Chandigarh, June 26 (IANS) The Punjab Police’s State Cyber Crime Division has frozen 63,749 bank accounts linked to cyber fraud involving transactions of nearly Rs 540.34 crore in the past one year, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday. Since 2024, around Rs 64 crore has been recovered and refunded to victims, including nearly Rs 38.42 crore recovered since January 1, 2025. During this period, 62,253 cybercrime cases have been registered across the state. In the last fina…
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Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) The Punjab Police have achieved a success in 152-day old ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ operation by recovering a cache of 713 illegal arms from the possession of gangsters’ accomplices, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said. The Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on Tuesday also recovered 218 magazines with a total of 2,009 rounds of ammunition. “The gangsters heavily lure youngsters to carry their illegal works, and offering them illegal weapons is one…
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday inaugurated the technical and intelligence facilities, including the state-of-the-art Special Intelligence and Technical Unit (SITU) at the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) police station in Mohali, officials said. The DGP also inaugurated the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) room, interrogation room and the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police at the ANTF police station. The…
Chandigarh, June 6 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Saturday called on Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda here and urged the early operationalisation of the PGI Satellite Centre in Ferozepur town. Dhillon also thanked Nadda for reposing faith in him to lead the party in Punjab. He assured that he would work to strengthen the party across the state and take its message to every section of society.Dhillon informed the Union Minister that the governance model of Maharaja Ra…
Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Punjab Police have busted a cross-border drug smuggling module with the arrest of four accused and recovered 28.12 kg heroin along with Rs 9.5 lakh drug money from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.Those arrested have been identified as Bagicha Singh and Bhupinder singh, both residents of Boghi Wala village in Guru Har Sahai; Sajan, a resident of Araiyan Wala village; and Chhinder Pal Singh, alias Rinku, a resident of La…
Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) Punjab Police have arrested a man from Pathankot town on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers, officials said on Thursday.During questioning, the accused Baljit Singh revealed that the entire operation was being directed by a handler operating from Dubai. For espionage, he was given a sum of Rs 40,000.This was the third trans-border espionage module busted by the police in less than a month.In the latest case, Baljit Singh, a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village,…
Jalandhar, April 30 (IANS) The Punjab Police’s Counter-Intelligence, Jalandhar, achieved a major breakthrough by uncovering tactics used by elements to monitor Army movements along the frontier, as it busted a spy ring involved in installing CCTV cameras in sensitive areas. The investigation has revealed startling details: live footage from CCTV cameras installed in border regions was being monitored by handlers based in Pakistan through mobile applications.Authorities have recovered CCTV camera…
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) The Punjab government should immediately provide Rs 50,000 per acre in compensation to farmers for losses caused by unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and strong winds in Punjab, said Ashwani Sharma, working BJP President. In a statement here, Sharma said, “According to the Punjab government’s own data, crops over 1.30 lakh acres have been damaged in the state. If proper girdawari (crop assessment) is conducted, this area may increase further.” He said farmers …
Chandigarh, April 8 (IANS) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Central government to send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by unseasonal heavy rainfall accompanied by hailstorms in the state. In a letter to Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, the minister highlighted the severe impact of inclement weather on wheat crops. He said wheat sown on 35 lakh hectares had been expected …
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a joint operation with the Special Task Force of Haryana, on Thursday, arrested two shooters involved in the murder of a property dealer in Chandigarh’s Sector-9 after a brief exchange of firing and recovered three sophisticated weapons from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here. Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Piyush Pehalwan, a r…