New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested three alleged sharpshooters linked to the Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang along with two suspected arms suppliers, foiling a planned firing incident in the national capital that was allegedly aimed at extortion, officials said on Sunday.Police said the accused had been tasked by jailed gangster Sangwan, also known as Nandu, to open fire at a clinic in Delhi’s Chhawla area as part of an extortion bid. Three semi-automatic pistols, f…
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Surat, May 20 (IANS) The Surat Crime Branch has arrested a wanted accused carrying a reward of Rs 1.5 lakh in connection with multiple cases of extortion, attempted murder and Arms Act offences registered across Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Anand Singh alias Sholay Singh alias Sachin Singh (26), was apprehended near the Biodiversity Park gate in the Khatodara area of Surat during an operation based on specific intelligence inputs.Officials ad…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Police action against Trinamool Congress leaders facing corruption charges continued across West Bengal, with multiple arrests reported in separate incidents, officials said on Monday.In the first incident, former Dinhata Municipality chairman Gouri Shankar Maheshwari was arrested in the building plan approval fraud case last night. Just a day before, the police had arrested Dinhata Municipality employee Moumita Bhattacharya. Moumita was remanded to three days of police cu…
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The Kolkata Police have arrested a person with firearms and cartridges from the Banshdroni area in the southern outskirts of the state capital.The police said on Sunday that two improvised country-made semi-automatic firearms, along with four live cartridges, were recovered from his possession.”Acting on specific information, Kolkata Police arrested Satyabrata Basu Roy (28), resident of Niranjan Pally, Kolkata, under the jurisdiction of Bansdroni Police Station,” said Kolk…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s Kolkata Zonal Office has expanded its investigation into a high-profile money laundering case involving a sophisticated network of individuals and shell companies in West Bengal.On Sunday (April 26, 2026), the agency conducted searches at three premises in Kolkata linked to Kalyan Shukla and Sanjay Kumar Kanodia.These raids led to the seizure of Rs 10 lakh in cash, gold jewellery, and a substantial cache of digital devices and incrimina…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Anti-Gangster Squad (AGS) of the Crime Branch, Delhi Police, has apprehended a 24-year-old alleged arms supplier linked to the Kapil Sangwan, Nandu gang and recovered multiple illegal firearms and live cartridges during the operation.According to an official press release, the accused, identified as Aditya Mishra, was arrested during a trap laid by the police near UER-II, Pochanpur Village, Dwarka. The Crime Branch stated that “a desperate arms supplier/facilitat…
Jammu, April 23 (IANS) Police in Mumbai said on Thursday that they have arrested a woman cricketer associated with the J&K T-20 league, along with her brother and another associate, in connection with an alleged sextortion and extortion case.A police spokesperson of Mumbai Crime Branch said that a woman cricketer associated with the J&K T-20 cricket league and her brother have been arrested.“The duo were apprehended from a hotel in New Delhi. Subsequently, their associate, Uddin Imtiya…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A judge of the Delhi High Court on Monday recused herself from hearing a plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan seeking bail in a case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Balyan’s plea challenging the rejection of his bail application by a Delhi court was listed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who recused herself from hearing it.The matter will now be placed before another Bench on April 23.The former Utt…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday detained businessman Joy Kamdar, the Managing Director of Sun Enterprise, as part of its investigation into a money laundering case against criminal Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar and his linked syndicate.The businessman was detained after ED officials conducted a raid at his residence in the Behala area of South Kolkata earlier in the morning. The ED also raided two premises linked to Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Si…
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) Panic gripped parts of Ajmer after a liquor businessman Jitendra Rangwani received a death threat along with an extortion demand of Rs 2 crore, allegedly from members of the Rohit Godara gang.The threats were reportedly made through WhatsApp calls and voice messages. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation, said officials on Friday.According to reports, the threat was received on Thursday at around 4:00 P.M. when Rangwani was at a salon in Bhagwanganj …