Crime News Updates

In Odisha, Debasish Behera, Prabir Kumar Singh, and Sk Kausar Alli were sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under the NDPS Act, 1985 for illegal brown sugar trade. Arrested in 2020, they were caught transporting the substance from West Bengal.

It is suspected the youth was killed somewhere and before the body was thrown into water, a stone was tied around its neck to prevent it from floating. 

The recovered gold has been seized and the four passengers have been arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.

In Rajasthan's Barmer, a NEET aspirant and his elder brother, an MBBS student, were arrested for exam fraud. The elder brother posed as a dummy candidate using a modified Aadhaar card. They were apprehended at the examination center following a tip-off from a school principal.

A Plus 2 girl student was allegedly drugged by her friends and later raped by eight accused. A case is registered, and police have detained the suspects.

Odisha Police's Crime Branch arrested four individuals from Gujarat for defrauding a Bhubaneswar resident of Rs 60 lakh in an online trading scam. The arrests followed after the victim reported the crime, leading to a coordinated operation with Gujarat Police.

As per police sources, three other aides of the accused in this connection are on the run.

In Bhubaneswar, a man named Akshay Behera allegedly tried to murder his wife by running her over with a pick-up van due to unrequited love for her sister. The attack, captured on CCTV, left the victim critically injured and sparked legal actions against Akshay.

In Bhubaneswar, pirated NCERT books valued over Rs 10 lakh were seized from a book store following student complaints.

Hyderabad police have detained five GST officials linked to a Rs 46 crore scam involving fake refunds from bogus electric bike companies. The accused created sham firms, filed fraudulent GST claims, and bribed officials, causing significant losses to the state.

The Fresno Police Department refuted rumors that the victim of a recent shooting was gangster Goldy Brar. They confirmed that misinformation about Brar being involved spread globally via social media. The actual victims' identities remain undisclosed, with one deceased and another released after treatment.

While receiving the demanded amount of money from middleman Mantu Nanda, the Vigilance officers swooped down on the ARI and caught her red-handed.

The brother duo duped a woman of around Rs 33 lakh and another man of Rs 81 lakh by promising an interest of 20 percent per month. 

While doctors claimed brain haemorrhage caused by high blood pressure to be the possible reason of the UTP's death, family members alleged torture inside jail to be the reason behind his death.  

Masquerading as policemen, the three had looted jewellery and cash over Rs 3 lakh at two places under Badambadi Police limits. They belong to the infamous 'Irani gang.' Two of them hail from Maharashtra and the other is from Madhya Pradesh.