In a major crackdown, the Cyber Police Station of North District, Delhi, has busted an interstate gang of cyber cheats that duped victims through fake investment schemes on social media.

Seven individuals have been arrested from different parts of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the case.

Amid the ongoing debate over the rising cases of atrocities against women, two rape incidents reported in Jajpur and Jagatsinghpur districts have once again rocked Odisha.

In a shameful incident, the Jagatsinghpur police on Tuesday arrested one person on charges of raping an 18-year-old girl in Jagatsinghpur Town police station area. Police have launched a manhunt to nab another accused who is still at large.

The Bengaluru Police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked a daylight robbery case involving the theft of Rs 2 crore from a businessman, and arrested 15 people in connection with the crime.

The police have also seized Rs 1.11 crore in cash, four cars, four bikes, and weapons used in the crime.

The security forces in Manipur arrested eight militants of different outfits and recovered many arms and ammunition during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

A police officer said that eight arrested extremists belong to United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), and they were arrested from Tengnoupal and Imphal East districts.

A car, Indian and Nepalese currencies, mobile phones, SIM cards, Aadhaar cards, and PAN cards were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants.

Of the eight arrested militants, three KCP militants were arrested from India-Myanmar border areas under the hilly Tengnoupal district.

In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Delhi Police have busted a work-from-home job fraud syndicate and arrested four individuals accused of duping a man of Rs 17.49 lakh through a sophisticated online scam involving cryptocurrency.

The Cyber Police Station of South West Delhi busted the fraud syndicate after the victim, a Vasant Kunj resident, filed a complaint.

According to the South West District Police, the fraudsters lured unsuspecting victims through Telegram by offering seemingly legitimate part-time online jobs, such as reviewing websites for small payments.

“After a few initial tasks, the victim was asked to perform a prepaid task involving the sale and purchase of Bitcoin. Believing he would earn a high return, the victim kept depositing more money on the pretext of redeeming his earnings,” the police said in an official statement.

Three militants, including a self-styled Major of a banned outfit and three illegal ammunition sellers were arrested in Manipur during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.

A police official said that the security forces arrested self-styled Major of banned outfit People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Konjengbam Tomba Singh alias Laingam (38) from his residence in Imphal East district.

The militant leader gets his basic military training at Tanal in Myanmar.

He was instrumental in recruiting some youths in the proscribed outfit.

Manipur Police also arrested two active cadres of United People's Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) outfit from Kakching Super Market area in mountainous Kakching district.

The UPPK extremists were identified as Nongmaithem Subhachandra Singh alias Kakching Ngakpa (44) and Elangbam Abinash Singh alias Ngamba (22).

In a breakthrough, the Cyber Police Station of Central District has busted a notorious ‘Digital Arrest’ scam racket with the arrest of two individuals from different parts of the country.

The accused had allegedly duped a Delhi-based doctor of Rs 14.85 lakh through a fake legal threat. According to police, the victim received a call from someone impersonating a government official, falsely claiming that the doctor was involved in a legal case.

Two days after the sensational daylight killing of gangster Chandan Kumar Singh inside Paras Hospital, Patna Police have made significant progress in identifying the criminals and their aides who helped plan and execute the murder.

According to an official statement of the Patna police, a case related to the murder incident has been registered at the Shastri Nagar police station, and multiple teams have been engaged in an intensive investigation.

Patna police, in its statement, said the identification of the shooters and their accomplices was made possible through technical surveillance, human intelligence, and detailed CCTV footage analysis.

Five persons have been reportedly detained from New Town in Kolkata on Saturday in connection with the murder of a gangster at a hospital in Patna, police said.

Following a raid conducted jointly by the Patna Police and Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police, the accused persons were detained from a housing complex at New Town, said an insider from the Bidhannagar City Police, under whose jurisdiction New Town comes.

An Indian passenger who arrived from Doha at Bengaluru International Airport was arrested for carrying over four kg cocaine valued at around Rs 40 crore, an official of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Saturday.

The contraband was concealed in two superhero comics/magazines, which were found to be unusually heavy, said the official.

The DRI officers carefully recovered the white powder, which tested positive as cocaine, concealed in the covers of magazines and arrested the male passenger early on Friday under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the official said.

In a separate case earlier, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Srinagar Zone, busted a narcotics smuggling racket operating in South Kashmir and arrested a former militant and his aide.