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Maharashtra: Thane Police busts 'sex racket' running at housing complex
Thane police's anti-human trafficking cell raided a flat in Vartak Nagar on February 12, rescuing a woman.
Published on Feb 15, 2025 01:49 PM IST
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NEET irregularities: Accused shared financial transactions on mobile, say police
On Sunday, ATS detained Jadhav and Pathan. Later, a case was registered at Shivajinagar Police Station against the four accused and Pathan was arrested
Updated on Jun 25, 2024 05:32 AM IST
Man who extorted money from elderly held in Nuh
A 20-year-old man in Haryana was arrested for sextortion cybercrimes, targeting elderly victims by making video calls and blackmailing them for money.
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 06:06 AM IST
Agents booked for taking Indian job-seekers to Laos to work in fake call centres
Mumbai crime branch registers FIR against job agents duping youths with fake jobs in Thailand, forcing them to work in Laos in fraudulent schemes.
Updated on Mar 26, 2024 05:28 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
FDA busts bogus medicine racket, seizes 21,600 ‘antibiotic’ tablets at Nagpur hospital
The state FDA busted a racket involving 'substandard' medicines in government-run hospitals in Nagpur. Over 21,000 tablets were confiscated. Three individuals have been booked.
Updated on Feb 04, 2024 07:12 AM IST
Impregnate childless women for ₹13 lakh: Police bust racket; 8 arrested
The ‘All India Pregnant Job Agency’ sought help in impregnating “unfortunate” women who were unable to conceive from their partners.
Published on Dec 31, 2023 08:11 AM IST
Child trafficking gang busted, eight arrested
Eight arrested in child trafficking racket; one-year-old girl rescued; investigation reveals involvement in previous cases; search ongoing for missing two-year-old son.
Updated on Nov 25, 2023 08:38 AM IST
Payal Gwalani, Mumbai
Two arrested in Delhi for issuing fake university degrees
Delhi Police busted a racket involved in forging degrees, mark sheets, and certificates of government and private universities. Two people have been arrested. Over 2,000 fake degrees were sold in the past three years, with prices ranging from ₹20,000 to ₹2.2 lakh. The suspects operated under the guise of an educational institute.
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 05:16 AM IST
Suspect was arrested in past for running LPG theft racket
With the help of two accomplices, including an employee of a local LPG gas agency, Mahipal used to procure filled LPG cylinders, steal a small portion of it and fill into empty cylinders to be sold to retailers
Updated on Oct 10, 2023 06:28 AM IST
Pathankot police arrest 2 from Noida for duping man of ₹5 lakh
The arrested accused are K Srivastav, who claims to be a director of Lalantop Consumer Private Limited, and Mansi Srivastav, who claims to be the business manager, police said. The third accomplice, known as ‘Happy’, identified as an executive, is also under scrutiny.
Updated on Oct 06, 2023 09:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Amritsar
Touts held, RTA officials booked for running extortion racket
A list of names and contact numbers was also seized from the arrested touts, from whom they were supposed to collect money to give to the inspector
Published on Sep 15, 2023 12:06 AM IST
Inter-state drug trafficking racket busted, nine held
An inter-state drug trafficking racket was busted in Mumbai and nine alleged suppliers were arrested, with drugs worth ₹72 lakh seized.
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 01:00 AM IST
Manish K Pathak
Pune police bust interstate high-end car theft racket, 3 held
The accused arrested have been identified as Manoj Mahendra Parihar, Rajesh Radheshyam Pandit and Ismail Shefarkhan all from Agra, Delhi
Updated on Aug 14, 2023 11:41 PM IST
21 Tata Memorial staffers booked for referring patients to private lab
The case was registered at Bhoiwada police station on Saturday after hospital authorities detected a racket run by a network of peons and ward boys. Unsuspecting patients at the Out Patient Department (OPD) were led to undergo 2D ECHO, X Ray, CT scan, MRI, PET scans and similar tests at the private body, even though the facilities were available at the hospital at discounted rates
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 12:25 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
Amarnath Yatra: Fake registration racket busted, 3 arrested from Delhi
As per police, the prime accused, Harender Verma of West Rohtas Nagar, Delhi, was arrested along with his two aides, Daleep Prajapat and Jagan Nath, after raiding their hideouts in Delhi
Updated on Jul 02, 2023 10:50 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Jammu/srinagar
Religious conversion accused found to have 30 Pakistani numbers in his phones
Shahnawaz Khan alias Baddo, a resident of Maharashtra's Thane, was allegedly operating at least six e-mail addresses, one of which had few mails from Pakistan.
Published on Jun 15, 2023 08:59 AM IST
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Two held in Faridabad for selling ordinary liquor in bottles of premium brands
Police said the suspects used bottles of brands such as Royal Salute, Blue Label, Macallan and Amrut Greedy Angels, among others, that were filled with liquor that cost less than ₹500
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 11:56 PM IST
Pathankot: Illegal immigration racket busted, 2 arrested
The Pathankot police busted an illegal immigration racket and arrested two people involved in the fraud.
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 10:08 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Amritsar
Haryana: Bank cashier robbed of ₹25,000 in Rohtak
Cashier Vikas Kumar said the incident occurred on Friday when he came out of the bank and opened the window of his car to get his credit card
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 10:50 PM IST
HT Correspondents, Rohtak
Cyber fraud racket led by minor busted, ₹97L found in 24 bank accounts
The police also seized 43 ATM cards, 25 chequebooks, 32 SIM cards and 22 mobile phones from the quartet, which included Piyush Ramesh Soni, 35, Arju Mahesh Soni, 29, Rajkumar Babulal Soni, 32, and their 17-year-old boss. All the accused are residents of Ajmer in Rajasthan
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 12:36 AM IST
Manish K Pathak
Baby girl kidnapped from health centre in UP district found: Police
A police official confirmed the woman seen in the CCTV footage was the same person with whom the baby was found and with help of alert people, she was caught
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:47 PM IST
Derabassi kidney transplant racket: Names of 3 more surface during probe
A donor Kapil Kumar of Sirsa, who had taken the lid of the racket, said he had got in touch with Himanshu after reading a post on Facebook in which incentives were offered in lieu of O positive blood group
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:19 PM IST
Mohit Khanna, Mohali
Another flesh trade racket busted in Zirakpur, 2 booked
Zirakpur SHO inspector Simarpreet Singh Shergill said the police raided two spas on VIP Road, Zirakpur, following a tip-off about prostitution being operated in the guise of spa centres
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 04:21 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Mohali
Forest dept seizes 30 tonnes of capiz shells in a chase from Pen to Panvel
These flat, semi-transparent shells with a pearlescent appearance are found across sea shores in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. Capiz shells are being used for decorative items like chandeliers and lampshades and other shell inlays and also in oil mining rigs, especially in the Gulf, where they are much in demand
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 12:33 AM IST
G. Mohiuddin Jeddy
Police booked six books store involved in pirating NCERT books
Police and NCERT officials conducted raids in Gurugram's Sadar market, seizing nearly one lakh pirated NCERT books for classes 6 to 12 worth lakhs of rupees. The shopkeepers were selling poor quality pirated books at cheaper rates, causing huge revenue loss to NCERT. The books were being supplied by various suppliers. Police said strict action will be taken against schools if found involved in any illegal sale of pirated books. Cases of cheating, forgery, and under the Copyright Act have been registered.
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 07:19 PM IST