Noida Cyber Police have apprehended three members of a gang involved in a massive cyber fraud case where a businessman from Noida was cheated out of Rs 3.26 crore.

All three individuals allegedly lured the victim by promising five times the profit through investments in the stock market. However, it turned out to be a scam.

The three accused — Puneet, Himanshu, and Vijay Chaudhary — were arrested near Noida Stadium. According to the police investigation, Puneet had rented out his bank account to Himanshu.

The Indore police have busted a gang involved in incidents of theft and arrested four members, including a minor, a senior police official said on Saturday.

The accused persons have been identified as Lekhraj, Shubham and Rahul and a minor from a residential colony when they were trying to lure passersby on the main road by offering gold and silver jewellery at cheap rates.

The busted gang was under police radar after a case of theft incident was registered at the Dwarakapuri police station in the city.

The complainant had told the police that jewellery and cash were stolen from his house.

An incident of robbery has been reported from the Vidyaranyapura police station limits in Bengaluru, where a gang of six assailants attacked a businessman with a knife and robbed him of Rs 2 crore in cash.

The incident occurred on June 25 but has come to light recently. Police have detained two suspects in connection with the case and are currently questioning them.

Sriharsha V., a 33-year-old businessman from Kengeri New Town, has filed a police complaint regarding the matter.

In a major breakthrough against cyber-enabled financial crimes, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a key member of a transnational cyber extortion syndicate during coordinated raids in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a statement said.

The arrest, part of the ongoing Operation Chakra-V, was made on June 26 following searches conducted a day earlier.

The accused, identified as Prince Jashvantlal Anand, is allegedly the mastermind behind a sophisticated international racket targeting foreign nationals, especially in the United States and Canada.

In a gruesome double murder, an elderly woman and her 17-year-old grandson were found murdered in their home under mysterious circumstances in Lohardaga town of Jharkhand, officials said.

The incident occurred in Bhakso Doomar Toli locality, under the jurisdiction of the Sadar police station, Lohardaga.

The victims have been identified as 60-year-old Baria Oraon and her grandson Ritesh Oraon.

Kolkata Police arrested three youths for raping a young woman within the premises of a reputed law college in the city, police said on Friday. The victim and two of the accused are all students of the South Kolkata Law College (New Campus), while the third accused is a former student.

Insiders from the city police said that one of the three men was arrested late on Thursday evening, while the other two were held in the wee hours of Friday.

All will be presented at a city court in South Kolkata on Friday afternoon and the public prosecutor will seek their police custody.

In a powerful display of zero tolerance against narcotics, the Delhi Police on Thursday marked the culmination of the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Pakhwada’ with the destruction of over 1,629.4 kg of illicit drugs worth Rs 3,274.5 crore in the international market.

The event was timed to coincide with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

 In a significant crackdown in Bihar on narcotics trafficking, the Kishanganj Police, in collaboration with the Special Task Force (STF), arrested two individuals near the railway station on Thursday and seized one kg heroin from their possession, an official said.

The estimated market value of the seized substance is around Rs 1 crore.

Kishanganj Superintendent of Police Sagar Kumar described the seizure and arrest a major achievement, stating that the joint team has successfully busted an inter-state drug trafficking network.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Baliram Chaurasia, a resident of Shivrampur, Ballia district (Uttar Pradesh) and Lalita Devi, a resident of Muzaffarpur district (Bihar).

According to SP Sagar Kumar, the police acted on specific intelligence input about the smuggling of banned substances through the district.

In a major nationwide crackdown on organized cybercrime, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday carried out coordinated searches at 42 locations across five states - Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh - as part of its ongoing anti-cybercrime initiative under Operation Chakra-V.

The action targeted a network of 'mule bank accounts' used by cyber fraudsters to siphon off money from unsuspecting victims.

Cyberabad Police have arrested a class 10 student who murdered her mother with the help of her boyfriend and his minor brother.

The police cracked the case relating to the murder of Satla Anjali (39) in New LB Nagar, Shapurnagar, under the limits of Jeedimetla Police Station.

The deceased, a folk singer associated with a Telangana government cultural scheme, was murdered at her residence on Monday night.

The police on Wednesday announced the arrest of the victim's minor daughter, her paramour Pagilla Shiva Kumar and another juvenile.