Afghan police have arrested 20 drug smugglers and 26 criminal suspects across the country, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Saturday.

Police conducted operations on the outskirts of Kabul city and in Paghman district, west of Kabul, arresting 20 drug smugglers and discovering methamphetamine, opium and hashish, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry also said that police have apprehended 26 people on the charge of involvement in criminal activities, including murder and theft, in the provinces of Samangan, Nimroz, Bamiyan, Ghazni, Jawzjan, Herat and Balkh, news agency reported.

In a bone-chilling murder case that has triggered panic and fear in the financial hub of Pakistan, dead bodies of four females were found from an apartment in Karachi's Lea Market area on Saturday.

As per the reports, all bodies were found on the 7th floor of Zainab Arcade apartments, near Lea Market in Karachi's Lyari area.

"Throats of all four victims have been slit with a sharp-edged weapon. There are also marks of torture on their bodies," the local police revealed.

The killed females have been identified as Aleena (13), Madeeha (18), Ayesha (19), and Shehnaz (51). The dead bodies of all of the four females were found in different rooms of the apartment. Police authorities have not found any weapon from the crime scene and say that the killers fled after slaying all victims with the same weapon.

A team of the cyber cell of Gurugram Police has arrested two accused including an official of a government bank for allegedly providing bank accounts to cybercriminals.

Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cybercrime), said that the arrested accused have been identified as Rohit Sharma, a native of district Eta in Uttar Pradesh, and Vishwas Kumar, native of district Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, a man filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station East in June 2024, that he was duped Rs 1.20 crore in the name of investing in the stock market.

Five students of the University of Alabama in the southern US state of Alabama have been arrested and charged with hazing in incidents at a fraternity house in August, local media reported.

Court documents cited a video showing pledges on their hands and knees being "yelled at, stepped on, pushed, had items thrown at them and had beer poured on them," according to report.

The video also showed pledges in what is believed to be an initiation where they're lined up doing wall sits and pushups and being yelled at by "active members" of the fraternity, said the report on Friday.

As the number of arrests in NCP leader Baba Siddique’s assassination rose to nine, his son Zeeshan Siddique made a post on social media, that as of now, is inscrutable.

Taking to X, MLA Zeeshan Siddique wrote on Friday: “Not all that is hidden sleeps, Nor all that is visible speaks.”

He had demanded justice for his family, as he appealed that his 66-year-old father's death should not be politicised and nor should it go in vain.

Zeeshan Siddique had met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio in the Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Two persons were shot at in Gopalganj district court on Friday leading to chaos inside the premises.

One of the victims, identified as Vishal Singh Kushwaha, a notorious criminal, was brought to court for a legal appearance when two persons fired on him.

According to police, two persons Suresh Kuahwaha and his friend, who were already present at the scene, fired on Vishal Kushwaha. The bullet brushed his ear and hit his friend, Gulab Hussain on his stomach. He had come to the court to meet Vishal and was standing near him.

A 19-year-old woman, who was set afire by her molester's son, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital early on Friday in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district.

The woman with over 70 per cent burns was being treated at Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore.

Detailing the sequence of the events, police said that on October 7, the victim complained to the police against Mangilal Balai alleging that he molested her.

Acting on her police complaint, Mangilal was arrested, but he secured bail the next day, October 8.

An American man was reportedly shot and abducted by gunmen in Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines, local police said Friday.

Brigadier General Bowenn Joey Masauding of the Philippine National Police in the Zamboanga Peninsula regional office identified the victim as Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, a native of Vermont State in the United States, news agency reported.

Masauding said the abductors barged into the house of the American national in Sibuco town around 11 p.m. local time on Thursday. Citing witness's accounts, Masauding said the victim resisted, forcing the kidnappers to shoot him in the leg.

The Local Crime Branch (LCB) in Gujarat's Deesa, in Banaskantha district, has arrested from Rajasthan three individuals involved in the robbery of Rs 80 lakh.

Prakash Rawal, Arvind Rawal, and Prem Barot were arrested from Jodhpur following an intensive investigation based on technical surveillance, location tracking, and call details.

The robbery occurred on October 14 in the Lalchali area of Deesa, where two armed men intercepted an Angadia (courier) employee transporting cash. The employee, carrying the money on an Activa scooter, was held at gunpoint by the robbers, who then fled with INR 80 lakh in cash. The incident happened in broad daylight in a crowded city, shocking the local community.

A man died and his son was taken ill after drinking "spurious liquor" in Bihar's Gopalganj district.

The deceased, identified as Laldev Manjhi, breathed his last on Thursday night, while his son Pradeep Kumar was receiving treatment in hospital.

The man-son duo hailed from Bandhauli village under Baikunthpur police station.

"They consumed spurious liquor when they visited Mashrakh in Saran district on Tuesday to purchase a buffalo," their family members said.

Both of them felt uneasy on Wednesday and were rushed to Sadar Hospital. As their condition deteriorated, they were referred to a hospital in Gorakhpur.