In an intelligence-based operation, Punjab Police, in coordination with central agencies, apprehended two terror operatives Mehakdeep Singh and Aditya from Amritsar and recovered one rocket-propelled grenade, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were in contact with Pakistan's ISI operative, who had sent the weapon.

The rocket-propelled grenade was intended for a targeted terror attack. A first information report (FIR) has been registered at the police station in Gharinda in Amritsar district.

Further investigation is underway to unearth the entire network, said the DGP.

A woman and her daughter have been arrested for stealing a newborn from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal, police said on Wednesday.

Rinki Khatun, alias Rumki Khatun and her mother, Minira Bibi, were arrested on Tuesday night.

Acting on information that an 18-year-old boy had been stolen from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, the police sprang into action and started an investigation.

During preliminary investigation, it came to the fore that the incident occurred when the baby's mother, Selefah Khatun, had brought him to the outdoor children's ward for a doctor's visit.

In a shocking incident, a woman allegedly killed her two children and then died by suicide by jumping off a building in Hyderabad.

The incident occurred in Padmanagar under the limits of Balanagar Police Station of Cyberabad Commissionerate late on Monday night.

The woman, identified as Sai Lakshmi, allegedly killed her two-year-old twin children by strangling and then jumped to death from third floor of an apartment building where they were residing.

Alerted by the locals, police rushed to the spot and launched an investigation. The bodies were shifted to government-run Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad.

The police have nabbed another person in connection with the gang-rape of a second-year medical student from Odisha in West Bengal's Durgapur, taking the total number of arrests to four.

The police said on Monday that the arrest was made last night. The arrested person is a temporary worker at Durgapur Municipal Corporation. He will be produced in Durgapur Sub-Divisional Court later in the day, where the police will seek his custody.

Meanwhile, a search is on for another accused in the case. The police had registered an FIR against five persons, out of whom four have been arrested. On Sunday, the three accused were sent to 10 days' police custody.

A youth was arrested in Kolkata from the port area in the city on Saturday on charges of raping a differently-abled woman, police said.

A FIR was filed at Nadial Police Station under the Port Division of the city police on Friday night.

The cops immediately started an investigation into the matter and finally arrested the accused person on Saturday morning, said an official of the Kolkata Police.

"A written police complaint on the matter was filed at around midnight on Friday at the Nadial Police Station. On the basis of the complaint, an FIR was registered. Investigation started immediately without wasting any time, and within hours, the accused person was arrested on Saturday morning," the city police official said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said it has arrested a Superintendent and an Inspector of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) in Mumbai, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a businessman.

According to a CBI statement, the arrested officials have been identified as Superintendent Vikram and Inspector Lav Kumar Chittoria, both posted in the CGST Santacruz Division.

The case was registered on Tuesday following a complaint from a textile trader who had applied online for GST registration of his firm on September 24, the statement said.

Senior lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda was shot dead by unknown bike-borne assailants near his residence in Berhampur city of Odisha's Ganjam district.

The attack took place late Monday evening when Panda was returning home, located at Baikunthanagar under Vaidyanathpur police station area in Berhampur, at around 10 p.m. after attending some programmes.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police, on Monday, attached the property of a drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (PIT NDPS) Act in the Kulgam district, officials said.

A police statement said, "Continuing its unwavering drive against the drug menace, Kulgam Police has attached the property of another notorious drug peddler under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act."

"During the investigation of an FIR under Sections 8/15, 21 NDPS Act of Qazigund Police Station, it came to light that the accused Cheki Badwani, resident of Kurigam, Qazigund tehsil, has been involved in multiple cases of drug trafficking and had no legitimate source of income," the statement added.

In a major anti-drug operation, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in Jaipur seized ganja worth Rs 5 crore, hidden in a secret chamber of a container truck being smuggled from Odisha to Rajasthan.

Two men, Subhash Gurjar and Pramod Gurjar, residents of Sikar in Rajasthan, have been arrested in connection with the case.

According to ADG (Crime) Dinesh M.N., the AGTF received intelligence about a large consignment of ganja being transported to Rajasthan for delivery to two notorious drug lords from the Shekhawati region, Raju Pachalangi and Gokul.

Acting swiftly on the tip-off, the AGTF, in coordination with the Jhunjhunu District Special Task Force (DST), set up a checkpoint in the Udaipurwati area late Thursday night.

In a case that has plunged the Chambal-Gwalior region of Madhya Pradesh into grief and outrage, police have arrested Bharat Sikarwar and his wife for the alleged murder of their 17-year-old daughter, Divya Sikarwar, a Class 12 student.

Alongside the arrest of her parents, police have registered a case against 23 others, naming 11 individuals, while the remaining suspects remain unidentified.

The incident, suspected to be an “honour killing”, has reignited fierce debate over caste orthodoxy and the violent lengths to which families go to preserve it.

Delhi Police detained two women associates of 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of molesting 17 women students, on Tuesday and were interrogating them.

The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi's posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal case for allegedly targeting female students enrolled in post-graduate management diploma courses under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) scholarship category.

According to the complainant, three wardens used to help Chaitanyanand bring the girls to his room. It is not clear whether the two women associates detained are the same wardens.

The officials said that Chaitanyananda is not cooperating with the interrogation and is showing no remorse.

The Operations Cell of South West District Police has detained two Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in Delhi's Mahipalpur area, officials said on Monday.

Fresh deportation proceedings have been initiated with the assistance of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), New Delhi, after completing all necessary codal formalities.

The detained individuals have been identified as a 46-year-old Md. Abdulaziz Mian, a resident of Sakhipur, Koroti Para, District Tangail, Bangladesh, and 29-year-old Md. Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Kaliganj, District Gazipur, Bangladesh, the authorities said.

Karnataka Police arrested two persons for beating a woman from Andhra Pradesh, who was accused of stealing sarees in Bengaluru. The arrested persons have been identified as shopkeeper Umedram and his 25-year-old assistant, Mahendra Sirvi. The cops have also arrested the woman Hampamma for stealing from the store.

DCP West Division S. Girish stated on Thursday, "The incident occurred on September 21 within the limits of City Market police station. A 1.54-minute video of the assault has gone viral on social media, sparking widespread concern.

"The video shows accused Umedram dragging the woman along the footpath in front of his shop on Avenue Road, while both accused continuously slapped, kicked, and rained blows on her body. The incident took place in full public view."

Three Maoists linked to the banned outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) were gunned down in an encounter with police and security forces on Wednesday morning in Jharkhand.

The encounter took place in the dense forests of Kechki under the Bishunpur police station limits in Gumla district.

According to police officials, the three slain men have been identified as Lalu Lohra, Chhotu Oraon, and Sujeet Oraon. Both Lalu Lohra and Chhotu Oraon were sub-zonal commanders of JJMP and carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh each on their heads. The third, Sujeet Oraon, was an active cadre of the same group. Lohra was a resident of Lohardaga district, while Chhotu hailed from Latehar and Sujeet from Lohardaga.

Demonstrating swift action and effective policing, the Delhi Police have successfully solved a robbery case within 12 hours of the incident and arrested two young men, both students of Delhi University.

The team from Police Station Kalindi Kunj apprehended the two and recovered the robbed mobile phone along with the weapon used in the crime, a steel kada.

According to a press release issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East District, the arrested accused have been identified as Sandeep Singh (21) and Saurabh Singh (19), both residents of Jaitpur, Delhi. While Sandeep is a third-year BA Programme student, Saurabh is pursuing B.Com (2nd year) from DU’s School of Open Learning. Both have no prior criminal records.

The police have arrested 29 people belonging to the Kurmi community in West Bengal's Purulia district for attacking cops during an agitation at Kotshila railway station, said the officials on Monday.

At least six police personnel, including two IPS officers, were injured during a violent protest by members of the Kurmi community on Saturday, who blocked railway tracks at the Kotshila station in Purulia district, demanding Scheduled Tribe status. Some protesters were also injured when the police resorted to a lathi charge and used tear gas to disperse the mob.

Purulia Superintendent of Police Abhijit Banerjee said that normalcy has returned to Kotshila station after police stopped the agitation.

The Delhi Police has detained three Nigerian nationals found to be living illegally in India, officials said on Saturday. Deportation proceedings have been initiated through the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) after completing necessary legal formalities, the Operations Cell of Delhi Police's South West District added.

The Nigerian individuals have been identified as 29-year-old Eloumuno Gabriel, a resident of Amambra; 33-year-old Chinedu Paulinus, a resident of Asaba; and 26-year-old Sunusi Sani, a resident of Lagos.

According to police, the trio initially insisted that they possessed valid visas deposited with the Nigerian mission. However, verification carried out with the High Commission of Nigeria and the Immigration Department revealed that they had overstayed in India and had not returned to their country despite the expiry of their visas.

In a major crackdown on cyber-enabled financial fraud, the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police Crime Branch on Friday apprehended two key accused in a multi-crore stock market scam.

The victims were cheated of nearly Rs 6 crore through fake IPO funding and stock market schemes. The two accused named Kulwant Singh and Devender Singh were arrested by the cyber cell for acting as “account holders” for organised cyber fraud syndicates.

They provided victims’ bank accounts to interstate cyber syndicates, enabling diversion and laundering of victims’ funds through multiple channels.

A CBI Court here has sentenced a former inspector of Central Excise & Customs and a private person to five years in jail in a Rs 32.28 crore fraud case.

The court convicted and sentenced Kalaka Ramdas, the then Inspector, Central Excise & Customs, Srikakulam Range, Srikakulam and a private person, Polaki Janakiram.

The case was registered in 2005, and at the time of filing the charge sheet in 2008, Ramdas was Superintendent, Customs & Central Excise in the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Visakhapatnam.

In a year of relentless counter-insurgency operations, the elite 209 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) has emerged as a formidable force against Maoists in Jharkhand.

With precision, courage, and tactical brilliance, the unit has dismantled key elements of the insurgent network, marking 2025 as a turning point in the region’s fight against left-wing extremism.

Throughout the year, 209 CoBRA neutralised 20 hardcore Maoists, striking at the very heart of the movement’s leadership.

 The driver of RJD MLA Ramvriksha Sada was gunned down by two unidentified men near Meghuna picket in Bihar's Khagaria district.

The victim, identified as Laxman Sada of Alauli, was returning home around 10.30 p.m. when two assailants on a motorcycle intercepted him.

They opened fire at him, due to which Sada collapsed on the road. Hearing the gunshots, local villagers rushed to the spot, rescued him, and took him to a government hospital for treatment, where doctors declared him dead.

In a swift action, Delhi Police on Thursday solved a blind robbery case within 48 hours, arresting three accused -- Manish, Anil alias Tinday, and Anil alias Gathiya -- all residents of Sanjay Colony, Bhati Mines. The stolen mobile phone and the auto-rickshaw used in the crime have been recovered.

According to a press release issued by the South West District Police, the robbery was reported on the night of September 6. The complainant, Rajesh Kumar, stated that around 11.00 p.m., while on his way to work at DTDC Express Limited, Samalkha, he was intercepted and robbed by two unidentified persons near Nisha Nursery, Rajokari Flyover. The culprits fled the scene in an auto.

Acting swiftly in the 8 kg heroin recovery case, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has arrested four more drug smugglers and recovered 12 kg contraband from their possession, taking the total seizure of the drugs in this case to 20 kg, said Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.

Those arrested have been identified as Gurbhej Singh (50) and his son Gurdit Singh (22), Malkit Singh (50) and Gurjit Singh (29).

The DGP said a .30 bore pistol and a magazine were also recovered from the possession of the accused.

After marathon raids and search operations at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with a multi-crore sand-smuggling racket, the investigating officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have identified a unique modus operandi in running the illegal business.

The raids were carried out throughout Monday.

Sources aware of the development explained that the modus operandi in the irregularity had two layers.

A shocking case of cyber fraud has emerged from the Malad area of Maharashtra's Mumbai, where three cyber fraudsters allegedly cheated a local businessman of lakhs by falsely promising a loan under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY).

The accused, identified as Nitin Kumar, Ashwin Kumar, and Dayashankar Mishra, have been booked by the Cyber Cell of the North Regional Division under charges of cheating and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

According to police, the complainant, who runs an imitation jewellery packaging business in Malad, needed a loan of Rs 10 lakh to expand his business. In June 2025, he downloaded a mobile application and applied for a loan.

With coconut and coconut oil prices touching record highs in Kerala ahead of Onam, a reported coconut oil theft from a grocery shop near Kochi has drawn public attention.

A shop in Aluva, about 30 km from Kochi, is the target of a theft where an unidentified accused made off with 30 bottles of coconut oil and other provisions after an initial failed attempt to break in by drilling through the shop’s floor, according to a local media report on Thursday.

The price of one kilogram of coconut ranges from Rs 80 to Rs 100, while coconut oil costs between Rs 500 and Rs 600 per kg across Kerala.

An inter-state dreaded criminal, Roshan Sharma, sustained a gunshot injury on his leg while attempting to flee police custody in the early hours of Wednesday in Kurkuri village, on the outskirts of Patna.

The incident was confirmed by Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikeya Sharma.

According to the SSP, Roshan Sharma was arrested in Jehanabad and was being brought to Patna for further investigation.

"During interrogation, Roshan revealed information that led us to recover a number of weapons and even bust a mini gun factory in the Phulwarisharif area, where raw materials of weapons and other incriminating evidence were seized," SSP Sharma said.

In a major crackdown on identity fraud and illegal immigration, the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an Afghan national, Sohbat Khan, from Jabalpur for allegedly operating a passport racket using forged documents.

Khan, who had been living illegally in India for over a decade, is accused of facilitating the creation of Indian passports for Afghan citizens through fabricated residential and identity proofs.

According to officials, two other persons have been arrested for helping him.

The Bengaluru police have solved the shocking kidnapping and murder case of a 13-year-old boy and arrested the two accused after shooting them in the legs during an encounter on Friday.

The body of the victim, A. Nischal, an 8th-grade student, was recovered on Thursday night on the outskirts of the city. Nischal was brutally assaulted and killed, and the accused later set his body on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the two accused were known to both the victim and his family. They have confessed to kidnapping the boy for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh and subsequently burning his body to erase evidence.

The West Bengal Police on Thursday arrested six illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and one local Indian accomplice in Murshidabad district.

Acting on credible information, officers of Raninagar Police Station in Murshidabad district conducted a raid at Katlamari II Gram Panchayat area, under its jurisdiction, which led to the arrest.

The arrested Bangladeshi nationals have been identified as Mohammad Abdulla (20), Ketabur Ali (26), Kamaluddin Rahaman (28), Kalimuddin Rahaman (25), Mohammad Salim (37), and Mohammad Juel Rana (24).

They hail from Chapai Nababganj, Rajshahi, and Feni districts of Bangladesh.

Two persons were arrested on charges of opening fire on a family when the latter asked them not to honk in Delhi's Kamla market area.

The accused, identified as Mohd Amaan alias and Noman, both aged 19, are residents of Brahampuri in the national capital, Deputy Commissioner of Police Nidhin Valsan said in a statement on Thursday.

The police have recovered one pistol, spent cartridge and a scooty used in the commission of the crime.

The incident occurred on July 25 near Mohalla Nihariyan Chowk, Ajmeri Gate, Delhi.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested an alleged female Al Qaeda operative in Bengaluru, police sources said on Wednesday.

Following the development, the authorities in Bengaluru have heightened intelligence vigilance across the city.

The arrested individual has been identified as 33-year-old Shama Parveen, a native of Jharkhand. According to police, the ATS investigation revealed her alleged role in strengthening the Al Qaeda network in Bengaluru. She had been residing in the Manorayanapalya locality of the city.

The arrest was made on Tuesday during a joint operation by the Gujarat ATS and local police. The sleuths also seized digital equipment, a laptop and mobile phones from the accused.

Delhi Police Crime Branch’s inter-state cell has nabbed a long-absconding parole jumper, Hamidullah Bundu Khan (70), who was convicted in a brutal double murder case involving his own daughters.

He was tracked down and arrested on July 25. The arrest could be possible only after an intensive surveillance-led operation.

Hamidullah had been convicted for administering poison to his three minor daughters in 1999, resulting in the deaths of the two younger girls, while the eldest had survived. She later became the complainant. The court had sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) under sections 302, 307, and 328 of the Indian Penal Code.

A woman teacher was duped out of Rs 12.80 lakh by cybercriminals in Rajasthan's Ajmer district.

The Ajmer Police have arrested one accused in connection with the case from Jaipur.

The victim, Gargi Das, an English teacher at the prestigious Mayo College Girls School, received a phone call on August 25, 2024, from a person claiming to be a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) officer.

The caller threatened to disconnect her mobile number. Shortly afterwards, she received a WhatsApp video call from another individual posing as an officer of the Mumbai Crime Branch.

A bank manager lost Rs 56 lakh after being "digitally arrested" by cyber fraudsters in Karnataka's Mandya district.

The police cracked the case after nine months and arrested three persons in connection with the crime.

According to police, the victim is a woman bank manager working at Bank of Baroda.

The cyber criminals, posing as officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), contacted her through a video call and accused her of being involved in money laundering and making threatening calls.