Vadodara: A woman accused of posing as a bride in a marriage fraud racket and cheating a man out of Rs 2.7 lakh has been arrested after evading police for months, officials said on Saturday.The Mahisagar Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested two absconding women wanted in connection with a cheating case registered at Lunawada Town…
Bokaro: More than three months after a couple was allegedly hacked to death at Tiriltand hamlet in Dalan Chalkari village of Giridih district, police on Thursday claimed to have cracked the case by arresting seven persons, all from the victims’ extended family.The accused were identified as Ramesh Hansda, Vijay Hansda, Dodhma Hansda, Pandu Hansda, Bablu…
Kolkata: In a fresh crackdown on illegal arms and ammunition stockpiles in Sandeshkhali, a team of West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday recovered a massive cache of weapons and ammunition from the Nazat area, once considered a stronghold of jailed former Trinamool neta Sheikh Shahjahan.Acting on intelligence inputs, STF personnel conducted a raid…
Arms, explosives and other items seized during the raid Koraput: A joint team of the District Voluntary Force and Border Security Force (BSF) unearthed a large cache of arms, explosives and other materials from a Maoist dump in the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border region of Malkangiri district during an early morning operation on Tuesday.Police said the operation…
Guwahati: President Droupadi Murmu awarded Major Bhargav Kalita with the Shaurya Chakra for exceptional gallantry in counter-terrorism operations at the Defence Investiture Ceremony (Phase-I) held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.Major Kalita of the Kumaon Regiment/50th Battalion, the Rashtriya Rifles, is the eldest son of Major Gen Bhaskar Kalita (retd). He has actively participated in…
Balangir: Police intercepted a vehicle near Smart Park on the Balangir-Titilagarh road late on Saturday night and arrested five people for allegedly trafficking banned cough syrup.Total 880 bottles of the addictive syrup, being transported without valid documentation, were seized under Town police station limits. The accused were identified as Bidyadhar Sahoo (20), Ankit Patel (19),…
Mumbai: In a major operation against illegal immigration, Mumbai Police arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals who were allegedly residing in India without valid documents for nearly 15 years, officials said on Saturday.The action was carried out by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Police in Andheri, where officers conducted a targeted operation based on specific intelligence…
Silchar: The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Manipur Police, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the India Reserve Battalion (IRB), seized 4 lakh Yaba tablets valued at approximately Rs 47 crore in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Thursday evening. One person was arrested in this connection.Security forces launched the operation at Leingangpokpi on…
Dumka: A joint team of the Bihar police’s special task force (STF) and Chhattisgarh police have arrested an accused from Deoghar district on Friday in the murder of jeweller Pradeep Soni and robbery case in Chhattisgarh’s Pendra on May 26.“The accused, Manish Mandal alias Nagmani, is among the most wanted criminals of Chhattisgarh who was…
Leopard skin allegedly being offered for sale from a hotel near Surat railway station Surat: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday apprehended two men after recovering a leopard skin allegedly being offered for sale from a hotel near Surat railway station. Officials said the accused were allegedly expecting more than Rs 50 lakh…
