Jodhpur/New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday granted bail to a man accused of morphing a minor girl’s photograph and uploading it on social media, while imposing stringent conditions, including a three-year ban on the use of online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Thread and Snapchat. A single-judge bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain of the Jodhpur bench passed the order while allowing the bail plea of the accused in a case registered at Bheem police station in Rajs…
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Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has cracked a Rs 4.70 crore WhatsApp Boss fraud and arrested two mule account holders and agents. The TGCSB said on Wednesday that it took up the investigation following a complaint that an unknown fraudster impersonated the company’s Managing Director by creating a WhatsApp profile using the Managing Director’s name and photograph and committed the fraud.According to TGCSB Director Shikha Goel, the case was registered under Se…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with police and central security forces, is conducting simultaneous raids at 20 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and West Bengal in connection with a terror conspiracy case, officials said on Wednesday.These raids are being carried out in connection with the NIA’s investigation into a terror-linked radicalisation case registered at the Visakh…
Surat, July 5 (IANS) The Surat Cyber Crime Cell on Sunday arrested a 32-year-old man accused of operating a Facebook-based brick sale scam that investigators say is linked to five fraud cases across Gujarat, including one recently registered at the Dumas Police Station in the city. Police identified the accused as Narendrabhai alias Gyanprakash alias Shivam Saraswat, a native of Gangashahar in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, who was living at Salasar Residency in Surat’s Godadara area.He has studi…
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government will constitute an expert committee to recommend stringent punitive provisions under existing laws to curb advertisements, hoardings, websites and social media content that incite sexual offences, said Minister Ashish Shelar in the State Assembly on Friday. He was replying to MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar who had tabled a non-government Bill seeking to prohibit advertisements, hoardings, websites and social media content that incite sexual offences.Respo…
Amaravati, July 1 (IANS) Issuing a stern warning to those misusing social media, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday announced a special cell in his office to receive complaints from public. He said that complaints can be submitted with digital evidence such as screenshots, links, and videos. “We will examine every genuine complaint, forward it to the concerned officials, and ensure that legal action is taken,” the Deputy Chief Minister said in a video.He urged citizen…
Surat/Gurugram, June 30 (IANS) The Surat Cyber Crime Police have uncovered an alleged nationwide fraud operated through a Gurugram-based call centre after a woman was allegedly cheated of more than Rs 1.77 crore over five months on the promise of weight-loss treatment. The investigation led to the arrest of four people, a raid on a call centre employing around 100 to 150 staff, and the identification of a suspected network that investigators believe may have defrauded victims of hundreds of cror…
Gangtok, June 30 (IANS) A 19-year-old youth has been arrested in Sikkim’s Gangtok in connection with an investigation into alleged links with the banned terror outfit Islamic State (IS), following a joint operation by the state police with assistance from the Delhi Police, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Md. Arju of Nam Nang locality in Gangtok, was arrested by the Sadar Police after Intelligence inputs suggested that an Instagram group, allegedly named “GIM (Group of Islami…
Bengaluru, June 26 (IANS) In a landmark move, the Karnataka government on Friday issued stringent directions to police across the State to register an FIR without delay in all cases involving the publication or circulation of a person’s private or intimate photographs and videos without their consent.The move comes following instructions from Home Minister Priyank Kharge, who directed the police to take strict action against cybercrimes such as blackmail, sextortion and revenge pornography.Issui…
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) The Karnataka Police have issued a statewide standing order directing all police officers to register First Information Reports (FIRs) in cases involving revenge pornography, sextortion and the unauthorised sharing of private photographs and videos, the statement by the office of Home Minister Priyank Kharge stated on Thursday. The directive, issued following instructions from the Home Department, seeks to ensure strict and prompt action against individuals who publish,…