The security forces in Manipur have seized drugs worth Rs 18 crore, arrested a militant and recovered some arms and ammunition from different places during the past 24 hours, officials said here on Thursday.

A police official said that a joint team of Manipur Police and CRPF intercepted a car at Tupul bridge coming from Churachandpur towards Kangpokpi and seized 196 soap cases containing suspected heroin/ brown sugar weighing 2.193 kg, excluding the case, from the vehicle. The approximate value of the seized drugs is Rs 18 crore, the official said.

The two drug peddlers, who were travelling in the car, were also arrested. They were identified as Ginminlen Haokip (24) and Holminlen Khongsal (30). Haokip is a resident of Kangpokpi district, and Khongsal hails from Chandel district. Chandel district shares an unfenced border with Myanmar.

A shocking incident of alleged gang rape has been reported from the Parappana Agrahara police station limits in Bengaluru, police said.

A woman, who had gone to her male friend's residence, was allegedly gang raped by two unknown men after being threatened.

Telangana’s newly-created Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE), along with Cyberabad police, busted a drug supply network operating from a restaurant and arrested six accused.

Those arrested include key peddler Surya Annamaneni, the owner of Malnadu Restaurant in Kompally. He was allegedly possessing and supplying banned drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy pills and OG weed.

Five businessmen, Yashwanth, Jaswanth, Navadeep, Pawan, and Rahul, were also arrested. All the accused are involved in running restaurants, hotels, or pubs in the city

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested the accused in the chilling double murder of a woman and a six-month-old infant in the Majnu Ka Tila area of the National Capital.

The suspect, identified as Nikhil, was apprehended from his hometown of Haldwani in Uttarakhand, just a day after the brutal crime.

The J&K Police said on Wednesday that they have recovered Rs 62 lakh in a multi-crore fake gemstone fraud and returned the amount to a Hyderabad-based man who was duped in an alleged sale of fake Kashmir Blue Sapphires.

Police said the Hyderabad resident, Mir Firasath Ali Khan, had fallen prey to a high-profile cheating and fraud case involving fake gemstones.

“The accused had attempted to sell counterfeit Kashmir Blue Sapphires valued at an astronomical Rs 25 crore to the unsuspecting buyer, while already having defrauded him of Rs 3 crore," said police.

The case was lodged at Police Station Bahu Fort in Jammu after the complainant alleged that he was being duped by fraudsters posing as sellers of the rare Kashmir Blue Sapphire. An FIR was registered, and a dedicated investigation was launched under SDPO Bakshi Nagar Dr Satish Bhardwaj, supervised by SSP Jammu Joginder Singh and SP South Ajay Sharma.

Manipur Police and other security forces have arrested 12 cadres of different outfits, including six members of the Meitei radical group ‘Arambai Tengol’, during the past 24 hours in different districts, officials said on Wednesday.

A police official said the six ‘Arambai Tengol’ members, residents of Imphal West and Bishnupur districts, were arrested for the physical assault of an officer and personnel of Manipur Police during a shutdown in Bishnupur district on June 9.

The ‘Arambai Tengol’ members, aged between 18 years to 26 years old, will be produced in court on Wednesday.

Security personnel also arrested six cadres of the outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP-People’s War Group) militant outfit from Bishnupur and Imphal West district.

Laitonjam Ramakanta Meitei, alias Bothe (34), one of the arrested cadres, is a self-styled area commander of KCP (PWG), and has more than 15 cadres working under him for the outfit, the official said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken the custody of Monika Kapoor, an alleged economic offender, in the US and will bring her back to India, ending an over two-decade-long run from the law, officials said on Wednesday.

The development comes after Kapoor's extradition from the US.

The CBI in a press release said the chase has ended after two decades “with the successful extradition of Fugitive Ms. Monika Kapoor, who is accused in a 2002 Import-Export fraud and was on run since then, from USA.”

According to the information provided by the Central agency, fugitive Monika Kapoor, Prop. of M/s Monika Overseas in conspiracy with her brothers, namely Rajan Khanna and Rajiv Khanna forged export documents viz. Shipping Bills, Invoices and Bank Certificates of Export and Realisation during the year 1998.

In a swift breakthrough, the New Delhi District Police have cracked a high-profile abduction and robbery case within 48 hours, arresting three accused who impersonated government officials and looted Rs 30 lakh from a luxury car showroom in Chanakyapuri.

According to police, the incident occurred on July 2, when Anil Tiwari, Assistant Manager at Exclusive Motors Pvt Ltd - a dealership for Bentley and other high-end vehicles - was abducted by two men, one dressed as a policeman, near the Hungarian Embassy.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that they have arrested Saiyad Jiyajur Rahaman, Director of M/s LFS Broking Pvt Ltd, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

“Earlier the accused was produced before the Hon’ble Chief Judge, City Sessions Court, Kolkata on the strength of a production warrant issued by the Hon’ble Court. The accused has been remanded to ED custody till 14.07.2025,” a statement issued by ED on Tuesday read.

A chilling double murder rocked Delhi once again as a woman and a 6-month-old infant were found stabbed to death in the Majnu Ka Tila area on Tuesday.

The police confirmed that the suspect, believed to be the woman's boyfriend, is currently absconding.

According to police officials, the deceased woman has been identified as Sonal. The infant was the daughter of Sonal's friend Rashmi.