Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested two members of an interstate cyber fraud gang involved in a “digital arrest” scam in which a senior citizen woman was cheated of Rs 55.50 lakh after being impersonated and coerced through fabricated legal threats and forged official communications. According to police, the case was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2…
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Patna, May 9 (IANS) A serious incident has emerged from Muzaffarpur involving alleged death threats to BJP MLA Ranjan Kumar. The legislator has submitted a written complaint to the Mithanpura Police Station, seeking registration of an FIR and strict legal action.According to Ranjan Kumar, misleading and defamatory posts were being circulated on social media to damage his image.He alleged that when he objected to these posts, he received threats of being killed with an AK-47 rifle.In …
Jaipur, May 8 (IANS) Acting on intelligence inputs from the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad, a case has been registered against Gurwinder Singh at Sadar Patti Police Station in Tarn Taran district after pro-Khalistan content was found on platforms linked to him. Agencies are now expanding the investigation to trace the wider network and identify possible associates linked to the anti-national activities.The action has been taken under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the…
Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police on Thursday busted an illegal international call centre operating from a residential flat in the Naroda area, allegedly involved in defrauding United States citizens by posing as representatives of a fictitious loan company and collecting fraudulent processing fees. The raid was carried out by the Naroda police following specific intelligence received during patrolling near Karaikat Cross Roads.A police team led by Sub-Inspector V.R. Chaudhary, under …
Ahmedabad/Bikaner, May 5 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested a man from Bikaner in Rajasthan and booked two others for allegedly running an Instagram-based extortion network, officials said. In their fraud scheme, they posed as relationship advisers and spiritual healers, luring women with promises of resolving love and marital issues through rituals before allegedly blackmailing them using explicit material.Police said on Monday that the accused, Rajnish Bhargava, was taken int…
Jaipur, May 2 (IANS) Vishal Bansal, Additional Director General of Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), on Saturday said that sustained action against impersonation in competitive examinations has led to the detection of three major cases involving dummy candidates across the state. Investigations revealed that several academically weak candidates arranged for more qualified individuals to appear in their place in exchange for large sums of money.The first case relates to the 2022 Lect…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) “Innovation, Technology or Artificial Intelligence cannot replace a human being. AI poses many challenges, and we have become exceedingly technologically advanced, but it cannot replace a person,” said Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon’ble Minister of State for Law & Justice (IC), Government of India at the Launch of the book, Technology Law: Regulations, Cyber Policy, and the Digital Landscape authored by Rodney D. Ryder & Nikhil Naren. “People have been suspicio…
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Actor and businessman Raj Kundra, who is also the husband of actress Shilpa Shetty, has spoken up on 4 years of the legal procedure with regards to a pornography. On Wednesday, Raj took to his X, formerly Twitter, and claimed that he has been subjected to a prolonged legal process, and is looking for relief if the court finds him innocent.He wrote, “Four long years in the lower court in the ongoing pornography case. Today, my advocate Prashant Patil concluded our argume…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Election Commission has asked the police to take action following the circulation of an offensive meme video ahead of the second phase of voting in West Bengal, officials said on Monday.According to Commission officials, the meme video targets Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Although no formal complaint has been lodged so far, the Commission directed the police to initiate action as soon as the matter came to its notice.Officials indicated that a case may be register…
Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a man accused of filming obscene videos of women on Namma Metro trains and uploading them on social media, strongly reprimanding him for his actions. Rapping the accused, the court questioned him about what kind of person he is to have committed such an act.The accused, identified as Digant B.K., had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against him. The c…