Gandhinagar/Vadodara, April 18 (IANS) A cyber fraud network linked to transactions worth more than Rs 210 crore has been uncovered, with six individuals arrested in a coordinated operation by the Cyber Centre of Excellence of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crime in Gujarat, officials said on Saturday. The arrests were made after a targeted raid in Vadodara based on specific intelligence, as part of intensified efforts to tackle rising cyber crime.According to officials, the accused oper…
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Ahmedabad, April 16 (IANS) Narcotic substances and liquor worth Rs 16.51 lakh were seized from a residential flat in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crime and Railways, leading to the arrest of one individual, officials said on Thursday. The operation was carried out at a flat of Aarohi Viviana apartments in Bopal locality, following specific intelligence inputs.Acting under the supervision of senior officers, a team from…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former commissioner of Kolkata Police, Supratim Sarkar, to go on deputation as police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to polls like West Bengal later this month. However, Sarkar had pleaded to the Commission for relief from this deputation to Tamil Nadu on medical grounds, as confirmed by an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.Just a few days before the announ…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the poll-bound state, its division through the Assembly constituency rearrangement will be inevitable.”The BJP is plotting to divide West Bengal by rearranging Assembly seats. It has been planned to create a separate state with some areas from Bihar and some for West Bengal. They (BJP) will be able to do that only if they come to power. So we have to defeat…
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced plans to use data-driven tools and artificial intelligence technology to detect illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. He specifically mentioned partnering with institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology to develop an artificial intelligence tool that can help authorities differentiate between legal residents and those living in the city without valid documentation. These tools will be deployed once testi…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday assigned new responsibilities to 19 IPS officers who were removed from their posts by the Election Commission. They have now been appointed to new positions, a senior officer at the state secretariat, Nabanna, said. The state government issued a directive to this effect on Wednesday, keeping in mind the EC’s condition that none of the officers could be reinstated to any post related to the Assembly elections.Indira Mukherj…
Guwahati, March 2 (IANS) The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Kamrup district in Assam on Monday ordered that one of the accused in Zubeen Garg’s death case – the festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta’s bank accounts be unfrozen, noting that the provisions under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) were not applicable in the present circumstances. The Court also ordered another accused in the case, Siddhartha Sharma, to deposit Rs. 16 lakhs with the Criminal Invest…
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Friday named Peeyush Pandey as the successor of Rajeev Kumar as the Acting Director General of state police. Kumar is set to retire from service on Saturday.At the same time, the state government had also announced the replacement of the current Kolkata Police Commissioner.The new Kolkata Police Chief will be Suprateem Sarakr, who is currently the Additional Director General of Police (South Bengal).The current Kolkata Police Commissioner, Man…
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) The mysterious death of a NEET aspirant at Shambhu Girls’ Hostel in Patna has sent shockwaves across Bihar, with fresh developments adding new gravity to the investigation. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has collected blood samples from 11 individuals, including hostel owner Manish Ranjan, in a significant step forward.Among those sampled are five members of the deceased student’s family and six other suspects.These suspects include individuals captured on CCTV fo…
Bengaluru, Jan 24 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.53 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scam involving former ADGP Amrit Paul and others, the agency said in an official statement on Saturday.The attached assets include residential properties belonging to Amrit Paul, former Additional Director G…