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A retired bank officer from Nagpur was digitally arrested by cyber fraudsters posing as police and ATS officers for four days. The scammers, through fake video calls and forged documents, compelled the 66-year-old man to transfer Rs 19.50 lakh from his savings. The investigation began when the victim received
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A 26-year-old Mumbai actress fell victim to a sophisticated online scam, losing 6.5 lakh rupees to individuals impersonating Airtel executives and Delhi Police officers. The scammers, using fake documents from the Supreme Court, threatened to arrest and seize her passport if she did not pay the demanded amount. The
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Record numbers of rogue police officers are being booted out of the force, with 735 officers being sacked and barred for life in the last year. This is up 24% on the previous year and has increased tenfold from the 70 cases recorded between December 2017 and March 2018. The
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Amid an ongoing investigation into a 23-year-old medical student's rape in Durgapur city, a second-year student at a private engineering college in Kolkata reported being raped by her classmate. The accused was arrested after the complaint was filed at the Anandapur Police Station. The incident highlights the prevalence
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The Mumbai sessions court has granted bail to Assistant Police Inspector Vijaya Ingawale, who was arrested on September 3 in connection with an alleged extortion racket. Ingawale, attached to the Bandra Government Railway Police, claimed that her arrest was illegal as she was not informed of the grounds for it.
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Police in West Bengal have ruled out gang-rape in the Durgapur medical student assault case, stating that one of the five arrested accused committed physical sexual assault, while the involvement of others is still being investigated. The investigation is ongoing, with police reconstructing the crime scene on Tuesday afternoon with
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A truck driver, Salman Majid (26), was arrested and handed over to Maharashtra police on Tuesday for stealing goods worth Rs 88 lakh belonging to Amazon. The stolen goods included expensive mobile phones, hard drives, keyboards, baby products, and other electronic items. The theft was carried out with the connivance
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Police in Prayagraj have made significant progress in solving a handbag snatching case, with four individuals arrested and cash and valuables recovered. The incident occurred on October 10, and the arrests were made on October 15, following a joint operation by the Kotwali police and the Special Operations Group (SOG)
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Haryana's police department is reeling under a crisis as a sub-inspector accused his superior, IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, of corruption and caste-based discrimination in a 3-page suicide note. This comes days after Kumar himself allegedly shot himself dead, leaving behind a 9-page note blaming top officials, including
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A 23-year-old medical student was allegedly gang-raped by five men, including one of her classmates, at a forested spot near a private medical college in Durgapur. The police, with the help of the elder sister of the main accused, Safiq, were able to track down and arrest all five accused,
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with the family of deceased IPS officer Y Puran Kumar in Chandigarh, expressing his concern over the alleged caste-based discrimination and harassment the officer faced before his death. Gandhi accused the Haryana Chief Minister of failing to ensure a free and fair investigation into the
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A recently released investigation report by the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) found that a Kelowna RCMP officer and police dog acted appropriately in the arrest of Fernando Verde, who was involved in an e-bike incident that nearly ended in tragedy. The incident began on August 1, 2020, when Verde took
