3 2024 The aforesaid facts prima facie constitute the commission of offences punishable us 132 rw 131b and 12 of the PC Act 1988 as amended in 2018 on his part and other unknown persons said DSP Goel IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-delhi-police-asi-for-taking-rs-24-lakh-bribe-from-litigant-647870.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/acb-team-arrests-rajasthan-man-taking-bribe-on-behalf-of-central-narcotics-bureau-inspector-647872.html Jaipur Nov 10 The AntiCorruption Bureau ACB Kota has arrested Akram Hussain a broker for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20000 on behalf of a Central Bureau of Narcotics CBN Inspector in the Bhawanimandi area of Rajasthans Jhalawar The main accused CBN Inspector Hitesh Kumar fled the scene while carrying a bundle of money that included dummy notes worth Rs 190 lakhAccording to Additional Superintendent of Police SP Mukul Sharma of ACBs Special Unit the complainant had approached the bureau alleging that Inspector Hitesh Kumar and his associates demanded a Rs three lakh bribe to avoid implicating his father in a false narcotics caseActing on the complaint the ACB verified the allegations through recorded phone conversations confirming the bribe demand and subsequently laid a trap On Sunday around 930 pm the complainant reached the CBN Bhawanimandi office with Rs 30000 in genuine currency and Rs 270 lakh in dummy notes as directed by the ACB teamWhen the transaction took place ACB officers swooped in and arrested broker Akram Hussain while he was accepting Rs 20000 in cash However Inspector Hitesh Kumar managed to flee from the scene with part of the bribe moneyWhile escaping the inspector dropped a bundle containing Rs one lakh his mobile phone and several documents about 100 meters from the spotThe recovered bundle contained Rs 20000 genuine currency and Rs 80000 in dummy notes It is believed that Hitesh fled with another bundle of Rs 2 lakh of which Rs 190 lakh were dummy notes and Rs 10000 real currencyThe ACB has launched an extensive search to locate the absconding inspectorAdditional SP Sharma said the investigation is underway and strict action will be taken against all those involved in the bribery attempt and extortion threatAccording to ACB Director General Govind Gupta a complaint was received at the ACB Kota office alleging that Inspector Hitesh Kumar posted at the Central Narcotics Bureau Bhawani Mandi along with another person had abducted the complainants father from his home on November 7 and demanded a Rs 3 lakh bribe to release him and avoid false implication in a marijuana case IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/acb-team-arrests-rajasthan-man-taking-bribe-on-behalf-of-central-narcotics-bureau-inspector-647872.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/what-action-will-he-take-against-terrorists-in-jail-bjp-slams-karnataka-cm-for-vip-treatment-to-ultras-647885.html Bengaluru Nov 10 The Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly R Ashoka expressed outrage alleging that the Karnataka government is appeasing militants and providing them with VIP facilities in jail and asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to explain what kind of action he will take against terrorists Speaking to reporters after a protest near Race Course Road in Bengaluru he said on Monday that royal hospitality is being extended to rapists and terrorists lodged in Bengaluru Central Prison who aim to divide the countryWhen the cooker bomb blast occurred they called them brother They even served biryani to those who shouted Pakistan Zindabad Despite spending Rs 5 crore to install hundreds of CCTV cameras in the jail they have been turned off Ashoka allegedHe questioned how all the cameras could be switched off at the same timeBombs meat ganja and mobiles are entering the jail without detection It goes unnoticed that prisoners are watching item songs on TV he statedThe Intelligence team doesnt get any information Prisoners are using mobiles to blackmail and earn money from it Police are cooperating in this he saidChief Minister Siddaramaiah has not sought any report related to the jail in the last two years He went to the Supreme Court over actor Darshans smoking incident But let him explain what kind of strict action he will take against terrorists Ashoka statedThis is a Congresssponsored act Due to a soft stance towards Muslims all this is happening This has brought a bad name to the entire Karnataka Even Bihar doesnt have such a situation he claimedEveryone is busy in the tussle for the Chief Ministers post In the midst of this Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara is doing nothing The police department has become inactive he continuedThe Karnataka BJP unit on Monday staged a protest condemning the surfacing of purported videos showing radical elements ISIS operatives and criminals inside Bengaluru Central PrisonThe BJP leaders led by State President and MLA B Y Vijayendra R Ashoka MLAs MLCs and former ministers headed to gherao the residence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah but were detained by the police IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/what-action-will-he-take-against-terrorists-in-jail-bjp-slams-karnataka-cm-for-vip-treatment-to-ultras-647885.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jharkhand-robbery-and-firing-on-trader-sparks-shutdown-in-dhanbad-market-647886.html Dhanbad Nov 10 Traders on Monday launched a massive protest after a businessman was robbed and shot at inside the governmentrun Market Committee complex in the Barwadda police station area in Dhanbad Jharkhand late Sunday evening The incident has caused concerns over rising crime in Jharkhands coal capital prompting traders to shut all 417 shops in the market complex for the dayThe attack took place around 830 pm on Sunday when three bikeborne assailants intercepted trader Shyam Bhimsariya while he was closing his shopThe miscreants fired at him snatched a bag containing Rs 4 lakh and sped off Bhimsariya narrowly escaped the bullet which reportedly grazed past him The incident created panic among shopkeepers and customers many of whom rushed to safetyOn Monday morning hundreds of traders assembled at the main gate of the Market Committee complex raising slogans against the administration and demanding immediate arrests They alleged that the market which witnesses a heavy footfall has long been operating without proper security measuresThe Market Committee complex is one of the busiest business hubs in Dhanbad recording a daily turnover of Rs 78 croreWe will not tolerate this kind of atmosphere where traders fear for their lives every evening a member of the traders association said adding that if the culprits are not arrested within 48 hours the protest may spread to other markets across the districtBJP MP Dhullu Mahto addressing traders said criminals are roaming fearlessly in Dhanbad The morale of criminals has gone up due to weak policing The police must act immediately to restore confidence among traders he saidJharia Congress MLA Ragini Singh accused the state government of complete failure on the law and order front When crime is discussed in the Assembly the government remains silent People are living in fear while criminals are dictating terms she remarkedOutgoing Mayor Chandrashekhar Agarwal demanded urgent security measures in the market area suggesting that CCTV cameras be installed He said a permanent police post must be established to prevent the recurrence of such incidentsDhanbad District Chamber of Commerce president Chetan Goenka strongly condemned the attack and criticised authorities for ignoring repeated requests for better securityIt is shocking that a market with a daily business of Rs 78 crore has neither CCTV surveillance nor police patrolling Traders cannot operate under fear The administration must take permanent measures Goenka said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jharkhand-robbery-and-firing-on-trader-sparks-shutdown-in-dhanbad-market-647886.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-model-dies-in-suspicious-circumstances-in-bhopal-probe-underway-647889.html Bhopal Nov 10 A 27yearold woman who was reportedly pursuing her career in modelling died in suspicious circumstances during treatment at a private hospital in Bhopal on Monday According to police the deceased has been identified as Khusbu Ahirwar who has been living in Bhopal with her boyfriend identified as Qasim Khan for the last few years and doing modelling for local brandsAccording to information while Khushbu along with Qasim was returning to Bhopal from Ujjain her health deteriorated all of a sudden and she fell unconscious Qasim took her to a hospital however he escaped from there making matters suspiciousThe incident came to light after the hospital staff informed the local area police that Khusbu died during treatment early on Monday Police took the body for a postmortem at Hamidia Hospital Bhopal Subsequently the family members were also informedA police official said that after the autopsy was conducted the body was handed over to the family Police have registered a case on the basis of a statement from the victims parents and initiated an investigation into the matterAccording to police Khusbus mother Laxmi Ahirwar claimed that her daughter was brutally beaten to deathHer body had multiple injury marks swelling on her face and even injuries on her private parts We want justice and strict punishment for the culprit as police saidHer mother also told police that Khushboo had mentioned a man named Qasim in a phone call with her sister but had not spoken much about him before For the past three days the family had been unable to contact herKhusbus father told police that she had dropped out of college after her first year and had been living in Bhopal for the past three years She worked as a model and also did parttime jobs for a livingWe have recorded statements of the victims parents and the body was also handed over to them Man said to be Qasim who left the woman at the hospital and ran away is being traced a police official told media persons on Monday IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-model-dies-in-suspicious-circumstances-in-bhopal-probe-underway-647889.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/illegal-arms-munitions-seized-smuggler-detained-in-afghanistans-panjshir-647740.html Kabul Nov 9 Afghan police have seized illegal weapons and explosives in the eastern Panjshir province and detained an alleged smuggler provincial police spokesman Haqmal Saad said on Sunday The haul which included three AK47 assault rifles a pistol a pair of binoculars hundreds of rounds of ammunition and other military equipment was recovered at a checkpointThe man was arrested on Saturday while attempting to smuggle the contraband out of the province the official added Xinhua News Agency reportedSaad urged the public to assist security forces in locating illegal arms and reiterated that police would not permit the illegal possession or transportation of weapons anywhere in the provinceIn a similar operation a week ago police in the southern Kandahar province arrested three other arms and ammunition smugglersOn November 6 the provincial police office in a statement stated that police discovered seven pieces of firearms and ammunition in central Afghanistans Daykundi provinceThe weaponry which includes three stocks of Kalashnikov assault rifles a rocketpropelled grenade a machine gun two hunting guns and hundreds of bullets and projectiles was recovered from a house during operations in Pato district recently the statement addedPolice have also arrested an individual on charges of keeping the weaponry illegally the statement further saidThe statement also called upon the people to avoid keeping or carrying arms illegallyAs part of efforts to ensure law and order in postwar Afghanistan the Afghan government has vowed to collect arms and ammunition from anyone living outside the security organsEarlier on November 3 provincial police spokesman Mullah Assadullah Jamshid stated that police arrested three individuals on charges of involvement in arms and ammunition smuggling in the southern Afghan province of KandaharActing on a tipoff police launched an operation in Shurabak district recently and discovered two Kalashnikov assault rifles a hand grenade a machine gun and hundreds of bullets and rounds the official saidAccording to the official three individuals were attempting to smuggle the weaponry out of the country but police identified and took them into custody for investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/illegal-arms-munitions-seized-smuggler-detained-in-afghanistans-panjshir-647740.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-university-professor-booked-for-casteist-remarks-against-research-scholar-647742.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 9 The Sreekaryam Police have registered a case against Dr CN Vijayakumari Head of the Sanskrit Department and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Kerala Universitys Kariavattom campus for allegedly making casteist remarks against a research scholar According to police the case was filed based on a complaint from Vipin Vijayan a research scholar from Vanchiyoor who accused the professor of humiliating him by referring to his caste in front of othersThe FIR registered on November 8 stated that the incident occurred after his PhD open defence held on October 15 when Vijayakumari allegedly refused to sign his thesis report Vipin later met her again seeking her signature to complete the final formalities of his doctoral submission It was during this interaction he alleged that the professor made derogatory comments related to his caste in the presence of other teachers and studentsThe complaint further claimed that such remarks were not isolated incidents Vipin alleged that since 2015 when he joined the MPhil programme under her supervision the professor had repeatedly made disparaging comments about his casteThe FIR quotes Vijayakumari as having allegedly said that people from lower castes cannot learn Sanskrit and that she would clean her room with water after they enteredPolice said the professor has been booked under Sections 31r and 31s of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act which deal with intentionally insulting or abusing a member of the SCST community by caste name in public viewOfficials confirmed that the offences are nonbailable and that a detailed probe will be conducted before taking any decision on arrestWhen the controversy first surfaced Vijayakumari denied making any casteist remarks She maintained that her refusal to sign the thesis was based purely on academic grounds alleging that Vipins research contained factual errors and instances of plagiarismThe professor also stated that she had only followed academic protocol and accused the scholar of fabricating charges to malign her reputation The investigation is currently underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-university-professor-booked-for-casteist-remarks-against-research-scholar-647742.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-pfis-eight-properties-worth-rs-67-crore-647589.html New Delhi Nov 8 In a crackdown against terror funding the ED attached eight immovable properties valued at Rs 6703 crore that were owned and controlled by Popular Front of India PFI an official said on Saturday The Directorate of Enforcement ED Headquarter office said that properties were held in the name of various trusts and that of PFIs political front Social Democratic Party of India SDPIThe properties attached by the ED through an order dated November 6 are in the name of trusts and foundations including Green Valley Foundation Alappuzha Social Cultural and Education Trust Pandalam Educational and Cultural Trust Pathanamthitta Islamic Centre Trust Wayanad Haritham Foundation Poovanchina Malappuram Periyar Valley Charitable Trust Aluva Vallavunad Trust Palakkad and Land of Social Democratic Party of India SDPI TrivandrumIn a statement the ED said that so far it has provisionally attached the movable and immovable properties valued at Rs 6198 crore through nine Provisional Attachment Orders PAOs in this case and the same have been confirmed by Ld Adjudicating Authority PMLA The total attachments in this case including the present attachment of Rs 6703 crore amounts to Rs 129 croreAn ED official said that seized records revealed that PFI conducted multiple PE Physical Education training programmes and built sheds on various properties Examples are Valluvanad House Pattambi and Malabar house Haritam Foundation which have been currently attached by the EDThe PFI was conducting extensive Physical Education PE classes on the properties registered under dummy owners names for imparting offensive and defensive manoeuvres using various arms through Primary and Secondary PE classesThe PE classes were aimed at preparing cadres and members for fulfilling their Jihadist agenda and using them for committing various unlawful activities the ED saidInvestigation revealed that PFI ideologues were exmembers of the Students Islamic Movement of India SIMI membersThe SIMI was the students wings of JamaateIslami The history of origin of PFI can be traced back to the ban of JamaateIslami after the demolition of Babri Masjid At that time properties of JamaateIslami were attached and sealed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActTaking inspiration from these developments senior PFI members who were part of National Development Front NDF at that time deliberately formed various trusts all across Kerala and registered various properties owned and controlled by PFI under them the ED said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-pfis-eight-properties-worth-rs-67-crore-647589.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/doctors-assaulted-by-patients-relatives-at-mumbais-cooper-hospital-case-registered-647590.html Mumbai Nov 8 A shocking incident of violence against medical staff was reported at RN Cooper Government Hospital in Mumbai where three doctors on emergency duty were allegedly assaulted by the relatives of a patient who died during treatment the hospital said in a statement on Saturday According to hospital authorities a 65yearold woman was brought to the emergency ward with severe breathlessness and extreme weakness on Friday evening She was immediately attended to by the onduty Casualty Medical Officer CMO Gaurav Anandgaonkar Medicine Resident Karan and interns Prashant Bhadke and Rahul Pradhan Despite prompt CPR and other lifesaving measures the patient could not be revived and was declared dead at 1232 am on FridayFollowing the declaration one of the patients relatives reportedly turned violent and began physically attacking the doctors Anandgaonkar was struck multiple times on the face Intern Prashant Bhadke was assaulted and Medicine Resident Karan sustained injuries to the face eye chest and abdomen while trying to protect his colleaguesThe hospital said the assault took place inside the casualty ward in full public view alleging that security personnel present on duty failed to interveneDespite repeated calls for help no immediate response was received allowing the assailant to continue his violent behaviour unchecked the statement saidIt further named the contractual security staff Sanjay Lite Deepchand Vikas Kate and Palan Thakur accusing them of negligence and dereliction of dutyTerming the incident alarming and unacceptable the hospital said doctors were attacked while performing their duty and trying to save a life a situation that cannot be tolerated under any circumstanceA complaint has been filed at the Juhu Police Station The police have registered a case against the accused identified as Sameer Abdul Jabbar Shaikh under IPC sections 1211 132 352 and 3512Investigation is underwayThe injured doctors have been treated and are reported to be stable IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/doctors-assaulted-by-patients-relatives-at-mumbais-cooper-hospital-case-registered-647590.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-held-in-amritsar-for-murder-of-italy-based-resident-weapons-seized-647593.html Chandigarh Nov 8 In a major breakthrough Punjab Police have arrested two people involved in the murder of Italybased Malkit Singh in Amritsar and recovered five sophisticated weapons from their possession said Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday Those arrested have been identified as Bikramjit Singh alias Bikram and Karanbir Singh The recovered weapons include one foreignmade 30 caliber PX5 pistol one 30 caliber pistol one foreignmade 45 caliber pistol one 32 caliber pistol and one revolver along with 20 cartridges from their possessionAs per the information two people opened fire at victim Malkit Singh when he was sowing wheat in Dhariwal village along with his father on November 1Malkit Singh succumbed to his wounds in a hospitalDGP Yadav said accused Bikramjit Singh is associated with the terrorist organisation Khalistan Liberation Force KLF and has a criminal historyHe was also involved in the 2018 grenade attack on a religious place at Raja SansiThe DGP said preliminary investigation revealed that on the directions of his foreignhandlers accused Bikramjit had procured illegal weapons from across the border to carry out crimes in the stateSharing operational details DIG Border Range Sandeep Goel said acting on inputs police teams from Amritsar Rural under the overall supervision of SSP Maninder Singh arrested Bikramjit On his disclosure another accused Karanbir was arrestedThe DIG said with arrest of these two operatives of KLF Punjab Police has thwarted sensational crimes in the stateEarlier on October 31 DGP Gaurav Yadav said that Punjab Police apprehended three operatives of the banned Sikhs for Justice SFJ for writing proKhalistan slogans on walls of schools in PunjabNew Yorkbased SFJ is backed by mastermind Gurpatwant Singh Pannun a dual USCanadian citizen designated a terrorist by the Indian government Those arrested have been identified as Navjot Singh alias Jota 24 and Gurpreet Singh 26 both residents of Kaliaewala village in Ferozepur and Harjinder Singh a resident of Mananwala in BathindaThe Police have also recovered four mobile phones and one dongle device from their possessionAs per information ProKhalistani slogans were found written on the walls of two schools including a school at Mananwala village on the intervening night of October 19 and 20DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused painted inflammatory slogans aimed at inciting public unrest and promoting antinational sentimentsEvidence indicates they were receiving foreign funding for these unlawful activities he said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-held-in-amritsar-for-murder-of-italy-based-resident-weapons-seized-647593.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-arrested-for-kidnapping-murder-of-gold-trader-in-bengal-647595.html Kolkata Nov 8 The police have arrested two persons in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a gold trader from the West Midnapore district of West Bengal The family of the deceased businessman named Swapan Kamilya had filed a complaint against Rajganj Block Development Officer BDO Prashant Barman in Jalpaiguri district for the kidnapping and murderThe police on Saturday said that the driver of the Rajganj BDO and his friend have been arrested According to police sources the accused have been identified as Raju Dhali and Tufan Thapa Raju Dhali is a resident of the Rajarhat area in New Town He is the driver of the Rajganj BDO The other person Tufan is said to be a friend of the BDOMeanwhile CCTV footage has come into the hands of police officers investigating the crime Sources said it was captured in the footage that the body was being removed in a vehicle with a blue light on top of itOn Saturday the accused were produced in the Bidhannagar Subdivisional Court where the judge ordered police custody of the arrested for 12 daysIt may be recalled that on October 28 Swapan Kamilyas body was recovered from a ditch in the Jatragachi area in the New Town near Kolkata His house is in Dilmatia village of Mohanpur police station in West Midnapore district He has a gold shop in Duttabad in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata Last August some gold jewellery was stolen from the house of Rajganj BDO Prashant BarmanAccording to the police the caretaker of the house claimed that he had sold the stolen gold to Swapan Kamilya Similarly Rajganj BDO Prashant Barman went to Swapan Kamilyas house in the West Midnapore district Swapan was not at home at that time The BDO had allegedly threatened to kill him Swapans family has handed over one such video to the Mohanpur police stationAccording to the police later the BDO of Rajganj contacted Swapan Kamilya At that time the gold merchant promised to return the gold jewelleryAccordingly on October 27 Prashant Barman came to Swapan Kamilyas gold shop in Duttabad Five other people were with him Allegedly Swapan and his house owner were picked up in a car and were taken towards New Town After going some distance the landlord was dropped off The landlord could not say where Swapan was takenThe next day Swapans bloody body was found in a ditch in Jatragachi According to police sources there were multiple injury marks on the bodyOn November 5 Swapans brotherinlaw Debashis Kamilya filed a written complaint at Bidhannagar South police station and a case was registered against Rajganj BDO Prashant Barman under the sections of kidnapping and murder and destruction of evidence The BDO however denied such allegations IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-arrested-for-kidnapping-murder-of-gold-trader-in-bengal-647595.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-congress-collects-112-crore-signatures-across-state-against-voter-fraud--647597.html Bengaluru Nov 8 Under the signature campaign launched by Congress leaders against voter fraud across the country Karnataka alone has collected 11240000 112 crore signatures said Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee KPCC President DK Shivakumar He addressed a joint press conference with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held at the Congress office Bharat Jodo Bhavan in Bengaluru on SaturdaySignatures have been collected from all Assembly constituencies and 40 districts where our party is politically organised Our workers have worked with great sincerity in this campaign Except for about 810 places the response has been excellent everywhere Signatures were collected boothwise and awareness is being created among the public about voter fraud he saidThe petitions with these signatures will be sent to Delhi on November 10 Along with the district presidents who worked most responsibly in this campaign these petitions will be taken to Delhi by airA massive public rally is being planned at Ramlila Maidan Delhi in the third week of November November 25 This campaign will not stop here areas that couldnt complete collection will get three to four more days he saidUnder Rahul Gandhis leadership a massive nationwide campaign is being conducted through this signature movement to protect democracy the Constitution and voting rights In the Mahadevapura constituency a study revealed over one lakh fraudulent votes In one house over 80 votes were registered in one bar 7080 voters were listed Rahul Gandhi exposed this with evidence and drew national attention he saidNow Rahul Gandhi has also exposed 25 lakh fake votes in the Haryana Assembly elections Protecting Indias Constitution and democracy is at the heart of Rahul Gandhis fight This movement which began in Karnataka will spread nationwide to present peoples opinions to the President and the Election Commission This is not merely the Congresss fight its a fight to protect citizens right to vote People across party lines have participated Shivakumar statedWhen asked if the Election Commission is revising lists to cover up fraud After we exposed these irregularities the Commission suddenly started revisions Why now Because we began this movement To prevent this the State Election Commission has decided to use its own separate voter list for local body elections instead of the central one That will reveal the extent of fraud he saidAsked about the Haryana case where a woman allegedly had 200 votes We have spoken wherever fraud has occurred even where weve won despite it In Aland our candidate won despite such conspiracies In Haryana Rahul Gandhi exposed evidencebased irregularities yet the Commission did nothingWith modern technology how can such fraud continue The Election Commission itself is complicit he allegedWhen asked about demands for CCTV footage from polling booths Shivakumar said Rahul Gandhi never asked to see who voted for whom We only want data showing how many people entered the booths and when For example in Maharashtra lakhs of votes were cast in the last hour we just want records of that IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-congress-collects-112-crore-signatures-across-state-against-voter-fraud--647597.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rs-69-crore-chit-fund-scam-ed-seizes-rs-84-lakh-cash-car-during-searches-in-odisha-647605.html New Delhi Nov 8 The Enforcement Directorate ED has seized unaccounted cash totalling Rs 8420 lakh and a luxury car during searches at four premises in Odishas Berhampur in connection with a Rs 69 crore chit fund scam an official said on Saturday The Directorate of Enforcement ED Bhubaneshwar conducted search operation on Thursday at four premises under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation against the Green India Infra Projects Ltd and its related entitiesThe ED case is linked to the CBISCBKolkata registered an FIR bearing No RC11S2014 dated June 4 2014 against the Green India Infra Projects Ltd and its promoters in connection with multi crore chit fund scamIt was alleged that the various group companies had collected the money from hundreds of gullible investors and ultimately cheated themThe said amounts were collected under the guise of huge returns or to provide flats in Green Paradise Project However the company neither returned the invested amount nor did they allot any flats to the investorsOn being asked to refund the money paid to the alleged company by the investors the MD of the company refused to refund the amount paid by them as advance and threatened them Thus the depositors have been cheated by the said company to the tune of Rs 69 crore the ED saidDuring the investigation it was found that the accused persons had laundered the Proceeds of Crime and invested the same in the various immovable properties and other assets the statement saidSharing details of the action taken on Thursday the ED said that during search operations unaccounted cash of Rs 8420 lakh was found which was seizedFurther one Mercedes car other documentary evidencedigital devices were also seized Various incriminating documents including property documents of various immovable properties were also found in the search premises which were seized it said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rs-69-crore-chit-fund-scam-ed-seizes-rs-84-lakh-cash-car-during-searches-in-odisha-647605.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/gang-involved-in-four-wheeler-thefts-busted-in-noida-4-arrested-647619.html Noida Nov 8 The Noida Police have busted a gang involved in stealing fourwheeler vehicles across multiple districts and states Acting on a tipoff police from Sector113 police station arrested four notorious criminals from Supertech Romano Tpoint in Sector118 recovering parts of 10 dismantled stolen cars worth around Rs 50 lakhIn addition to this the police also seized two vehicles used in the thefts and hightech tools used to break car locks According to officials the gang operated mostly at night targeting vehicles parked along main roads near hotels or in public parking spaces They would carefully survey the area and when the opportunity arose break open the driverside lock to steal the carOnce stolen the vehicles were taken to isolated locations where they were dismantled into parts These spare parts were then sold at throwaway prices to scrap dealers making it difficult to trace the original vehicles To avoid detection the gang members never used mobile phones during their operationsPolice described the arrested men as professional criminals who had been operating for several years The earnings from stolen vehicles were reportedly spent on personal expenses and on legal proceedings in their pending criminal casesThe arrested suspects have been identified as Monu alias Yashveer 30 resident of Bulandshahr district Jagan Yadav 40 resident of Bulandshahr district Imran 40 resident of Gautam Buddh Nagar district and Sohanbir 32 resident of Aligarh districtTheir educational backgrounds range from 6th to 12th gradePolice revealed that the main accused Monu has a long criminal record He is already facing 17 cases in Delhi Bulandshahr and Gautam Buddh Nagar under serious charges including theft robbery the Gangsters Act and the Arms ActInvestigators said the gang had been active for years and operated as part of a wider network involved in vehicle theft and illegal spare part trade across western Uttar Pradesh and nearby regions Further investigation is underway to trace other members of the network and recover more stolen property IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/gang-involved-in-four-wheeler-thefts-busted-in-noida-4-arrested-647619.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-police-conduct-raids-across-five-districts-in-social-media-abuse-case-647647.html Srinagar Nov 9 The CounterIntelligence wing of JampK Police on Sunday was raiding five districts in Kashmir in connection with social media misuse by antinational elements that had the potential to disturb public order Officials said that the CounterIntelligence Kashmir CIK carried out a series of coordinated raids in five districts in connection with investigations into social media misuse and online activities deemed prejudicial to public orderAn official said that simultaneous searches were conducted in Pulwama Shopian Srinagar Baramulla and Kulgam districtsThe operation was launched early this morning following credible inputs about individuals allegedly using social media platforms to spread hateful and antinational content CIK teams assisted by local police seized several digital devices including mobile phones laptops and storage equipment for forensic analysis The raids were conducted at multiple residential premises and business establishments suspected to be linked with the online abuse network officials saidOfficials added that the crackdown aims to identify and curb elements using social media to incite communal disharmony glorify militancy or threaten individualsSome suspects have been detained for questioning while others are under surveillance pending verification of digital evidence The operation is ongoing and further searches may follow based on the evidence gathered during the preliminary raids officials saidThe JampK Police and the security forces have been carrying out aggressive antiterrorist operations targeting terrorists their overground workers and sympathisersSocial media misuse has been a major tool used by elements inimical to peace and stability in JampK In addition to spreading the antinational and proterrorist propaganda social media has been used by terrorist outfits and their OGWs for threatening politicians police personnel and those involved in intelligence targeting to identify the antinational and antisocial elements in the union territoryDrug smuggling and hawala money rackets are also on the radar of the security forces as it is believed that the funds generated by these unlawful operations are finally used to sustain terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-police-conduct-raids-across-five-districts-in-social-media-abuse-case-647647.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/four-year-old-sexually-assaulted-bjp-says-females-unsafe-in-bengal-647649.html Kolkata Nov 9 A fouryearold girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in West Bengals Hooghly district after which the BJP criticised the Mamata government for the deteriorating law and order in the state In a social media post late Saturday night Union Minister of State for Education and DoNER Sukanta Majumdar highlighted the incident while commenting on the deteriorating law and order in the stateEven a fouryearold girl is not safe in Mamata Banerjees terrifying demonic reign The family members of a fouryearold girl from Tarkeshwar Hooghly have alleged that she was kidnapped from her home while she was sleeping and raped She was rescued in a badly injured state after a long time of kidnapping wrote MajumdarBut how strange When the family of the victim went to the local Tarkeshwar police station to file a rape complaint the police turned the victims family away and even refused to take the complaint the family alleged said the BJP leaderThe Union Minister claimed that women are not safe in Bengal as they are being tortured across the stateWhat kind of monstrous West Bengal is this where a sleeping baby is kidnapped and raped From the city to the mouflon from the suburbs to the remote villages women are being oppressed and tortured everywhere On the one hand the ultimate horror of womens oppression and on the other hand the police themselves the guardians of the law are trying their best to protect the rapists Failed CM How long will Mamata Banerjee hold on to her seat Majumdar askedAccording to the police a fouryearold girl who had taken shelter in the Tarkeshwar railway station premises was allegedly abducted while she was sleeping and sexually abused in the wee hours on SaturdayThe family claimed that the child had been missing since early SaturdayA search was carried out in various places after which the child was recovered from a drain adjacent to the station in the afternoonShe was taken to Tarkeshwar Rural Hospital and released after primary treatmentA case was registered on the complaint by the victims family However no one has been arrested in connection with the incident so far Appropriate action will be taken against the culprit said a senior officer of Hooghly district police IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/four-year-old-sexually-assaulted-bjp-says-females-unsafe-in-bengal-647649.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/business-rivalry-behind-daylight-killing-of-bjp-leader-neelu-rajak-police-647535.html KatniBhopal Nov 8 In a significant breakthrough Katni Police have dispelled initial claims of a communal motive behind the brutal daylight murder of BJPs Pichda Morcha Mandal head Neelu Nilesh Rajak Contrary to early allegations linking the killing to love jihad investigators have uncovered a complex web of personal enmity and business rivalry as the true causeRajak 38 a prominent Bajrang Dal activist and labour contractor was shot dead near a bank in Kymore on October 28 around 11 amFive individuals have been arrested in connection with the crime revealing a twomonthold dispute that escalated fatallyTwo assailants on a motorcycle fired multiple rounds fatally hitting him in the head and chest He succumbed to his injuries at Vijayraghavgarh Government Hospital leaving behind his elderly mother and two young childrenThe killing sparked widespread outrage and communal unrest Supporters led by BJP MLA Sanjay Pathak staged road blockades and delayed the postmortem examination demanding swift justicePathak alleged that Rajak had been targeted for opposing love jihad citing a prior threat from Akram Khan who was accused of harassing schoolgirls near DAV School a complaint reportedly ignored by policeHowever the investigation revealed a deeper motiveSuperintendent of Police Abhinay Vishwakarma on Saturday said that the murder stemmed from a twomonthold feud between Rajak and Akram Khan 33 rooted in verbal altercations and fierce competition in the labour supply businessFrequent clashes escalated into a deadly conspiracy Vishwakarma saidAkram along with Prince Joseph 30 conspired in the attack Accomplices Arif and Salim tracked Rajaks movements for two days while Harsh Singh from Amarpatan supplied the weapon a pistolSoon after the crime on October 29 police cornered Akram and Prince in Kajrawara BahoribandA brief gunfight ensued injuring both men who are now hospitalised under guard Arif and Salim surrendered shortly after and Harsh Singh was arrested on November 3Three suspects remain at large and their sketches have been circulated onlineThe aftermath was grim Communal tensions prompted prohibitory orders in Kymore and in a tragic turn Princes father Nelson Joseph died by suicide following his sons arrestChief Minister Mohan Yadav condemned the killing ordered strict action and sent Minister Rao Uday Pratap Singh to console the bereaved familySocial media erupted with JusticeForNeelu garnering over 10000 postsWhile BJP leaders hailed Rajak as a fearless karyakarta opposition parties criticised police negligence leading to the suspension of two officersAs Katni grapples with the tragedy authorities ensured justiceWe will apprehend the remaining accused and ensure peace prevails assured SP Vishwakarma IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/business-rivalry-behind-daylight-killing-of-bjp-leader-neelu-rajak-police-647535.html Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/11-from-tgana-among-270-indians-repatriated-from-thailand-647428.html Hyderabad Nov 7 Eleven people from Telangana are among 270 Indian nationals repatriated from Thailand after fleeing Myanmar following a military raid on cybercrime hubs The Indian citizens arrived in Delhi by a special Indian Air Force IAF flight on Thursday nightThe Telangana government said the group of 11 people were handed over to the Telangana Bhavan authorities in New Delhi after due investigation and verification by the concerned central government officialsThe Telangana government officials immediately took steps to provide them temporary accommodation They also made arrangements for their travel to HyderabadAccording to the state government these people were trapped in cybercrime camps in Myawaddy Myanmar and returned home todayThese citizens are from districts like Hyderabad Karimnagar and WarangalThese rescued Indians were victims of organised cyber fraud networks which had lured them with the promise of highpaying jobs They were later held captive and forced to engage in illegal online activities This repatriation is in continuation with the earlier rescue operations undertaken by the government of India to bring back Indian nationals trapped in such fraudulent setups across the MyanmarThailand border region said an official statementThe government of Telangana through Telangana Bhavan Delhi has made all necessary arrangements in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs and other concerned agencies to provide temporary accommodation essential support and safe transportation back to HyderabadTwo special flights operated by the Indian Air Force flew back 270 Indian nationals including 26 women from Chiang Mai in Thailand to Hindon airbase in Uttar Pradesh These individuals were among hundreds of international workers who were forced to leave the cyberscam centres that were operating out of Myawaddy taking advantage of the lax cyber infrastructure of MyanmarThe Indian investigating agencies reportedly gathered details from these people as to how they ended up there and what all activities they were participating in IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/11-from-tgana-among-270-indians-repatriated-from-thailand-647428.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/calcutta-hcs-rg-kar-rape-amp-murder-case-bench-lead-judge-recuses-himself-from-hearing-647189.html Kolkata Nov 6 Justice Debangshu Basak the lead judge or a senior judge of a division bench of the Calcutta High Court hearing the RG Kar rape and murder case on Thursday recused from hearing the matter However it is not yet clear why Justice Basak recused from hearing in the matterNow the matter will be referred to the Calcutta High Courts Acting Chief Justice Sujay Paul who will decide on the new division bench to hear the matterThe parents of the woman junior doctor of staterun RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who became a victim of rape and murder within the hospital premises in August last year approached Calcutta High Courts singlejudge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh seeking a fresh probe in the matter since the beginningThey sought a fresh probe in the matter after expressing dissatisfaction over the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI in the matter which identified civic volunteer Sanjay Roy as the sole accused in the rape and murder caseThe victims parents claimed that the rape and murder of their daughter was a part of a larger conspiracy involving several influential personsHowever earlier this year Justice Ghosh recused from hearing the matterThereafter the victims parents approached the Calcutta High Courts division bench of Justice Basak and Justice Md Shabbar RashidiNow on Thursday Justice Basak also recused from hearing the matterBesides the Calcutta High Court the matter of the RG Kar rape and murder case is also being heard at the Supreme Court and a trial court in KolkataThis same trial court earlier had identified Sanjay Roy a former civic volunteer attached to the Kolkata Police as the sole accused in the case and sentenced him to life imprisonmentHowever CBI had challenged that order of the trial court and approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a death sentence for Sanjay Roy IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/calcutta-hcs-rg-kar-rape-amp-murder-case-bench-lead-judge-recuses-himself-from-hearing-647189.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-man-dies-after-suspected-drug-overdose-647190.html Hyderabad Nov 6 Suspected drug overdose claimed the life of a 28yearold man in Hyderabad while two others including his livein partner were taken ill police said Ahmed Ali a resident of the Kalapather area in the old city succumbed while being shifted to a hospital by his friends in the early hours of ThursdayAccording to the police he had been staying in a rented flat in a gated community in Shivrampally along with his friend identified as Zohra 28 a native of Andhra Pradeshs KurnoolAli along with Zohra and his friend Syed Bin Salah consumed drugs including opium at the flat on Wednesday Ali reportedly began vomiting blood and collapsed His friends tried to shift him to a hospital but he died on the wayPolice shifted his body to the Osmania General Hospital for postmortem examination Drug overdose is suspected to have caused the death Police have sent samples for forensic analysis to confirm the cause of deathZohra and Salah were also taken for medical examination and are said to be stableA case has been registered at the Rajendranagar police station of the Cyberabad CommissionerateMeanwhile six persons including three consumers involved in the supply and distribution of the MDMA and ganja were arrested during a joint operation by Rajendranagar police and Special Operations Teams SOT of Rajendranagar and Madhapur zonesDeputy Commissioner of Police Rajendranagar Zone Yogesh Goutam said 18 grams of MDMA 130 grams of ganja and five mobile phones were seized from the accusedPolice arrested three suppliers near Aramghar X Road in Rajendranagar They have been identified as Sangadi Santosh 26 of Kakinada Andhra Pradesh Gandhi Sandeep 23 of Bengaluru and Kandepalli Shiva Kumar 23 a lorry driver from Rajahmundry Andhra PradeshActing on the information given by suppliers the police arrested three consumers They were identified as Palaka Sai Babu 25 an IT employee from Rajahmundry Kotha Vishal Reddy 28 a private employee from Khajaguda and Plishetty Sameer 24 a photographer from KPHBAccording to police the suppliers had a history of drug offences with Santosh earlier being booked under the NDPS Act in Andhra Pradesh The key supplier who coordinated the racket remains abscondingAccording to police the accused had connected with an unidentified drug source on Instagram who coordinated deliveries through interstate peddlers The gang transported 17 grams of MDMA and 150 grams of ganja from Bengaluru to Hyderabad concealing the drugs in bagsUpon reaching Aramghar X Road Rajendranagar they were intercepted and apprehended by the police Acting on their confession three consumers were later arrested in the same areaAll six accused have been remanded to judicial custody while efforts are underway to trace the absconding supplier IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-man-dies-after-suspected-drug-overdose-647190.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:35:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-sit-makes-fourth-arrest-in-sabarimala-gold-theft-case-647194.html Kochi Nov 6 The Special Investigation Team SIT probing the Sabarimala gold plating theft case on Thursday night recorded the arrest of KS Byju a former employee of the Travancore Devaswom Board TDB marking the fourth arrest in the case The move adds a crucial link to the ongoing probe into the disappearance of gold used in plating parts of the Sabarimala temple in 2019Byju who is the seventh accused in the case was the responsible official then and had served as the custodian of the gold plates sent for replating work to the private firm Smart Creations in ChennaiIt has now been found that he was on leave on the day the gold plates were taken from the temple to Chennai a development that has raised questions about procedural safeguards and oversight at that stageHis arrest comes a day after the Kerala High Court directed further investigation in the case after examining the SITs secondstage reportThe court had stressed that the probe must establish clear accountability and identify any official negligence in the handling of temple goldAccording to sources the SIT will move the Ranni Magistrate Court on Friday seeking the custody of two accused currently in judicial remand to facilitate a joint interrogation with ByjuAmong those already arrested are the prime accused sponsor Unnikrishnan Potti serving TDB employee Murari Babu and former TDB employee Sudheesh KumarInvestigators believe that questioning Byju in the presence of Babu and Kumar could help establish the sequence of events leading to the disappearance of the gold during the replating processThe SIT suspects that genuine gold sheets used to cover parts of the sanctum were replaced with portions of the original gold allegedly siphoned off during transit or replatingByjus custodial role of the temples assets and his absence on the day of the transfer of the gold plates are now key areas of scrutinyThe SIT is examining whether his actions amounted to willful negligence or complicity in the alleged theftThe case has generated widespread public concern prompting judicial monitoring even as the Congress and the BJP have been demanding a probe by a central agency IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-sit-makes-fourth-arrest-in-sabarimala-gold-theft-case-647194.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-solve-robbery-case-within-48-hours-arrest-four-647216.html New Delhi Nov 7 The Delhi Police on Friday cracked a robbery case within 48 hours arresting four accused involved in the crime With their arrest police have recovered Rs 18000 in cash and a Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire car used in the offence According to a statement issued by the SouthWest District Police the staff of Police Post Subroto Park under the jurisdiction of Police Station Delhi Cantt apprehended four accused persons identified as Amit alias Kaku 21 years Pawan 22 years Manish alias Churri 21 years and Sonam 19 yearsOn November 3 a PCR call was received at the Delhi Cantt police station regarding a robbery committed by occupants of an unidentified car The complainant informed police that after arriving from the IGI Airport to Dhaula Kuan Bus Stand around 130 am he boarded a private Maruti Suzuki Tour car already occupied by three men and a womanDuring the journey the woman allegedly began abusing and threatening him while the men forcibly took his belongings including a mobile phone and debit cards The accused later withdrew Rs 33000 from his bank account using the stolen card They also broke his mobile phone and threw it away before abandoning him at an isolated locationFollowing the complaint a case was registered under FIR No 2832025 US 309 BNS at Police Station Delhi Cantt and an investigation was initiatedConsidering the seriousness of the crime a dedicated police team was formed under the close supervision of Anil Kumar ACPDelhi Cantt and Inspector Shyoram SHODelhi Cantt The investigation team comprised Sub Inspector Jasbir Malik ICPP Subroto Park PSI Manish Kumar Head Constable Pawan HC Rakesh Kumar HC Bhaskar and Ct RavinderThe team meticulously analysed CCTV footage from NH48 Vasant Kunj Road MR Road and Mahipalpur Road which led them to identify a suspicious Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire Enquiry revealed that the car belonged to one Lokesh Gupta who had rented it out to Amit alias KakuA swift raid was conducted resulting in the arrest of Amit alias Kaku and Manish alias Churri Based on their disclosure coaccused Pawan and Sonam were also apprehended from their residencesAmit alias Kaku 21 years a resident of Vijay Enclave Palam Dabri New Delhi is a 4thclass pass and works as a private cab driver An orphan with two siblings he has a history of criminal activity He has been previously involved in nine criminal cases registered at various police stations including Vasant Kunj South and North Delhi Cantt Kapashera and Dwarka South related to robbery theft and violations of the Arms Act He was also arrested earlier by Gurugram Police in a similar casePawan 22 years also from Vijay Enclave Palam Dabri New Delhi is a 12th pass and works as a cab driverManish alias Churri 21 years resides in Mahavir Enclave New Delhi He has studied up to Class 10 and is currently unemployed Police said he is a close associate of the main accused Amit alias KakuSonam 19 years a resident of Vijay Enclave Dwarka New Delhi studied up to Class 4 She comes from a broken family as her father remarried and lives separately Sonam has a record of involvement in four robbery cases along with the accused Amit when she was a juvenile She had previously been sent to an Observation Home for 40 daysDuring interrogation the accused confessed to their involvement in the crimeFurther investigation is underway to ascertain the involvement of the accused persons in other similar offences IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-solve-robbery-case-within-48-hours-arrest-four-647216.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-crime-branch-files-charge-sheet-against-10-in-fictitious-land-compensation-case-647218.html Srinagar Nov 7 The Economic Offences Wing EOW of JampK Crime Branch Kashmir said on Friday that it has submitted the charge sheet in the court against 10 accused in the fictitious land compensation case in Anantnag district A statement issued by the Crime Branch Kashmir said The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in case FIR No 122015 under Sections 420 467 468 471 120B RPC read with Section 52 of the Prevention of Corruption Act before the Honble Court of Special Judge AntiCorruption Anantnag The charge sheet has been produced against ten accused individuals for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent compensation case related to fictitious land acquisition in Anantnag DistrictThe case pertains to the fraudulent release of compensation amounts in favour of nonexistent beneficiaries whose land was falsely shown to have been acquired by the government during the construction of the VerinagKokernag road via BatagundDuring the investigation it was found that certain officials of the Revenue Department the then Tehsildar Dooru the then Naib Tehsildar Dooru the then Girdawar Dooru and the then Pathwari Dooru in a criminal conspiracy with some private individuals manipulated and forged revenue records to facilitate the illegal disbursement of compensation funds the statement saidFictitious entries were allegedly made in official records to obtain wrongful monetary gains causing significant loss to the State exchequer and undermining public trust After a thorough investigation and collection of evidence the Economic Offences Wing has filed the charge sheet before the Honble Court for judicial determination the EOW saidThe Crime Branch Kashmir reiterates its commitment to ensuring transparency and accountability in public administration and to bringing all those involved in economic offences to justice it further saidThe JampK Police and the security forces have been carrying out aggressive operations against terrorists their overground workers OGWs sympathisers drug smugglers and those involved in hawala money rackets and financial scamsThese operations are aimed at dismantling the complete ecosystem of terror in the union territory It is believed that funds generated by drug smuggling hawala money rackets and financial crimes are finally used to sustain terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-crime-branch-files-charge-sheet-against-10-in-fictitious-land-compensation-case-647218.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/wbssc-case-results-of-written-examination-for-fresh-recruitment-of-higher-secondary-teachers-today-647235.html Kolkata Nov 7 The results of the written examination for fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in staterun schools in West Bengal will be declared on Friday The West Bengal School Service Commission WBSSC conducted the examination on September 14 to fill vacancies created after the Supreme Court cancelled 25753 school jobsThe total number of vacancies for teaching staff in the higher secondary section in staterun schools in West Bengal stands at 12514On September 14 a total of 246653 candidates appeared for the written examination including the untainted teachers who also lost their jobs following the Supreme Courts order earlier this yearOf the 246653 candidates who appeared for the written examination 3120 were differentlyabled candidatesA list of the successful candidates in the written examination will be uploaded on the website of the commission later in the day confirmed an official of WBSSCOn April 3 this year a division bench of the Supreme Court cancelled all 25753 school jobs in the entire WBSSC panel for 2016 The 25753 school jobs cancelled included both teaching and nonteaching staffThe entire panel was cancelled because despite repeated insistence first by the Calcutta High Court and then by the Apex Court neither WBSSC nor the West Bengal government presented two lists segregating the untainted candidates from the tainted who got jobs by paying moneyIn April the division bench of the Apex Court also barred the identified tainted candidates both in teaching and nonteaching categories from participating in the fresh recruitment processThe untainted candidates accused the state government of deliberately not publishing the segregated lists to protect the interests of the tainted ones considering that ruling Trinamool Congress leaders were allegedly the main beneficiaries in the cashforschool job caseAlready the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI and Enforcement Directorate ED which are conducting parallel probes in the multicrore cashforschool job case have identified former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee as the mastermind in the alleged scam IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/wbssc-case-results-of-written-examination-for-fresh-recruitment-of-higher-secondary-teachers-today-647235.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kalyan-banerjee-loses-rs-55-lakh-to-cyber-fraud-in-west-bengal-647270.html Kolkata Nov 7 Fourtime Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjee reportedly lost Rs 55 lakh in an online financial fraud in West Bengal According to Banerjee former Trinamool Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha he had a bank account with State Bank of India SBI where his salary as a member of West Bengal Assembly was credited in the period between 2001 and 2006 when he was a Trinamool Congress legislator from Asansol Dakshin constituency which was then a part of undivided Burdwan district and now a part of West Burdwan districtThe account had become dormant due to inactivity for a long periodHowever recently it came to his notice that an amount of Rs 55 lakh was first transferred to that dormant account from his personal account with the Kalighat branch of SBI and subsequently that entire amount of Rs 55 lakh was debited from that dormant accountHe immediately contacted the SBI authorities and the latter had already filed a complaint on this count with the cybercrime division of Kolkata Police The police had already started an investigation into the matterThe entire matter is being investigated thoroughly Bank officials are also being contacted Attempts are being made to track the fraudsters At the same time the bank authorities are also investigating whether there was any lapse on their part as well confirmed an official of the city policeIt is learnt that the picture and mobile number of the fourtime Lok Sabha member were used in conducting that forgeryHowever Banerjee himself has refrained from making any comment to the media persons on this issueHowever Banerjee is quite hopeful of the cops solving the case at the earliest and getting his money back said a Trinamool Congress leader close to Banerjee IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kalyan-banerjee-loses-rs-55-lakh-to-cyber-fraud-in-west-bengal-647270.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/youth-kills-mother-over-study-admonition-in-madhya-pradesh-arrested-647310.html Shahdol Nov 7 In a shocking incident a 20yearold youth has been arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his mother to death with household items in the tribal hamlet of Barkachh in Madhya Pradeshs Shahdol district Police suspect that the youth killed his 40yearold mother Savita Kola feeling offended over oftenrepeated admonitions over his lack of interest in studiesThe crime uncovered on November 4 has sent shockwaves through the quiet village under the Biohari police station areaNeighbours grew suspicious after not seeing Savita Kol or her son for days prompting them to alert police authoritiesThe police broke open the locked door of the house to a gruesome sight Savitas body in a pool of blood her skull crushed and her son sitting silently beside her unresponsive and unmovedThe weapons a wooden stick and a kitchen pestle used for grinding spices lay nearby stained with bloodSpeaking to IANS Mukesh Abindra SubDivisional Police Officer SDPO of Biohari confirmed the arrestPrima facie the motive stems from the mothers repeated scolding about his wayward behaviour and failure to pursue education Abindra told reportersHe associated with local troublemakers and resented her efforts to reform him We have arrested him on Thursday night and are investigating the matterThe son whose identity is withheld due to ongoing investigation has remained largely mute during interrogation offering no confession or defenceLocals described Savita as a devoted single mother her husband reportedly passed away years ago from illness leaving her to raise the boy alone amid financial hardshipsShe worked as a daily wage labourer in nearby fields The son often seen loitering with a group of unemployed youths involved in alcohol consumption was a source of constant worryThe body of Savita has been sent for postmortem examination yet the primary investigation suggested multiple bluntforce injuries to the head and face causing instantaneous death due to intracranial haemorrhageBlood samples and the murder weapons have been sent for analysis to a forensic expertPolice are also examining the sons mobile phone for any digital footprints linking him to external influences including possible exposure to violent online content a growing concern in rural Madhya Pradesh where a 2024 NCRB report noted a 15 per cent rise in crimes influenced by social mediaThis case echoes similar matricides in the state in 2023 a 17yearold in Jabalpur killed his mother over pocket money disputes IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/youth-kills-mother-over-study-admonition-in-madhya-pradesh-arrested-647310.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-narcotics-bureau-intensifies-action-against-drug-traffickers-647330.html Chandigarh Nov 7 With the goal of making the state drug free the Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau has intensified decisive action against drug traffickers online networks and financial infrastructure Chairing the fifth bimonthly review meeting on Friday Director General of Police OP Singh emphasised that Haryana Police will no longer limit its operations to mere seizures of narcotics but will also dismantle the sources networks and funding channels behind drug traffickingDuring the meeting several key priorities were set for the coming months including increased surveillance on cyber and online drug transactions strengthening interagency coordination at the state and central levels detailed investigations into money trails and intensified public awareness campaigns across villages to safeguard youth from addictionAdditionally a monthly performance review and incentivebased evaluation system for all units will be implementedFrom January to October the bureau registered 232 FIRs and arrested 422 accused persons Of these 63 cases involved commercial quantity drugs representing 1622 per cent of all such cases registered across HaryanaThe bureau made significant seizures of pharmaceutical drugs opium poppy straw and charas hashish underscoring the bureaus focus on both traditional and emerging drug threats Since 2020 the bureau has registered 1712 FIRs and arrested 2994 accused persons These include 264 commercial quantity CQ 1051 intermediate quantity IQ and 397 small quantity SQ casesBetween January and October a total of 3007 NDPS cases were registered across Haryana involving 5378 arrests Of these 63 CQ cases were registered by the bureau accounting for 1622 per cent of all such cases in the stateIn the interstate and international action the Haryana Police have taken stringent measures against drug networks Between January and October 2025 436 interstate and 27 international traffickers were arrestedThe interstate arrests involved offenders from Uttar Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan and Delhi while 22 of the international arrests were Nigerian nationals Preventive actions under the PITNDPS Act have been prioritisedSixtytwo offenders have been detained under preventive detention orders mostly from Dabwali Kaithal and Fatehabad districts demonstrating the bureaus consistent commitment to curbing repeat offendersStriking at the financial backbone of drug traffickers assets worth over Rs 1043 crore belonging to 104 traffickers have been identified and frozen under Section 68F of the NDPS Act in 2025 aloneFrom 2022 to 2025 a total of 113 such properties were identified and destroyed These actions mark a significant step toward dismantling the economic framework of the drug trade in the state The crackdown will continue relentlesslyBetween January and October out of 1185 NDPS cases adjudicated across Haryana 575 convictions were securedThe bureau now emphasises comprehensive investigations rather than surfacelevel inquiries Recent cases such as one involving 11 linked arrests highlight the Bureaus focus on both source and destination of the drug supply chainDGP Singh issued clear and firm directions to all officers reaffirming that the bureaus approach against drugs is uncompromising and decisiveOur mission is not only to arrest offenders but to completely dismantle the entire ecosystem of drug trafficking be it cyber networks funding channels or onground gangs This is not merely a duty but a moral responsibility toward our society he was quoted as sayingHe further cautioned that any negligence or laxity in antidrug operations will invite strict action and accountabilityEach unit incharge was instructed to treat every case as a model case ensuring integrated and effective efforts in investigation seizure followup and public awareness IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-narcotics-bureau-intensifies-action-against-drug-traffickers-647330.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/heroin-worth-rs-585-crore-seized-in-assam-two-arrested-647344.html Silchar Assam Nov 7 Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI jointly seized heroin worth Rs 585 crore in Assams Cachar district officials said on Friday A defence spokesman said that in a major success against drug trafficking Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the DRI recovered heroin valued at approximately Rs 585 crore in Cachar district of southern AssamActing on specific intelligence inputs regarding the movement of illicit drugs in the region an Assam Rifles team swiftly launched the operation He said that during the operation a vehicle was intercepted near Sonabarighat leading to the recovery of the narcotics consignmentTwo drug peddlers residents of Manipurs Chandel district were also apprehendedThe hilly district shares an unfenced border with Myanmar The vehicle used for transporting the drugs has been seized along with two mobile phones recovered from the suspectsAssam Rifles continues to play a pivotal role in curbing the menace of narcotics in the Northeast an official statement saidIt added that through sustained and coordinated operations with other enforcement agencies the paramilitary force remains committed to dismantling drug trafficking networks and safeguarding the youth from the perils of drug abuseNotably Myanmar shares a 1643kmlong unfenced border with four Northeastern states Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Manipur and Nagaland which serves as a key transit point for drugs particularly heroin and methamphetamine tabletsAt least six of the 10 districts of Mizoram Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip share a 510km border with Myanmar while five of the 16 Manipur districts Churachandpur Tengnoupal Chandel Kamjong and Ukhrul share a 398km unfenced international border with the neighbouring countryMizoram Manipur Tripura and southern Assam have turned into major corridors for drug smuggling from Myanmar with the illegal consignments being ferried to other parts of the country and abroad IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/heroin-worth-rs-585-crore-seized-in-assam-two-arrested-647344.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/interstate-mamu-gang-leader-wanted-in-multiple-bank-heists-arrested-in-delhi-647370.html New Delhi Nov 7 The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a notorious interstate gang leader Kamrul alias Mamu 51 who was wanted in several bank burglary cases across Karnataka and Maharashtra According to the Delhi Police Kamrul the mastermind of the Mamu Gang was nabbed by the Western RangeII unit of the Crime Branch from Mahavir Enclave in Delhi where he had been living under the guise of a fruit sellerAccording to officials Kamrul was wanted in three major cases of bank burglaries registered in Karnataka and a NonBailable Warrant NBW had been issued against him in connection with FIR No 072019 at Badami Police Station Bagalkot district KarnatakaActing on specific intelligence received by Sub Inspector Ravi Bhushan a team led by Inspector Gautam Malik and supervised by ACP Rajpal Dabas and DCP Crime Branch Harsh Indora laid a trap near 60 Futa Road in Uttam Nagar on November 5After a brief surveillance operation the accused was apprehended without incidentDuring interrogation Kamrul admitted to leading an organised interstate criminal network infamously known as the Mamu Gang which has been linked to a series of highprofile bank heists in Maharashtra and KarnatakaThe gang is known for its meticulous planning and use of disguisesMembers typically pose as fruit vendors during the day to surveil potential bank targets noting security routines and weak pointsOnce a location is selected the gang strikes at night using specialised tools to disable alarms and CCTV systems before fleeing to another cityThe Delhi Police said Kamrul has a long criminal record with over ten cases registered against him in Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra and Karnataka for offences ranging from robbery and theft to murder and violations under the Arms ActCases solved with his arrest include three major burglaries in Karnataka FIR Nos 072019 2042021 and 1892025 all registered at Badami Police StationPolice described Kamrul as a habitual and desperate offender who has been operating across states for decades using his fruit seller persona as a cover for orchestrating sophisticated bank burglaries IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/interstate-mamu-gang-leader-wanted-in-multiple-bank-heists-arrested-in-delhi-647370.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/assam-police-stf-cracks-down-on-wildlife-trafficking-network-2-held-647376.html Guwahati Nov 7 In a major crackdown on wildlife trafficking a team of the Special Task Force STF of Assam Police intercepted two individuals allegedly involved in the illegal smuggling of endangered species officials said on Friday The STF also recovered several protected wildlife species and their body parts from the possession of the arrested accusedAn Assam Police spokesperson said that in a significant operation against wildlife traffickers a team of the Special Task Force STF Assam intercepted two individuals engaged in the illegal smuggling of endangered species in the Jakhalabandha area of Nagaon district during the intervening night of Thursday and FridayHe said that acting on a specific intelligence input and with operational support from the Wildlife Crime Control WCC authority the STF team launched an operation in the Kuthori area under the jurisdiction of Jakhalabandha Police Station on ThursdayDuring the operation the STF team intercepted two suspects riding a Honda Glamour motorcycle near a local playground and recovered several protected wildlife species and their body parts from their possessionThe apprehended individuals have been identified as Bidya Singnar 30 and Samson Kathar 29 both residents of Rongmongve area under Karbi Anglong districtThe valuables recovered from their possession include six Tokay Geckos locally known as Keko Khap one live Slow Loris Lajuki Bandor Pangolin scales weighing 10630 kilograms one Honda Glamour motorcycle and two mobile phones with SIM cardsThe arrested accused were subsequently handed over by the STF and WCC team to Jakhalabandha Police Station after lodging an FIR Legal proceedings have been initiated under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 the police spokesman saidPreliminary investigation indicates that the recovered wildlife species and their parts were intended for trafficking to international markets where such items are in high demand for illegal trade he addedOfficials suspect that the protected wildlife species and their body parts including Pangolin scales were illegally collected from the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve KNPTR Indias seventh UNESCO World Heritage SiteFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/assam-police-stf-cracks-down-on-wildlife-trafficking-network-2-held-647376.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-lg-approves-action-against-2-fire-officials-for-basement-library-deaths-647405.html New Delhi Nov 7 Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena approved disciplinary action against two senior fire department officials for negligence and concealment of facts related to the death of three students in the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajendra Nagar last year an official said on Friday Divisional Officer Vedpal and Assistant Divisional Officer Udayveer Singh had allegedly submitted a false report after inspecting the basement on July 1 2024 and illegally permitted its use as a libraryThe false report had become the basis of a fire safety certificate that was issued on July 9 to the coaching centre to use the basement as a library said the officialSoon after the tragic death of the three IAS aspirants in the basement both the officials had been placed under suspension the official saidAction has now been initiated against them under Rules 14 and 18 of the CCS Commission on Civil Aviation Rules 1965 said an official statementThe Lieutenant Governor has directed the Vigilance Department to complete the investigation within the stipulated timeOn July 27 2024 three students died due to waterlogging in the illegal basement following heavy rains The deceased students were Shreya Yadav from Uttar Pradesh Tanya Soni from Telangana and Navin Delwin from KeralaThe incident sparked protests over the alleged negligence of government agencies for allowing illegal use of the basement as a library The space was officially designated only for parking and storageAfter the heavy rain the three victims drowned to death while 17 others remained trapped for several hours exposing significant safety violationsA petitioner also approached the Delhi High Court to order the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI to take over the probe into the incidentThe Union Ministry of Home Affairs MHA had also constituted a committee to investigate the incidentThis committee comprised the Additional Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs Delhis Principal Secretary for Home Special Commissioner of Delhi Police the Fire Advisor and Joint Secretary of MHA IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-lg-approves-action-against-2-fire-officials-for-basement-library-deaths-647405.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/theft-of-valuables-worth-rs-20-cr-reported-from-master-fraud-monson-mavunkals-kochi-house-647406.html Kochi Nov 7 A theft has been reported from the rented residence of Monson Mavunkal the prime accused in the multicrore antique fraud case at Kaloor in Kochi The incident came to light when Mavunkal currently out on parole visited the house after obtaining court permission to retrieve belongings stored there Police said the property which remains under the custody of the Kerala Police was the same house where Mavunkal allegedly kept artefacts he had showcased to investors as rare antiques to defraud them of several crores of rupeesAccording to his lawyer valuables worth around Rs 20 crore have gone missingThe theft is believed to have occurred within the past two weeksPreliminary findings suggest that the CCTV cameras installed at the premises had been dismantled prior to the incidentInvestigators suspect the culprits may have used duplicate keys to enter the house indicating the possible involvement of someone familiar with the propertyThe house owners have lodged a complaint with the police and Mavunkals lawyer said his client will also file a separate complaintPolice teams conducted an inspection of the residence on Friday in the presence of MavunkalThe Kerala Police confirmed that a similar incident had occurred at the same house in March last year shortly after police protection at the premises was withdrawn following the filing of the initial chargesheet in the fraud caseAt that time 15 valuable items were reported missing though police clarified none were antique piecesMavunkal arrested in 2021 is accused of swindling several people by displaying fake artefacts and claiming they were centuriesold antiques of immense historical valueHe reportedly convinced highprofile guests of his credibility by exhibiting artefacts he claimed included the staff of Moses and two of the 30 silver coins that Judas received for betraying Jesus ChristPolice said he also displayed a throne said to have belonged to Tipu Sultan along with a vast collection of old Qurans Bibles and handwritten copies of the Bhagavad GitaMavunkal frequently hosted VIPs at his palatial residence part of which was converted into a museum showcasing his socalled precious antiques IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/theft-of-valuables-worth-rs-20-cr-reported-from-master-fraud-monson-mavunkals-kochi-house-647406.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:54:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-204-crore-assets-in-thunchath-jewellers-money-laundering-case-647410.html Kozhikode Nov 7 The Enforcement Directorate ED has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 204 crore in connection with a money laundering case linked to cheating allegations against Thunchath Jewellers and its promoters The assets spread across Kerala and Karnataka include several immovable properties held in the names of the accused and their family membersThe attachment carried out by the EDs Kozhikode SubZonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 follows multiple complaints from investors who were allegedly defrauded through highreturn investment schemes floated by the firm to lure unsuspecting peopleAccording to the central agency Thunchath Jewellers a business unit of Accomplish Marketing Private Limited registered with the Registrar of Companies Cochin commenced operations in Tirur in 2012The company had 15 directors with M Jayachandran being its Managing Director Investigations found that the company collected large sums from investors through monthly schemes promising attractive returns in exchange for investing their hardearned moneyHowever Jayachandran and other directors allegedly diverted the funds for personal gain and went into hiding in 2017Nearly 70 First Information Reports FIR were subsequently registered by investors across several police stations in KeralaThe ED said its investigation which included recording statements from complainants and the accused and examining FIRs and chargesheets established that the funds mobilised by the firm through the schemes constituted proceeds of crimeThe agency further revealed that Jayachandran and others had with mala fide intent formed several new entities including Thunchath Gold LLP Accomplish Gold Pvt Ltd Thunchath Tours amp Travels Pvt Ltd and Thunchath Chits Pvt Ltd to route and conceal the diverted fundsThe proceeds were then used to acquire immovable properties in the names of the accused and their relativesThe ED added that further investigation is underway to trace additional assets and determine the full extent of the money trail and the scam that ruined many people IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-204-crore-assets-in-thunchath-jewellers-money-laundering-case-647410.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:57:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-among-2-drug-peddlers-arrested-in-delhi-by-mizoram-police-647418.html New DelhiAizawl Nov 7 A woman suspected to be the mastermind behind a major drug trafficking network linking India and Myanmar has been arrested in New Delhi officials said on Friday A senior official said that in a separate operation police arrested Joseph Lianthangpuia 42 of Chanakya Place in Delhi on Wednesday November 5 in connection with a case registered at Mizorams Saitual police station which pertains to the states largestever heroin seizure 15 kg recovered from a vehicle on August 23Lianthangpuia is being brought to Mizoram for further investigation the official saidThe official added that a Mizoram Police team from Zokhawthar police station in Champhai district with assistance from Delhi Police and the Special Bureau apprehended Lalchhuanthangi 50 in DelhiThe woman is the main forward link in connection with the Zokhawthar police station case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act 1985 and the Foreigners Act the official saidShe is suspected to be the kingpin of a transnational drug trafficking network operating between India and Myanmar and has a criminal record spanning multiple countriesThe case involves the seizure of 7422 kg of bricktype heroin on July 10 near Kudamsen Kai at Zokhawthar in the bordering Champhai districtAccording to police five persons had earlier been arrested in connection with the caseInvestigators revealed that the woman was previously imprisoned in Thailand from 2014 to 2022 in a narcotics case and was also on bail in connection with a money scam in Kerala in 2023She is being brought to Mizoram after obtaining a transit remand from the Dwarka Court in Delhi the official addedPolice said that the woman a native of Khatla South in Aizawl had been residing in the national capital for quite some time After months of surveillance and investigation tracing her connections and operations police were finally able to track her down and arrest her in DelhiAt least six of Mizorams 11 districts Champhai Siaha Lawngtlai Hnahthial Saitual and Serchhip share a 510km unfenced border with Myanmar which serves as a key transit route for various drugs particularly heroin and methamphetamine tablets IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-among-2-drug-peddlers-arrested-in-delhi-by-mizoram-police-647418.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-dupes-gujarat-resident-on-pretext-of-canada-visa-646915.html Vadodara Nov 5 A woman posing as an overseas job consultant allegedly duped a Chhani resident in Vadodara district of Gujarat of Rs 425 lakh on the pretext of securing him a visa and job in Canada The accused later switched off her phone and went into hidingAccording to the complaint lodged at Chhani Police Station the victim Rajesh Kumar Bapuji Patel a resident of Yoginagar Township near Rama Kaka Dairy said he was looking for opportunities abroad after failing to find satisfactory employment in Vadodara The official said that on March 26 Patel received a call from a woman identifying herself as Preeti Chauhan from Blue Tech Visa ConsultancyShe offered assistance in obtaining a Canadian work visa assuring him that the payment could be made later and deducted from his future salary after reaching Canada he said The official informed that Patel shared his documents following which he received a call from an international number for a purported interview Later Chauhan informed him that he had been selected and demanded money under various pretexts including document verification embassy fees bank account setup biometrics and flight booking he said The official pointed out that Patel transferred a total of Rs 425 lakh before Chauhan stopped responding and switched off her phone He said that Chhani police have registered a case against Preeti Chauhan Prachi Rajput Mastan Singh and Yasin and have launched an investigation into the fraudVisarelated fraud has emerged as a growing concern in Gujarat with cases rising by over 113 per cent in just three years According to police data between 202021 and 202223 the state recorded 139 complaints of visa cheating involving financial losses of nearly Rs 74 lakh of which only about Rs 41 lakh has been recovered so far Cities like Vadodara and Ahmedabad have become hotspots Vadodara alone reported 31 cases while Ahmedabad saw 26 in the same periodThe scams typically revolve around fake promises of Canadian US or Australian work visas forged documentation and bogus interviews Victims are lured with offers of guaranteed jobs or immigration approval asked to pay hefty fees for processing biometrics or embassy clearance and then the fraudsters vanish IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-dupes-gujarat-resident-on-pretext-of-canada-visa-646915.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/6-month-old-kerala-baby-found-murdered-depressed-grandma-under-suspicion-646927.html Kochi Nov 5 In a shocking incident in Keralas Ernakulam district on Wednesday a sixmonthold baby girl was found dead at home with her throat slit leading the police to launch an intensive investigation The deceased has been identified as Delna Maria Sara the daughter of Antony and Ruth residents of Karukutty near Angamaly in Ernakulam Police suspect the babys grandmother to be behind the murderAccording to preliminary information the grandmother who has been undergoing treatment for depression was found lying beside the infant at the time of the incidentShe was immediately admitted to the hospital after complaining of uneasinessOfficials suspect she may have taken an overdose of medication as she had done once before two months agoPolice said the incident occurred when the babys mother had briefly gone to the kitchen to prepare porridge for the grandmotherHearing a sudden cry the mother rushed back to find her child bleeding profusely from the neckThe family rushed the baby to a private hospital in Angamaly but doctors declared her dead on arrivalHospital authorities alerted the police after noticing the deep neck injury which suggested foul playOfficers from the Karukutty police station have cordoned off the house and begun forensic examination of the sceneAt present we are treating it as a case of homicide The grandmother who is undergoing treatment will be questioned once her condition stabilises a police official saidPolice have recorded preliminary statements from the babys parents and are awaiting the grandmothers medical report before taking further action Delnas body has been kept at the Angamaly Apollo Hospital for a postmortem examinationThe incident has sent shockwaves across the region with neighbours expressing disbelief over the tragedy in the otherwise quiet villageThe grandmother had been under medication and was also suffering from sodium deficiency which might have affected her mental stability IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/6-month-old-kerala-baby-found-murdered-depressed-grandma-under-suspicion-646927.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-police-launch-drive-to-hunt-gunmen-and-absconders-dgp-warns-surrender-or-face-tough-action-646940.html New Delhi Nov 5  Haryana DGP OP Singh on Wednesday launched Operation Track Down a statewide police drive aimed at hunting down notorious gunmen habitual offenders and absconders and warned those carrying firearms to surrender or face tough legal action   Speaking exclusively to IANS in Panchkula the DGP said that the campaign was born out of concern that impressionable youth inspired by films and socialmedia reels were glamorising crimeThey dont realise the consequences of firing a gun we must tell them this is not fun he saidThe DGP said the Special Task Force STF and district police would jointly identify and target the most notorious facesFrom each police station five of the most infamous will be identified at the district level 10 such faces while the STF will track down 20 Singh said outlining a phased 15day operationHe added that the STF has compiled a database of roughly 30000 names of which around 15002000 individuals who have fired at least one shot will be prioritised for actionSingh warned repeat offenders would be booked under organised crime provisions that could keep them behind bars for one to two years without bail He also said police would seize properties of convicted criminals and house them in government facilities at state expenseAppealing to armed youths to surrender voluntarily Singh offered assurances of safety and due legal process If you come quietly no harm will be done everything will happen through legal procedureBut his message to those who resist was blunt If an offender fires with both hands the police arent wearing bangles he said signalling a readiness to use force when necessaryThe DGP insisted there was no gang that could challenge the Haryana Police and described many listed in the database as misguided runaways seeking power money or fame The operation will also focus on those intimidating citizens over phone calls he addedHaryana Police said the drive would be publicly updated daily with details to be shared with the media as arrests and recoveries are made IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-police-launch-drive-to-hunt-gunmen-and-absconders-dgp-warns-surrender-or-face-tough-action-646940.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:02:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/manipur-large-cache-of-arms-seized-two-drug-peddlers-held-with-brown-sugar-646949.html Imphal Nov 5 Security forces have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur while also arresting two interstate drug peddlers and seizing 2 kg brown sugar from their possession during the past 24 hours officials said on Wednesday An official said that the security forces including the Assam Rifles Manipur Police and other Central Armed Police Force CAPF personnel in joint operations have recovered the arms and ammunition and other materials from Imphal East and Thoubal district The recovered arms included a foreignmade M16 rifle an SBBL PAG two 22 rifles six 9 mm pistols along with a magazine each and a repeater gun The recovered ammunition includes five grenades two detonators and some cartridges of different calibres The official said that the Manipur Police arrested two interstate drug peddlers along with approximately 2 kg of brown sugar valued at over Rs 1 crore from the Sekmai Pangaltabi area of the Imphal West district The arrested illegal drug traders were identified as Mohammad Mustakim 28 and Umar Khan 30 both residents of Thoubal district Security forces continue to conduct a crackdown against the militants and search operations and area domination are being carried out in the fringe mixedpopulated and vulnerable areas across districts the official said According to the official a total of 115 nakascheckpoints were installed in different districts of Manipur both in the hills and the valley region to prevent untoward and illegal movements of inimical elements and suspected vehicles He said that the security forces have provided escorts to many vehicles including trucks carrying essential items along the ImphalJiribam National Highway NH37 Strict security measures have been taken in all vulnerable locations and a security convoy is provided in sensitive stretches to ensure free and safe movement of vehiclesManipur Police have urged people not to believe rumours and be vigilant of false videos The veracity of any circulation of unfounded videos audio clips etc may be confirmed from the Central Control Room Moreover there are possibilities of many fake posts being circulated on social media It is hereby cautioned that uploading and circulation of such fake posts on social media will attract legal action with consequences a police statement said The police authority also appealed to the concerned people to return the looted arms ammunition and explosives to the police or the nearest security forces post immediately IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/manipur-large-cache-of-arms-seized-two-drug-peddlers-held-with-brown-sugar-646949.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-beats-tea-shop-owner-to-death-over-taste-of-biscuit-arrested-646960.html Kolkata Nov 5 In a shocking incident a customer allegedly beat a tea shop owner to death because the biscuit he was served did not taste good an official said on Wednesday adding that the accused has been arrested The incident took place in the Khalerpool area of Raina in West Bengals East Burdwan district on November 4 The police on Wednesday arrested Hossain Mollah after the tea shop owner succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospitalThe deceased has been identified as Farid Ali Sheikh 50 a tea seller by profession and a resident of Machkhanda village in Raina His tea stall was located in the Khalerpool areaOn Tuesday a few regular customers were present at the tea stall when Hossain Mollah a mason and a frequent visitor to the shop came for tea He asked for a biscuit to go with it which was duly served to himHowever Mollah complained that the biscuit tasted bad and began arguing with the shopkeeper The verbal altercation continued for a while before other customers intervened and calmed the situationLater Mollah reportedly returned to the shop carrying a bamboo stick and before Sheikh could react or understand what was happening Mollah allegedly started assaulting him brutallyLocals rushed Sheikh to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital from where he was shifted to another facility near Nawabhat He died there on Wednesday morning during treatmentFarids son Sheikh Syed Ahmed said Almost every morning Hossain Mollah used to have tea at my fathers shop but would never pay He always had some excuse On Tuesday morning too he left without paying Later he argued over the biscuit and demanded money back Though locals had settled the issue he returned with a bamboo stick and hit my father on the headPolice said that Mollah has been arrested based on the complaint lodged by the family The body has been sent for autopsy and further investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-beats-tea-shop-owner-to-death-over-taste-of-biscuit-arrested-646960.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:25:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-allegedly-cheats-srinagar-jewellers-of-lakhs-of-rupees-646964.html Srinagar Nov 5 A woman fraudster allegedly cheated several jewellers in Srinagar of lakhs of rupees local dealers said on Wednesday According to the goldsmiths the woman has cheated several gold and copper dealers of valuables worth lakhs of rupees through deception and fake chequesAddressing a press conference here the dealers said that at least three jewellers ShaheHamdan Ornaments at Lal Bazar Maqdoomi Zevraat near Nawa Kadal and Zarger Jewellers at Soura have fallen victim to the same fraudster over the past few monthsThe goldsmiths said that the incidents took place between late July and late August this year involving losses amounting to more than Rs 17 lakh in totalDocuments displayed at the press briefing indicate that the accused posing as a customer would visit jewellery shops claiming she wished to show ornaments to her family before confirming the purchaseAfter gaining the shopkeepers trust she would take the ornaments and promise to return shortly only to switch off her phone and disappear In one case ShaheHamdan Ornaments at Lal Bazar reported a loss of ornaments worth around Rs 5 lakh on August 21The shops owner filed an FIR the next day at Lal Bazar Police StationMaqdoomi Zevraat near Kani Mazar Nawa Kadal suffered a similar fraud on August 8 with losses of approximately Rs 5 lakhThe complainant submitted a report to Police Post Bagiyas SrinagarZarger Jewellers at Soura reported being duped of ornaments worth Rs 7 lakh on July 29 The owner after approaching the Soura Police Station said the police had promised action and were verifying detailsAll three victims provided photographs video footage and fake bank cheques allegedly linked to a person identified as Ajaz Ahmad Khan described in documents as a historysheeter and gang memberThe cheques were reportedly used by the accused woman to convince shopkeepers of her authenticity before fleeing with the goods Police have initiated investigations into the matterThe victims appealed to the authorities at the press conference that efforts be made to recover the amount fraudulently taken by the imposter IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-allegedly-cheats-srinagar-jewellers-of-lakhs-of-rupees-646964.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-dies-of-delay-in-angioplasty-at-thiruvananthapuram-medical-college-647038.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 6 A man has died allegedly due to a delay in angioplasty at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital his family members said The deceased has been identified as Venu an autorickshaw driver from Panmana in Kollam districtThe family alleged that though doctors had recommended an emergency surgery it was not performed even after six days of hospitalisationThe controversy deepened after an audio message Venu had sent to a friend before his death surfaced in which he accused hospital authorities of apathy and corruptionIn the voice message Venu is heard saying that hospital officials refused to respond to his repeated pleasNo one here even looks at you with concern not even the way one would look at a dog They dont reply to questions This place is a centre of bribery I came here on Friday for an emergency angiogram but five days have passed and no one has checked on me When I asked a doctor during rounds when the surgery would be done they said they had no idea I dont know if this delay is for bribes Medical colleges should be a refuge for the poor but this one has become a cursed paradise for patients he saidVenu also asked his friend to make his plight known to the outside world if anything happened to himThe family alleged that Venu did not receive the necessary treatment despite his critical conditionVenu had initially sought treatment for chest pain at the Chavara Primary Health Centre and was later referred to the Kollam District Hospital which advised an emergency angiogramHe was subsequently admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital last week where he died on Wednesday night just hours after sending the voice message to his friendHowever hospital authorities have denied any lapses in treatment stating that all possible medical care was providedThey said the patients condition was initially stable and that the window for performing an angioplasty had already passed by the time he was brought inHis condition reportedly deteriorated suddenly leading to his death they addedWith the family of patients up in arms the state government is expected to conduct a probe into the sequence of events IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-dies-of-delay-in-angioplasty-at-thiruvananthapuram-medical-college-647038.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:26:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/depressed-over-wifes-desertion-man-dies-by-suicide-after-killing-5-year-old-daughter-647040.html Kolar Karnataka Nov 6 An incident of a father killing his 5yearold daughter and himself following desertion by his wife has been reported from Kolar district of Karnataka on Thursday The deceased were identified as 37yearold Lokesh a resident of Madiyanuru village in Mulbagal taluk and his daughter 5yearold NiharikaAccording to preliminary investigations Lokeshs wife had deserted him following a dispute in the family recently Disturbed by the desertion Lokesh first strangled his daughter to death and later he hanged himself from a treeThe deceased girls body was found in the car The incident took place within the Mulbagal Rural police station limits The police have taken up further investigationMore details are yet to emerge regarding the incidentOn October 25 a 30yearold man allegedly killed his sevenyearold stepdaughter at Kumbalgodu in southwest BengaluruAccording to police the daughter was found dead when her mother returned home from work The investigation suggested that the girl was smothered to death by the accused The mother was separated from her first husband four months ago The accused and the girls mother had married four months agoOn September 14 a couple allegedly killed their two minor children following which the husband died by suicide on the outskirts of Bengaluru The wife also reportedly attempted suicide but was rescued by the neighboursOn August 30 in a shocking incident a man allegedly strangled his daughter after forcing pesticide into her mouth to stage it as a suicide and later performed her last rites The father killed his daughter because she was in a relationship with a young man from a different community in KalaburagiThe police got a tipoff on the 18yearolds suspicious death and launched an investigation The man had opposed her relationship as he had five daughters He feared that the intercaste marriage would adversely affect his other four daughters IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/depressed-over-wifes-desertion-man-dies-by-suicide-after-killing-5-year-old-daughter-647040.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bangladeshi-national-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-army-base-in-bengals-bagdogra-647084.html Kolkata Nov 6 IANS A Bangladeshi citizen was arrested on Thursday as he attempted to enter a Bengdubi Army Base at Bagdogra in Darjeeling district of West Bengal posing as a local labourernbspThe Bangladeshi individual was identified as Nanda Mondal He was arrested by the Army jawans attached to the base after they found his movements quite suspicious Later he was handed over to the Bagdogra Police StationnbspAn insider from the district police said that because of some ongoing construction work at the base some local labourers attached to a construction contractor arrived at the Army base While they were entering the base Mondal also tried to enter by posing as a labourerHowever his movements made the Army personnel on duty quite suspicious They apprehended him and started questioning him Initially Mondal tried to dodge them by claiming to be a worker attached to the construction contractornbspHowever there were a lot of inconsistencies in his statements which made the Army personnel even more suspicious Finally in the face of interrogation he revealed his identity and also admitted to being a Bangladeshi citizen Thereafter he was handed over to the Bagdogra Police StationSources said that the police are now interrogating him to know the real intention behind his attempt to enter the Army base posing as a local worker Mondal could not furnish any legal document required to come to India from which it is evident that he crossed the border illegallynbspHe might be presented at a district court on Friday and the public prosecutor will seek his police custodyTo recall in May this year the jawans of the Border Security Force BSF arrested a suspected Bangladeshi spy Ashraful Alam near the Bagdogra Army Cantonment He was allegedly collecting sensitive information about the areanbspDuring interrogation Alam claimed to be a former sleuth of the main intelligence agency of Bangladesh https://dailyworld.in/crime/bangladeshi-national-arrested-while-trying-to-enter-army-base-in-bengals-bagdogra-647084.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/head-both-hands-severed-dismembered-womans-body-found-in-noida-647111.html New Delhi Nov 6 Panic gripped Noidas Sector108 area on Thursday morning after the mutilated body of a woman was recovered from a drain under the jurisdiction of Sector39 police station The horrific discovery revealed that the womans head and both hands had been severed and the body was found unclothedUpon receiving information local police and forensic teams rushed to the spot and took the body into custody for postmortem examination The victims identity remains unknownAdditional DCP of Noida in a video shared on his official X handle said that the body was recovered from a drain following information received by policeHe added that the panchnama and postmortem procedures are being conducted while three dedicated teams have been formed to establish the victims identityAccording to sources a morning walker first noticed the body lying near the drain and immediately alerted the police Preliminary investigation suggests that the murder was carried out brutally and the head and hands were likely removed to conceal the victims identityPolice suspect that the woman was killed elsewhere and her body was dumped in the drainOfficers are scanning CCTV footage from nearby roads and areas to trace how the body reached the drain and to identify possible suspects or vehicles used in the crimeThe forensic team is examining soil and water samples as well as objects and tyre marks found near the sceneAlerts have also been sent to nearby police stations to check for any missing person reports that could match the description of the deceasedThe victim is estimated to be between 20 and 30 years old Given that the body was found unclothed police are also investigating the possibility of sexual assault However confirmation will depend on the postmortem reportSenior police officials visited the spot and reviewed the progress of the investigation Authorities expressed confidence that the victims identity would soon be established and the case solvedInitial findings indicate that the murder took place elsewhere and the body was dumped in the drain to destroy evidence and obscure identity IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/head-both-hands-severed-dismembered-womans-body-found-in-noida-647111.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:11:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-sindhi-nationalist-parties-to-hold-protest-against-enforced-disappearances-extrajudicial-killings-646901.html Islamabad Nov 5 The Sindhi nationalist parties will hold protests in Sindh province on November 9 to reiterate their demands for release of the alleged missing persons and express opposition to the extrajudicial killings local media reported on Wednesday The decision to hold protest was taken during a meeting organised by Jeay Sindh Mahaz JSM in Hyderabad on Tuesday JSMs Chairman Riaz Ali Chandio Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahazs Niaz Kalani Sindh United Partys Roshan Ali Buriro Jeay Sindh Tehreeks Anwar Burdi and Qaumi Awami Tehreeks Altaf Khaskheli and other leaders participated in the meeting leading Pakistani daily The Express Tribune reported on WednesdayDuring the meeting the participants shared a list of 22 persons majority of whom are students and farmers and who have been missing since 2010 The leaders demanded safe recovery of all the missing persons and putting an end to enforced disappearances They urged the authorities to book suspects in FIRs if they have proof regarding their involvement in the alleged unlawful activitiesThey also condemned the modus operandi of the police personnel of allegedly killing or injuring suspects in staged encounters They also voiced serious concerns about the proposed 27th amendment in Pakistans constitution insisting that the people of the province have already lost certain rights through the 26th amendment They said that federal government wanted to further deprive Sindh of its resourcesEarlier in October leading human rights groups in and outside Pakistan have denounced the alleged enforced disappearance of Sindh National Students Federations SNSF central chief organiser Ghani Aman Chandio who was reportedly abducted from a hospital in KarachiEyewitnesses said that incident happened at Memona Hospital in Karachi on October 28 when Chandio was there for the treatment of his infant daughter According to witnesses a group of armed men in plain clothes allegedly accompanied by Pakistani paramilitary rangers came to the hospital confiscated mobile phones destroyed CCTV footage and blindfolded Ghani Aman Chandio before taking him away in presence of his family The Balochistan Post reportedIn a statement Amnesty International South Asia described the abduction of Ghani Amani Chandio a blatant attack on his rights to liberty dignity and due process and urged Pakistani authorities to reveal his whereabouts and ensure his safe returnPAKISTAN The abduction of student activist Ghani Aman Chandio on 28 October from Memona Hospital in Karachi allegedly by state forces is deeply troubling The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is not only cruel and inhumane but also a blatant attack on his rights to liberty dignity and due process Amnesty International South Asia posted on XAccording to the eyewitnesses plainclothes men accompanied by uniformed law enforcement officials abducted Ghani intimidated bystanders in the hospital and confiscated the mobile phones of all family members presentGhani had previously been named in a criminal case on charges of antistate slogans during a protest and had delivered a lecture at the local university on student politics the day before his abduction We are very concerned about Ghanis safety The Pakistani authorities must immediately disclose Ghanis fate and whereabouts and ensure his safe return Further authorities must conduct a prompt thorough independent impartial transparent and effective investigation into his abduction and bring to justice all those suspected to be responsible read the Amnesty statement IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-sindhi-nationalist-parties-to-hold-protest-against-enforced-disappearances-extrajudicial-killings-646901.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/after-dispute-with-wife-father-abandons-10-year-old-son-at-india-bangladesh-border-646905.html Kolkata Nov 5 In a shocking incident a father abandoned his 10yearold son far away from home at the IndiaBangladesh border after a fight with his wife said the police on Wednesday The unfortunate incident took place on the Basirhat border in North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday nightAfter being abandoned by his father far away from home the little boy started crying at night in fear and panic Finally the local people in the area moved by the childs plight came to his aid and informed the police alsoOfficers from the Basirhat Police Station took the little boy to the police station and contacted his familyThe 10yearold boys home is in the Kathpol area of Ashoknagar police station in North 24 Parganas districtIt is alleged that his father Pintu Ghosh and mother Madhavi Ghosh often had fights over various issues Recently when a dispute reached its peak the mother left her son at her inlaws house and went to her fathers house A few days had passed from the time the mother left the hapless child with his paternal grandparentsThe police said that on Tuesday night Pintu Ghosh went to his inlaws house to leave his son with his motherHowever the mother did not want to keep her son with her Then the boys father made the unfortunate decision to abandon his son at the IndiaBangladesh borderTaking the childs bag of clothes with him Pintu put his son on the back of his motorbike and sped off towards the IndiaBangladesh border in Basirhat areaAccording to the police the father asked his son to get off the bike near the border and turned the bike around and sped off into the dark of the night leaving the hapless child in a state of shockIn the dark cold night and far away from his parents home in a strange place the boy stood alone trembling with fear and shockWhen the little boy started crying locals rushed to the spot after hearing his wails They comforted him and informed the Basirhat police station The boy was also given food to eatLater he shared his ordeal with the police officers and also gave them the address of his homeThe police assured the terrified child that they would take him home and contacted the boys parentsThe boy has been taken home His parents have been informed Both are being counselled for their irresponsible behaviour said a senior officer of Basirhat district police IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/after-dispute-with-wife-father-abandons-10-year-old-son-at-india-bangladesh-border-646905.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-2011-triple-blasts-65-year-old-accused-from-bihar-granted-bail-by-hc-646712.html Mumbai Nov 4 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a 65yearold accused in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case accepting a protracted trial as a valid reason for the relief sought by the Bihar resident Kafeel Ahmed Mohd Ayub 65 will step out of jail on bail nearly 13 years after he was arrested in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case after furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakhWhile offering relief to Ayub the Bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale considered the fact that the prosecution had examined only 173 out of the 800 listed witnesses till May 2022 the month in which the bail plea was filed by himThe accuseds advocate Mobin Solkar argued that indefinitely detaining him was unconstitutionalHe said Ayub a resident of Bihar had been imprisoned for over a decade before trial with no prospects for a speedy trialSolkar later told reporters that the Bench had said that the ruling of the Supreme Court in KA Najeebs case will be applicable in this case and in view of the same he Kafeel is entitled to bailAccording to the 2021 ruling of the apex court in the KA Najeeb case granting bail to an accused in the event of a prolonged trial is part of his constitutional right to life and a speedy trialThe three blasts in Mumbai had taken place at Zaveri Bazar Opera House and Dadar Kabutarkhana on July 13 2011 killing 21 people and injuring 113 The police had booked 11 accused including alleged members of the Indian MujahideenThe case was investigated by Mumbai ATS and in February 2012 the Delhi Police arrested Ayub He has been lodged in Mumbais Arthur Road Jail since thenThe prosecution alleged that Ayub allegedly incited some youth to wage jihad and along with the main accused Yasin Bhatkal a top IM operative provided them assistance Bhatkal is serving a death penalty for the Hyderabad blasts is also one of the accused in the Mumbai triple blasts caseIn his bail plea Ayub argued that the allegations against him were vague and the prosecution had not mentioned anywhere that he had any knowledge of the bombing plotAyub stated in his bail application that he is an Indian citizen with no intention of absconding and that denying him bail after so many years in prison is against democracy and the rule of law IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mumbai-2011-triple-blasts-65-year-old-accused-from-bihar-granted-bail-by-hc-646712.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-alarming-rise-in-cases-of-enforced-disappearances-recovery-of-dead-bodies-in-balochistan-646716.html Quetta Nov 4 Pakistans Balochistan continues to report a massive rise in cases of enforced disappearances arrests and recovery of dead bodies over the past several days local media reported on Tuesday Pakistans armed forces allegedly detained a man identified as Abdul Khalid a resident of Parom Saiki Bazaar district Panjgur on October 30 Khalid was reportedly summoned to a nearby camp before being detained and moved to an undisclosed place His family members have said that his whereabouts remain unknown since his detention They have urged authorities to present him before court if there are any charges against him or release him immediately The Balochistan Post reportedMeanwhile two unidentified bodies were discovered in Turbat and Mastung districts Police said that residents found the bodies on Sunday morning and informed the authorities who shifted the bodies of the deceased to local hospitals for conducting postmortem and identification Police officials stated that efforts were being made to determine the identities of the deceased peopleEarlier on November 1 police in Mastung discovered the body of an unidentified man and took it to Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Raisani Memorial Hospital for postmortem and identificationCases of enforced disappearances have also been reported in Balochistan On October 30 Pakistani forces allegedly detained Basir Ahmed in Panjgurs Issa Kahen area and he has not been seen since thenSimilarly members of a statebacked militia from Nal Bazaar reportedly detained Abdul Sattar in Khuzdar district on October 29 The Balochistan Post reported His family has received no information regarding his fate or location since his detentionTwo youths who were previously missing in Turbats Aliabad Koshkalat area Shahjan and Abdul Hafeez have returned home after reportedly being released on November 1 These two youths were detained on October 27 However two other persons Hamza and Shah Hussain who were reportedly detained on the same day continue to remain missingCases of enforced disappearances have been reported in Balochistan regularly Human rights groups have urged Pakistani authorities to address the issue and carry out transparent investigation of all the reports and ensure that those taken into custody are produced before court as per constitutional and international legal obligationsOn Monday a human rights organisation alleged that Pakistani security forces have forcibly disappeared three more Baloch civilians in Balochistan adding to the rising number of enforced disappearances reported across the volatile provincePaank the Baloch National Movements Human Rights Department mentioned that between October 30 and 31 Pakistani security forces conducted a raid on a house in the Bahaman area of Turbat city located in the Kech district of Balochistan During the operation three individuals were forcibly disappeared from their homes The victims have been identified as Yasir Waheed Ahmed and Zareef Ahmed IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-alarming-rise-in-cases-of-enforced-disappearances-recovery-of-dead-bodies-in-balochistan-646716.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-indore-police-to-interrogate-accused-arrested-on-fake-currency-in-malegaon-646722.html Indore Nov 4 A team of Indore police on Tuesday have gone to Malegaon in Maharashtra to interrogate the accused persons arrested in connection with fake currency uncovered from Khandwa district Inspector General IG of Indore division Anurag Kumar on Tuesday said that Madhya Pradesh police is trying to find out the possible link of some other persons in the alleged fake currency recovered from a Madarsa in KhandwaKumar further stated that the Indore police is investigating the bank accounts of the accused persons to find out the money trail and the network used for the transaction He said the police were also trying to reveal if any network was operating from any foreign countryKumar said that the accused arrested by Malegaon Police was linked to a counterfeit currency racket Acting on information police raided the Madrasa and seized fake currency worth Rs 1978 lakh from a Madrasa in KhandwaSince the accused persons are still in the Maharashtra polices custody a team from Indore police has gone to Malegaon today Accused persons will be interrogated and if needed they will be brought to Madhya Pradesh for further investigation Kumar addedResponding to whether the fake Indian currency uncovered by police was printed in Khandwa or brought from outside Kumar said that police have recovered fake currency only not any printing machine for fake notesInvestigation is at the initial stage and once the accused persons are interrogated a lot more things will come out and the investigation will proceed accordingly IG Anurag Kumar saidNotably the fake Indian currency in Khandwa was recovered following the arrest of mosque Imam Zuber Ansari also referred to as Zuber son of Asraf in Malegaon Maharashtra where he was caught with Rs 10 lakh in fake notes prompting a crossstate raidZuber originally from Haripura in Burhanpur district had been staying at the Madrasa for months Police urge banks and citizens to report suspicious notes as the probe deepens into potential smuggling routes often exploited in such cases IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mp-indore-police-to-interrogate-accused-arrested-on-fake-currency-in-malegaon-646722.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/up-two-retired-sbi-officials-sentenced-to-three-year-jail-term-in-15-year-old-case-646726.html Lucknow Nov 4 In a decisive blow against banking corruption the Special CBI Court West in Lucknow delivered an order on Tuesday convicting two retired State Bank of India officials and a Lucknowbased infrastructure firm in a fifteenyearold fraud that siphoned off 57 crore rupees from public coffers Retired deputy manager Subhash Chandra Aggarwal and former desk officer Joy Chakravarti both posted at SBIs main branch and local head office were each sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped with a fine of thirty thousand rupees The third convict Addyapolo Projects Private Limited faced a corporate penalty of ten lakh rupees The companys director Kranti Kumar Singh who masterminded the scam escaped earthly justice by passing away midtrial The conspiracy began in 2009 when Singh eyeing easy money for his cashstrapped firm forged invoices and balance sheets to create three ghost supplier entities Zassoda Global Marketing RK Traders and Sambhav Enterprises Armed with these papers he persuaded Aggarwal and Chakravarti to sanction a term loan of 57 crore rupees ostensibly for machinery purchases Once the funds landed Singh quietly rerouted every paisa into his personal accounts leaving the bank holding worthless promises and the promised equipment never materialised A whistleblower complaint from SBIs deputy general manager reached the CBI on March 26 2010 triggering raids across Lucknow offices and residences Investigators uncovered a paper trail of circular transactions rubberstamped approvals and missing machinery that existed only on letterheads By November 2011 the agency had filed a watertight chargesheet detailing cheating criminal conspiracy and breach of trust under the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act After 312 hearings spread over fourteen years Special Judge Anil Kumar Mishra found the evidence overwhelming and unbroken In a packed courtroom the judge noted that the officials had betrayed the sacred trust reposed in them by millions of depositors and turned a blind eye to glaring red flags for petty kickbacks Prosecutors revealed WhatsApp chats and handwritten notes recovered from Aggarwals diary that sealed the collusion Outside the court CBI spokesperson Rina Mitra told reporters that the verdict sends an unambiguous message no collar white or khaki is beyond the laws reach SBIs regional manager promised to recover the dues by attaching the companys remaining assets including a halfbuilt commercial complex on Gomti Nagars VIP Road IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/up-two-retired-sbi-officials-sentenced-to-three-year-jail-term-in-15-year-old-case-646726.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-jawans-bengal-cops-in-scuffle-over-seized-cough-syrup-bottles-three-injured-646766.html Kolkata Nov 5 A clash occurred between personnel of the Border Security Force BSF and police in the Nadia district of West Bengal over the custody of seized Phensedyl a banned cough syrup The incident took place in the Chapra police station area of Krishnanagar police district around 9 pm Tuesday the police said on WednesdayAt least three police personnel were injured in the clash between the central and state forces After the situation was brought under control the police arrested a BSF personnel on charges of involvement in the clash However no official statement has been received from the DIG of BSF South Bengal Frontier or the Superintendent of Krishnanagar Police District regarding the incidentAccording to police sources some packets were being unloaded from a car on the KrishnanagarKarimpur state highway near Seemanagar area of Chapra police station last eveningLocal residents opened the packets and found that there was a large quantity of banned cough syrup Phensedyl in them The locals immediately informed the Chapra police station regarding the matterOfficers from Chapra police station quickly reached the spot They seized the banned cough syrups and took them in their car At the same time BSF jawans of Seemanagar 32 Battalion arrived at the spot The BSF wanted to take the seized banned cough syrups into their custody But the police refused to hand them over citing the rules This led to an argument between the two parties After this a physical fight broke out between them More police personnel and a BSF team reached the spot to control the situationA police source said that three police personnel were injured in the clash They were quickly rescued and taken to Chapra Hospital for treatmentSources said that one of the three injured police personnel is seriously injured After the clash the police detained a BSF personnel On receiving the information highranking BSF officials reached the spot On the other hand the Additional Superintendent of Police and DSP of Krishnanagar Police District also reached the spot At the moment discussions are going on between the two sides sources saidBSF sources claimed that they had information through specific sources that banned cough syrups were being brought to the Chapra police station border in a vehicle When they went to seize them the state police stopped them On the other hand the police alleged that after seizing phensedyl following the specified legal process the BSF personnel wanted to take them into their custody The fight started when they refused to hand them over for legal reasons IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bsf-jawans-bengal-cops-in-scuffle-over-seized-cough-syrup-bottles-three-injured-646766.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-congress-chief-booked-for-casteist-remarks-against-buta-singh-646802.html Chandigarh Nov 5 IANS Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a First Information Report FIR against state Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring for allegedly making casteist remarks against former Union Home Minister late Buta SinghnbspThe case was filed based on a complaint by Buta Singhs son Sarabjot Singh SidhuHe has been booked under relevant Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS of 2023 along with Sections 3 1u and 3 1v of the SC and ST Prevention of Atrocities Act of 1989The Congress chief a member of Parliament from Ludhiana had allegedly remarked on the late politicians skin colour while campaigning in support of the partys candidate for the Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll slated on November 11Facing criticism Raja Warring has clarified that late Buta Singh was like a father figure and he can never mean any disrespect to him or to anyone elseReacting to reports that the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission had taken suo motu notice of the issue and issued summons to him Warring has said While I reaffirm and reiterate that I meant no disrespect to late Sardar Buta Singhji If anyone has felt hurt I tender my unconditional apologyWarring has clarified that whatever he mentioned about late Buta Singh was in a positive context to highlight the inclusive nature of the CongressWhile I hold him in the highest esteem as a great leader and fatherly figure to me I reiterate and reaffirm my unconditional apology if anyone has felt hurt Warring has reiteratedThe National Commission for Scheduled Castes on Tuesday issued a notice to the Tarn Taran Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police in connection with Warrings casteist remarks during an election rally in the districtThe commission which took suo motu cognisance of a news report based on BJP national General Secretary Tarun Chughs statement on the incident asked the district officials to submit the action taken report within seven days of the receipt of the notice https://dailyworld.in/crime/punjab-congress-chief-booked-for-casteist-remarks-against-buta-singh-646802.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/licenses-of-3-kerala-taxi-drivers-who-harassed-female-tourist-to-be-cancelled-646660.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 4 The Kerala government has launched stern action after three taxi drivers in Munnar allegedly harassed a woman tourist from Mumbai for using an online cab service Following widespread public outrage and a viral social media post by the victim Transport Minister KB Ganesh Kumar on Tuesday ordered the immediate cancellation of the licenses of the three drivers arrested in the caseThe licenses of the drivers involved will be cancelled without delay Such hooliganism cannot be tolerated in a progressive state like Kerala the Minister saidHe added that the government stands with lawabiding workers including those driving online cabs but will act firmly against anyone engaging in intimidation or unlawful practicesUber is not banned in Kerala or anywhere in India The issue in Munnar was not about livelihood it was about lawlessness he remarkedThe victim identified as Janhvi an assistant professor from Mumbai shared a video on social media detailing how she and her friends were threatened by a group of local taxi drivers while visiting Munnar in the last week of OctoberThe group which had travelled through Kochi and Alappuzha using an online taxi was stopped by unionised local drivers claiming that online cabs were not permitted in MunnarWhen Janhvi sought help from the police she alleged that officers also sided with the drivers instead of interveningAfter her post went viral the government swiftly responded Tourism Minister PA Mohammed Riyas intervened leading to immediate departmental actionTwo police officials Grade SubInspector George Kurian and Assistant SubInspector Saju Paulose were suspended for failing to assist the tourist and allegedly supporting the local driversThree taxi drivers P Vijayakumar 40 K Vinayakan and A Aneesh Kumar 40 were arrested on charges of wrongful restraint and criminal intimidation but were later released on station bailThe Transport Department has initiated steps to cancel the licenses of the drivers as directed by the minister Ganesh Kumar warned that similar incidents in the future would invite severe repercussions saying No one will be allowed to damage Keralas image as a safe and welcoming tourism destination IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/licenses-of-3-kerala-taxi-drivers-who-harassed-female-tourist-to-be-cancelled-646660.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/security-forces-crush-naxal-arms-factory-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma-forests-646662.html Raipur Nov 4 Deep inside the thick forests of Chhattisgarhs Sukma district a hidden Naxalite weapons factory lies in ruins today its machinery smashed and its stockpiles seized by a swift raid from the District Reserve Guard DRG Acting on precise intelligence the DRG team slipped through the undergrowth near the KoimentaErapalli belt and uncovered a fullscale ordnance unit that Maoists had nursed for months hoping to arm a fresh wave of attacksWhat the jawans found was no makeshift shed but a camouflaged workshop humming under solar panels Seventeen countrymade rifles each capable of sustained fire lay halfassembled beside barrelgrenade launchers designed to shred patrolsPiles of steel rods trigger mechanisms lathe machines drilling bits and welding kits filled the cavernous hideout while crates of gelatin sticks detonators and circuit boards waited to become roadside bombsSukma Superintendent of Police SP Kiran Chavan later told reporters that surrendered cadres had whispered the location weeks earlier proof that fear now travels faster than ideology inside Maoist ranksAcross Bastar this year 249 Naxalites have fallen in gunfights among them the movements General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao One officer who walked the site described the air thick with the smell of gun oil and fresh metal shavingsBlueprints pinned to bark showed plans for rifles that could match armyissue accuracy a desperate bid to replace the hundreds of weapons lost in encounters this yearWith winter closing in and local elections on the horizon the factory was the rebels lifeline its destruction has snapped that line clean The entire complex was razed before dusk flames licking the treetops as explosives were safely detonatedEvery jawan returned to Metaguda camp without a scratch their radios crackling with quiet triumphTwo hundred and twenty of those deaths occurred in the same seven districts that cradle Sukma turning onceimpenetrable jungles into hunting grounds for security forces Villagers who once paid levies now watch DRG columns pass with folded hands sensing the red corridor shrinking one burnt workshop at a timeFor the Maoists the loss is more than metal and powder it is the collapse of a dream to fight another season For the forces it is another dawn patrol scheduled deeper into the green hell chasing the next hidden spark before it can igniteThe timing couldnt be worse for them the SP added With 249 Naxalites neutralised statewide this year alone including top CPIMaoist General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao this factory was their desperate bid to bounce back We ensured it became their graveyard IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/security-forces-crush-naxal-arms-factory-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma-forests-646662.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-booked-for-outraging-modesty-of-woman-in-karnataka-646666.html Bengaluru Nov 4 A man has been booked for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman by performing an obscene act when she was out on a morning walk with her pet dog in Indiranagar police station limits Karnataka The shocking incident was reported within the Indiranagar police station limits on TuesdayAccording to police on November 1 at around 1157 am the woman was walking with her pet when she suddenly heard a man call out madamAs she turned towards him the man allegedly performed the obscene actShocked by the mans behaviour the woman immediately ran back home and lodged a complaint with the policeBased on her complaint a case has been registered and efforts are underway to trace the accusedThe woman had informed her sister and friends about the incident before approaching the policeA case has been registered under the relevant section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSPolice said efforts are on to identify and arrest the accused CCTV footage from the area where the incident occurred is being examined a senior officer confirmedEarlier in the day Bengaluru Police arrested a private company employee on charges of sexually harassing a Kannada and Telugu television actressThe accused has been identified as Naveen K Mon a delivery manager working with Templeton and Partner Company in Whitefield BengaluruThe incident has been reported from the Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station limits Based on the complaint filed by the 41yearold actress police have registered an FIR under various sections of the BNS ActAccording to the complaint the accused began sending vulgar messages to her every day on Messenger The actress warned him not to send such messages again However when he continued to send obscene messages she blocked his IDThe accused then created different accounts and continued to send vulgar messages even sharing videos of his private parts Despite repeated warnings from the actress he persisted in sending obscene and offensive messagesFollowing this the actress approached the police and lodged a complaint Acting swiftly on the complaint the police arrested the accused Further investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-booked-for-outraging-modesty-of-woman-in-karnataka-646666.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jaipur-tragedy-driver-booked-for-culpable-homicide-646674.html Jaipur Nov 4 The driver of the speeding dumper who allegedly crushed 26 people and injured several others in a horrific accident at Harmara Jaipur has been booked for culpable homicide Seven of the 26 injured remain in critical condition at Sawai Man Singh SMS Hospitals Trauma Centre said police officials on TuesdaySHO Harmara Uday Singh Yadav is investigating the caseThe accused driver currently hospitalised will be arrested once discharged police officials confirmedThe tragedy unfolded around 1 pm on Monday near the Loha Mandi petrol pump on Road No 14 when the dumper speeding towards the highway went out of controlWitnesses said the dumper rammed into pedestrians twowheelers and cars across a 400metre stretch leaving the road covered with mangled vehicles and human remainsIn his FIR complainant Digpratap Singh 26 a resident of Akera Dungar stated that the speeding driver hit multiple people and vehicles Two victims remain unidentified Eyewitnesses described the aftermath as terrifying with human body parts strewn on the roadLate Monday night DCP Traffic Sumit Mehrada suspended Traffic CI Rajkiran ASI Rajpal Singh and Constable Mahesh Kumar for negligence as the dumper illegally entered a noentry zoneThe dumper driver Kalyan Meena a resident of Viratnagar Jaipur was reportedly under the influence of alcoholLocals caught him at the scene and handed him over to the policeMeanwhile families of the deceased alleged that ambulance drivers demanded Rs 2200 to transport bodies to Niwai claiming that no government facility was available free of chargeThe District Collector assured that any amount charged would be refunded and action would be taken against the responsible officialsPolice investigations revealed that about 15 km before the crash the driver had a heated argument with a car driver outside a petrol pump Ironically the killer dumper had a chilling message written on its rear If you have the guts pass otherwise endure IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jaipur-tragedy-driver-booked-for-culpable-homicide-646674.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-woman-9-others-held-for-husbands-kidnap-646679.html Hyderabad Nov 4 Hyderabad police have arrested a woman and nine others for kidnapping her husband for ransom Police said on Tuesday that M Madhavi Latha 55 is the prime accused in the case She hired another accused to abduct her husband Mantri Shyam after he sold ancestral property worth Rs 20 croreShyam was kidnapped in the Amberpet area on October 29 He escaped from his captors on October 31 even as the police were on the hunt for the kidnappers On the statement of theThe victim the police registered a case and arrested the accusedAccording to Deputy Commissioner of Police East Zone B Bala Swamy four more suspects are abscondingPolice said Madhavi had hired men for the abduction by promising them Rs 1 crore Shyam and Madhavi had been living separately for three yearsThe police official said after receiving a missing persons complaint police had formed special teams to trace Shyam collected technical evidence and launched an intensive investigationAccording to police the kidnappers moved him in several vehicles to Vijayawada on October 30 and demanded Rs 10 lakhs for his release The next day they brought him back to Hyderabad to withdraw the ransom from a bank at Banjara Hills but the victim escaped before the ransom was collectedThe police investigation revealed that while the main accused wanted to grab the properties of the victim by taking his signature and to eliminate him the motive of the other accused was to collect ransom from the victimLatha had hired Durga Vinay and others to spy on him and later to abduct him for ransom Durga Vinay with the help of Durga Prasad and 10 others kidnapped the victim on October 29 from DD Colony under the limits of the Amberpet police stationAccording to the police three key accused planned the kidnapping Durga Prasad arranged henchmen conducted a recce at DD Colony took a flat on rent that was adjacent to the victims house watched every movement of the victim and on October 29 executed their Kidnap plan They however failed to get ransom as the victim escaped from their clutches IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/hyderabad-woman-9-others-held-for-husbands-kidnap-646679.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/afghan-police-seizes-225-kg-of-opium-in-ghazni-646681.html Kabul Nov 4 Police in eastern Afghanistans Ghazni province seized 225 kg of opium from a car the provincial police office said in a statement on Tuesday The official said the contraband was hidden in secret compartments of the vehicle and was discovered during a routine search in Muqar district on SundayThe driver of the car fled the scene the official confirmed adding that search operations are underway to locate and bring to justice the owner of the drugs Xinhua News Agency reportedIn a similar antinarcotics operation several days ago police discovered and destroyed a drug processing lab in the eastern Paktia provinceOn November 1 a local police officer said that Afghan counternarcotics forces have eradicated 400 acres of illegal poppy farms in the northern Badakhshan provinceThe operations targetted illicit crops on the outskirts of Baharak Jurm Shuhada and Darayem districts according to Ehsanullah Kamgar provincial police spokesmanKamgar said that security forces would not allow cultivation of poppy or any other prohibited crops in the provinceIn April 2022 the Afghan government imposed a nationwide ban on the cultivation of illegal crops including poppy and hashishEarlier in August provincial police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said that police had arrested a drug smuggler and discovered 92 kg of opium poppy in his possession in northern Afghanistans Badakhshan provinceThe alleged smuggler according to the official had hidden 92 kg of poppy in the cavities of a car and was attempting to take the contraband out of Badakhshan on Monday but the police identified and arrested Kamgar added that the arrested man along with his car and the confiscated poppy had been kept in police custody for investigationEarlier in July the counternarcotics police wiped out 170 acres of poppy farms in northern Afghanistans Baghlan province the provincial police office said in a statement According to the statement law enforcement regarding these illicit crops was conducted on the outskirts of the TalaoBarfak and PuleHesar districts of the province IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/afghan-police-seizes-225-kg-of-opium-in-ghazni-646681.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/youth-hacks-pregnant-minor-girlfriend-to-death-with-axe-in-jharkhands-gumla-arrested-646695.html Gumla Jharkhand Nov 4 In a shocking incident a youth allegedly hacked his pregnant minor girlfriend to death with an axe in a village in Jharkhands Gumla district on Tuesday police officials said The incident occurred in Purana Raidih village under the Raidih police station areaThe accused has been identified as 19yearold Suman Yadav who attacked 17yearold Anshika Tirki who according to the police was around five months pregnantPolice said the girl hailed from Shanti Nagar in Chhattisgarhs Dharamjaigarh and had been staying at the accuseds residence for nearly a weekAccording to locals the couple had an argument on Tuesday morning In a fit of rage Suman picked up an axe and attacked Anshika killing her on the spotShockingly he neither attempted to escape nor hide the crime and remained inside the house until police arrivedRaidih Police Station in charge Sandeep Kumar Yadav reached the spot with a team and arrested Yadav The body of the victim was sent to Gumla Sadar Hospital for a postmortem examinationPolice said that Yadav has confessed to the murder He reportedly told officers that he was under immense guilt and fear over having brought a minor girl home and her pregnancy which he felt would bring disgrace to the familyThe accuseds mother informed police that her son had been mentally disturbed for the past few days and had not been sleeping wellVillagers also claimed that family and societal pressure linked to the girls pregnancy had weighed heavily on the accusedThe incident has created shock fear and deep resentment among villagers Police have intensified the probe to examine all possible angles including mental health issues family pressure and whether the murder was premeditatedThe Raidih police station in charge said that a detailed interrogation of the accused is underway and further action will be taken based on the postmortem report and investigation findingsAn atmosphere of mourning and panic prevails in the village following the gruesome murder IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/youth-hacks-pregnant-minor-girlfriend-to-death-with-axe-in-jharkhands-gumla-arrested-646695.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-seized-from-doctors-house-in-hyderabad-646701.html Hyderabad Nov 4 A Hyderabad doctor was arrested by the excise police after drugs were recovered from his house officials said on Tuesday Acting on specific information the Prohibition and Excise officials and the NTF Narcotics Task Force searched the house of John Paul a doctor in the Musheerabad area and found drugs valued at Rs 3 lakhThe accused was allegedly selling narcotic substances from his rented house He was allegedly procuring the drugs from peddlers in Delhi and BengaluruThe STF personnel found OG Kush MDMA cocaine and hash oil from the doctors premisesThe excise police booked three other accused in the case John Paul was allegedly running the racket along with his friends Pramod Sandeep and Sharat They were using his house to stock and sell drugs offering him free narcotics in returnThe trio were absconding and the excise police have launched a hunt for themMeanwhile Cyberabad police arrested 11 people involved in the illegal possession sale and consumption of narcotic substancesThe Gachibowli Police and Special Operations Team SOT Madhapur Zone of Cyberabad raided a SM Luxury Guest Room Coliving amp PG Hostel TNGOs Colony Gachibowli and apprehended two personsBased on their confession the remaining accused were arrested at Hotel Night Eye Madhapur Later in the investigation the consumers were also identified and they were also taken into custody During the raid the accused persons were found to be in possession of narcotic substances which they were consuming and selling to known and unknown personsThe accused were found in possession of 3214 grams of MDMA and 467 grams of GanjaSeven accused including two Nigerians who are the main accused in the case are absconding The accused include suppliers distributors and consumersAccording to police their network extended across Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana The accused were procuring narcotic substances through illegal channels and selling them to youth and students in various localities IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drugs-seized-from-doctors-house-in-hyderabad-646701.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:28:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-linked-networks-connected-to-global-arms-smuggling-report-646454.html Islamabad Nov 3 Pakistanbased entities have been linked to arms trafficking networks extending beyond India and Afghanistan from Iranian arms transfer to Yemens Houthis to wider black markets across the Middle East and Africa a report cited on Monday Citing findings from investigative reports and official charges in the United States and Europe it stated that Pakistani nationals participated in unlawful exports of antiaircraft ammunition and drone technology bolstering Pakistans global reputation as a logistics and facilitation hub for arms smugglingThe recent 40year prison sentence handed down by a US court to Pakistani national Muhammad Pahlawan for smuggling Iranian weapons to Yemens Houthi insurgents has cast a glaring spotlight on the persistent involvement of Pakistani actors in international arms trafficking and criminal enterprises Pahlawans conviction is not an isolated incident but rather a manifestation of a broader trend reflecting Pakistans entanglement in regional and global illicit arms flows often with grave security implications for the wider world a report in Asian News Post detailedAccording to the report Muhammad Pahlawan the Pakistani citizen was sentenced to 40 years by a US federal court in Virginia on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists violating weapons of mass destruction controls and illegally transporting advanced conventional armsThe US Justice Department revealed that Pahlawan captained a fishing vessel used to move sophisticated Iranian ballistic missile components antiship missile parts and warheads to the Houthi rebels in Yemen This operation intercepted in the Arabian Sea in January 2024 tragically resulted in the deaths of two US Navy SEALs during the boarding action Crew testimonies revealed many were deceived about their participation highlighting the transnational clandestine and often coercive nature of such trafficking networks it mentionedThe report noted that in recent years the modus operandi of Pakistani arms traffickers has evolved From largescale trucking operations it said the network now employs methods such as drone drops and maritime transfers and covert border crossings often managed by organised criminal networks with overseas linksHistorical investigations the report said have documented the role of Pakistans InterServices Intelligence ISI and militarybacked syndicates in both arming foreign proxies and managing lucrative smuggling chains for profit and strategic influence Some analysts argue that denial and inaction by law enforcement have enabled criminal actors and militant suppliers to operate with significant impunity enhancing the resilience and expanding the footprint of these networksSo long as criminal and state actors in Pakistan possess the motive opportunity and network to facilitate illicit arms flows regional and global security will remain threatened Whether supplying weapons to state clients proxies sectarian groups or criminal syndicates Pakistans entanglement in arms smuggling is both a historical constant and a present danger the report noted IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/pakistan-linked-networks-connected-to-global-arms-smuggling-report-646454.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/betting-racket-ed-seizes-rs-3580-crore-parked-in-300-bank-accounts-646455.html Ahmedabad Nov 3 The ED has attached Rs 3580 crore deposited in 300 bank accounts fraudulently opened by a gang involved in betting gambling and other illegal activities an official said on Monday The Enforcement Directorate ED Ahmedabad Zonal Office provisionally attached the money in a case related to Jitender Tejabhai Hiragar and others on the basis of a Provisional Attachment order PAO of October 29 said the official in a statementThe investigations originated from 448 bank accounts Primary accounts which were opened using forged documents of gullible individuals Subsequently money trail followed and more than 995 bank accounts in the first layer having transactions of more than Rs 1000 crore have been scrutinised said the EDThe federal agency has traced and attached the balance available in the bank accounts which were used for illegal gambling betting and other illegal activities held in more than 300 bank accounts in different banks to the tune of Rs 3580 crore said the statementAccording to investigators the 448 bank accounts opened with fraudulent documents were used to receive funds from betting and other illegal activities The money was shifted to firstlayer accounts it saidIn another case the ED conducted multistate searches across Odisha Delhi Uttarakhand and Punjab and seized incriminating documents in connection with a Rs 73 crore bank loan fraud involving a private company an official said on MondayDuring the search operations by EDs Bhubaneswar zonal unit various incriminating documents and documents related to property worth several crores of rupees were recovered and seized in the case against S R Alcobev Pvt Ltd and others the official said in a statementThe search operations on October 29 were conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002S R Alcobev Pvt Ltd and others allegedly duped Punjab National Bank and Indian Bank erstwhile Allahabad Bank of Rs 73 crore after seeking a bank loan by diverting the money for unauthorised use in other companiesThe ED initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI invoking scheduled offences under PMLA 2002During the searches the ED recovered and seized incriminating documents which showed systematic diversion of loan funds from S R Alcobev Pvt Ltd to Brewforce Technologies and other associated companies entities and business associatesAdditionally multiple documents related to property worth several crores of rupees were recovered and seized indicating the acquisition of assets using diverted funds said the statementThe ED investigation revealed that S R Alcobev Pvt Ltd had availed credit facilities aggregating Rs 73 crore from the banks but its officials misused the facility to acquire illegal assets and fund business activities of other associates IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/betting-racket-ed-seizes-rs-3580-crore-parked-in-300-bank-accounts-646455.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/venugopal-writes-to-railway-minister-over-kerala-train-assault-seeks-stronger-safety-measures-for-women-passengers-646464.html New Delhi Nov 4 Congress MP KC Venugopal has written to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw urging immediate steps to strengthen safety measures for women passengers in the trains following a shocking incident in Kerala where a 19yearold woman was allegedly pushed out of a moving train Taking to X on Monday he wrote The alarming rise in crimes against women on trains is a matter of serious concern The latest incident of a woman being pushed out of a train near Varkala by an intoxicated individual is just one of many instances of such violence Wrote to the Kerala CM and Railway Minister to enhance safety along the train routes in the state and reverse this rising trendIn his letter dated November 2 Venugopal highlighted what he termed the escalating threats to womens safety in the railways which he described as the lifeline for millionsReferring to the assault he said the incident on the Kerala Express Train No 12626 has once again exposed the grave vulnerabilities faced by women passengers demanding urgent intervention from the governmentAccording to Venugopal the incident took place near Varkala railway station on November 2 when the young woman from Thiruvananthapuram was allegedly pushed out of a moving train by a person reportedly under the influence of alcohol The accused also attempted to push the victims friend who narrowly escaped serious injury by falling back into the coachThe victim unconscious with severe internal injuries and heavy bleeding was rushed to Sree Narayana Mission Hospital and later shifted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital in critical condition the letter notedVenugopal said the unprovoked act of violence underscores a disturbing pattern of impunity that continues to endanger womenThe senior Congress leader further pointed out that this was not an isolated caseCiting a similar incident in February 2025 he noted that a 36yearold pregnant woman was pushed off a moving train near Katpadi in Tamil Nadu during an attempted sexual assaultHe referred to official data showing a steep rise in safetyrelated complaints saying Broader data reveals an alarming surge in safety concerns complaints related to passenger safety in trains escalated by 64 per cent from 457 lakh in 202324 to over 750 lakh in 202425He said that incidents of harassment and violence against women in running trains and at stations had also seen a steady increaseThese recurring violations ranging from physical assaults to eveteasing paint a grim picture of systemic failures in enforcement and infrastructure eroding public trust in the Indian Railways Venugopal wroteCalling for immediate and decisive action he urged the Railway Minister to ensure enhanced onboard security presence strengthen surveillance and strictly enforce the use of womenonly coaches He also suggested a comprehensive audit and regular reporting mechanism to monitor the implementation of safety measuresTaking into account the seriousness of the issue I urge you to reaffirm the Railways commitment to security and prevent such horrors from repeating Venugopal said in his communicationThe Kerala MP underscored that protecting women passengers must be treated as a nonnegotiable priority and called for accountability mechanisms to address rising crimes against women on trainsThe letter comes amid growing public outrage over the Varkala train incident which has reignited concerns over womens safety in public transport systems IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/venugopal-writes-to-railway-minister-over-kerala-train-assault-seeks-stronger-safety-measures-for-women-passengers-646464.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/crime-branch-nabs-another-accused-in-odisha-multi-crore-si-exam-scam-646465.html Bhubaneswar Nov 4 The police in Odisha have arrested another key accused in connection with the multicrore Police SubInspector SI recruitment examination scam revealed the Crime Branch in a press statement on Monday The Crime Branch identified the accused as Suresh Nayak promoter of Ms Silicon Tech Pvt Ltd who was solely responsible for the preparation printing and transportation of the question papers for the examination It is pertinent to mention that the Odisha Police Recruitment Board OPRB had entrusted the conduct of the Combined Police Service Examination CPSE2024 for SI recruitment to ITI Limited which later sublet the work to Ms Silicon Tech Pvt Ltd The private agency in turn reportedly engaged Panchsoft Technologies Pvt Ltd to execute key components of the examination process During the investigation the Crime Branch found that Sankar Prusty Director of Panchsoft Technologies Pvt Ltd orchestrated the entire SI recruitment scam with the help of his associates Muna Mohanty Srikanta Maharana alias Rinku Arabinda Das T Abhimanyu Dora and Priyadarsini Samal A Crime Branch team had earlier succeeded in arresting Prusty the mastermind from Uttarakhand along the IndoNepal border while he was allegedly attempting to flee the countryThe Crime Branch further stated that Nayak maintained close links with Prusty During the course of investigation it came to light that Nayak was in continuous contact with the mastermind Prusty Evidence has established that Nayak had provided shelter to Prusty in his company guest house at Kalkaji New Delhi and then alerted him to abscond from the said premises and evade police arrest and investigation which clearly established their nexus the Crime Branch informed Notably the Odisha Police had first busted the largescale scam with the arrest of 114 aspirants and three middlemen following the interception of three buses in Andhra Pradesh on the night of September 29 Several more associates of the mastermind were subsequently arrested during the ongoing investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/crime-branch-nabs-another-accused-in-odisha-multi-crore-si-exam-scam-646465.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-woman-daughter-get-life-term-for-murder-of-elderly-family-member-646466.html Kolkata Nov 4 A court has sentenced a woman and her daughter to life imprisonment in the case involving the murder of an elderly woman Sumita Ghosh in Madhyamgram city in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal The Barasat court on Monday also fined daughter Falguni Ghosh and her mother Aarti Ghosh one lakh rupees in addition to life imprisonmentThe judge has ordered a sixmonth imprisonment if they fail to pay the fineAlong with this they have been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined Rs 50000 for destroying evidenceAfter the sentence was pronounced the public prosecutor said An important aspect of this case is that the two will first have to spend seven years in prison After that their life imprisonment will start for both of them That is they will have to stay in prison for the rest of their livesOn the other hand the lawyer of the accused said We will go to the Calcutta High Court to challenge this judgmentLast February Sumitas dismembered body was recovered from a trolley bag at Kumartuli Ghat in KolkataThe mother and daughter came to throw the trolley bag into the Hooghly riverThe locals became suspicious when they saw blood oozing from the trolley bag in their handsLater locals broke the lock and opened the trolley bag only to discover the dismembered body of Sumita GhoshPolice questioning revealed that the incident had its roots in Madhyamgram in North 24 ParganasSumita the maternal grandmother had gone to stay at Falgunis house in Dakshin Bireshpalli areaAccording to police sources Sumita was murdered there over a property disputeFalguni and Aarti were arrested by the police in connection with the murderDuring the course of the investigation the police went from Ahiritola to a gold shop in Bowbazar in KolkataThe mother and daughter had sold Sumitas necklace earrings nose rings and bangles in that shop after killing herJewellery worth Rs 42000 was sold in that shopAarti and Falguni also went to another shop and ordered new jewellery worth Rs 253000The investigators came to know that Rs 50000 had been paid in advance at that shop through online transactions from Sumitas mobile phone IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-woman-daughter-get-life-term-for-murder-of-elderly-family-member-646466.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:42:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-arrested-in-coimbatore-gang-rape-case-after-gunfire-exchange-with-police-646567.html Chennai Nov 4 The police have arrested three men in connection with the brutal gangrape of a postgraduate college student near Coimbatore International Airport a case that sent shockwaves across Tamil Nadu The accused were nabbed after a dramatic chase and gunfire exchange early Tuesday morningAccording to police sources the 21yearold victim hailing from Madurai is a firstyear postgraduate student at a private Arts college in Coimbatore She stayed in a private hostel and went out on Sunday with her boyfriend a resident of OndipudurThe couple had parked their car in Prithvivan Nagar behind the airport and were talking when the horrific incident unfolded around 11 pmThree unidentified men approached them and ordered them to get out of the car When the couple tried to flee the men smashed the window and attacked the boyfriend with a sickle leaving him unconsciousThey then dragged the terrified student into a nearby bushy area at knifepoint and took turns raping her When her boyfriend regained consciousness around 2 am he called the emergency helpline and informed policeA search operation was launched immediately and the victim was found about a kilometre away in a severely traumatised statePolice rescued her and admitted her to a private hospital while her friend was treated at the Coimbatore Government HospitalA special team led by Peelamedu Police formed seven squads to track down the culprits using CCTV footage from the areaActing on a tipoff the police located the suspects identified as Guna Satheesh Karuppasamy and Karthik Kaleeswaran hiding near Pattatharasi Amman Temple in Thudiyalur When surrounded they allegedly attacked the police with sickles injuring Constable Chandrasekar on the left arm In retaliation Inspectors Arjun Peelamedu and Gnanasekaran Saravanampatti opened fire injuring the suspects in their legsAll three were overpowered and taken to Coimbatore Government Hospital under heavy securityInvestigations revealed that the trio natives of Sivaganga district had been living in Irukur while working as daily wage labourers Police said Karuppasamy and Kaleeswaran are brothers and all three have criminal records involving murder assault and robberyFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-arrested-in-coimbatore-gang-rape-case-after-gunfire-exchange-with-police-646567.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/18-arrested-after-almost-270-kg-of-illicit-drugs-seized-by-australian-police-646569.html Sydney Nov 4 Australian police have arrested 18 people after seizing almost 270 kg of illicit drugs during an investigation into an organised crime syndicate operating across the country The police forces in the states of New South Wales NSW and Western Australia WA as well as the Australian Federal Police AFP said in a statement on Tuesday that the arrests were made by a joint strike force that was established earlier in 2025 to investigate the largescale supply of illicit drugs by an organised syndicateStrike force detectives executed 30 search warrants across NSW and WA between May and October during which they located and seized 150 kg of pseudoephedrine 95 kg of methamphetamine 21 kg of ketamine 2 kg of cocaine 14 firearms almost 24 million Australian dollars 15 million in cash and lab equipmentOfficers arrested 18 people 11 of whom were in WA and charged them with a range of offenses relating to the import and supply of illicit drugs and participating in a criminal groupIt will be alleged in court that the syndicate imported the drugs via sea by concealing them in consignments of shoes in plasticPolice said the drugs were then exchanged across state borders by post and by drug mules on planes Xinhua news agency reportedAccording to authorities the seized drugs had a combined estimated value of 60 million Australian dollars 375 millionEarlier on October 19 Police in the NSW had said in a statement that more than 5 kg of methylamphetamine and almost 11 kg of cocaine with an estimated potential combined street value of over 63 million Australian dollars about 409 million had been seized in the states southwestOfficers who were conducting patrols of the Hay area and had stopped a black car on the Sturt HighwayAfter the 30yearold male driver got a positive result in a roadside drug test officers had searched the man and found cocaine and cash in his possession Officers had conducted a search of the car and seized the drugs as well as more than 130000 Australian dollars in cash and two mobile phonesThe driver was arrested and was charged with seven offences IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/18-arrested-after-almost-270-kg-of-illicit-drugs-seized-by-australian-police-646569.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:59:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-for-death-threat-to-bjp-mp-ravi-kishan-646584.html Gorakhpur Nov 4 A man who allegedly abused and threatened to kill BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan has been arrested in Ludhiana on Tuesday The accused Ajay Kumar Yadav a resident of Bagga Kalan Ludhiana Punjab has been sent to jail by the policeAmid the ongoing Bihar poll campaign Ravi Kishan had lodged a police complaint on November 1 alleging that he had received death threats and abusive calls containing derogatory remarks about his family and religious beliefsOfficials said that an FIR was registered at the Ramgarh Taal Police Station in Gorakhpur following his complaintIn a post on the social media platform X dated October 31 Ravi Kishan had detailed the nature of the threats he receivedI recently received abusive calls in which not only I but also my mother was insulted I was threatened with death and derogatory remarks were made against Lord Shri Ram This is not just an attack on my personal dignity but also on our faith and Indian culture Such acts are attempts to incite hatred and unrest and they will be countered with democratic and ideological strength he wroteReaffirming his commitment to public service Kishan added For me walking the path of nationalism and righteousness is not a political strategy it is a lifelong vow I will continue this journey no matter how difficult it becomes This struggle is about defending selfrespect faith and duty and I will stand firm till the endRavi Kishan responding to the incident on Saturday said the threats would not deter him from continuing his campaign in BiharJekar Nath Bholenath U Anath Kaise Hoyi One who has Lord Shiva as his protector can never be abandoned he saidSpeaking to IANS Ravi Kishan added Our opponents are frustrated by their impending defeat They have abused me and my mother but I want to tell them that I am coming to Bihar and will not stop campaigning They can threaten me but they cannot break my resolve IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/man-arrested-for-death-threat-to-bjp-mp-ravi-kishan-646584.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-tv-actress-sexually-harassed-on-facebook-accused-arrested-646589.html Bengaluru Nov 4 Bengaluru Police on Tuesday arrested a private company employee on charges of sexually harassing a television actress who has acted in several Kannada and Telugu serials The accused was identified as Naveen K Mon a delivery manager working with Templeton and Partner Company in Whitefield BengaluruThe incident was reported from the Annapoorneshwari Nagar Police Station limitsBased on the complaint filed by the 41yearold actress police have registered an FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ActThe actress resides with her husband mother and daughter in her own house in Annapoorneshwari Nagar and has acted in several Kannada and Telugu serialsIn the police complaint the actress said that she received a friend request from the accused on Facebook which she did not acceptIrked over the fact the accused began sending vulgar messages to her every day on Messenger the police saidThe actress said in the complaint that she warned him not to send such messages again However when he continued to send obscene messages she blocked his IDThe accused then created different accounts and continued to send vulgar messages and his obscene videos Despite repeated warnings from the actress he persisted in sending obscene and offensive messages the police saidOn November 1 after receiving another obscene message the actress asked him to meet her at a restaurant in the Nagarbhavi area She met him there and warned him not to harass her again However the accused ignored her warning and continued his harassmentFollowing this the actress approached the police and lodged a complaint Acting swiftly on the complaint the police arrested the accused Further investigation is underwayNotably in the fan murder case the victim Renukaswamy was allegedly brutally killed by Kannada superstar Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and 15 others for sending a vulgar message to Pavithra Gowda IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-tv-actress-sexually-harassed-on-facebook-accused-arrested-646589.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-rights-panel-seeks-report-on-death-of-two-in-manual-sewer-cleaning-646596.html Chandigarh Nov 4 The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report relating to the death of two people in a septic tank in Hisar district The report said two workers Somveer and Virender employed at a hotel in Hansi town were forced to enter a septic tank without protective gear after the sewer motor malfunctionedOne worker fell unconscious immediately upon entering the tank while the other attempted to rescue him but also lost consciousness Both died presumably due to exposure to poisonous gases inside the tank The families of the deceased have accused the hotel management of negligence and coercion blaming it for the incidentAccording to the report and the preliminary information received by the rights commission the workers were instructed to enter the septic tank without oxygen cylinders gas testing or any protective equipmentThe families alleged the hotel management ignored safety standards and human dignity by forcing them into the hazardous environmentThe full Bench of the rights commission comprising Chairperson Justice retd Lalit Batra and members Kuldip Jain and Deep Bhatia observed that under Article 21 of the Constitution the right to life also includes the right to a safe healthy and dignified workplace It is the legal responsibility of employers and state authorities to ensure safety of workers from lifethreatening hazards at the workplaceThe Supreme Court held that the right to health and medical care is a fundamental right under Article 21 read with Articles 39 c 41 and 43 making the lives of workers meaningful and dignifiedThe Bench of the rights commission observed that the hotel management has failed to provide necessary safety measures trained personnel rescue arrangements and mechanical cleaning systems thereby violating the rights to life health safety and dignity of the workersAllowing workers to operate in hazardous conditions without safety equipment is a clear violation of human rightsThe Bench found that the human rights of the deceased were clearly violated and that the employer and authorities concerned failed in their constitutional and statutory duties regarding labour safetyPuneet Arora Protocol Information and Public Relations Officer of the commission on Tuesday said the commission has directed the Deputy Commissioner to submit a detailed report within six weeks on the relief compensation and rehabilitation measures provided or sanctioned to the families of the deceasedAlso the Superintendent of Police was directed to submit a report within six weeks on the FIR registered charges invoked and status of the investigationThe rights panel listed the matter for the next hearing on December 17 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/haryana-rights-panel-seeks-report-on-death-of-two-in-manual-sewer-cleaning-646596.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:21:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/west-bengal-police-caution-women-on-cyber-frauds-through-matrimonial-sites-646599.html Kolkata Nov 4 The West Bengal Police on Tuesday cautioned women on fake profiles on matrimonial sites via which the cyber fraudsters conduct the crime In this context the police advised the women to be careful before falling in loveThe Hooghly Rural Police recently busted a major cyberfraud racket that operated through matrimonial websites said the police on TuesdayAccording to the police using fake identities emotional manipulation and marriage promises the gang allegedly swindled at least 20 women of nearly Rs 3 croreThe Hooghly Rural Police have arrested three persons in connection with the incidentThe matter came to light after a 29yearold woman from Hooghlys Singur area lodged a complaint with the police In December last year she met a man on a matrimonial site identifying himself as Anupam Roy a mill owner from BurdwanPortraying a lonely life with deceased parents and no close relatives he gradually won her trust through online conversations In January he claimed his bank account was frozen due to incometax issues and sought urgent financial helpBelieving she was helping her future husband the woman along with her mother and grandmother transferred money to a specified bank accountInitial proof of repayment was shown through a forged deposit slip from a publicsector bank But when repeated demands followed Anupam Roy kept evading video calls citing poor network The woman grew suspicious of his indifferent behaviour and reached out to the policeWhen the case first came into the hands of the cyber detectives of the Hooghly Police Rural it seemed like a routine cyber fraud But we did not even imagine in the beginning that the real story was deeper and that the emotions of at least 20 women were involved in it said Hooghly PoliceAccording to the police Anupams profile disappeared from the website and the phone number became unreachableA 32yearold model named Abhishek Roy was arrested on July 3 Abhishek is the owner of one of the five accounts in which the money was deposited Based on his clues Zahir Abbas 41 was caught within a week and finally on October 14 the ringleader of this gang Jamir Abbas 31 who was hiding in a resort in Mandarmani was caught said the policeThe police said they used to illegally use the photos and videos of South Indian models to create fake profiles on matrimonial sites from which the image of a wealthy handsome and decent husband emergedThis network spread to Burdwan Howrah Tarakeswar and even Delhi and the total income from the racket was Rs 3 crore About 20 young women were trapped in the fraud We request fellow citizens to use matrimonial sites with caution said the police IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/west-bengal-police-caution-women-on-cyber-frauds-through-matrimonial-sites-646599.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/coimbatore-gang-rape-case-cm-stalin-asks-police-to-ensure-maximum-punishment-646614.html Chennai Nov 4 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal sexual assault on a college student in Coimbatore describing it as an inhuman and barbaric act that has shaken the conscience of the state His statement came hours after police shot and arrested three men accused in the incident during an encounter that occurred when they allegedly tried to escape custodyThe shocking crime took place late Sunday night near Coimbatore International Airport where a 21yearold postgraduate student was talking to her male friend in a parked car in Prithivip NagarThe accused were nabbed after a dramatic chase and gunfire exchange early Tuesday morningAccording to police sources the 21yearold victim hailing from Madurai is a firstyear postgraduate student of a private arts college in Coimbatore She stayed in a private hostel and went out on Sunday with her boyfriend a resident of Ondipudur The couple had parked their car in Prithvivan Nagar behind the airport and were talking when the horrific incident unfolded around 11 pmThree men approached them and ordered them to get out of the car When the couple tried to flee the men smashed the window and attacked the boyfriend with a sickle leaving him unconscious They then dragged the terrified student into a nearby bushy area at knifepoint and took turns raping her When her boyfriend regained consciousness around 2 am he called the emergency helpline and informed policeA search operation was launched immediately and the victim was found about a kilometre away in a severely traumatised state Police rescued her and admitted her to a private hospital while her friend was treated at the Coimbatore Government HospitalA special team led by Peelamedu Police formed seven squads to track down the culprits using CCTV footage from the area Acting on a tipoff the police located the suspects identified as Guna Satheesh Karuppasamy and Karthik Kaleeswaran hiding near Pattatharasi Amman Temple in ThudiyalurWhen surrounded they allegedly attacked the police with sickles injuring Constable Chandrasekar on the left arm In retaliation Inspectors Arjun Peelamedu and Gnanasekaran Saravanampatti opened fire injuring the suspects in their legsAll three were overpowered and taken to Coimbatore Government Hospital under heavy security Investigations revealed that the trio natives of Sivaganga district had been living in Irukur while working as daily wage labourersPolice said Karuppasamy and Kaleeswaran are brothers and all three have criminal records involving murder assault and robberyFurther investigation is underway Reacting to the incident Chief Minister MK Stalin posted on his official X handle that the tragedy that befell the young woman in Coimbatore is inhumanHe wrote Words are not enough to condemn such heinous crimes The culprits have been identified and arrested swiftly I have directed the police to file the charge sheet within a month and ensure that they receive the maximum punishment at the earliestHe further added Only the continued progress of women in every sphere of life can put an end to such perverted patriarchal mindsets That alone will transform us into a truly progressive society IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/coimbatore-gang-rape-case-cm-stalin-asks-police-to-ensure-maximum-punishment-646614.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/domestic-worker-arrested-for-killing-pet-dog-in-bengaluru-646622.html Bengaluru Nov 4 A female domestic worker was arrested on charges of killing a pet dog inside the lift of an apartment building in Bengaluru The accused identified as Pushpalatha allegedly killed the puppy by smashing it against the floor inside the liftRaashi Poojari the owner of the deceased pet lodged a police complaint against the maid involved in the act after CCTV footage of Pushpalatha thrashing the pet surfacedThe CCTV footage showed Pushpalatha swinging and repeatedly smashing the small dog against the floor by its leash an act of shocking crueltyAfter killing the dog Pushpalatha fabricated a story claiming that the puppy had accidentally fallen while coming out of the lift However when the pets owner questioned the security personnel about the incident their responses raised suspicion Upon checking the CCTV footage the cruel act came to lightAccording to preliminary investigations the accused committed the cruel act while taking the dog out for a walk The incident took place on October 31 but came to light on MondayPushpalatha had been working at Poojaris home for over a month as the caretaker of her pet dog GoofySpeaking to the media on Tuesday Raashi said The accused was being paid a monthly salary of Rs 25000 But all of a sudden she killed the pet I cannot understand why she did it The accused never argued or quarrelled with me about anything recentlyThere was absolutely no issue The pet never bit anyone or caused any trouble She has no explanation she just killed the dog for no reason There is no answer from her Raashi saidI was very close to my pet I had been taking care of the puppy for four years I hired her specifically to look after and feed the puppy as I had to attend college On the day of the incident she said she was taking the dog out and within a minute she came back saying the pet wasnt waking up I thought it might have hurt its leg When I rushed to see the pets tongue was out and it was lying motionless she recalledI didnt suspect the caretaker at that time We went to Kengeri to perform the final rites of the pet The accused remained normal and unaffected throughout That evening I began to doubt her and inquired with the security staff They said the incident must have taken place either inside or outside the lift After checking the CCTV footage we discovered what had actually happened Raashi saidThe caretaker was very close to us She behaved well and I never had even an iota of doubt I was shocked to see how she swung and smashed the dog against the floor of the lift she added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/domestic-worker-arrested-for-killing-pet-dog-in-bengaluru-646622.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:45:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ex-md-of-jampk-cooperative-bank-convicted-for-forging-date-of-birth-646646.html Srinagar Nov 4 A former Managing Director MD of JampK Cooperative Central Land Development Bank was convicted on Tuesday of forgery in date of birth by the court sentencing him to two years imprisonment A statement by the Economic Offences Wing EOW of the Crime Branch Kashmir said that it has secured the conviction of Mohammad Shafi Banday former Managing Director of JampK Cooperative Central Land Development Bank Limited for fraudulently manipulating his date of birth to unlawfully extend his service tenureThe case originated from a complaint alleging that the accused had deliberately recorded his date of birth as 01091939 instead of his actual year of birth 1934 by producing a fake certificateA probe was initiated by the Crime Branch Kashmir during which verification confirmed the manipulation and further established that his actual date of birth was 26061932Subsequently a formal case was registered at the Crime Branch Kashmir now Economic Offences Wing During the course of the investigation the allegations were substantiated revealing that the accused had overstayed in service for more than seven years thereby causing wrongful gain to himself and corresponding loss to the state exchequerAccordingly a charge sheet was filed before the Honble Court for judicial determination After a full trial the Honble Court of City Judge Srinagar found the accused guilty under Sections 420 468 and 471 RPC sentencing him to two years of simple imprisonment on each count and a fine of Rs 5000 per offenceAll sentences shall run concurrently This conviction underscores the EOWs unwavering commitment to promoting transparency accountability and integrity in public service the statement addedThe JampK Police have been proactively investigating rackets by fraudulent agenciespersons involving financial institutions and funds of the general publicCivil servants discharging various duties are regularly monitored with regard to their financial status and performance so as to ensure discipline and accountability in civil services IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ex-md-of-jampk-cooperative-bank-convicted-for-forging-date-of-birth-646646.html Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fan-murder-case-karnataka-court-frames-charges-against-actor-darshan-16-others-accused-plead-innocence-646405.html Bengaluru Nov 3 A Karnataka court on Monday framed the charges against jailed Kannada superstar Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and 15 other accused in the sensational fan murder case Darshan and all other accused denied all charges against them in the case of the gruesome murder of his fan Renukaswamy here on June 8 2024 Renukaswamy was kidnapped from his hometown Chitradurga brought to Bengaluru kept in a shed and tortured to death After the murder his body was thrown into a canal The incident came to light after the security personnel of a private apartment building saw the body being dragged by a pack of dogsJudge Erappanna Pavadi Naik read out the charges against Darshan Pavithra Gowda and the other accused and sought their response The court also asked them to confirm whether they were able to hear the charges clearlySubsequently the judge announced that the date for the trial would be fixed on November 10 and adjourned the matterThe jail authorities had produced Darshan Pavithra Gowda and other accused before the court Tight security arrangements were made in the premises of the 64th CCH Court with additional police force deputedInitially the judge directed that the advocates concerned with the case should only be present or he would adjourn the matter questioning where he would make the 17 accused persons stand while beginning the process of framing of charges He had also directed the lawyers overcrowding the court hall to step outDarshan is facing the charge of murder under IPC Section 302 while he has been booked for causing fatal injuries under Section 355 under Section 120b for criminal conspiracy Section 204 for attempting to destroy evidence and Section 359 for kidnapping He is also booked under Sections 143 147 148 and 149 for illegal gathering and other chargesThe court had earlier fixed October 31 as the date for framing charges However Darshans counsel Sunil requested time to explain the procedure of framing charges to his client He argued that if the accused were to agree to the charges without being adequately informed it could lead to legal complications in the futureAccepting the request the court adjourned the matter to November 3 It also directed both parties to cooperate to ensure the speedy examination of witnesses in the casePolice had on September 4 2024 submitted a 3991page charge sheet against Darshan Pavithra Gowda and 15 associates to the 24th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate ACMM court Sources said that it had confirmed the role of Darshan in the sensational kidnap and brutal murder caseIt mentioned Darshan and Pavithra Gowdas role in the conspiracy kidnapping torture murder destruction of evidence and bid to misguide the police by getting four of his associates to surrender to the police in connection with the murder of his fan RenukaswamyThe police have matched the CCTV tower locations of the accused persons with the scene of the crime and the calls messages between the accused have matched with the timing of the crime Most importantly the police have received confirmation from the Forensic Science Lab FSL about the presence of blood stains on the clothes of DarshanThe police have gathered evidence regarding a sequence of events on the day that the crime was committed The police have retrieved the messages on Darshan receiving the information when Renukaswamy was brought to the shed The accused had sent a photograph of Renukaswamy to Darshan and the police have recovered itInvestigation officers have recorded the statements of 24 witnesses before the judge under the provisions of the CrPCs Section 164 The photos from the mobile of one of the accused Pradush have been recoveredDarshan Pavithra Gowda and 15 others were arrested on June 11 2024 on charges of kidnapping and brutally murdering Renukaswamy Renukaswamy allegedly sent derogatory and obscene messages to Pavithra Gowda angry that Darshan maintained a relationship with her despite being marriedDarshan was shifted to Ballari Prison after photos of his alleged royal treatment at Bengaluru Central Prison surfaced He currently faces three FIRs related to the caseDarshan was released from prison on October 30 2024 after spending 131 days in custody Following the appeal by Karnataka Police the Supreme Court has cancelled the bail and Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and others were rearrested IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fan-murder-case-karnataka-court-frames-charges-against-actor-darshan-16-others-accused-plead-innocence-646405.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:23:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/tamil-nadu-bjp-lashes-out-at-dmk-govt-over-coimbatore-rape-case-646406.html Chennai Nov 3 Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson ANS Prasad on Monday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister MK Stalin and the ruling DMK government holding them responsible for what he termed the deteriorating law and order situation in the state following the brutal gang rape of a college student near the Coimbatore International Airport In a strongly worded statement titled Shadows of Fear In CM Stalins Tamil Nadu Nightmares Continue Prasad said the gruesome crime which took place in a busy public area surrounded by educational institutions has shattered the soul of Tamil NaduHe described the incident as an indictment of a regime that has betrayed its people and allowed crime to fester uncheckedPrasad alleged that the Tamil Nadu Police once known for its professionalism has now become politicised corrupt and complicit acting to protect the ruling elite rather than ordinary citizensUnder Stalins rule the police have become a shield for offenders and a weapon against dissent he charged adding that the governments inaction has turned once vibrant public spaces into zones of terrorCalling the crime not an isolated event but part of a disturbing pattern the BJP leader cited what he called a rising trend of sexual assaults molestation and murders across the state in recent yearsEvery day headlines bring fresh horror mothers and daughters now live in fear asking whose turn is next Prasad saidHe also linked the worsening situation to the growing drug menace alleging that ganja gangs operate even in the Chief Ministers Kolathur constituency with brazen impunityAccusing the DMK government of turning a blind eye to these threats while prioritising political survival Prasad urged the administration to act decisively by overhauling the police force establishing fasttrack courts in all districts and setting up special investigation and antidrug task forcesHe further called for comprehensive victim support systems including medical assistance trauma counselling and safe transportation facilities for womenChief Minister Stalin must act now Tamil Nadus daughters deserve security not sorrow Prasad asserted invoking constitutional provisions guaranteeing life dignity and equality Justice delayed will be justice denied IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/tamil-nadu-bjp-lashes-out-at-dmk-govt-over-coimbatore-rape-case-646406.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-bengal-woman-facing-theft-charges-alleges-assault-by-police-646408.html Bengaluru Nov 3 A woman from West Bengal facing theft charges on Monday has alleged police brutality by the Bengaluru police police officials said The victim and her family have levelled allegations against personnel of the Varthur police station and the matter has been brought to the attention of the Chief Ministers Office in West BengalThe victim 33yearold maid Sundari Bibi is currently resting at home after receiving treatment at Bowring HospitalShe had been working at an apartment in Bengaluru when she was accused of theftFollowing a complaint the police allegedly took her into custody and brutally assaulted her beating her on her body limbs and headSundari also alleged that she was assaulted in her private parts leaving her unable to even attend to natures callShe claimed that the police who had summoned her for questioning assaulted her on her private parts hands legs and headAccording to the victims statement she had found money that had fallen on the floor while working in the flat and was about to return it to her employersHowever before she could do so the flat owners allegedly thrashed her and handed her over to the police who then assaulted herThe victims family contacted West Bengal Rajya Sabha member and West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board President Samirul IslamRajya Sabha member Islam in turn reached out to the Chief Ministers Office in West Bengal and forwarded the complaint for further actionMore details are yet to emerge regarding the incidentIn October last week Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh suspended the DJ Halli Police Inspector Sunil HB and Assistant SubInspector Prakash on charges of harassing and blackmailing a woman for sexual favoursBased on the complaint by the victim an FIR was filed against them at the Peenya police stationOn October 16 a Bengaluru traffic police officer was suspended after a viral video showed him slapping a youth at Madiwala in Silk Board Circle in BengaluruAfter the video created outrage and people demanded a criminal case calling it assault and not mere misbehaviour the police department confirmed action taken against the accused police officerThree police officers in Karnataka were suspended on June 29 for their role in falsely implicating a tribal man in the alleged murder of his wife who was later found aliveThose suspended are Kushalnagar Circle Police Inspector BG Prakash Yelawala Inspector Mahesh Kumar and Jayapura Inspector Prakash Yathinamani IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-bengal-woman-facing-theft-charges-alleges-assault-by-police-646408.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-more-key-players-in-tripuras-illegal-drug-trade-arrested-from-delhi-kolkata-646415.html Agartala Nov 3 Tripura Police Crime Branch has arrested two more main kingpins involved in the seizure of drugs worth Rs 54 crore recovered from a goods train arriving here from Delhi officials said on Monday A senior police official said that in connection with the recovery of 107800 bottles of banned ESkuf cough syrup from a goods train at Jirania railway station on October 17 the AntiNarcotics Wing of the Tripura Police Crime Branch TPCB arrested Arun Kumar Ghosh 58 and Himanshu Jha alias Sonu 32 from Kolkata and Delhi respectivelyThe official said that the duo will be brought to Agartala on Monday and Tuesday to produce them in a court hereTransit legal formalities are now under process he saidWith these three main drugs peddlers all are big traders of Tripura arrested so far in connection with the major drug haul from goods trainOn October 30 Rajib Dasgupta 42 was arrested by the TPCB and intensive searches were on to nab Ghosh and Jha The official further said that acting on specific Intelligence a joint team of security forces searched the goods train at Jirania railway station and recovered the banned Eskuf cough syrup which contains Codeine Phosphate and Triprolidine Hydrochloride substances often misused as narcotics in India neighbouring Bangladesh and other countriesThe estimated value of the seized drugs in the illegal market is around Rs 54 crore the official addedThe joint operation conducted by Tripura Police Assam Rifles Government Railway Police GRP Special Task Force STF and the Customs Department is being described as one of the major successes in the states ongoing war against drug traffickingThe goods train carrying chicken feed rice and other items had arrived at Jirania railway station from Delhi on October 16 The search operation began that night and continued into the early hours of October 17The illegal consignment was found unclaimed and concealed in two wagons alongside other cargo The seized items have been handed over to the Customs Department for further investigation and legal actionPolice suspect that the banned Eskuf cough syrup was meant to be smuggled into Bangladesh through clandestine routesThe Opposition CPIM and the Congress have been organising statewide agitations against the transportation of drugs through goods trains from DelhiThe youth wing of the Opposition Congress on Sunday launched a mass letter campaign to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw protesting against the transportation of narcotics in a DelhiTripura goods train The Tripura Youth Congress plans to send over 10000 such letters in the coming daysTripura Youth Congress President Neel Kamal Saha said that the initiative began centrally from Agartala on Sunday and would soon be expanded to all blocks and localities across the stateWe have started sending mass letters to the Railway Minister from Agartala Similar letters will be dispatched from each block and locality across the state in the next few days Saha had told the mediaIn the letter the Youth Congress alleged that certain leaders of the ruling BJP in collusion with dishonest traders and drug peddlers were attempting to turn Tripura into a drugsmuggling corridor even using railway services for illegal activities IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/two-more-key-players-in-tripuras-illegal-drug-trade-arrested-from-delhi-kolkata-646415.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-tourist-harassment-case-two-kerala-cops-suspended-two-taxi-drivers-arrested-646423.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 3 In a swift action following the viral video of a woman tourist being harassed by local taxi drivers in Munnar the Kerala Police on Monday have suspended two officials and taken two taxi drivers identified as Vinayakan and Vijayakumar into custody The case has sparked widespread outrage on social media prompting the state government to promise corrective steps to ensure tourist safety in the hill stationThe video originally posted by Janvi a Mumbaibased assistant professor showed a group of taxi drivers confronting and intimidating her and her friends for booking an online cab instead of a local taxi near the KSRTC bus stand in Munnar on October 30The drivers reportedly opposed to appbased taxi services allegedly warned the tourists that they would not be allowed to travel unless they hired local taxisJanvi alleged that when she approached the police for help officers failed to act echoing the stance of the taxi unionWe were forced to take another vehicle and eventually cut short our trip out of fear she said in the video which has since been deleted but had already gone viralFollowing the public outcry the Munnar police registered a suo motu case under Sections 1262 3512 and 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita relating to wrongful restraint and criminal intimidationThe FIR did not initially name any accused but police have since identified three taxi drivers two of whom are in custody with the third expected to be taken into custody soonState Tourism Minister PA Mohammed Riyas called the incident unfortunate and said it should never have happened adding that steps will be taken to strengthen police vigilance and prevent the harassment of tourists in the futureThe incident has reignited debate over the monopoly of local taxi unions in tourist destinations and the challenges faced by appbased cab services in Kerala IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-tourist-harassment-case-two-kerala-cops-suspended-two-taxi-drivers-arrested-646423.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:51:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/durgapur-gang-rape-case-lawyer-of-victims-classmate-questions-hasty-submission-of-charge-sheet-by-police-646434.html Kolkata Nov 3 On the second day of the trial of Durgapur gangrape case the lawyer of the victim medical students arrested classmate raised questions on the hastily submission of the charge sheet by the police He also sought information about the classmates chat conversation with the studentFollowing the submission of the charge sheet by the police in 20 days since the incident the gang rape case was transferred from the Durgapur Subdivision Court to the Additional District and Sessions CourtAfter the hearing process began on Monday the classmates lawyer Shekhar Kundu asked why there was such a rush to file the charge sheet into the matterThe lawyer also demanded CCTV footage of the police station after his client was arrested by the policeHe also asked for the footage of the Test Identification TI parade processThe electronic evidence that has been provided is missing from several parts The full part must be given the lawyer told the courtHe asked the court to provide these documents citing examples of cases in other statesShekhar also asked for detailed information about the phone and chat conversations between the victim and her classmate before the incidentHe claimed The police hastily submitted the charge sheet due to media and political pressureIn response Special Public Prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee said We have given what was asked to be given according to the verdict of two different cases There is no mention under which section the accuseds lawyer has applied for the same CCTV footage has been given The recording of the TI parade is not credible to us That is why it was not done Instead hard copies have been givenThe Public Prosecutor also added that the mobile tower location was given by the telecom company which has been shared with the classmates lawyerWe do not consider the CCTVs of Durgapur New Township and Bijan Outpost to be credible in our investigationBivas said The charge sheet is not yet complete An additional charge sheet can be given within 90 days of submitting the primary charge sheet They are waiting for several documentsMeanwhile the court has ordered the accused to be remanded in judicial custody for another dayThe judge said the accused will be represented by the district legal aid until they can find a lawyerThe next hearing in the case has been set for TuesdayOn October 10 the secondyear medical student from Odisha was allegedly gangraped by five persons in a forested area outside a private medical college and hospital in West Burdwan districts Durgapur of West BengalBased on the complaint lodged by the victim the police arrested all five accused persons in the caseThe police said that only one person was involved in the physical sexual assault of the medical studentLater the police arrested the classmatecumboyfriend of the victim with whom she had gone out on October 10 eveningThe male friend was arrested after investigators found inconsistencies in his response during police questioningOn October 30 the police filed a charge sheet before the Durgapur Subdivisional Court in the gangrape caseThe charge sheet was submitted to the court 20 days after the incidentThe charge sheet includes a rape case against the medical students classmatecumboyfriendAt the same time the charge sheet also includes gangrape against the other three accused and extortion against the remaining two IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/durgapur-gang-rape-case-lawyer-of-victims-classmate-questions-hasty-submission-of-charge-sheet-by-police-646434.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-court-discharges-former-coal-secy-hc-gupta-other-officials-in-coal-scam-case-646437.html New Delhi Nov 3 A Delhi court has discharged former Coal Secretary HC Gupta former Joint Secretary Coal KS Kropha and three others in a corruption case linked to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Fatehpur East coal block in Chhattisgarh Special Judge Dheeraj Mor of the Rouse Avenue District Court passed the order after the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI filed a chargesheet accusing the former government officials as well as firm RKM Powergen and its director and managing director of criminal conspiracy cheating and corruption under the Indian Penal Code IPC and Prevention of Corruption ActIn its order the court said that there was no prima facie evidence to suggest criminal intent on the part of Gupta Kropha or the members of the 35th Screening Committee which had recommended the allocation of the Fatehpur East coal block to RKM PowergenIt added that the allocation was made after due consideration of the recommendations of the Union Ministry of Power and the Chhattisgarh governmentThe CBI had alleged that RKM Powergen obtained the coal block by submitting false claims about its financial strength and preparedness in setting up the proposed power plant and that senior officers in the Coal Ministry failed to scrutinise its documentsThe prosecution also accused the company of using forged documents including consent letters for land acquisition and a bogus detailed project report Holding that the accusations did not warrant the framing of charges the court ordered the discharge of all five accusedAll five accused persons namely i Ms RKM Powergen Pvt Ltd ii Smt Dr Andal Arumugam iii Sh TM Singaravel iv Sh Harish Chandra Gupta and v Sh Kuljeet Singh Kropha are entitled to be discharged for the respective offences alleged against them in the charge sheet Accordingly they all are ordered to be discharged the order readThis marks another relief for former Coal Secretary Gupta who has been tried in multiple coal block allocation cases IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-court-discharges-former-coal-secy-hc-gupta-other-officials-in-coal-scam-case-646437.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-anil-ambani-groups-land-worth-rs-4-462-crore-in-navi-mumbai-646448.html New Delhi Nov 3 The Enforcement Directorate ED has provisionally attached over 132 acres of land worth Rs 446281 crore in Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City at Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act according to a statement issued by the investigative agency on Monday ED had earlier attached 42 properties worth over Rs 3083 crore in the bank fraud cases of Reliance Communications Ltd RCOM Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd and Reliance Home Finance LtdThe total attachment in these cases stands at over Rs 7545 crores ED is actively pursuing perpetrators of financial crime and is committed to restituting the proceeds of crime to their rightful claimants the statement saidED had initiated an investigation based on CBIs FIR under sections 120B 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 and section 132 read with section 131d of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1989 against RCOM Anil Ambani and othersRCOM and its group companies availed loans from domestic and foreign lenders from the period of 20102012 onwards of which a total amount of Rs 40185 crore is outstanding Five banks have declared the loan accounts of the Group as fraud the statement saidThe ED investigation has revealed that loans taken by one entity from one bank were utilised for repayment of loans taken by other entities from other banks transfer to related parties and investments in mutual funds which was in contravention of the terms and conditions of the sanction letter of the loans the statement explainedIn particular RCOM and its group companies diverted over Rs 13600 crore for evergreening of loans over Rs 12600 crore was diverted to connected parties and over Rs 1800 crore was invested in FDsMFs etc which was substantially liquidated for rerouting to group entities Huge misuse of bill discounting for the purpose of funnelling funds to connected parties has also been detected by ED Certain loans were siphoned off outside India through foreign outward remittances Further investigation is in progress the statement added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-anil-ambani-groups-land-worth-rs-4-462-crore-in-navi-mumbai-646448.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:55:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ex-andhra-minister-jogi-ramesh-sent-to-judicial-custody-in-spurious-liquor-case-646236.html Vijayawada Nov 3 YSR Congress Party leader and former Minister Jogi Ramesh and his brother Jogi Ramu were sent to judicial custody till November 13 by a court here on Monday in the spurious liquor case Jogi brothers who were arrested on Sunday were produced before a magistrate at his residence in the early hours of MondayAfter hearing the arguments on the police remand report the magistrate pronounced the orders at 5 am remanding the duo to judicial custodyThe police subsequently shifted them to Vijayawada jailThe Special Investigation Team SIT probing the spurious liquor case arrested Jogi Ramesh from his residence at Ibrahimpatnam in NTR district early Sunday His brother Ramu was also taken into custodyJogi Ramesh and his brother were interrogated by the SIT for 12 hours at the excise department office in Vijayawada Around midnight they were taken to the government hospital for medical examination and were later produced before the magistrate at his residenceThe former minister was questioned by the SIT on the basis of the statement by Addepalli Janardhana Rao the prime accused in the case who alleged that spurious liquor was manufactured under the directions of Jogi RameshIn a video which went viral last month Janardhana Rao said that though he stopped the production of spurious liquor immediately after the TDPled NDA came to power Jogi Ramesh called him over the phone in April this year and asked him to manufacture spurious liquorThe prime accused also claimed that Jogi Ramesh assured him that he would give him Rs three crore to open a distillery in AfricaJanardhan Rao reportedly told police that in 2023 when Jogi Ramesh was minister he started production of spurious liquor in Ibrahimpatnam He stated that before leaving for Africa he had called on Jogi Ramesh at his house in Ibrahimpatnam on September 23Jogi Rameshs arrest came a day after he filed a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation CBI probe into the sensational spurious liquor caseHe alleged that the coalition government is deliberately trying to frame him in the case for political reasons He stated that the ongoing investigation by state police is biased and politically influencedThe YSRCP leader argued that only a Central agency like the CBI can conduct a fair and impartial probe He requested the High Court to issue orders transferring the investigation of the two FIRs registered at Mulakalacheruvu and Bhavanipuram police stations to the CBIRamesh also demanded that the CBI investigate his complaint dated October 15 which he filed after the release of a recorded statement given by Janardhana Rao while in police custody He alleged that the video appears to have been recorded under duressYSRCP has condemned Jogi Rameshs arrest and termed it illegal Its president and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of resorting to the arrest to divert public attention from his own and his party leaders involvement in spurious liquor IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ex-andhra-minister-jogi-ramesh-sent-to-judicial-custody-in-spurious-liquor-case-646236.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-teen-pushed-off-moving-train-battles-for-life-646260.html Thiruvananthapuram Nov 3 The 19yearold girl Sreekutty who was pushed out of a moving train continues to be in critical condition and is battling for her life at the staterun Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital Her grieving grandmother said she is shocked and devastated by the news All of us are praying for her speedy recovery she said holding back tearsThe shocking incident occurred on Sunday aboard the Kerala Express near Varkala when a drunken passenger allegedly pushed Sreekutty off the moving trainThe accused identified as Suresh Kumar 48 of Panachamoodu was overpowered by fellow passengers and handed over to the Railway Protection ForceAccording to Sreekuttys friend Archana who was travelling with her the attack happened around 845 pm in the general compartmentThe two were returning from Aluva after a short trip related to their studiesArchana said the man who appeared intoxicated leaned on them inappropriatelyWhen Sreekutty protested he suddenly kicked her in the midsection throwing her out of the open doorArchana too was kicked but managed to cling to the doors iron bar until other passengers pulled her back insideThe injured girl was found near the Ayanthi overbridge about 15 km from Varkala railway stationSince ambulances could not access the area she was brought to the station by a MEMU train before being rushed to Sree Narayana Mission Hospital and later shifted to the Medical College hereDoctors said Sreekutty suffered internal bleeding but her condition remained extremely seriousPolice said the accused is being interrogated even as the entire state prays for the young students recoverySuresh Kumar is presently in the custody of the police and he has admitted to the crime he committed The police will be producing him before a local court here IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-teen-pushed-off-moving-train-battles-for-life-646260.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:30:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fan-murder-case-court-to-frame-charges-against-actor-darshan-16-others-today-646263.html Bengaluru Nov 3 The trial court hearing the sensational fan murder case will frame charges against jailed Kannada superstar Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and others on Monday The accused will be produced before the court and once the procedure for framing charges is completed the court will commence the trial The court had earlier fixed October 31 as the date for framing charges However Darshans counsel Sunil requested time to explain the procedure of framing charges to his client He argued that if the accused were to agree to the charges without being adequately informed it could lead to legal complications in the futureAccepting the request the court adjourned the matter to November 3 Monday It also directed both parties to cooperate to ensure the speedy examination of witnesses in the case Once the charges are framed the court will begin the trial and examine the witnesses After the completion of this process the court will deliver its verdictDarshan Pavithra Gowda and 15 others were arrested on June 11 2024 on charges of kidnapping and brutally murdering Renukaswamy a fan from Chitradurga Renukaswamy allegedly sent derogatory and obscene messages to Pavithra Gowda angry that Darshan maintained a relationship with her despite being marriedDarshan was shifted to Ballari Prison after photos of his alleged royal treatment at Bengaluru Central Prison surfaced He currently faces three FIRs related to the case The police submitted a 3991page charge sheet on September 4 2024 along with an additional charge sheet to the courtDarshan was released from prison on October 30 2024 after spending 131 days in custody Following the appeal by Karnataka Police the Supreme Court cancelled the bail and Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and others were arrested againIt can be recalled that Pavithra Gowda is known as Darshans longtime companionSources close to Darshan revealed that Pavithra Gowda competed with Darshans wife Vijayalaxmi over jewellery and luxury cars She allegedly pressured Darshan to make public appearancesPavithra Gowda and Vijayalaxmi also had public spats via social media posts which led Darshans fans to take sides and attack one of the women Renukaswamy who supported Vijayalaxmi criticised and sent vulgar messages and photos to Pavithra Gowda which ultimately led to his brutal death according to police findings IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fan-murder-case-court-to-frame-charges-against-actor-darshan-16-others-today-646263.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/college-student-abducted-raped-near-coimbatore-airport-tn-police-launch-massive-hunt-for-three-646265.html Chennai Nov 3 In a shocking incident a young college student was allegedly abducted and raped by three men near the Coimbatore International Airport in Tamil Nadu The incident happened late on Sunday night The victim was later found in a naked condition severely traumatised in a vacant plot near the airport and was rushed to a private hospitalAccording to police sources the horrifying episode unfolded around 11 pm in a secluded area behind the International Airport The student who is pursuing her degree at a private college in the city had been sitting in a parked car and talking to her male friend identified as Vineeth Suddenly three unidentified men approached the vehicle attacked Vineeth and forcibly dragged the young woman away into the darknessThe men allegedly took turns raping her before fleeing the scene leaving her injured and in a state of shockVineeth who sustained serious injuries while trying to resist the attackers managed to reach the Peelamedu police station and alert the authoritiesActing swiftly a police team led by senior officers rushed to the spot and began combing operations in the surrounding areasAfter a frantic search the police found the victim lying unconscious and without clothes in a nearby vacant plotShe was immediately rescued and taken to a private hospital where she is undergoing treatment Doctors said her condition is stable but she remains deeply traumatisedVineeth was also shifted to the Coimbatore Government Hospital for medical careMeanwhile the Peelamedu police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code including those pertaining to kidnapping and gang rapeA special team has been formed to track down and arrest the three accused who are currently on the runSenior police officials visited the hospital and assured the victims family of swift actionForensic experts have collected evidence from the crime sceneThe brutal assault has sparked widespread outrage among residents with womens rights groups demanding stringent punishment for the perpetratorsThe city police will intensify night patrols around the airport area following the incident which has left Coimbatore in shock and disbelief IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/college-student-abducted-raped-near-coimbatore-airport-tn-police-launch-massive-hunt-for-three-646265.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-shot-at-by-bike-borne-miscreants-in-kolkata-suburb-old-enmity-suspected-646274.html Kolkata Nov 3 A 37yearold woman was shot in the back by two bikeborne miscreants in the southern Kolkata suburb of Haridevpur on Monday morning creating panic and raising security concerns among local residents The shooting took place in front of a club According to local sources the woman identified as Mousumi Haldar was shot in the back by bikeborne miscreantsThe shooting occurred around 7 am in front of a local club as Haldar was walkingAccording to local sources two men on a motorcycle fired at the woman before fleeing the scene She was initially rushed to MR Bangur Hospital and subsequently transferred to SSKM Hospital due to her critical condition medical sources confirmedA senior Kolkata Police official said A search is on to find the miscreants who shot at the woman in the Haridevpur area She has been admitted to a hospital for treatment Investigation into the incident is underwayInitial police investigations suggested that the incident stemmed from an old enmity a theory corroborated by local sources The victim was rescued by the residents who heard the gunshotsDetailing about the incident a local resident said she heard gunshots at about 7 am Looking through her window she saw a woman lying on the road with a gunshot wound in her backThe womans son who was nearby rushed to her and took her to MR Bangur Hospital with the help of the local residentsDoctors at SSKM Hospital later said that her condition is criticalThe brazen daylight attack in the busy congested neighbourhood has caused widespread apprehensionResidents have expressed concern over what they describe as a rise in crime incidents in the southern suburbs of KolkataAuthorities at the Haridevpur Police Station are coordinating with the detective department of the Kolkata Police to swiftly apprehend the perpetrators IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-shot-at-by-bike-borne-miscreants-in-kolkata-suburb-old-enmity-suspected-646274.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajkot-firing-case-two-more-arrested-police-hunt-for-more-suspects-646284.html Ahmedabad Nov 3 The Rajkot police have achieved a breakthrough in the firing incident that took place outside a city hospital The Special Operations Group SOG has arrested two more accused for allegedly assisting in the gunfire exchange linked to the ongoing rivalry between the Penda and Murga gangs The two arrested accused have been identified as Kamlesh and Bharat DabhiThe duo was nabbed from Samadhiyala village in Babra in Amreli district where they had been hiding since the attack Police have initiated the process to secure their remand for further interrogationAccording to the investigation three different weapons were used in the shootout which occurred around midnight on October 29 near Mangla Main Road when members of the rival gangs opened fire at each other leaving one person injuredNeither gang lodged a formal complaint after the incident prompting police to register an FIR suo motu against 11 individuals from both groups Six empty cartridges and one live bullet were recovered from the sceneFollowing a CCTVled probe police earlier arrested seven suspects including Harshdeep alias Metiyo Zala Jaivik alias Montu Rojasara Jignesh alias Bhaylu Gadhvi Himmat alias Kalu Langa Gadhvi Lakirajsinh Zala Manishdan Gadhvi and Parimal alias Pariyo SolankiOfficers also seized two countrymade pistols three cartridges and a car worth over Rs 375 lakh Preliminary investigations suggest the gang war erupted over a woman allegedly linked to a member of the Murga gang The rivalry between the two groups has been brewing for nearly ten months marked by multiple retaliatory shootings including incidents in January February and August this yearThe latest arrests bring the total number of accused held in the Rajkot firing case to nine as police continue a statewide manhunt for the remaining suspects Authorities said that while the operation to capture the fugitives continues the city police are determined to dismantle both gangs and restore peace in Rajkot IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajkot-firing-case-two-more-arrested-police-hunt-for-more-suspects-646284.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:24:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/35-tn-fishermen-arrested-by-sri-lankan-navy-for-crossing-maritime-boundary-646300.html Chennai Nov 3 In yet another incident highlighting the continuing tensions over fishing rights in the Palk Bay 35 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the early hours of Monday for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line IMBL and fishing in Sri Lankan waters According to official sources the arrests took place near the northern coast of Sri Lanka when naval patrol vessels intercepted three mechanised boats belonging to Indian fishermenAll three boats were seized along with the fishing gear Of those detained 31 fishermen are residents of Nagapattinam district and had set sail from Akkaraipettai and Thopputhurai fishing harbours on Sunday eveningThe remaining four fishermen hailed from Ramanathapuram districtThey were reportedly engaged in deepsea fishing when the Sri Lankan Navy intercepted them claiming they had violated maritime boundariesInitial reports indicated that the detained fishermen were taken to Kankesanthurai port in northern Sri Lanka for questioning They are likely to be produced before a local court once the necessary documentation and preliminary inquiries are completedThe seized boats and equipment have been handed over to the fisheries department in Jaffna for further legal proceedingsNews of the arrest has sparked anxiety among the fishing community in Nagapattinam and RamanathapuramThe families of the detained fishermen have appealed to both the Tamil Nadu and Union governments to intervene urgently for their releaseFishermens associations have condemned the repeated arrests urging diplomatic talks between New Delhi and Colombo to ensure a permanent solution to the recurring maritime conflictThe representatives of fishermens unions pointed out that rough seas and poor navigation facilities often push fishing boats close to the IMBL resulting in inadvertent crossings They demanded that the Centre expedite efforts to retrieve the fishermen and their boats and renew bilateral talks to delineate clear fishing rights and promote joint patrollingThis is the third major incident in recent months involving the arrest of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan authorities underscoring the need for a sustainable and humane resolution to the longstanding issue IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/35-tn-fishermen-arrested-by-sri-lankan-navy-for-crossing-maritime-boundary-646300.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/greater-chennai-police-to-install-smart-surveillance-network-in-north-chennai-646158.html Chennai Nov 2 In a major step toward improving surveillance and public safety the Greater Chennai Police will install closedcircuit television CCTV and automatic number plate recognition ANPR cameras at 45 key locations across north Chennai it was announced on Sunday The move aims to curb vehicle thefts monitor traffic violations and strengthen law enforcement in crimeprone and hightraffic areas The initiative part of the North Chennai Development Plan will be implemented at a total cost of Rs 916 crore The cameras will be strategically placed in neighbourhoods including Vyasarpadi Pulianthope Flower Bazaar Washermenpet Basin Bridge North Beach Esplanade Thiruvottiyur and Sembium According to officials 10 cameras will be installed in Flower Bazaar 18 in Pulianthope and 17 in Washermenpet all considered sensitive zones due to dense traffic and commercial activity The surveillance network will cover major junctions market areas bus stops temples and railway stations that are vulnerable to theft chainsnatching and illegal parking Among the key locations identified are Muthusamy RoadEsplanade Road Anna SalaiPallavan Salai Starhans Road Erukanchery High RoadEthiraj Samy Salai Ennore High Road signal and the busy Kasimedu fish market areaThe cameras will be linked to an advanced Intelligent Video Management System IVMS capable of identifying stolen vehicles and sending realtime alerts to nearby police stationsThe ANPR cameras will automatically detect traffic violations such as signal jumping helmetless riding and mobile phone use while driving Violations will be processed digitally and echallans issued through the VAHAN portal A senior police official said that all cameras will have night vision capability to ensure roundtheclock monitoring Continuous live feeds from the control room will help ensure quick response to incidents and serve as vital evidence during investigations the official added The project is expected to greatly enhance police efficiency in crime detection and deterrence By integrating technology into surveillance the police hope to not only improve road discipline and reduce thefts but also reassure residents about safety in the northern parts of the city a region that has witnessed rapid urban growth and commercial expansion in recent years IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/greater-chennai-police-to-install-smart-surveillance-network-in-north-chennai-646158.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 13:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/goa-police-crack-highway-robbery-case-arrest-notorious-criminal-from-pune-646163.html Panaji Nov 2 In a major breakthrough Goas Porvorim police have successfully solved a highway robbery case with the arrest of a notorious criminal from Pune officials said on Sunday The arrest marks a significant step forward in the investigation of a daring robbery where suspects impersonating police officers looted cash worth Rs 800000 from a vehicle on the highway last monthAccording to Police Inspector Rahul Parab of Porvorim Police Station the incident occurred on October 12 when a group of unknown persons posing as police officials stopped a vehicle and robbed the occupants of Rs 8 lakh in cash Following the robbery police formed multiple teams to identify and trace the culpritsThe investigation led teams to Pune Kalyan and Mumbai where they carried out a series of coordinated raids During one such operation officers seized a scooter used by the accused from Ambivali Thane and brought it to Goa for further examinationTo trace the suspects the Porvorim police team conducted extensive surveillance operations camping for several days in the notorious Irani Basti areas of Pune and Ambivali Thane Despite the accused fleeing their localities before the raids investigators continued to track their movements closelyWith assistance from the Pune Crime Branch the police finally apprehended one of the key accused Mukhtar Sayyad Irani 34 a resident of Loni Kalbhor Pune on October 31He was subsequently brought to Goa and produced before the court which sent him to four days of police custody for further interrogationPolice revealed that Mukhtar Irani is a habitual offender previously involved in 18 criminal cases across Maharashtra and Karnataka ranging from theft to highway robberyEfforts are underway to arrest the remaining suspects and recover the stolen amountThe operation was conducted under the supervision of SP North Rahul Gupta and SDPO Vishwesh Karpe with the investigation team comprising PI Rahul Parab PSI Sitaram Malik PSI Mandar Parab PSI Arun Shirodkar and constables Mahadev Naik Nitesh Gaude Akash Navelkar Amit Narvekar Hemant Gaonkar Bhikaji Parab Devidas Malkar and othersPolice officials said the arrest underscores the departments commitment to cracking down on organised crime networks operating across state bordersThe investigation is ongoing to trace other members of the gang and recover the remaining loot IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/goa-police-crack-highway-robbery-case-arrest-notorious-criminal-from-pune-646163.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 13:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/9-critical-after-10-stabbed-in-train-in-uks-cambridgeshire-2-suspects-arrested-646217.html London Nov 2 IANS As many as nine people were receiving treatment for lifethreatening injuries after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge in eastern England police said adding that two suspected attackers were arrested and counterterrorism police were supporting their investigation local media reports saidnbspPrime Minister Keir Starmer described the attack as an appalling incidentBritish Transport Police said counterterrorism police were supporting its probe while it is working to find the full circumstances and motivation behind the incident The Guardian reportednbspIn a statement BTP Chief Superintendent Chris Casey said Were conducting urgent enquiries to establish what has happened and it could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything furthernbspAt this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the incidentCambridgeshire Constabulary said armed police reached the site of the incident when officers were informed about the incident at Huntingdon station at 739 pm local time on Saturdaynbsp Armed officers attended and the train was stopped at Huntingdon where two men were arrestedThe East of England ambulance service has sent a largescale response to the incident A spokesperson said several ambulances tactical commanders and its hazardous area response team were at the site of the incident It further said We can confirm we have transported multiple patients to hospitalPolice said the attack took place at the train service from Doncaster to London Kings Cross at 625 pm local time shortly after the LNER train left Peterborough stationPM Starmer called the incident on a train near Huntingdon deeply concerning and expressed gratitude to the emergency services for their responseIn a statement shared on X he said The appalling incident on a train near Huntingdon is deeply concerning My thoughts are with all those affected and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response Anyone in the area should follow the advice of the policeUK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated that she is deeply saddened to hear about the stabbings in Huntingdon and expressed sympathies with those affected by the incidentI am deeply saddened to hear about the stabbings in Huntingdon My thoughts go out to all those affected Two suspects have been immediately arrested and taken into custody I am receiving regular updates on the investigation I urge people to avoid comment and speculation at this early stage Mahmood posted on XLondon North Eastern Railway LNER which operates east coast mainline services in the UK said that the incident happened on one of its trains and asked passengers not to travel due to major disruption The Guardian reported National Rail said that Huntingdon station is closed with all lines blocked According to the LNER the services in the area are expected to remain disrupted until MondayWe are experiencing major disruption across the LNER route Emergency services are dealing with an incident at Huntingdon station all lines are blocked Our advice is Do Not Travel Please defer your travel where you can https://dailyworld.in/crime/9-critical-after-10-stabbed-in-train-in-uks-cambridgeshire-2-suspects-arrested-646217.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 17:27:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-man-murders-three-family-members-commits-suicide-646143.html Hyderabad Nov 2 In a shocking incident a man in Telanganas Vikarabad district murdered three of his family members including his wife and daughter before committing suicide police said on Sunday The incident occurred at Kulkacherla village on the intervening night of Saturday and SundayPolice said Vepuri Yadaiah 38 hacked his wife Aluvelu 32 daughter Aparna 13 and sisterinlaw Hanumamma 40 to death with an axe when they were asleepHis elder daughter Apoorva 16 escaped from the house when he tried to attack her She sustained injuries to her head and handAfter killing the three Yadaiah hanged himself to death in the houseAlerted by the locals police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the mortuary for a postmortem examinationPreliminary investigation by the police shows that a domestic dispute led to the gruesome murders and suicideAccording to police Yadaiah and his wife had some issues last week and they were frequently quarrelling Village and family elders had counselled the couple to resolve the issueApoorva who is undergoing treatment at a hospital said her father had an argument with her mother on Saturday evening Some family members along with village elders called Yadaiah and pulled him up for not mending his waysYadaiahs sisterinlaw also came to the house to take her sister and children to her home the next day Yadaiah who was irked over being reprimanded by the family members and village elders did not have dinnerWhen all family members were asleep Yadaiah attacked them with an axe Apoorva said he first attacked their aunt and when their mother tried to save her he attacked her tooAfter killing both their aunt and mother he turned to his daughters and asked how they would live Apoorva said he attacked them with the same axe While Aparna died on the spot Apoorva managed to escape with injuriesA case has been registered at Kulkacherla Police Station Police said they were conducting further investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/telangana-man-murders-three-family-members-commits-suicide-646143.html Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:39:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-secures-18-months-jail-for-insurance-firm-employee-in-corruption-case-645928.html Patna Oct 31 A Special CBI Court in Patna on Friday sentenced an insurance companys employee to 18 months Rigorous Imprisonment RI with a fine of Rs 20000 in a bribery case Accused Abhijeet Sarkar Senior Assistant National Insurance Company Ltd NICL Kishanganj Branch was sentenced in the corruption case dating back to 2011 said a CBI statementThe Central Bureau of Investigation CBI registered the case on September 27 2011 on the basis of a written complaint that Sarkar demanded a bribe of Rs 20000 from the complainant and accepted Rs 15000 clearing his insurance claim file in respect of an accidental vehicleAfter investigation the CBI filed a charge sheet on April 31 2012 against the accusedIn a separate case a Special CBI Court in Delhi on Friday sentenced 13 convicts including a retired IAS official to jail terms varying from two to five years in the multicrore rupee Cooperative Group Housing Society CGHS scamThe case involved forgery and corruption to revive defunct societies to dupe thousands of prospective homebuyers in the CapitalThe 13 accused were punished in connection with wrongdoing related to the Safadarjung Cooperative Group Housing Society Case the CBI said in a statementConvicts Karamvir Singh Narender Kumar Maha Nan Sharma Pankaj Madan Ahawni Sharma Ashutosh Pant Sudershan Tandon Manoj Vats Vijay Thakur Vikas Madan and Poonam Awasthi were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with a fineRetired IAS official Gopal Dixit and Narender Dheer 90 have been sentenced to two years imprisonment with fine the statement saidThe case pertains to irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the revival of the defunct society from the office of Registrar of Cooperative Societies by using false and fabricated documentsThe investigation revealed that the convicts including public servants and private individuals entered into a criminal conspiracy to fraudulently revive the society on the basis of forged documents and obtained allotment of land from the Delhi Development Authority DDA through deceitful means IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-secures-18-months-jail-for-insurance-firm-employee-in-corruption-case-645928.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:38:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/dularchand-yadav-murder-case-doctor-rules-out-bullet-injury-as-cause-of-death-645930.html Patna Nov 1 A new twist has emerged in the highprofile Dularchand Yadav murder case in Mokama as one of the doctors who conducted the postmortem has stated that Yadav did not die due to a bullet injury but from internal trauma A threemember medical board was formed to conduct the postmortem which included Dr Ajay Kumar Singh According to Dr Singh the examination revealed multiple wounds on Yadavs body along with severe internal injuries The nature of the injuries clearly suggests that death was caused by internal trauma he saidDr Singh added that the bullet had hit Yadavs left leg near the joint and passed throughThe gunshot wound is not of a fatal nature It is a superficial injury while the internal damage indicates that the death likely occurred due to internal impact rather than the bullet the doctor saidDoctors also confirmed that such a gunshot as observed was not capable of causing death An Xray examination of the body was conducted prior to the postmortem The panel will now prepare the final report after considering all the evidenceThe incident happened during an election campaign when Jan Suraaj candidate Piyush Priyadarshi was out canvassing along with his supportersA group of people allegedly attacked the convoy with sticks and suddenly someone reportedly opened fire injuring Dularchand Yada who later diedThe police have launched an investigation into the casePatna Rural SP Vikram Sihag said three FIRs have been registered in connection with recent stonepelting and assault incidentsThe body was handed over to the family after the postmortem and police have been deployed at the site to maintain law and orderThe deceaseds grandson has identified five accused while another complaint named six others Initial reports had indicated a bullet mark on Yadavs bodyOnce considered a close associate of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav Dularchand played a key role in strengthening the partys grassroots network and connections in the 1990sHowever in recent years he shifted his allegiance to the Jan Suraaj movement and developed close ties with Piyush PriyadarshiAccording to local residents Yadav was a wellknown figure in Mokamas Tal area and was respected for his social work and political influenceSources with the police indicated that the clash likely stemmed from old rivalries and a power struggle during the election campaign IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/dularchand-yadav-murder-case-doctor-rules-out-bullet-injury-as-cause-of-death-645930.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rave-party-on-bengaluru-outskirts-raided-by-police-130-detained-for-probe-645959.html Ramanagara Karnataka Nov 1 A Bengaluru Rural police team raided a rave party being held at a private resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru city and took 130 people into custody early on Saturday Based on information that a rave party was taking place late at night at the resort near Devigere Cross in neighbouring Ramanagara district the police team led by SP South Srinivas Gowda rushed to the spot and detained a total of 130 individuals including 35 womenAll those detained were taken into custody and subjected to medical examination at the Ramanagara District Hospital The incident took place within the limits of the Kaggalipura police stationKaggalipura police conducted the raid at around 3 am while the party was underway It is reported that all those detained are residents of BengaluruDuring the raid when media personnel and others attempted to record videos the police prevented them from doing so It is alleged that narcotic substances were used at the party The preliminary investigations have revealed that the property is said to belong to a person named Suhas GowdaMore details are yet to emerge regarding the rave party raid and seizures The police have taken up further investigationIn May this year the Bengaluru city police raided a party taking place at a farmhouse in the village of Kannamangala near the citys outskirts The gathering was being presented as a birthday celebration but was flagged by locals for unusual activityA total of 31 people were detained including 24 men and 7 women Most attendees are reported to be privatesector IT professionals based in Bengaluru Among the attendees were alleged consumers and alleged suppliers of narcotics Three individuals the organiser and two others were formally arrested and 28 others were released on bailSeized items include about 3 grams of cocaine 5 grams of hydroganja 60 grams of hashish and smaller amounts of ganja IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rave-party-on-bengaluru-outskirts-raided-by-police-130-detained-for-probe-645959.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 11:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-books-cgst-officer-ratiram-meena-for-amassing-disproportionate-assets-646052.html Jaipur Nov 1 The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has registered a case against Central Goods and Services Tax CGST Department Assistant Commissioner Ratiram Meena on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income According to officials Meena had declared assets worth Rs 5173 lakh as of August 2018 However by August 2025 his wealth had increased to over Rs 408 crore marking an eightfold rise in just seven yearsThe CBI revealed that Meena served in CGST offices in Jaipur and Ahmedabad during this period The investigation found that he allegedly acquired illegal assets worth Rs 254 crore which is nearly 100 per cent more than his known incomeCBI sources said Meena allegedly operated several firms LLPs and companies under the names of his wife and son which were used to divert and conceal illegal funds Raids were conducted at multiple locations including Jaipur Ankleshwar Gujarat and Ahmedabad leading to the recovery of gold and silver jewellery worth approximately Rs 35 lakh Investigators also found that Meena and his family owned multiple immovable properties across Rajasthan along with luxury vehicles such as a Porsche and a Jeep CompassTwo bank lockers in the names of family members were also discovered and the CBI is currently examining their contents The case surfaced after the disproportionate assettoincome ratio of the officer failed to be justified during a routine assessment As per legal provisions if a government officer possesses assets significantly exceeding their known income without a legitimate explanation it is considered a case of illegal acquisition of wealthThe CBI has launched a detailed investigation into Meenas financial transactions company records locker contents vehicle purchases and property documents to trace the origin of the illicit assets IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-books-cgst-officer-ratiram-meena-for-amassing-disproportionate-assets-646052.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:32:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-held-at-mumbai-airport-with-rs-47-crore-cocaine-in-coffee-packets-646054.html Mumbai Nov 1 A woman who landed at the Mumbai airport from Colombo was arrested for carrying 47 kg of cocaine valued at nearly Rs 47 crore in the illicit market in nine coffee packets an official of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI said on Saturday The DRI also apprehended four other members of the syndicate one who had come to the airport to receive the consignment and three others linked to the financing logistics and distribution network of the smuggled narcotics said the statementAll five accused have been arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act 1985 said the DRIActing on specific intelligence DRI officers intercepted the woman passenger shortly after her arrival and subjected her baggage to detailed examination said the statementThe scrutiny led to the discovery of nine pouches of a white powdery substance cleverly concealed inside coffee packets it saidPreliminary testing with the NDPS field kit confirmed the substance to be cocaine it saidCalling it a major blow to international drug trafficking networks the DRI said it has launched an investigation to uncover the wider transnational syndicate orchestrating the smuggling attemptSome of the recent seizures by DRI indicate a concerning trend wherein international drug syndicates are increasingly exploiting Indian women as couriers while concealing narcotics within food items and everyday edibles to camouflage the contraband and evade detectionIn a separate case the DRI last month busted a major narcotics manufacturing and distribution network operating across the National Capital Region arresting 26 foreign nationals and seizing large quantities of heroin cocaine and amphetamine valued at Rs 10881 crore in the illicit international marketIn total 1627 kg of amphetamine 79 kg of cocaine 18 kg of heroin 213 kg of ganja and 11542 kg of precursor chemicals collectively valued at approximately Rs 10881 crore were seized during the course of the operationThe coordinated multiday operation was conducted between October 21 and 23 said an official statement IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/woman-held-at-mumbai-airport-with-rs-47-crore-cocaine-in-coffee-packets-646054.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:33:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-bishop-receives-death-threat-from-islamist-group-646062.html Kozhikode Nov 1 Thamarassery Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil has received a death threat through an anonymous letter purportedly sent in the name of an outfit calling itself the Islamic Defence Force of India The letter addressed from Erattupetta in Kottayam district has been signed by a person identifying himself as Abdul RasheedThe letter was delivered to the Bishops office and has since been handed over to the Thamarassery PolicePolice said the letter written in Malayalam contains threatening language not only against the Bishop but also against the Christian community as a wholePreliminary findings suggest that the intent behind the communication was to provoke communal tensionThe threat was received while Bishop Inchananiyil is currently on a pastoral tour of Australia church sources confirmedThe Thamarassery police have launched a detailed investigation into the incident and a forensic examination of the letter and envelope is underway to verify its originOfficials said that while the message mentioned the Bishop the tone of the letter appeared to be targeting the Christian community in general with inflammatory references intended to create unrestCyber and intelligence units have been roped in to trace the sender and determine whether the socalled organisation has any real presence or is being used as a frontSecurity has been tightened at the Bishops office and nearby church institutionsPolice are also collecting CCTV footage from surrounding areas to identify anyone who may have delivered the letterIncidentally Erattupetta in the past there have been reports of camps being held by the nowbanned SIMI and the NIA had made an arrestBishop Remigiose Inchananiyil belongs to the SyroMalabar Catholic Church one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with RomeHe is the Bishop of the Diocese Eparchy of Thamarassery which comes under the Archdiocese of Thalassery in KeralaThe SyroMalabar Church follows the East Syriac liturgical tradition and is headquartered at Mount St Thomas Kakkanad Kochi IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-bishop-receives-death-threat-from-islamist-group-646062.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:58:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-cyber-crook-targeting-japanese-citizens-646068.html New Delhi Nov 1 A cyber crook involved in duping Japanese citizens through a fraudulent tech support was arrested by the CBI at Bhubaneswar Airport on his return to India an official said on Saturday Dwibendu Moharana a key accused in a transnational cybercrime syndicate was arrested on October 30 and subsequently sent to CBI custody by a court for interrogation the official said in a statementThe federal probe agency said that following coordinated searches on May 28 at 19 locations across Delhi Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which led to the arrest of six operatives Moharana absconded from Bhubaneswar to the UAE on May 29He flew out of the country immediately after his call centre at Voip Connect Pvt Limited Noida was uncovered the CBI saidInvestigations revealed that he operated an illegal call centre involved in sophisticated social engineering and deception impersonating support personnel from multinational companies to coerce Japanese victims into transferring funds under false pretencesUpon his arrest on October 30 Moharana was brought to Delhi on a transit warrant and produced before the Special CBI Court He has been remanded to police custody for three days for custodial interrogationThe CBI said that it has so far arrested seven individuals in this case and filed charge sheets against all All the accused are currently under judicial custodyThe operation carried out with close cooperation from the National Police Agency of Japan and Microsoft Corporation has significantly disrupted the syndicates operations said the CBIThe probe agency reiterated that it is committed to combating cyberenabled financial crimes and assured the public of its ongoing strategic multiagency efforts to dismantle transnational cybercrime networksOn October 8 the CBI carried out coordinated nationwide searches at approximately 40 locations across DelhiNCR Haryana Rajasthan Gujarat Kerala and West Bengal in connection with a transnational cyberenabled digital arrest fraud as part of ongoing Operation Chakra VThe central agency said that it had registered a comprehensive FIR based on the complaints received on the NCRP Portal of I4C MHA from nine different victims of digital arrestThe CBI then conducted a detailed investigation by focusing on both mule accounts and telecommunication channels used to approach the victim This led to the identification of approximately 40 individuals who were part of the organised cybercrime network perpetrating the digital arrest fraud said the probe agency in a statement IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-arrests-cyber-crook-targeting-japanese-citizens-646068.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-sia-arrests-key-handler-in-narco-terror-case-646073.html Srinagar Nov 1 The JampK Polices State Investigation Agency said on Saturday that it has arrested the key handler in a narcoterror case in Srinagar city SIA Kashmir today achieved a major breakthrough in a NarcoTerror case after a key handler was arrested from the Bemina area of Srinagar city The accused named Basharat Ali son of Mohd Sadeeq a resident of Tad Karnah Kupwara was evading arrest in case FIR No 192022 of SIA Kashmir for the last three years the SIA said in a statementThe case pertains to a Pakistansponsored NarcoTerror module of LashkareTaiba involved in the smuggling of narcotics and weapons from across the border in the Karnah sector with the proceeds from the sale of narcotic substances being pumped into sustaining terrorism in Jammu amp Kashmir it addedBasharat is the fourth proclaimed absconder to be arrested in this case and SIA is optimistic of unravelling more linkages of the case with his arrest the statement said adding that this year SIA Kashmir has conducted numerous successful operations in its endeavour to dismantle the menace of narcoterrorism resulting in the arrest of some key operatives of terror organisationsSecurity forces and JampK Police have been carrying out aggressive antiterror operations against terrorists their overground workers OGWs and sympathisers in order to dismantle the entire ecosystem of terror Drug smugglers drug peddlers and those involved in hawala money rackets are on the scanner of the security forces It is believed that the funds generated by these unlawful activities are finally used to sustain terrorism in JampKThe revised strategy is aimed at a coordinated synergetic effort by police and the security forces to dismantle the terror ecosystem rather than merely targeting the gunwielding terrorist IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jampk-sia-arrests-key-handler-in-narco-terror-case-646073.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/jaipur-tragedy-12-year-old-student-falls-to-death-from-school-building-646075.html Jaipur Nov 1 A 12yearold girl Amaira a sixthgrade student at a reputed private institution fell from the fifth floor of her school building on Saturday According to preliminary reports Amairas head struck a wall before she fell into nearby bushes leaving her critically injuredHearing her screams school staff rushed to the area and immediately took her to Metro Mass Hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival Following the tragedy serious allegations have emerged against the school management with claims that staff tampered with the scene and erased key evidence Members of the Parents Association have questioned the schools safety and security protocols demanding a transparent inquiry Sources allege that blood stains and other traces of the incident were cleaned up shortly after the fall violating standard legal procedure that mandates preservation of evidence at accident sites Amairas parents Vijay Kumar Dev and Shibani Dev are reported to be in critical condition at the hospitalThe mother remains inconsolable repeatedly crying out Please return my daughter while the father is said to be unconscious due to shock The incident took place around 130 pm and a case has since been registered A police team led by the local station in charge reached the scene along with an FSL Forensic Science Laboratory team Officials confirmed that CCTV footage is being reviewed and all possible angles including negligence and foul play are being investigatedHowever the school management has not yet released an official statement regarding the incident The tragedy has once again raised urgent questions about student safety and emergency preparedness in private educational institutions Parents and activists are calling for strict accountability and a full forensic audit of the schools handling of the event IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/jaipur-tragedy-12-year-old-student-falls-to-death-from-school-building-646075.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:18:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-breakthrough-in-barmer-md-factory-case-mumbai-based-chemical-king-behind-drug-network-arrested--646089.html Jaipur Nov 1 The Barmer district police in Rajasthan have achieved a major success in the investigation of the illegal MD drug factory busted on July 22 in the Dholakia Kartiya area under the Sedwa police station Barmer Superintendent of Police Narendra Singh Meena said that the police have arrested the key supplier of chemical components Rohan Prabhakar Gavans 44 a resident of Malad West MumbaiSP Singh said that Gavans owner of Rohan Chemicals Private Limited in Raigad Maharashtra had been allegedly supplying chemical ingredients such as chloroform ammonium chloride acid and toluene to drug traffickers across states for several yearsHe said that during the July 22 raid police uncovered an illegal MD manufacturing unit in Dholakia KartiyaThe team seized 3925 kg of MD ingredients 29084 kg of liquid chemicals and 533 kg of white powder sufficient to produce narcotics worth around Rs 100 crore he saidSP Singh said that two accused Mangilal a resident of Dholakia Kartiya and Birju Jayendra Shukla a resident of Mumbai were arrested on the spotFurther investigation revealed that Gavans had supplied the chemicals used in the factory he saidSP Singh said that to apprehend him a special team led by Chohatan Police Station Officer Rajuram Vishnoi was dispatched to Mumbai where Gavans was arrested under a production warrantThe accused already faces four cases registered under the NDPS Act Intensive interrogation is underway to trace the wider interstate and possibly international drug network he saidSP Singh said that the NCB Gujarat and Maharashtra Police also raided Gavans factory in Raigad district seizing a large quantity of chemicalsIn Rajasthans Pratapgarh district a joint operation by police and NCB led to the seizure of MD manufacturing equipment and additional chemical stock So far seven accused have been arrested in the Sedwa MD factory case while several key suspects remain at large he saidHe said that those arrested include Rohan Gavans Mangilal Birju Shukla Machhindra Tukaram Bhosale Sushant Santosh Patil Ganpat Singh and Kamlesh alias KartikGanpat Singh and Kamlesh each carried a Rs 25000 reward The remaining wanted suspects include Ramesh alias Anil Bishnoi Rs 1 lakh reward and others from Rajasthan Gujarat Maharashtra and Odisha said SP Singh IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-breakthrough-in-barmer-md-factory-case-mumbai-based-chemical-king-behind-drug-network-arrested--646089.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:34:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bihar-cid-steps-up-probe-in-dularchand-yadav-murder-case-646105.html Patna Nov 1 The investigation into the murder of Dularchand Yadav in Mokama has been intensified as the Bihar Police Crime Investigation Department CID has formally taken charge of the case The probe is being supervised by CID DIG Jayant Kant who visited the crime scene himself and inspected all anglesOn Saturday multiple police teams reached Basawan Chak the spot where the incident took placeCID officials along with FSL scientists conducted a scientific examination of the entire areaSources said several important clues have been recovered which could give a new twist to the investigationInvestigators also inspected the damaged vehicles involved in the incidentForensic samples have been collected from these vehiclesPolice are analysing the damage pattern stone marks and other traces to identify the attackersDuring the crimescene inspection in Mokama Taal investigators recovered stones normally used on railway tracksOfficials pointed out that such stones are not naturally found in Mokama Taal raising questions of a possible conspiracy Samples have been sent to the labAccording to sources the convoy was targeted with these very stonesThe key question now is were these stones deliberately brought there in advance If yes this was not just a clash but a planned attackCID teams have questioned villagers and eyewitnessesCCTV footage and mobile location data from nearby areas are also being analysedStatements are being collected on any suspicious activity before or after the incidentDularchand Yadav on Thursday was attacked in the Mokama Taal region while campaigning with Jan Suraaj candidate Piyush PriyadarshiHis death has turned into a major political flashpoint in BiharInitial claims linked Dularchand Yadavs murder was due to a gunshot wound He has also sustained a gunshot injury to his leg but that was not the cause of his deathThe postmortem report concluded that the fatal injury was caused by a vehicle running over his chest resulting in multiple fractures and ruptured lungsThe autopsy was conducted by a threedoctor panel for nearly two hours in Barh in the presence of a magistrateWith CID now directly handling the case there is an expectation that the investigation will soon determine the full conspiracy and those responsible IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bihar-cid-steps-up-probe-in-dularchand-yadav-murder-case-646105.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 23:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-three-of-family-found-dead-in-hooghly-646106.html Kolkata Nov 1 In an incident in West Bengals Hooghly district three members of a family were found dead at their residence in Champdani on Saturday police said The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Keyamuddin 40 his wife Mumtaz Parveen 32 and their eightyearold daughter Afsa While the bodies of Parveen and Afsa were found lying on a bed Keyamuddin was discovered hanging from the ceiling with a veil around his neckPreliminary investigation suggests that Keyamuddin may have poisoned his wife and daughter before taking his own life Police sources said a message written on a green wall inside the room named seven other family members with the number 7 inscribed in English below the list Investigators are probing whether the message written by Keyamuddin and those named were being held responsible for the deathsKeyamuddin a clerk at the Barrackpore court in North 24 Parganas reportedly had strained relations with his brother and was facing financial distress He had allegedly borrowed heavily and urged his father to sell a piece of family land which his father refused citing concerns for the familys future The couples parents both paralysed live in a separate house nearbyPolice are also looking into reports that Keyamuddin had secretly remarried five years ago and that a woman from Barrackpore had recently posted allegations against him on social mediaThe bodies have been sent to Chunchura Imambara Hospital for postmortem examination Chandannagar Police Commissionerate Deputy Commissioner Ishani Pal said Initial findings point to family unrest as a possible cause The exact reason will be confirmed after the autopsy A full investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengal-three-of-family-found-dead-in-hooghly-646106.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 23:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/juvenile-among-seven-held-in-punjab-15-pistols-seized-645908.html Chandigarh Oct 31 In a major intelligenceled operation Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a crossborder arms smuggling module linked to Pakistanbased smugglers with the arrest of its seven operatives including a juvenile and recovered 15 sophisticated pistols from their possession said Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav here on Friday Those arrested have been identified as Shamsher Singh alias Sima 30 and Amandeep Singh alias Bobby 23 both residents of Fakir Singh Colony in Amritsar Balwinder Singh alias Kaka 26 Gurdev Singh 40 Karanpreet Singh 19 and Harman Singh 19 all residents of Kakkar village in Amritsar Rural and one 17yearsold juvenile The recovered weapons include nine 9MM Glock pistols and six 30 bore pistols DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were in contact with a Pakistanbased handler through social media and were actively involved in procuring and supplying illegal weapons across Punjab The DGP said that further investigation is underway to expose and dismantle the entire network including its backward and forward linkages Commissioner of Police Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said a juvenile who was in contact with Pakistanbased handlers and was picking up consignments due to his villages proximity to the international border to further deliver within Punjab was first arrested with two pistols Based on the juveniles questioning Shamsher Singh and Amandeep Singh were arrested with three pistols including one Glock he said adding that the duo were assisting the juvenile in delivering weapons Following technical and forensic leads the accused Balwinder Singh was arrested with two Glock pistols and one 30 bore pistol He said during technical analysis of the juveniles mobile phone the role of Gurdev Singh also surfaced with both found to be in each others contacts and connected to a common Pakistanbased handler through various social media platforms On the handlers directions they distributed weapons through their local associates he added IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/juvenile-among-seven-held-in-punjab-15-pistols-seized-645908.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:10:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-mbbs-student-commits-suicide-hours-before-his-exam-645912.html Jaipur Oct 31 Aviral Saini 23 a thirdyear MBBS student at Jagannath Pahariya Medical College gave up just hours before his exams on Friday He hanged himself in his PG hostel room Aviral a resident of Alwar was shocked by his actionsFriends described Aviral as cheerful and responsible saying that he had breakfast with his friends Abhishek Sharma Lavesh Vitesh Sahu and Devesh Jain at around 730 am and then went to his room An official said that Aviral asked his friend to wake him up at 830 During the conversation he asked a friend about the rope but no one took him seriously he saidHe added that when his friends knocked on the door some time later there was no response When the door was broken open Aviral was found hanging from a noose He was immediately taken to RBM Hospital where doctors declared him dead he said The official said that upon receiving the information Hospital Superintendent Dr Nagendra Singh Bhadoria CMHO Dr Gaurav Kapoor and police officers arrived at the scene took custody of the bodys custody and kept it in the morgue for a postmortem examination Sewar Police Station incharge Satish Bhardwaj stated that the FSL team investigated the scene As of now no clear clues regarding the cause of suicide have been found he saidAvirals tragic death has raised many questions about the mental state of medical studentsThe long course constant pressure exam anxiety and uncertainty about the future are all factors that often break young people from within IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-mbbs-student-commits-suicide-hours-before-his-exam-645912.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:13:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/retired-ias-official-12-others-get-jail-term-in-delhi-group-housing-society-scam-645924.html New Delhi Oct 31 A Special CBI Court in Delhi on Friday sentenced 13 convicts including a retired IAS official to jail terms varying from two to five years in the multicrore rupee Cooperative Group Housing Society CGHS scam involving forgery and corruption to revive defunct societies to dupe thousands of prospective homebuyers in the Capital The 13 accused were punished in connection with wrongdoing related to the Safadarjung Cooperative Group Housing Society Case the CBI said in a statementConvicts Karamvir Singh Narender Kumar Maha Nan Sharma Pankaj Madan Ahawni Sharma Ashutosh Pant Sudershan Tandon Manoj Vats Vijay Thakur Vikas Madan and Poonam Awasthi were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with a fineRetired IAS official Gopal Dixit and Narender Dheer 90 have been sentenced to two years imprisonment with fine the statement saidThe case pertains to irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the revival of the defunct society from the office of Registrar of Cooperative Societies by using false and fabricated documentsThe investigation revealed that the convicts including public servants and private individuals entered into a criminal conspiracy to fraudulently revive the society on the basis of forged documents and obtained allotment of land from the Delhi Development Authority DDA through deceitful meansAfter the land was allotted the proposed flats were sold off to new members or agents at exorbitant rates The conspirators allegedly created fake membership lists impacting thousands of prospective homebuyersAfter the investigation CBI filed a charge sheet in the case on February 13 2008 After the trial the Special Court convicted 13 accused and sentenced them to imprisonment on FridayThe CBI filed multiple FIRs against alleged conspirators developers officials and builders for charges including criminal conspiracy cheating forgery and corruption under IPC and the Prevention of Corruption ActWith over 135 fake societies uncovered the scam left many without homes and facing persistent financial liabilities such as mounting EMIsIn one of the cases the CBI managed to secure one years imprisonment for the then Registrar of Cooperative Societies Narayan Diwakar The then Assistant Registrar Yogi Raj Dealing Assistant Niranjan Singh and other staff in the registrars office were also sentenced to imprisonment IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/retired-ias-official-12-others-get-jail-term-in-delhi-group-housing-society-scam-645924.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:29:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-263-arrested-in-cyber-fraud-crackdown-rs-300-cr-scam-uncovered-645685.html Kochi Oct 30 In a sweeping operation to curb the rising menace of online fraud Kerala Police on Thursday arrested 263 people across the state under Operation Sai Hunt a coordinated action aimed at dismantling cybercrime networks Announcing the details ADG of Police S Sreejith who led the crackdown said that police teams registered 382 cases during the operation which targeted those acting as conduits for fraudsters either by renting or selling their bank accounts or withdrawing scam proceeds through cheques and ATMsIn all the loss to people has been around Rs 300 crores While the victims include people from outside the state the accused are all from Kerala We will not stop with this instead we will extend our probe outside Kerala said SreejithThe raids which began at 7 am on Thursday and continued late into the night covered multiple districtsIn Ernakulam Rural police made 43 arrests the highest among all districtsThe largest numbers were reported from Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha with eight arrests each followed by Aluva Edathala and Perumbavoor four each and Thadiyittaparambu threeSearches were carried out at 102 locations in totalIn Kalady police arrested Aneesh 40 of Kavalangattuthara House Srimoolanagaram whose account received Rs 7638 lakh through 24 transactions from multiple sourcesInvestigators said the account functioned as a mule account through which money was withdrawn both via cheques and electronic transfers for organised cybercrimeIn Kothamangalam Mohammed Yaseen 22 of Vattakkudi Inchur was arrested and remanded after Rs 297 lakh was found routed into his account through fraudulent meansIn Muvattupuzha the arrested include Ajnas 35 of East Vazhapilly Sajjad 20 of Mulavoor Arshad 20 and Musthafa Davood 22 of Peraykkappilly Shefees 35 of Vazhapilly Muhammad Rizwan 20 of Peraykkappilly and Muhammad Shameem 22 of MulavoorPolice said these individuals were part of a larger network aiding organised cybercriminals by providing access to local bank accountsThe ADGP added that similar statelevel drives will continue until cybercrime mule networks are completely neutralised IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/kerala-263-arrested-in-cyber-fraud-crackdown-rs-300-cr-scam-uncovered-645685.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:40:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-sharpshooter-among-seven-arrested-three-foreign-pistols-recovered-645691.html Jaipur Oct 30 In a joint operation the newly formed AntiGangster Task Force AGTF and the Gogamedi police arrested seven accused including a sharpshooter from the gang of gangsters Rohit Godara and Virendra Charan Three foreign pistols 70 cartridges and five magazines were recovered from their possession A minor has also been detained ASP Geeta Chaudhary stated that information was received that Vikas alias Raju alias Pawan a historysheeter associated with the gang was buying and selling weapons in preparation for a major crimeActing on this information the police and AGTF team raided near Ramgarh village Upon seeing the police the suspects began running but were captured after a siege The search for other gang members is ongoing A parade of the arrested accused was held in Netrana village to raise awareness The main accused Vikas is a historysheeter with the Gogamedi police station He has more than a dozen serious cases registered against him including murder extortion robbery and the Arms Act The police team has arrested Vikas a resident of Ujjalwas Rajesh a resident of Sirsa Rajuram Parth Rathod and Roopendra residents of Noida Chak Jaitpur Bikaner Mukesh a resident of Purbasar police station Pallu and a minor Additional Superintendent of Police ASP Geeta Chaudhary said that Constable Monu of Gogamedi police station received a tipoff that Vikas alias Raju alias Pawan alias Shooter a resident of Ujjalwas was in touch with gangsters Rohit Godara Virendra Charan and Mahendra Saharan and planning a major criminal act Acting swiftly on the information a team from Gogamedi police station along with the DST incharge conducted a raid in Ramgarh villageOn spotting the police the suspects attempted to flee but the team managed to surround and apprehend seven accused Those arrested include Vikas alias Raju alias Pawan alias Shooter 29 son of Nihal Singh resident of Ujjalwas Gogamedi Rajesh 22 son of Dharampal resident of Chaharwala Nathusari Chaupata PS Sirsa Haryana Rajuram 22 son of Kishanlal resident of Noida Chak Jaitpur Mahajan PS Bikaner Rupendra 20 son of Pawan Kumar resident of Ward No 3 Jaitpur Mahajan PS Bikaner Mukesh 19 son of Hanuman Nayak resident of Ward No 6 Purbasar Pallu PS Hanumangarh and Parth 20 son of Bhagwan Singh Rajput resident of Jaitpur Mahajan PS Bikaner One minor has also been detained Police said further interrogation is underway to uncover the gangs plans and links with organised crime networks IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rajasthan-sharpshooter-among-seven-arrested-three-foreign-pistols-recovered-645691.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/odisha-court-awards-20-years-ri-to-man-in-pocso-case-645693.html Bhubaneswar Oct 30 A local court in Bargarh district on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually abusing a 16yearold girl under the pretext of marriage in the Paikamal police station area in 2022 The convict identified as Saroj Bariha 21 was found guilty under Section 3762n of the Indian Penal Code IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act As per reports on February 21 2022 the minor victim appeared at Paikmal Police Station along with her parents and lodged a written report alleging that one Saroj Bariha of his village had committed sexual assault on her repeatedly for over one year between February 2021 and January 2022 giving false assurances of marriage It was further added that when the victim became pregnant the accused Saroj fled away from the village and also switched off his mobile phone Later the victim told the matter to her mother and a village meeting was held on this issue but the parents of the accused Saroj did not take any step for the shelter of the victim so she reported the matter at Paikmal Police Station for taking necessary legal action against the accused Saroj Following the registration of FIR the Bargarh police arrested the accused Saroj on June 27 2022 Following examination of various exhibits and other evidence the court on Thursday awarded 20 years RI to Saroj holding him guilty of sexually abusing the minor girl The court also directed the District Legal Services Authority to provide financial compensation of Rs 11 lakhs to the victim under the victim compensation scheme In another significant judgment in a POCSO case a local court in Angul district on Wednesday sentenced a 20yearold youth to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his sisterinlaws eightyearold daughter on August 19 2024 IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/odisha-court-awards-20-years-ri-to-man-in-pocso-case-645693.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:52:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-woman-killed-by-minor-school-drop-outs-daughters-role-suspected-645764.html Bengaluru Oct 31 A complaint has been lodged with the police suspecting the involvement of a daughter and her friends in the murder of her mother The complaint was filed by the deceased womans sister at the Subramanyapura Police Station in Bengaluru on Friday and the police have begun an investigation The deceased is identified as 34yearold Netravathi a resident of Uttarahalli near Subramanyapura in Bengaluru Anita K a resident of KTM Layout sister of the deceased has lodged a complaint in this regard against five people including the deceased womans daughter and her friendsAll accused are minors aged between 16 and 17 year and all are school drop outs The deceased woman Nethravathi worked as a helper in V Nest loan recovery companyA case has been registered under Sections 1031 read with 35 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS According to police the incident had taken place between 1030 pm on October 25 and 12 noon on October 27 The complaint was lodged in this regard on the night of October 30According to police the complainant Anita appeared at the station and lodged a complaint stating that on October 27 her younger sister Netravathi was found dead by hanging She expressed suspicion regarding the circumstances of her sisters death Based on her complaint a case was registered at Subramanyapura Police Station as unnatural death under Section 1943iv of BNSSLater on October 29 the complainant again appeared at the station and reported that since the day of her sisters death the deceaseds daughter had been missing Based on this a case was registered under Section 1372 of BNS2023Police stated on October 30 around 130 pm Netravathis daughter returned home and stated that on October 25 around 1030 pm while she and her mother were at home her friends had come over When Netravathi said she would call the police about their visit they strangled her mother with a towel dragged her into another room and hanged her with a saree from the ceiling fanThe daughter claimed that her friends then threatened her with a knife warning her not to tell anyone and left She said she was very frightened and went to stay at her friends house After learning of her mothers death she returned home that dayTherefore it appeared that the deceaseds daughter had left home on last Saturday night and had been hiding somewhere for 34 daysBased on her statement the complainant expressed suspicion that the daughter along with her friends had murdered her sister Netravathi for some reason and hanged her to make it appear as suicide the police statedThe complainant requested that legal action be taken against the accused and justice be given to her sister The police have taken up the case for investigation IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-woman-killed-by-minor-school-drop-outs-daughters-role-suspected-645764.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-afghan-nationals-arrested-in-kolkata-with-fake-indian-identity-documents-645774.html Kolkata Oct 31 Three Afghan citizens who were residing in Kolkata for some time with fake Indian identity documents have been arrested the city police informed on Friday Based on a complaint registered by the Security Control Organisation the cops arrested the three Afghan citizens identified as Jalat Khan Abdullah Khan and Saheb Khan on Thursday a city police official saidAll of them were presented at a lower court in Kolkata on Thursday and the court remanded them to police custody till November 6It is learnt that all three of them came to Kolkata with valid Indian visas some time back But they did not go back to Afghanistan after the term of their visa to stay in India expired Instead they arranged fake Indian identity documents for them like an Aadhaar card an EPIC card and a PAN card All three of them came to Kolkata at different times with Jalat Khan being the latest to come to the city in 2019 a city police official saidThe police are currently interrogating the trio to squeeze information from them on what prompted them to stay back in Kolkata even after the expiry of their visa terms The investigating officials are also trying to find out from them about the persons who arranged fake Indian identity documents for themEarlier this year the officials of the Enforcement Directorate ED arrested a Pakistani national Azad Mullick from a rented accommodation in the northern outskirts of Kolkata Mullick originally a Pakistani citizen first acquired fake Bangladeshi identity documents to assume a Bangladeshi identity He then used forged Indian documents to become an Indian citizen after which he began running hawala operations and the fake passport racket from his rented accommodation in KolkataEarlier this month ED officials also arrested Mullicks close associate Indu Bhusan Halder who was one of the key technical operators in the fake passports syndicate ED officials are trying to trace the whereabouts of seven suspected Pakistani nationals who allegedly obtained fake Indian passports through the same racket IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-afghan-nationals-arrested-in-kolkata-with-fake-indian-identity-documents-645774.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:14:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/former-bangalore-university-registrar-arrested-for-sexually-harassing-widow-645790.html Bengaluru Oct 31 Karnataka Police arrested former Bangalore University Registrar Prof BC Mylarappa on Friday on charges of allegedly sexually harassing a widow and threatening her life The Basaveshwaranagar police made the arrest following two complaints filed by the victim An FIR has been registered under Sections 74 75 78 352 and 351 of the BNS Act Mylarappa has been taken for a medical examination and the police are preparing to produce him before the court by the end of the dayAccording to the police the woman whose husband had passed away came into contact with Mylarappa in 2022 and worked at his institutionThe woman has alleged that taking advantage of her being alone the accused began behaving inappropriately with her He allegedly started sending her messages and demanded that she cooperate with himShe further alleged that Mylarappa came to her house repeatedly knocked on her door and demanded that she open it and entertain him Unable to bear the harassment the woman lodged a complaint at the Basaveshwaranagar Police StationWhile the police were investigating the case the woman filed another complaint at the Kamakshipalya Police Station stating that she was being threatened to withdraw her complaint against Mylarappa She alleged that a group of people threatened her saying that if she did not withdraw the complaint her life would be in danger and they also threatened her with an acid attackFollowing these developments and considering the seriousness of the case the police arrested Mylarappa Further investigation is underwayBC Mylarappa is a former registrar of Bangalore University who was removed from the position by the Karnataka High Court in 2012 due to issues like alleged plagiarism and misappropriation of funds After his removal he continued to hold other roles at the university though his appointments have faced challenges and scrutiny including a 2019 directive to the university to remove him from positions like Director of Distance Education and Head of SociologyIn 2019 the Higher Education Department directed Bangalore University to remove him from his positions as Director of the Directorate of Distance Education and Chairman of the Department of Sociology calling his appointment illegal and stating he was not fit to hold any top positionProf Mylarappa a former Chairperson of the Sociology Department was appointed Registrar Administration in November 2011 He was noted as the first Registrar of BU from the Scheduled Caste category and one of the youngest at the timeAfter being forced to quit as Registrar Mylarappa also pursued a political career seeking a ticket to contest in the state Assembly elections from parties like the INC or the JDS IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/former-bangalore-university-registrar-arrested-for-sexually-harassing-widow-645790.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:20:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/fan-murder-case-court-adjourns-framing-of-charges-against-darshan-others-till-november-3-645820.html Bengaluru Oct 31 The trial court hearing the sensational fan murder case on Friday adjourned the process of framing charges against jailed Kannada superstar Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and others till November 3 The court issued the order after considering a plea by Darshans counsel who argued that the actor needed to be informed about the process of framing chargesDarshans counsel Sunil submitted to the court that his client had not been properly informed about the procedure for framing chargesHe stated that if Darshan were to agree to the charges without being adequately informed it could create legal complications in the future He therefore requested the court to fix another date for the framing of chargesThe court directed the counsel to visit Darshan in prison and brief him about the matter It also noted the absence of two accused and warned that if they fail to appear warrants will be issued against them as the presence of all accused is mandatory during the framing of chargesDarshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and the other accused were produced before the court through video conferencing on FridayThe court has adjourned the hearing to November 3Once the charges are framed the court will begin the trial and examine the witnesses After the conclusion of this process the court will pronounce its verdictDarshan Pavithra Gowda and 15 others were arrested on June 11 2024 on charges of kidnapping and brutally murdering Renukaswamy a fan from Chitradurga Renukaswamy allegedly sent derogatory and obscene messages to Pavithra Gowda which infuriated DarshanThe actor was shifted to Ballari Prison after photos of his alleged royal treatment at Bengaluru Central Prison surfaced He currently faces three FIRs related to the case The police submitted a 3991page charge sheet on September 4 2024 along with an additional charge sheet to the courtDarshan was released from prison on October 30 2024 after spending 131 days in custody Following the appeal by Karnataka Police the Supreme Court cancelled the bail and Darshan his partner Pavithra Gowda and others were arrested againSources said that Pavithra Gowda competed with Darshans wife Vijayalaxmi over jewellery and luxury cars She allegedly pressured Darshan to make public appearances with her after he had been seen with his wifePavithra Gowda and Vijayalaxmi also had spats on social media which led Darshans fans to take sides and attack one of the women Renukaswamy who supported Vijayalaxmi criticised and sent vulgar messages to Pavithra Gowda which ultimately led to his brutal death according to police findings IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/fan-murder-case-court-adjourns-framing-of-charges-against-darshan-others-till-november-3-645820.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:22:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-court-extends-custody-of-suspended-punjab-police-dig-bhullar-by-14-days-645834.html Chandigarh Oct 31 A Central Bureau of Investigation CBI court in Chandigarh on Friday extended the judicial custody of suspended Punjab Police Deputy Inspector General DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar who was caught redhanded for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a scrap dealer by 14 days He has also been booked for allegedly amassing disproportionate assetsBhullar was virtually produced before the court from Burail jail after his 14day judicial custody ended on FridayThe CBI arrested Bhullar who was serving as Ropar Range DIG on October 16 along with a middleman Krishanu Sharda for allegedly accepting the bribe from scrap dealer Akash Batta who is also the complainantDuring searches at Bhullars residence in Chandigarh the CBI seized cash worth over Rs 736 crore jewellery worth over Rs 232 crore 26 branded and expensive watches besides documents of nearly 50 immovable properties in the names of family membersSharda was arrested in Chandigarh while DIG Bhullar was arrested from his office in Mohali a few minutes laterThe additional FIR for amassing disproportionate assets was registered against DIG Bhullar based on a complaint by Inspector Sonal MishraThe complaint details allegations stemming from a previous case where Bhullar was arrested for demanding and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 5 lakh said the CBIThe CBI seized documents of two properties in Chandigarh and agricultural land measuring around 150 acres in Mohali Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana besides commercial propertiesThe complaint alleged that the recovery of these assets which are disproportionate to his known sources of income prima facie reveals that Bhullar illicitly enriched himself during the provisional check period of August 1 to October 17The CBI found that as per the income tax return filed by Bhullar for the assessment year 202425 his total declared annual income from all known sources is to the tune of Rs 4595 lakh However the value of assets recovered and properties linked to his family are estimated to run into several crores says the FIR IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/cbi-court-extends-custody-of-suspended-punjab-police-dig-bhullar-by-14-days-645834.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:01:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/one-of-key-kingpins-of-major-illegal-drugs-trade-held-in-tripura-police-looking-for-others-645836.html Agartala Oct 31 Tripura Police Crime Branch has arrested one of the main kingpins involved in the seizure of drugs worth Rs 54 crore recovered from a goods train arriving here from Delhi officials said on Friday A senior police official said that in connection with the recovery of 107800 bottles of banned ESkuf cough syrup from a goods train at Jirania railway station on October 17 the AntiNarcotics Wing of the Tripura Police Crime Branch TPCB arrested Rajib Dasgupta 42 on Thursday nightDasgupta is one of the key figures in a major drug trafficking racket operating across the Northeastern states Another major drug peddler involved in the case is currently absconding TPCB sleuths are continuing raids to nab the fugitive Further investigation is underway to identify and apprehend others involved in the illicit transportation and supply network the official told the mediaThe official said that acting on specific Intelligence a joint team of security forces conducted a search of a goods train stationed at Jirania railway station in West Tripura district and recovered 107800 bottles of banned ESkuf cough syrup on October 17The ESkuf cough syrup banned in India contains Codeine Phosphate and Triprolidine Hydrochloride substances commonly misused as narcotics in India neighbouring Bangladesh and other countriesThe estimated value of the seized drugs is approximately Rs 54 crore in the illegal market the official addedIn one of the major successes against drug trafficking the Tripura Police Assam Rifles Government Railway Police GRP Special Task Force STF and the Customs Department jointly conducted the operation and seized the consignment of illegal pharmaceutical drugs the official statedAfter the goods train carrying chicken feed rice and other items arrived at Jirania railway station from Delhi on October 16 the search operation commenced and continued into the early hours of October 17 The seized items were found unclaimed and hidden in two wagons alongside other cargoThe consignment has been handed over to the Customs Department for further investigation and necessary legal actionPolice suspect that the banned ESkuf cough syrup was intended to be smuggled into Bangladesh through clandestine routesAssam Rifles in coordination with other enforcement agencies continues to remain vigilant and committed to curbing the menace of drug trafficking in the Northeast and safeguarding the region from illegal activitiesWith the latest seizure narcotics worth over Rs 136 crore have been confiscated in separate operations in Tripura in less than three weeksTripura which shares an 856kmlong border with Bangladesh is surrounded on three sides by the neighbouring country making the northeastern state vulnerable to crossborder migration crime illegal trade and smugglingExcept for some stretches most parts of the frontier have been fenced to prevent smuggling transborder crimes and illegal infiltrationAnother senior police official said that drugs are often smuggled from Myanmar transported through Mizoram and southern Assam and brought to Tripura for further smuggling into neighbouring Bangladesh IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/one-of-key-kingpins-of-major-illegal-drugs-trade-held-in-tripura-police-looking-for-others-645836.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:03:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/2nd-t20i-abhishek-hits-68-as-australia-bowl-out-india-for-125-645850.html Melbourne Oct 31 Lefthanded opener Abhishek Sharmas 68 off 37 balls was the lone bright spot in an otherwise underwhelming Indian batting display as the visitors were bowled out for 125 in 184 overs in the second T20I against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday Indias innings never quite recovered from a toporder collapse triggered by Josh Hazlewood who picked a sensational 313 by extracting seam movement and bounce and maintaining a probing length that left the visitors reeling in powerplayAmidst all this Abhishek mixed power with placement and found gaps with ease in his counterattacking knock laced with eight fours and two sixes He also stitched a 56run stand with Harshit Rana who was promoted to number seven and made it count by making 35 off 33 ballsIndias innings began with a burst of intent from Abhishek who flicked and lofted Xavier Bartlett for four and six respectively But Australia managed to halt Indias momentum as Shubman Gill miscued a loft to midoff against Hazlewood while Sanju Samsons stay was shortlived as Nathan Ellis got one to seam back in and trap him lbwWith the wicket offering movement Indias batters struggled to settle as Suryakumar Yadav edged behind off Hazlewood while Tilak Varma miscued a flick to deep square leg and handed Hazlewood his second scalp of the over as India lost four wickets in powerplayA mixup leading to Axar Patels runout added to Indias woes and with their innings in disarray Rana and Abhishek hit a couple of boundaries each to help India regain some rhythm Abhishek continued to bat with flair and got his halfcentury off just 23 ballsBut Ranas dismissal caught by Tim David off Bartlett ended a vital stand that kept India afloat After that Indias innings nosedived as Shivam Dube nicked behind off Bartlett while Kuldeep Yadav holed out to midon off Marcus StoinisAbhisheks innings ended when he was trapped lbw by Ellis while Jasprit Bumrahs run out ensured Indias innings wrapped up quickly where batters minus Abhishek and Rana made only 19 runsBrief Scores India 125 in 184 overs Abhishek Sharma 68 Harshit Rana 35 Josh Hazlewood 313 Nathan Ellis 221 against Australia IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/2nd-t20i-abhishek-hits-68-as-australia-bowl-out-india-for-125-645850.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-operatives-of-sikhs-for-justice-in-punjab-police-net-645854.html Chandigarh Oct 31 IANS Punjab Police apprehended three operatives of the banned Sikhs for Justice SFJ for writing proKhalistan slogans on walls of schools in Punjab said Director General of Police DGP Gaurav Yadav here on FridaynbspNew Yorkbased SFJ is backed by mastermind Gurpatwant Singh Pannun a dual USCanadian citizen designated a terrorist by the Indian government Those arrested have been identified as Navjot Singh alias Jota 24 and Gurpreet Singh 26 both residents of Kaliaewala village in Ferozepur and Harjinder Singh a resident of Mananwala in BathindanbspThe Police have also recovered four mobile phones and one dongle device from their possessionnbspnbspAs per information ProKhalistani slogans were found written on the walls of two schools including a school at Mananwala village on the intervening night of October 19 and 20nbspDGP Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused painted inflammatory slogans aimed at inciting public unrest and promoting antinational sentimentsnbspnbspEvidence indicates they were receiving foreign funding for these unlawful activities he saidnbspThe police acted swiftly and ensured that no antinational activity goes unchecked said the DGP adding the Counter Intelligence of Bathinda and Bathinda Police jointly carried out the investigation in a professional and scientific manner to bring the culprits to justicenbspnbspSharing operational details Senior Superintendent of Police Bathinda Amneet Kondal said following technical leads police teams had managed to apprehend two accused Navjot and Gurpreet Singh who are main accused in writing slogan at the PM Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bhissiana villagenbspShe said following the further investigations police teams have also arrested accused Harjinder Singh who wrote slogans at wall of a School at Mananwala villagenbspThe SSP said during questioning the accused revealed that they had written the slogans on the walls following the directions of foreignbased individual identified as Pawanpreet Singh alias Deep Chahal a close aide of Pannun in lieu of moneynbspnbspSharing more details Assistant Inspector General Avneet Kaur Sidhu said accused Harjinder has revealed that accused Navjot had introduced him to Pawanpreet Singh alias Deep Chahal who directed him to write the slogan for which he was paid Rs 2000nbsp https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-operatives-of-sikhs-for-justice-in-punjab-police-net-645854.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-1273-cr-shares-linked-to-alchemist-group-in-pmla-case-645868.html New Delhi Oct 31 The Enforcement Directorate ED has provisionally attached shares worth Rs 1273 crore linked to two hospitals Alchemist Hospital and Ojas Hospital in Panchkula as part of an ongoing money laundering probe involving the Alchemist Group the agency said on Friday   The properties are beneficially owned by businessman Karan Deep Singh The order was issued by the EDs Delhi Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA 2002 on October 30 2025The action is connected to a probe into alleged largescale financial fraud and misappropriation of public funds by the groups promoters and associated companiesThe ED initiated its investigation based on an FIR registered by Kolkata Police which was later taken up by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI ACB Lucknow under Sections 120B and 420 of the IPC against Alchemist Township Pvt Ltd Alchemist Infra Realty Pvt Ltd their directors and former Rajya Sabha MP and group chairman Kanwar Deep SinghThe case pertains to a largescale criminal conspiracy to defraud investors by illegally raising funds through fraudulent Collective Investment Schemes CIS offering unusually high returns and or making false promises of allotting plots flats and villas ED said in its press noteThe agency claims that Alchemist Holdings Ltd and Alchemist Township India Ltd raised approximately Rs 1848 crore through these schemes siphoning the money for unauthorised useED investigation revealed that the misappropriated funds were systematically layered through complex financial transactions involving group entities of the Alchemist Group with the intent to conceal the illicit origin of the funds the agency saidThese tainted proceeds were ultimately used for the acquisition of shares and the subsequent construction of Alchemist Hospital and Ojas Hospital The transactions were deliberately structured to project these assets as legitimate thereby disguising the Proceeds of Crime POC it further addedAccording to the ED the shares of Alchemist Hospital and Ojas Hospital are held to the extent of 4093 per cent and 3723 per cent respectively by Ms Placid Estate Pvt Ltd a company beneficially owned by Kanwar Deep SinghThe assets of Alchemist Hospital and Ojas Hospital as held by Ms Placid Estate Pvt Ltd valued at Rs 1273 crore has been attached in the current provisional attachment order it saidIn addition the ED noted that it had previously arrested Kanwar Deep Singh on January 12 2021A prosecution complaint was filed on March 2 2021 followed by two supplementary complaints in July 2024 and September 2025 So far assets worth Rs 36542 crore have been attached in the case through earlier orders including shares held by Sorus Agritech Pvt Ltd in the same hospitalsFurther investigation is underway IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/ed-attaches-rs-1273-cr-shares-linked-to-alchemist-group-in-pmla-case-645868.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:06:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/mokama-violence-sparks-political-storm-in-bihar-tejashwi-slams-ec-demands-action-645886.html Patna Oct 31 The ongoing Bihar Assembly elections took a violent turn with the alleged murder in Mokama which has now snowballed into a major political controversy The killing of strongman Dularchand Yadav and subsequent attacks on political convoys have heightened tensions in the region drawing sharp reactions from political leadersRashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday condemned the violence and questioned the Election Commission EC and the administration over their handling of the situationWithout naming anyone directly Tejashwi targeted JDU candidate Anant Singh known for his influence in the Mokama areaThere should be no place for violence in a democracy the RJD leader said How can a convoy of 40 vehicles with weapons move freely during elections without being stopped What are the Election Commission and the administration doing Criminals are being protected while democracy is being mocked The EC should take suo motu cognisance and act immediatelyAccording to the police the incident occurred on Thursday near Khushhal Chak in Mokama when Jan Suraaj Party candidate Piyush Priyadarshi alias Lallu Mukhiya was campaigning with his supportersStrongman Dularchand Yadav who was once associated with the RJD was accompanying himAt the same time JDU candidate Anant Singh and his supporters were passing through the same routeA heated argument broke out between the two groups which soon escalated into stone pelting and violenceDuring the clash Dularchand Yadav was killedPolice have registered an FIR naming five people including Anant Singh and his two nephews Ranveer Singh and Karmveer Singh for murderNo arrests have been made yetFollowing the incident tensions ran high in Mokama and on Friday violence erupted again when the convoy of RJD candidate Veena Devi wife of former MP Surajbhan Singh was attacked with stones while she was campaigning in the Pandarak areaAccording to eyewitnesses unidentified assailants surrounded her convoy and began pelting stones damaging vehicles and injuring one personPanic spread in the area as locals fled for safetyPolice rushed to the spot to control the situationThe administration has since tightened security across Mokama and surrounding regions deploying additional police forces and increasing surveillancePolitical observers say the Mokama violence has become a flashpoint in an already heated election with parties trading accusations of criminalisation and misuse of powerThe Election Commission is yet to issue an official statement on the incident IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/mokama-violence-sparks-political-storm-in-bihar-tejashwi-slams-ec-demands-action-645886.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:09:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/trinamool-expels-birbhum-councillor-accused-of-raping-woman-on-false-promise-of-marriage-645669.html Kolkata Oct 30 The Trinamool Congress on Thursday expelled a party councillor from Birbhum district after he was accused of raping a woman on the false promise of marriage The decision came within 24 hours of the filing of a police case against him According to the party Priyanath Sau the accused councillor and vicepresident of the Rampurhat city Trinamool committee was expelled following directions from Abhishek Banerjee Trinamool Congress national general secretary and leader of the party in the Lok SabhaAn FIR was registered against Sau on Wednesday based on a complaint lodged by a young woman who alleged that he concealed his marriage and entered into a physical relationship with her under the false pretext of marrying her only to later renege on his promiseDeputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and Rampurhat Trinamool Congress MLA Ashish Banerjee announced the disciplinary action at the party office in Rampurhat on Thursday afternoonThe decision to expel him was taken after a thorough review by Abhishek Banerjee Our leader does not believe in rash decisions After verifying all aspects of the matter he instructed us to expel the councillor from the party for an indefinite period Banerjee told reportersAccording to the police complaint the victim said she met Sau in 2015 while preparing her voter identity card She alleged that although he was already married and had a child he hid this fact from her and repeatedly raped her over the years on the promise of marriageWhen her family later approached Sau for marriage he refused claiming he was already married the complaint statedA senior officer of the Birbhum district police confirmed that a case had been registered and investigation had begun A case has been registered We have started an investigation and are looking into all aspects of the allegations the officer saidAs of Thursday evening the police had not arrested the accused councillorThe expulsion comes amid a series of imagesensitive disciplinary measures by the Trinamool Congress in recent months with the party leadership stressing that individuals facing criminal charges would not be shielded or tolerated IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/trinamool-expels-birbhum-councillor-accused-of-raping-woman-on-false-promise-of-marriage-645669.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:19:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/after-justice-for-rg-kar-its-trinamools-justice-for-pradeep-kar-cry-now-645680.html Kolkata Oct 30 After the ghastly rape and murder of a lady junior doctor at the staterun RG Kar Medical College amp Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises last year the slogan that reverberated across the state and indeed the nation was Tomar Swor Amar Swor Justice for RG Kar Sara Banglar ektai Swor Justice for RG Kar Your call my call Justice for RG Kar Entire Bengal has just one call Justice for RG Kar Maintaining a rhythmic semblance with that earlier slogan the Trinamool Congress has now coined a new one Sara Banglar ektai Swor Justice for Pradeep Kar Entire Bengal has just one call Justice for Pradeep Kar as the tagline for its ongoing protest demonstrations over the suicide of 57yearold Pradeep Kar at Panihati in North 24 Parganas district earlier this week after his name was reportedly excluded from the National Register of Citizens NRCOn Thursday the Trinamool Congress held its first protest rally at Pradeep Kars locality where party leaders and supporters were seen carrying placards bearing the new slogan written in BengaliParticipants in the rally were also heard chanting the same slogan as they walked through the neighbourhood protesting against what they described as a tragic outcome of the NRC exercise The rally was led by Partha Bhowmik Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Barrackpore constituency and Nirmal Ghosh the party MLA from Panihati among othersAt the conclusion of the rally Bhowmik said this was just the beginning of a wider movement and that protest demonstrations will be organised across West Bengal in the coming days against what he called the BJPs attempt to instill fear among the people using the Special Intensive Revision SIR and NRC as toolsOur party and the state government stand firmly beside Kars family Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the partys national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee have assured them of all possible assistance Bhowmik saidOn November 4 the day the first stage of the threephase SIR process is scheduled to begin in West Bengal the Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly is expected to lead a counterrally in the same area demanding a thorough investigation into Kars deathThe Leader of the Opposition has the freedom to hold that rally However his rally will be political in nature Our rally today was a rally of the common people Bhowmik said IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/after-justice-for-rg-kar-its-trinamools-justice-for-pradeep-kar-cry-now-645680.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:31:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-road-rage-couple-arrested-for-deliberately-ramming-bike-killing-gig-worker-645493.html Bengaluru Oct 30 Bengaluru police have arrested a couple on charges of ramming their car into a bike and killing one of the riders in a road rage incident The case was reported from the Puttenahalli police station limits in Bengaluru The deceased has been identified as 24yearold Dharshan N a gig worker His friend 24yearold G Varun sustained serious injuries and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital The accused have been identified as Manoj Kumar a Kalaripayattu martial arts instructor and his wife Arti SharmaDCP South Lokesh Jagalasar said On October 25 in Srirama Layout near Puttenahalli a car hit a bike carrying two youths One of the riders died on the spot while the pillion rider was admitted to a hospital Initially JP Nagar Traffic Police registered a case of accidental deathHowever CCTV footage later revealed that the car driver had deliberately rammed into the bike from behind Further investigation showed that the two bikers had earlier broken the mirror of the car before leaving the spot the DCP statedEnraged by this the car driver reportedly took a Uturn chased the bike and intentionally rammed into it before fleeing the scene Following these findings a murder case was registered at the Puttenahalli police stationAfter committing the crime the car driver allegedly returned to the spot wearing a mask and collected broken car parts to conceal evidence Both the accused husband and wife were later seen their faces covered retrieving parts of the car from the site Police have also added charges of destroying evidence to the murder case the DCP saidThe couple has been arrested and produced before the court The deceased was a gig worker while the accused husband worked as a physical arts teacher police saidThe case has been registered under Sections 1031 109 238 3245 and 35 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita BNS The CCTV footage regarding the incident has gone viral on social media raising concerns Police sources stated that the accused driver Manoj chased the bike for nearly 2 kilometres before ramming into the vehicle The impact was such that both riders on the bike sprang into the air and fell downThe accused couple had stated to police that the bike riders deliberately came in front of their car and broke the mirror and sped away and this had enraged them The incident had taken place at 1130 pm on October 25 Further investigation is on IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-road-rage-couple-arrested-for-deliberately-ramming-bike-killing-gig-worker-645493.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:48:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-road-rage-couple-chases-biker-after-minor-accident-and-kills-him-arrested-645501.html Bengaluru Oct 30 Bengaluru police have arrested a couple on charges of ramming their car into a bike and killing one of the riders in a road rage incident The case was reported from the Puttenahalli police station limits in Bengaluru The deceased has been identified as 24yearold Dharshan N a gig worker His friend 24yearold G Varun sustained serious injuries and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital The accused have been identified as Manoj Kumar a Kalaripayattu martial arts instructor and his wife Arti SharmaDCP South Lokesh Jagalasar said On October 25 in Srirama Layout near Puttenahalli a car hit a bike carrying two youths One of the riders died on the spot while the pillion rider was admitted to a hospital Initially JP Nagar Traffic Police registered a case of accidental deathHowever CCTV footage later revealed that the car driver had deliberately rammed into the bike from behind Further investigation showed that the two bikers had earlier broken the mirror of the car before leaving the spot the DCP statedEnraged by this the car driver reportedly took a Uturn chased the bike and intentionally rammed into it before fleeing the scene Following these findings a murder case was registered at the Puttenahalli police stationAfter committing the crime the car driver allegedly returned to the spot wearing a mask and collected broken car parts to conceal evidence Both the accused husband and wife were later seen their faces covered retrieving parts of the car from the site Police have also added charges of destroying evidence to the murder case the DCP saidThe couple has been arrested and produced before the court The deceased was a gig worker while the accused husband worked as a physical arts teacher police saidThe case has been registered under Sections 1031 109 238 3245 and 35 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita BNS The CCTV footage regarding the incident has gone viral on social media raising concerns Police sources stated that the accused driver Manoj chased the bike for nearly 2 kilometres before ramming into the vehicle The impact was such that both riders on the bike sprang into the air and fell downThe accused couple had stated to police that the bike riders deliberately came in front of their car and broke the mirror and sped away and this had enraged them The incident had taken place at 1130 pm on October 25 Further investigation is on IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/bengaluru-road-rage-couple-chases-biker-after-minor-accident-and-kills-him-arrested-645501.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:50:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/drunken-rage-leads-to-gruesome-matricide-by-ex-coast-guard-officer-in-thiruvananthapuram-645536.html Thiruvananthapuram Oct 30 In a chilling act of violence a retired Coast Guard officer allegedly murdered his 76yearold mother at their home in Kalliyoor late on Wednesday night after a drunken quarrel with her The victim Vijayakumari was found dead with deep cut injuries all over her body at her residence Lakshmi Nivas in PakaloorHer son Ajayakumar who has a long history of alcohol addiction was arrested by the Nemom Police after the shocking incidentAccording to the police only the mother and son lived in the houseAround 11 pm Ajayakumar consumed a bottle of liquor and reached for another prompting a heated argument with his old mother who tried to stop him from drinking furtherEnraged by this he reportedly grabbed a kitchen knife and attacked her while she was eating an appleVijayakumari ran out of the house to save herself but Ajayakumar chased her into the courtyard near the well in the house and stabbed his mother multiple timesHe allegedly slit her throat and cut the tendons in her hands and legs before attempting to pour liquor over the body and set it ablazeNeighbours alerted by the elderly womans screams rushed to the spot and informed the policeWhen they tried to intervene the accused hurled a liquor bottle at them before being subduedThe police later collected CCTV footage showing parts of the incidentInvestigators said Ajayakumar had undergone several rounds of treatment at deaddiction centres and was staying with his mother following strained relations with other family membersAs a retired Coast Guard officer he had access to liquor through military canteens and had stocked multiple bottles at homePolice believe the immediate provocation was his mothers warning against opening a second bottle of liquor after the firstVijayakumari a former employee at the Commissioners Office is survived by two other childrenThe Nemom Police have registered a case of murder and taken Ajayakumar into custody IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/drunken-rage-leads-to-gruesome-matricide-by-ex-coast-guard-officer-in-thiruvananthapuram-645536.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:04:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/d-syndicate-looking-to-expand-narco-trade-into-southern-and-northeastern-routes-warns-intelligence-agencies-645543.html New Delhi Oct 30 In recent months the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB has been cracking down heavily on the Dawood Ibrahimlinked drug network in India The arrests of Danish Chikna and Mohammed Salim Sheikh have dealt major blows to the Dawood network and this has prompted the syndicate to look for newer avenuesAs Intelligence agencies continue to focus heavily on the networks in Maharashtra and neighbouring states the DSyndicate is looking to expand its networks in the northeastern and southern states of IndiaAction would be taken similarly in these parts of the country However it is necessary to bust the networks in states such as Maharashtra and Gujarat which have been the traditional playground of the syndicate for a longWhile Dawood Ibrahim has diversified his business in various parts of the country the command centre remains in MaharashtraThe people working for the network in this sector control the businesses across the country and hence breaking their backs first is important This would eventually lead to the weakening of the networks in other parts of the countryOperations in the northeastern and southern states are currently overseen by Haji Salim an ISI stooge and a member of the Dawood networkSalim has been playing a big part in the DSyndicate after Dawoods righthand man Chhota Shakeel has gone mysteriously quietWith Dawoods brother Anees Ibrahim put in charge of the International wing which does business mostly in African nations the onus of the Indian markets has largely fallen upon SalimAccording to Intelligence agencies the ISI and syndicate have now instructed Salim to focus entirely on the southern and northeastern sector as they feel that there is a major potentialThe syndicate sees potential in the northeast owing to the existing routes from Myanmar With Bangladesh opening up completely to the ISI the syndicate sees further potential in this sectorIn the South the syndicates network exists However this network has largely focused on smuggling drugs out of the country The narcotics would first be smuggled into the southern states especially Kerala and Tamil Nadu and later to the international markets such as Thailand through the Sri Lanka routeAn Intelligence Bureau official says that the syndicate is also looking to bring in more drugs through Sri Lanka before distributing it in the Indian marketWhile the international market is huge for the syndicate it is not ready to let go of India as demand is hugeThe syndicate not just wants to cover its losses in Maharashtra but also the ones it is incurring in PunjabSeveral attempts to bring in drugs through the Punjab route using both couriers and drones are failing owing to heavy scrutiny and security Hence the Dawood network wants to take maximum advantage of the southern route so that it can smuggle drugs in huge quantities and then distribute them to the Indian marketTo bring in drugs from the international market the syndicate would use the route from Sri Lanka The network would look to smuggle the consignment into Tamil Nadu and Kerala before supplying it into the Indian marketAccording to officials the network feels that this would be an easier route as most of the consignments in the Indian market will be transported via land routeThe scrutiny at the southern international borders is relatively less when compared to the borders along Punjab or Jammu and Kashmir Further using the land route to smuggle drugs into India would also attract less scrutiny and the syndicate hopes there would be more hits than missesAnother official also pointed out that the DSyndicate is also tapping into the illegal immigrants who have settled in South India in huge numbers They could be used as carriers to supply the drugs into the Indian markets officials also warned IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/d-syndicate-looking-to-expand-narco-trade-into-southern-and-northeastern-routes-warns-intelligence-agencies-645543.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:16:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/d-syndicate-looking-to-expand-narco-trade-into-southern-and-northeastern-routes-warn-intelligence-agencies-645544.html New Delhi Oct 30 In recent months the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB has been cracking down heavily on the Dawood Ibrahimlinked drug network in India The arrests of Danish Chikna and Mohammed Salim Sheikh have dealt major blows to the Dawood network and this has prompted the syndicate to look for newer avenuesAs Intelligence agencies continue to focus heavily on the networks in Maharashtra and neighbouring states the DSyndicate is looking to expand its networks in the northeastern and southern states of IndiaAction would be taken similarly in these parts of the country However it is necessary to bust the networks in states such as Maharashtra and Gujarat which have been the traditional playground of the syndicate for a longWhile Dawood Ibrahim has diversified his business in various parts of the country the command centre remains in MaharashtraThe people working for the network in this sector control the businesses across the country and hence breaking their backs first is important This would eventually lead to the weakening of the networks in other parts of the countryOperations in the northeastern and southern states are currently overseen by Haji Salim an ISI stooge and a member of the Dawood networkSalim has been playing a big part in the DSyndicate after Dawoods righthand man Chhota Shakeel has gone mysteriously quietWith Dawoods brother Anees Ibrahim put in charge of the International wing which does business mostly in African nations the onus of the Indian markets has largely fallen upon SalimAccording to Intelligence agencies the ISI and syndicate have now instructed Salim to focus entirely on the southern and northeastern sector as they feel that there is a major potentialThe syndicate sees potential in the northeast owing to the existing routes from Myanmar With Bangladesh opening up completely to the ISI the syndicate sees further potential in this sectorIn the South the syndicates network exists However this network has largely focused on smuggling drugs out of the country The narcotics would first be smuggled into the southern states especially Kerala and Tamil Nadu and later to the international markets such as Thailand through the Sri Lanka routeAn Intelligence Bureau official says that the syndicate is also looking to bring in more drugs through Sri Lanka before distributing it in the Indian marketWhile the international market is huge for the syndicate it is not ready to let go of India as demand is hugeThe syndicate not just wants to cover its losses in Maharashtra but also the ones it is incurring in PunjabSeveral attempts to bring in drugs through the Punjab route using both couriers and drones are failing owing to heavy scrutiny and security Hence the Dawood network wants to take maximum advantage of the southern route so that it can smuggle drugs in huge quantities and then distribute them to the Indian marketTo bring in drugs from the international market the syndicate would use the route from Sri Lanka The network would look to smuggle the consignment into Tamil Nadu and Kerala before supplying it into the Indian marketAccording to officials the network feels that this would be an easier route as most of the consignments in the Indian market will be transported via land routeThe scrutiny at the southern international borders is relatively less when compared to the borders along Punjab or Jammu and Kashmir Further using the land route to smuggle drugs into India would also attract less scrutiny and the syndicate hopes there would be more hits than missesAnother official also pointed out that the DSyndicate is also tapping into the illegal immigrants who have settled in South India in huge numbers They could be used as carriers to supply the drugs into the Indian markets officials also warned IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/d-syndicate-looking-to-expand-narco-trade-into-southern-and-northeastern-routes-warn-intelligence-agencies-645544.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:17:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/rg-kar-convict-sanjoy-roys-sister-brother-in-law-booked-for-murder-of-his-minor-niece-645573.html Kolkata Oct 30 In the mysterious death of the 11yearold niece of Sanjay Roy the convict in the R G Kar case a murder case has been filed against his sister and brotherinlaw said the police on Thursday According to police sources the deceased minors grandmother Pratima Singh who is a resident of Vidyasagar Colony in south Kolkatas Alipore area could not accept the untimely death of her granddaughterShe filed a complaint against her son Bhola Singh and daughterinlaw Pooja Singh at the Alipore police station in connection with the murder of her granddaughterHowever apart from the grandmother some residents of Vidyasagar Colony on DL Khan Road in Alipore have also filed a written complaint against Bhola and Pooja for the murder of their daughterA police official said that since the complaint is of murder a case under the relevant sections has been registered against Bhola Singh and Pooja SinghThe investigation is being carried out with great seriousness We are looking into all possible angles said a senior officer of Kolkata PoliceAccording to the police Sanjoy Roys niece 11 was found hanging inside a cupboard in Vidyasagar Colony on October 19She was rushed to SSKM Hospital where she was undergoing treatment On October 20 the sixthgrade student diedIt is learnt that no one was at home at the time of the incidentThe police came to know that the deceaseds own mother and Sanjoy Roys sister had committed suicide a few years ago After that Roys father married off another daughter Pooja to Bhola SinghPooja had gone out to buy firecrackers on Sunday evening when the incident took placeResidents of the area told the police that domestic quarrels were frequent in Bholas houseMeanwhile the preliminary postmortem examination report of the 11yearold indicated that she died by suicideThe autopsy report indicated suicide after seeing evidence including marks of hanging on her neck However neighbours alleged that the father and stepmother killed the minorPratima Singh alleged that her granddaughter often came to her secretly and complained about her father and stepmother beating herShe alleged that Pooja often thrashed her stepdaughter Even before Kali Puja and Diwali the father had beaten up the minor with a beltHer grandmother and neighbours alleged that the girl died due to the torture of her stepmother and fatherBased on her complaint the police have now registered a case However no one has been arrested so far IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/rg-kar-convict-sanjoy-roys-sister-brother-in-law-booked-for-murder-of-his-minor-niece-645573.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:41:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-arrested-for-broad-daylight-murder-in-chennai-645588.html Chennai Oct 30 In a shocking case of broad daylight murder three persons including two women have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a youth from Puducherry in the heart of the city A senior police officer said the three accused were being questioned for further details about their connection with the remaining members of the gangOne more suspect is believed to be absconding and efforts are on to nab himThe deceased identified as Prakash was engaged in government contract work and had come to Chennai for businessrelated activitiesAccording to police the incident occurred on the 4th Main Road in Ashok Nagar where Prakash was sitting inside a luxury car conversing with his girlfriendSuddenly a fourmember gang riding two motorcycles intercepted the vehicle dragged Prakash out and hacked him to death with machetes before fleeing on WednesdayThe gruesome attack carried out in full public view sent shockwaves through the neighbourhood as terrified onlookers screamed and ran for coverPolice from the Ashok Nagar station rushed to the spot upon receiving informationPrakashs body found lying in a pool of blood beside his car was sent to the Government Royapettah Hospital for postmortem examinationBased on CCTV footage from the area police tracked and arrested three suspects Dhananchezhiyan 42 his wife Sukanya 37 and her friend Gunasundari 27 on Wednesday evening all from Vandavasi in Tiruvannamalai districtThe couple is employed with the Cuddalore Transport Department Initial investigation revealed that Sukanya had known Prakash earlier and a personal dispute is suspected to have led to the murderPolice said the assailants had trailed Prakashs vehicle for some distance before attacking him The daylight killing has created tension in the area with residents expressing fear over the brazenness of the attackSenior police officials have reviewed the spot and additional personnel have been deployed to maintain order while investigations continue IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/three-arrested-for-broad-daylight-murder-in-chennai-645588.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:49:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-crime-branch-busts-inter-state-charas-network-four-held-315-kg-contraband-seized-645594.html New Delhi Oct 30 In a major crackdown on narcotics trafficking under the DrugsFree Delhi drive the Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted an interstate drug supply network arresting four accused and recovering 3150 kg of finequality charas valued at approximately Rs 12 crore in the international market A Santro car used to smuggle the contraband was also seized  According to Delhi Police the AntiRobbery and Snatching Cell ARSC team intercepted a vehicle near Mukandpur Chowk on October 22 following a tipoff about a supplier arriving from Mandi Himachal PradeshThe car driven by Chunni Lal was chased for nearly five kilometres before being stopped Despite searches yielding nothing initially a dog squad was called and K9 unit dog Amro detected the charas concealed inside a speciallydesigned cavity in the vehicleDog Amro from dog squad K9 arrived at the spot and did a wonderful job and traced out the contraband which was hidden in a cavity of the car The said cavity was specially designed by the accused for the transportation of contraband Total 2060 Kg Charas having international market value of Rs 80 Lakh was seized from their possession the police said in its press notePolice said Chunni Lal had earlier been convicted in a Himachal Pradesh NDPS case and spent 10 years in jail before being released in 2023He allegedly resumed drug trafficking soon after Based on his interrogation the supplier Prakash Chand of Kullu Himachal Pradesh was also arrested on October 28In a separate operation on October 24 the same team apprehended Mumbai resident Yogesh Kolambekar from Mukarba Chowk with 1092 kg of charasKolambekar a tile showroom employee and parttime bhajan singer allegedly sourced the contraband from Himachal and was planning to transport it to MumbaiPolice said he is a habitual charas consumer for the past 20 years and also supplied it to acquaintances in a bhajan groupDuring questioning the accused revealed a surge in demand for charas in DelhiNCR and Mumbai during the festive seasonPolice said the contraband was traced back to suppliers in the upper forest belts of Kullu allegedly cultivated by Nepalese groupsFurther investigation of both the cases is continued to trace out the other suppliers and receivers of the contraband said DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-crime-branch-busts-inter-state-charas-network-four-held-315-kg-contraband-seized-645594.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:56:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/raja-raghuvanshi-murder-case-meghalaya-police-to-file-supplementary-chargesheet-naming-3-more-645622.html Shillong Oct 30 Meghalaya Police are set to file a supplementary chargesheet in the highprofile murder case of Indorebased businessman Raja Raghuvanshi naming three additional individuals accused of destroying or concealing key evidence officials confirmed on Thursday East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police SP Vivek Syiem said the supplementary chargesheet will name Silome James Lokendra Singh Tomar and Balbir Ahirwar as persons allegedly involved in tampering with crucial materials linked to the investigationThe upcoming chargesheet will not be extensive it mainly pertains to the destruction of evidence The main chargesheet has already been filed Syiem saidEarlier the police had submitted a comprehensive 790page main chargesheet copies of which were handed over to the legal aid defence counsel on October 28 The primary chargesheet names five key accused Sonam Raghuvanshi Raj Kushwaha Vishal Chauhan Anand Kurmi and Akash Rajput under sections related to murder criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidenceAll the five accused are currently in judicial custody and their bail plea moved on October 17 was rejected by the court Officials confirmed that none of the families of the accused have so far appointed private legal representatives with the District Legal Services Authority DLSA providing legal aid as mandated under law Copies of the chargesheet have already been shared with the courtappointed defence counselGovind Raghuvanshi brother of the prime accused Sonam Raghuvanshi said the family has not yet decided whether to engage a private lawyer We will review the chargesheet and decide our next course of action There has been no communication with Sonam since her arrest he said denying any external influence on their decisionsSources added that the charges framed against the five main accused have been clearly explained to them following the formal filing of the main chargesheet Police officials reiterated their commitment to ensuring accountability for all individuals involved directly or indirectly in the killing of Raja RaghuvanshiThe murder of Raja Raghuvanshi a young businessman from Indore had sent shockwaves across Meghalaya earlier this year exposing a complex web of alleged conspiracy betrayal and personal enmity According to investigators Raghuvanshi was killed following a series of personal and financial disputesThe case gained widespread public attention due to the alleged involvement of his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi who has been named the prime accused in the case Police have maintained that the evidence against the main accused is watertight while further investigation into the destruction of key materials led to the identification of three additional suspects who are now likely to be named in the supplementary chargesheet IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/raja-raghuvanshi-murder-case-meghalaya-police-to-file-supplementary-chargesheet-naming-3-more-645622.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:36:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-extends-online-cyber-fir-to-cases-of-rs-1-lakh-and-above-645624.html New Delhi Oct 30 In a major step towards citizenfriendly policing and digital transformation of law enforcement services Delhi Police has decided to launch the registration of cyber eFIR with effect from November 1 on complaints of cyber financial frauds involving an amount of Rs 1 lakh or more which is presently in prevalence for cyber financial frauds involving an amount of Rs 10 lacs or more According to a press note issued by Delhi Police on Thursday From November 1 2025 a complainant can visit any police station where staff at the Integrated Help Desk will register hisher complaint and eFIR in case if amount is more than Rs 1 lakh immediatelyAll these eFIRs will be investigated at par with regular FIRs in their respective jurisdictional cyber police stations Crime Branch and Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations IFSOSuch registration of eFIR at Police station level is likely to ensure prompt and thorough investigation by the police within 72 hours leading to enhanced seizure and recovery of defrauded amount the police saidThis initiative aims to provide a faster more transparent and convenient mechanism for victims of online financial scams ensuring that prompt legal action is initiated even in cases of cyber financial frauds where the amount is less than Rs 10 lacsPresently citizens register their complaints by calling National Cyber Helpline 1930 or through the portal httpscybercrimegovin only it saidThis service aims to facilitate residents of Delhi by simplifying the process of registration of cybercrimes such as online investment frauds UPI scams identity thefts and other financial deceptionsThis initiative integrates digital verification and realtime acknowledgement features to enhance accountability and eliminate delays in the FIR registration processBesides Delhi Police once again urge all residents to remain extra alertvigilant against online frauds the note saidIt also added that Cyber Safety Awareness Campaigns and Cyber Safety Workshops both physically and online for all sections of society particularly children women and senior citizens will continue to be conducted across the city to keep citizens informed IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/delhi-police-extends-online-cyber-fir-to-cases-of-rs-1-lakh-and-above-645624.html Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:37:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-bajrang-dal-files-police-complaint-over-wi-fi-name-pakistan-zindabad-645448.html Bengaluru Oct 29 Bajrang Dal has filed a police complaint regarding a WiFi username Pakistan Zindabad at the Jigani Police Station on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Wednesday The police have registered a NonCognisable Report NCR in this regard and initiated an investigationAccording to the police the incident was reported from Kallubalu village near Jigani on the outskirts of BengaluruThe complaint states that while checking available WiFi networks to access the internet one of the visible WiFi usernames was found to be Pakistan ZindabadBajrang Dal activists have alleged that antinational elements may be operating in the area The complainant stated that when WiFi options are searched on a mobile device the IDs of nearby users are displayed and what was shocking was the appearance of the ID named Pakistan ZindabadThe complaint further alleged that someone using such a name indicates the possible presence of a person with extremist intentions in the vicinity raising serious concerns about their activitiesThe Jigani Police have registered an NCR and are investigating the matterEarlier in February 2024 an incident of Pakistan Zindabad slogans in the premises of Vidhana Soudha being raised by supporters of Congress leader Syed Nasir Hussain after his Rajya Sabha election victory had sparked a major controversyThe BJP had demanded an investigation by the National Investigation Agency NIA The situation had escalated to the point where members of the Congress and the BJP nearly came to blows in the Legislative CouncilSubsequently on March 4 2024 the Vidhana Soudha Police arrested three people for allegedly raising Pakistan Zindabad slogans in the corridors of Vidhana Soudha during the victory celebrations of Rajya Sabha member Syed Nasir HussainThe arrests were made based on a Forensic Science Laboratory FSL report circumstantial evidence and witness statements gathered at the event The accused were identified as Iltaz from Delhi Munawar from RT Nagar in Bengaluru and Mohammed Shafi Nashipudi from Byadagi in Haveri district Karnataka IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/karnataka-bajrang-dal-files-police-complaint-over-wi-fi-name-pakistan-zindabad-645448.html Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:53:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-culprit-of-will-be-spared-mp-cm-on-farmers-murder-in-guna-645153.html Guna Oct 27 In a swift midnight post on X Chief Minister Mohan Yadav broke the silence on a farmers daylight murder in Guna his words carrying the weight of both grief and command I express my condolences to the family he wrote before issuing an ironclad directive No culprit will be sparedWithin hours a case against 14 accused was filed one arrest made and the states lawenforcement machinery jolted into high gearWhat began as a land dispute in Ganeshpura village had ended in a fathers brutal deathand now the Chief Minister had made it a test of governanceAnkit Soni superintendent of police Guna has said that the police have arrested an accused Hukum Singh and have launched a manhunt for others including Mahendra Nagar Jitendra Nagar Kanhaiyalal Nagar and othersA longsimmering land dispute erupted into unimaginable brutality in Ganeshpura village under Fatehgarh police station limits claiming the life of 40yearold farmer Ramswaroop Dhakad and leaving his family shatteredAccording to police on Sunday afternoon as Dhakad walked to his fields with his wife Vindo Bai they were ambushed by a mob led by local BJP booth committee president Mahendra Nagar and his relatives including his sons Nitesh and Devendra wife Kamlesh Bai nephew Jitendra and around a dozen others among them womenEyewitnesses recounted a scene of sheer savagery The attackers armed with sticks rods and guns surrounded Dhakad and unleashed a frenzied assault pummeling him until he collapsed with multiple fractures across his bodyIn a final act of cruelty Nagar allegedly drove a Thar jeep over Dhakads limp form crushing him fatally When Vindo Bai and their two 17yearold daughters Tanisha and Krishna rushed to intervene the mob turned on them slapping the women viciously tearing the girls clothes and firing shots into the air to terrorise villagers from approachingPolice accounts also reveal that Dhakads maternal uncle Rajendra Nagar who joined the fray to help was also beaten For nearly an hour the assailants held the village hostage at gunpoint blocking locals from rushing Dhakad to a nearby health centreOnly after persistent pleas did they relent allowing the gravely injured family to be ferried to Guna District Hospital Dhakad succumbed en route or upon arrival his body riddled with trauma However SP Ankit Soni said victim died during treatmentThe survivorsVindo Bai Tanisha Krishna and Rajendraremain under treatment for fractures lacerations and emotional scars with the daughters particularly traumatised by the molestationThe trigger was a festering feud over six bighas of farmland in neighbouring Pachlavara village Baran district of Rajasthan owned by Dhakads maternal uncle Pappu NagarNagars relative Kanhaiya had been pressuring the family to relinquish it but Dhakads steadfast refusalamid allegations of Nagars yearslong reign of intimidationforces at least 25 small farmers to sell holdings at throwaway prices and flee GaneshpuraChief Minister Mohan Yadav who also holds the home portfolio condemned the unfortunate murder as a stain on the states law and orderNo one indulging in criminal acts will be spared he asserted directing police and district authorities to expedite the probe with utmost seriousnessAn FIR under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder conspiracy assault and outraging womens modesty has been registered against 14 named accused including the Nagars and four unidentified personsHukum Singh Mahendras elder brother was arrested late Sunday while the seized Thar jeep yielded bloodstains linking it to the crime Raids continue for the absconders with SubDivisional Police Officer Vivek Asthana vowing forensic sweeps and witness protectionThe BJP district unit acknowledging Mahendra Nagars role as a former Kisan Morcha officebearer who defected from Congress in 2020 has urged his immediate expulsionState BJP chief Hemant Khandelwal echoed the CM stating Our government will punish every criminal regardless of affiliation Yet the opposition Congress led by Bamori MLA Rishi Agrawal decried the incident as a Lakhimpur Kheri rerun accusing the ruling party of shielding land mafia and fostering impunityViolence looting and assaults are rampant under this regime Agrawal charged demanding a highlevel judicial inquiry and Scindias intervention given Gunas status in his Lok Sabha turfVillagers living in fear of reprisals whispered of Nagars unchecked dominance where defiance meant ruinAs Dhakads body was cremated amid wails his daughters tearful accountsThey sat on me tore my cloths and fired at usamplified calls for justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-culprit-of-will-be-spared-mp-cm-on-farmers-murder-in-guna-645153.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:43:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-culprit-will-be-spared-mp-cm-on-farmers-murder-in-guna-645154.html Guna Oct 27 In a swift midnight post on X Chief Minister Mohan Yadav broke the silence on a farmers daylight murder in Guna his words carrying the weight of both grief and command I express my condolences to the family he wrote before issuing an ironclad directive No culprit will be sparedWithin hours a case against 14 accused was filed one arrest made and the states lawenforcement machinery jolted into high gearWhat began as a land dispute in Ganeshpura village had ended in a fathers brutal deathand now the Chief Minister had made it a test of governanceAnkit Soni superintendent of police Guna has said that the police have arrested an accused Hukum Singh and have launched a manhunt for others including Mahendra Nagar Jitendra Nagar Kanhaiyalal Nagar and othersA longsimmering land dispute erupted into unimaginable brutality in Ganeshpura village under Fatehgarh police station limits claiming the life of 40yearold farmer Ramswaroop Dhakad and leaving his family shatteredAccording to police on Sunday afternoon as Dhakad walked to his fields with his wife Vindo Bai they were ambushed by a mob led by local BJP booth committee president Mahendra Nagar and his relatives including his sons Nitesh and Devendra wife Kamlesh Bai nephew Jitendra and around a dozen others among them womenEyewitnesses recounted a scene of sheer savagery The attackers armed with sticks rods and guns surrounded Dhakad and unleashed a frenzied assault pummeling him until he collapsed with multiple fractures across his bodyIn a final act of cruelty Nagar allegedly drove a Thar jeep over Dhakads limp form crushing him fatally When Vindo Bai and their two 17yearold daughters Tanisha and Krishna rushed to intervene the mob turned on them slapping the women viciously tearing the girls clothes and firing shots into the air to terrorise villagers from approachingPolice accounts also reveal that Dhakads maternal uncle Rajendra Nagar who joined the fray to help was also beaten For nearly an hour the assailants held the village hostage at gunpoint blocking locals from rushing Dhakad to a nearby health centreOnly after persistent pleas did they relent allowing the gravely injured family to be ferried to Guna District Hospital Dhakad succumbed en route or upon arrival his body riddled with trauma However SP Ankit Soni said victim died during treatmentThe survivorsVindo Bai Tanisha Krishna and Rajendraremain under treatment for fractures lacerations and emotional scars with the daughters particularly traumatised by the molestationThe trigger was a festering feud over six bighas of farmland in neighbouring Pachlavara village Baran district of Rajasthan owned by Dhakads maternal uncle Pappu NagarNagars relative Kanhaiya had been pressuring the family to relinquish it but Dhakads steadfast refusalamid allegations of Nagars yearslong reign of intimidationforces at least 25 small farmers to sell holdings at throwaway prices and flee GaneshpuraChief Minister Mohan Yadav who also holds the home portfolio condemned the unfortunate murder as a stain on the states law and orderNo one indulging in criminal acts will be spared he asserted directing police and district authorities to expedite the probe with utmost seriousnessAn FIR under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder conspiracy assault and outraging womens modesty has been registered against 14 named accused including the Nagars and four unidentified personsHukum Singh Mahendras elder brother was arrested late Sunday while the seized Thar jeep yielded bloodstains linking it to the crime Raids continue for the absconders with SubDivisional Police Officer Vivek Asthana vowing forensic sweeps and witness protectionThe BJP district unit acknowledging Mahendra Nagars role as a former Kisan Morcha officebearer who defected from Congress in 2020 has urged his immediate expulsionState BJP chief Hemant Khandelwal echoed the CM stating Our government will punish every criminal regardless of affiliation Yet the opposition Congress led by Bamori MLA Rishi Agrawal decried the incident as a Lakhimpur Kheri rerun accusing the ruling party of shielding land mafia and fostering impunityViolence looting and assaults are rampant under this regime Agrawal charged demanding a highlevel judicial inquiry and Scindias intervention given Gunas status in his Lok Sabha turfVillagers living in fear of reprisals whispered of Nagars unchecked dominance where defiance meant ruinAs Dhakads body was cremated amid wails his daughters tearful accountsThey sat on me tore my cloths and fired at usamplified calls for justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-culprit-will-be-spared-mp-cm-on-farmers-murder-in-guna-645154.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:44:00 +0530 https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-culprit-will-be-spared-mp-cm-on-farmers-murder-in-guna-645155.html Guna Oct 27 In a swift midnight post on X Chief Minister Mohan Yadav broke the silence on a farmers daylight murder in Guna his words carrying the weight of both grief and command I express my condolences to the family he wrote before issuing an ironclad directive No culprit will be sparedWithin hours a case against 14 accused was filed one arrest made and the states lawenforcement machinery jolted into high gearWhat began as a land dispute in Ganeshpura village had ended in a fathers brutal deathand now the Chief Minister had made it a test of governanceAnkit Soni superintendent of police Guna has said that the police have arrested an accused Hukum Singh and have launched a manhunt for others including Mahendra Nagar Jitendra Nagar Kanhaiyalal Nagar and othersA longsimmering land dispute erupted into unimaginable brutality in Ganeshpura village under Fatehgarh police station limits claiming the life of 40yearold farmer Ramswaroop Dhakad and leaving his family shatteredAccording to police on Sunday afternoon as Dhakad walked to his fields with his wife Vindo Bai they were ambushed by a mob led by local BJP booth committee president Mahendra Nagar and his relatives including his sons Nitesh and Devendra wife Kamlesh Bai nephew Jitendra and around a dozen others among them womenEyewitnesses recounted a scene of sheer savagery The attackers armed with sticks rods and guns surrounded Dhakad and unleashed a frenzied assault pummeling him until he collapsed with multiple fractures across his bodyIn a final act of cruelty Nagar allegedly drove a Thar jeep over Dhakads limp form crushing him fatally When Vindo Bai and their two 17yearold daughters Tanisha and Krishna rushed to intervene the mob turned on them slapping the women viciously tearing the girls clothes and firing shots into the air to terrorise villagers from approachingPolice accounts also reveal that Dhakads maternal uncle Rajendra Nagar who joined the fray to help was also beaten For nearly an hour the assailants held the village hostage at gunpoint blocking locals from rushing Dhakad to a nearby health centreOnly after persistent pleas did they relent allowing the gravely injured family to be ferried to Guna District Hospital Dhakad succumbed en route or upon arrival his body riddled with trauma However SP Ankit Soni said victim died during treatmentThe survivorsVindo Bai Tanisha Krishna and Rajendraremain under treatment for fractures lacerations and emotional scars with the daughters particularly traumatised by the molestationThe trigger was a festering feud over six bighas of farmland in neighbouring Pachlavara village Baran district of Rajasthan owned by Dhakads maternal uncle Pappu NagarNagars relative Kanhaiya had been pressuring the family to relinquish it but Dhakads steadfast refusalamid allegations of Nagars yearslong reign of intimidationforces at least 25 small farmers to sell holdings at throwaway prices and flee GaneshpuraChief Minister Mohan Yadav who also holds the home portfolio condemned the unfortunate murder as a stain on the states law and orderNo one indulging in criminal acts will be spared he asserted directing police and district authorities to expedite the probe with utmost seriousnessAn FIR under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder conspiracy assault and outraging womens modesty has been registered against 14 named accused including the Nagars and four unidentified personsHukum Singh Mahendras elder brother was arrested late Sunday while the seized Thar jeep yielded bloodstains linking it to the crime Raids continue for the absconders with SubDivisional Police Officer Vivek Asthana vowing forensic sweeps and witness protectionThe BJP district unit acknowledging Mahendra Nagars role as a former Kisan Morcha officebearer who defected from Congress in 2020 has urged his immediate expulsionState BJP chief Hemant Khandelwal echoed the CM stating Our government will punish every criminal regardless of affiliation Yet the opposition Congress led by Bamori MLA Rishi Agrawal decried the incident as a Lakhimpur Kheri rerun accusing the ruling party of shielding land mafia and fostering impunityViolence looting and assaults are rampant under this regime Agrawal charged demanding a highlevel judicial inquiry and Scindias intervention given Gunas status in his Lok Sabha turfVillagers living in fear of reprisals whispered of Nagars unchecked dominance where defiance meant ruinAs Dhakads body was cremated amid wails his daughters tearful accountsThey sat on me tore my cloths and fired at usamplified calls for justice IANS https://dailyworld.in/crime/no-culprit-will-be-spared-mp-cm-on-farmers-murder-in-guna-645155.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:44:00 +0530