Varanasi: Under the crime control campaign of Varanasi Commissionerate, a joint team of Sarnath Police and SOG on Thursday arrested 20-year-old Chitransh Kharwar alias Chiku, solving three theft cases lodged in the city in May and June.The police recovered a 110.5 gram biscuit of yellow metal, a 643 gram biscuit of white metal, a DSLR…
Varanasi: In a fresh crackdown on the multi-crore codeine cough syrup smuggling network, Sarnath police have booked 10 already arrested accused under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, naming alleged smuggler Lokesh Agrawal as the gang leader.Police said Lokesh’s group operated as part of the syndicate of fugitive codeine smuggling kingpin…
Varanasi: Under Operation Mule Strike, cyber crime cell and four police stations including Bhelupur, Sigra, Chetganj and Cholapur registered cases against six mule account holders.ACP (cyber crime/Sarnath) Vidush Saxena said on Saturday that with progress in investigation of 51 complaints registered on the NCRP portal, it came to light that the mule accounts were used…
Varanasi: A 21-year-old social media influencer was publicly assaulted by two classmates on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus Friday, allegedly after she body-shamed them in response to continuous trolling.On Saturday, the influencer filed an FIR against the two classmates and posted a video on social media describing how they had been taunting and trolling…
Varanasi: Three staff of a model wine shop were caught red handed while selling liquor near Varanasi Junction (Cantt railway station) after closing of the shop on Friday late night. Sigra police also seized huge stock of liquor from them.Station in-charge Shivanand Mishra said police raided the shop in Vijayanagram Market opposite Varanasi Cantt Railway…
Varanasi: Turning the heat on Special Operation Group-2, which was formed to crack down on criminal activities like flesh trade, sex racket operations and gambling, police commissioner Mohit Agrawal dissolved the unit and attached many police stations and outposts in charges to police lines. Charge of three police stations was also inter-changed.While reviewing law and…
