Five hardcore militants were arrested and a cache of arms and ammunition was seized in Manipur, officials said here on Wednesday.

A police official said that two hardcore cadres of the banned United National Liberation Front (Koireng faction), who were involved in extortion activities in Imphal and Bishnupur districts, were arrested in Imphal East district during the past 24 hours.

The militants were identified as Thongam Ronaldo Singh (26) and Khuraijam Micheal Singh (28).

The police also arrested two active cadres of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (People's War Group) from Thangtek Teramakhong in Bishnupur district.

The KCP (PWG) extremists were identified as Wairakpam Jagatchandra Singh (31) and Pebam Romen Singh (28).

In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old boy was kidnapped by three minors in Delhi for Rs 10 lakh ransom and was later murdered by them.

The boy identified as Vaibhav Garg was a Class 9 student from Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar. His father was a driver.

On March 24, a PCR call was received at Police Station Wazirabad in Delhi regarding the kidnapping and subsequent murder of a 15-year-old boy who had been missing since March 23, officials said on Wednesday.

The officials said that a case was filed under FIR No. 135/25 U/s 137(2) BNS, and the investigation began immediately.

The ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre’ (I4C) set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs has identified and blocked more than 83,668 WhatsApp accounts and 3,962 Skype IDs used for Digital Arrest, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

Apart from this, over 7.81 lakh SIM cards and 2,08,469 IMEIs have been blocked by the Government after receiving police complaints, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

A Digital Arrest is a cybercrime where scammers impersonate law enforcement officials to falsely accuse individuals of crimes and extort money or personal information by threatening arrest or imprisonment.

The family of the woman Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer whose body was found near a railway track here has suspected foul play and registered a police complaint.

The woman, identified as Megha, was found dead on Monday morning.

Sivadasan, the uncle of 24-year-old Megha, said they suspected foul play in her death.

He said she had no problems of depression as was being reported by a section of the media, as being the reason for her suicide.

“We do not have any reason to believe that she was undergoing depression. We have now registered a complaint with the local police station to conduct a proper probe. We also have written to the IB officials to ensure there is a proper probe,” said Sivadasan.

A young woman was injured after she jumped from a running Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) train to escape sexual assault in Hyderabad.

The incident occurred in Secunderabad when a man entered the ladies’ coach of the Telapur-Medchal MMTS train and attempted to force himself on her, Railway Police said on Monday. In a bid to escape the sexual assault the frightened woman jumped out of the running train.

The 23-year-old was found lying injured near a railway bridge in Kompally. After passersby alerted the 108 ambulance service, she was shifted to Gandhi Hospital.

The victim hails from Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh and is employed in a private company on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has claimed to have arrested a Bangladeshi smuggler with 3.38 kg heroin along the India-Bangladesh border in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

The value of the seized narcotics is estimated to be nearly Rs 6,77,40,000 in the black market.

"Troops of the Pirojpur Border Outpost received specific intelligence regarding an attempt to smuggle narcotics across the IBB. The input stated that the narcotics would be smuggled from the Sadamachar area. Vigil along the border was stepped up. Around 4 p.m., the jawans spotted two men approaching the border from the Indian side. On being challenged, the two attempted to flee. The BSF troops managed to apprehend one of them," said N.K. Pandey, DIG and spokesperson, South Bengal Frontier, BSF.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Saturday that it has arrested a forest guard in J&K’s Kathua district for demanding a bribe of Rs 35,000 from a complainant.

"A complaint was received that the accused Vipin Pathania was demanding a bribe of Rs 35,000 for allowing the complainant to smoothly execute contract work, construction/repair of road and for release of the key of a JCB machine forcibly taken by the accused," the CBI said in a statement.

“The complaint was verified discreetly, which revealed that the allegations are genuine. Accordingly, a trap was laid in the presence of independent witnesses, during which the accused was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 from the complainant," it said, adding the accused was arrested by the CBI and a search was conducted at the residential premises of the accused at village Dewal in tehsil Billawar.

Notorious robber Chunmun Jha succumbed to multiple gunshot injuries on Saturday following a fierce encounter with the police in Bihar's Araria district, an official said.

Araria Superintendent of Police (SP) Anjani Kumar told that Jha died while undergoing treatment at Sadar Hospital, Araria.

The encounter occurred at Dhalha Canal under the jurisdiction of Narpatganj police station. A joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) and district police conducted a raid to apprehend Jha, a wanted criminal involved in multiple high-profile heists. During the operation, Jha sustained three gunshot wounds.

"Our team managed to overpower him after a fierce exchange of fire. The injured police officers were sent to Sadar Hospital for treatment, while Jha, who also suffered gunshot wounds, succumbed during treatment," SP Kumar said.

Nagpur Police Commissioner Ravinder Singal urged citizens to stay calm and cooperate with the authorities to ensure peace and maintain law and order.

Notorious gangster Aman Sahu, accused of over 150 crimes across multiple states, including Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, was killed in a police encounter on Tuesday morning in Chainpur, Palamu district, officials said.

Sahu had been lodged in Raipur jail for the past few months. Jharkhand Police took him on remand for questioning in connection with recent criminal incidents.

While being transported from Raipur to Ranchi on Monday night, his gang allegedly ambushed the police convoy near Andhari Dhoda in the Chainpur police station area, using a bomb. During the attack, the police vehicle lost control.

According to the police, Sahu took advantage of the chaos, snatched a weapon from a police jawan, and attempted to escape while opening fire. In retaliation, the police shot him dead. A police jawan was also injured in the exchange of fire.

Assam Police foiled a major drug peddling bid and narcotics worth Rs 30 crore were seized by the security personnel, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.

The police have seized over 80,000 Yaba tablets in the operation in Cachar district that have an international market value of at least Rs. 30 crore.

Taking to his X handle, Sarma wrote, “Massive Drug Bust in Assam: 98,000 Yaba Tablets Seized Worth ₹30 Crore! Thanks to credible Intelligence, @cacharpolice launched an anti-narcotics operation in Chandrapur Part II, Kakmara, under Lakhipur Police Station, resulting in the arrest of a suspect with 98,000 Yaba tablets valued at ₹30 crore and ₹3.5 lakh in cash.”

“Kudos to @assampolice for their tireless efforts towards a #DrugFreeAssam”, he added.

A horrific incident of three persons committing gang rape on two women, a tourist from Israel, and a female local homestay owner and killing a male Indian tourist who was with them, came to light on Saturday in Karnataka.

The incident was reported from the Gangavathi Rural police station located close to the UNESCO heritage site Hampi.

The accused pushed three other tourists who were with the two women into a nearby canal before targeting the females.

The rape victims are recovering at the hospital while the body of the tourist from Odisha was found in the Tungabhadra Left Canal near Sanapura village near Gangavathi town on Saturday.

The deceased tourist has been identified as 40-year-old Beebas.

As of January 31, a total of 144 fishermen from Gujarat remain in Pakistani jails, the state government informed the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.

In the one year from February 1, 2023, to January 21, 2024, Pakistan released 432 Gujarat fishermen. However, no fishermen have been released since then.

The number of arrests of Gujarat fishermen by Pakistan has drastically decreased, the government said. Between February 1, 2023, and January 31, 2024, only nine Gujarat fishermen were detained by Pakistani authorities. In the following year, 13 fishermen were arrested, marking a slight increase.

A youth on Tuesday allegedly killed his father, mother and sister over a family dispute in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday.

The accused has been identified as 22-year-old Surykanta Sethi of Dhoba Sahi of Jayagada village.

"Suryakanta killed his father Prasanta Sethi alias Kalia, mother Kanakalata Sethi and sister Mamali Sethi by hitting their head with either a stone or an iron object. The Inspector in charge of the Sadar police station and team launched an investigation after reaching the crime spot in the morning. The accused has also been nabbed. It seems he has some mental health issues," said Bhawani Sankar Udgata, the Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police.

One of the villagers, who informed the police about the ghastly incident, told media persons that Suryakanta on Tuesday came to his house and informed him about killing his parents and sister. The villagers rushed to his house where the bodies of deceased persons were found in a pool of blood.

A family staying at a resort in the Bandipur of Karnataka's Chamrajnagar district has mysteriously disappeared into the woods, police said on Tuesday.

The missing persons have been identified as 40-year-old J. Nishanth from Bengaluru, his wife Chandana and their 10-year-old son.

According to Gundlupet Police, the family checked into the Country Club near Bandipur on March 2 and went missing the next day.

The family left the luggage in the resort's room, went out in a car and never returned. The police stated that the family had travelled in their car to Mangala Road in the Bandipur forest area and disappeared from there. The police have lodged a missing case.

Chamarajanagar SP BT Kavitha visited the resort with police officers and gave directions to the investigating officers.

In a major success to the government’s ongoing anti-naxal operation, Dinesh Modium, a Naxal commander with a Rs 8 lakh bounty on his head, reportedly surrendered to security forces along with his wife and children.

His surrender is seen as a significant blow to the Naxalites' Gangaloor Area Committee.

According to reports, Dinesh Modium, who was wanted for over 100 murders and numerous attacks, surrendered under increasing pressure from security forces.

Home Minister Amit Shah has set a target to make Chhattisgarh Naxal-free by March 31, 2026.

Security forces have been conducting operations to apprehend Naxalites, leading to several arrests and seizures of banned materials.

The Jalgaon police in Maharashtra have arrested three persons and detained one minor in connection with the harassment and molestation of Union Minister Raksha Khadse’s daughter.

The harassment occurred last Friday. The police sources said they nabbed Aniket Bhoyi, Kiran Mali, Anuj Patil and one minor. The police have registered offences against seven persons while it has launched a search for others linked to the case. The police swung into action following a complaint by Minister Raksha Khadse’s security guard in the early hours of Saturday.

The arrest of four persons comes after Union Minister Khadse expressed serious anguish over the incident, saying, "If the daughter of a Union Minister and an MP is being molested, what about others?" She also spoke to CM Fadnavis and demanded strict action against those involved in the case.

The effective strategy devised by the Haryana Police to protect people from cyber criminals has started yielding remarkable results. In January 2025, a decrease of Rs 14 crore was recorded in the amount defrauded by cyber criminals compared to January 2024.

Gurugram police's Crime Branch has taken five individuals into custody for their involvement in multiple theft cases across different parts of the city, officials confirmed on Sunday.

A tragic accident occurred this morning in Hazira, Gujarat, when a dumper truck collided with a public bus, resulting in one fatality and leaving more than 25 passengers injured out of the 50 on board.

Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, met Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum regarding the surge in crime incidents in the state.

A man has tragically died after being stabbed near a train station in the western suburbs of Sydney.

Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to check crime in the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said that the Police officers will be held accountable for major crimes taking place in the areas under their jurisdiction.

At least nine people were killed and 11 injured in a collision between a pick-up van and canter truck while transporting workers of a catering service provider in Punjab's Ferozepur district on Friday, police said.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to provide data on the criminal cases filed under the 2019 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, which makes the practice of pronouncing triple talaq by Muslim men a criminal offense.

The Border Security Force (BSF) Eastern Command has initiated an ‘Ops Alert’ along the 4,096 km-long Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) ahead of India’s Republic Day celebrations.

A rape accused, who tried to escape from police custody when he was taken to the crime spot to recreate the scene, was shot in the leg in Torangal town of Karnataka's Ballary district on Thursday.

According to police, the accused attacked the police personnel when he was brought to the crime scene to conduct mahajar (documenting records regarding the details of a crime scene investigation).

The accused was identified as 26-year-old Manjunath, a resident of Kamalapura in Vijayanagara district.

The incident of rape had taken place on Monday. After getting the complaint, the police formed three teams and Manjunath was arrested in Hulagi of Koppal district.

The Central Narcotics Department (CBN) on Tuesday busted a clandestine laboratory manufacturing MDMA, a psychotropic drug, in a deserted area in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district.

The raid was conducted on a tip-off received by the unit of CBN, following which, a search was carried out at an orange orchard near Kharkheda village under Garoth tehsil and found a clandestine laboratory operating there, the CBN said in a statement.

"The agency has recovered 80.96 kg and 7.5 litres of chemicals, including acetone, toluene, hydrochloric acid, sodium sulphate, sodium carbonate, sulphuric acid, bromine water, ethanol," etc.

One person was arrested in connection with the matter, and he has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Police have uncovered 43 kg of illicit drugs in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province and detained an individual on the charge of involvement in drug trafficking from the area, provincial police spokesman Tahir Ehrar said on Tuesday.

The contraband, including 43 kg hashish and a piece of AK-47, was discovered outside the provincial capital, Khost city, on Sunday, the official said, adding police have arrested one drug smuggler.

Police won't allow anyone to produce or smuggle hashish, poppy or the objects used in manufacturing heroin in the province, the official said, news agency reported.

 A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Bengaluru, police said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred around 7.30 p.m. on Monday when the victim's parents were out for construction work and she was alone at home in the Rammurthynagar police station area.

The accused, identified as 25-year-old man Abhisheik Kumar from Bihar, has been arrested.

When the accused, who also worked as a mason, found the victim alone, he lured her outside.

He took her to an isolated place and raped her.

However, the sources said that the girl died during the sexual assault.

In a shocking incident, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by three men while she was on her way to attend a birthday party in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh, police said on Saturday.

Police said the girl was going to her cousin's house to attend the birthday party, when one of the accused known to her, allegedly accosted her and forced her into a car with his two associates.

They drove the car for around two km at an isolated place near a pond and took turns to rape her.

After executing the crime, the trio fled from the spot leaving the victim who was unconscious near the pond, police said.

After regaining consciousness, the 11-year-old girl walked down to her home late Thursday night and narrated the incident to her parents. She was immediately rushed to Damoh District Hospital, where she was admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward.

In a tragic incident here, a 45-year-old man was injured after being allegedly shot at by his son's friend inside his house after he scolded him, the Gurugram police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, the accused, Tanmay of Gurgaon village, committed the crime after the victim, Sandeep Kumar, a resident of the same village, scolded him not to visit his house, following which the accused developed enmity with the victim and shot him in the stomach and fled on Tuesday morning.

As per the police, Gurugram Sector-5 police station received information that a firing incident took place in Gurgaon village on Tuesday morning.

Upon receiving the information, a police team reached the spot, but by then, the injured was taken to a private hospital for further treatment.

Sandeep used to work in a private company.

Myanmar authorities have seized 91 kg of heroin blocks in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Kengtung township in Shan state on January 1, and seized the narcotics, the report said.

The confiscated narcotics are worth 1.365 billion kyats (about $650,000), and two suspects were arrested for the case, it said.

According to the investigation, the drugs were being transported from Kunhing township to Tachileik township in Shan state.

The suspects were charged under the country's law, and further investigations are ongoing, news agency reported.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it has arrested another key accused in the murder of BJP leader Bijoy Krishna Bhunia in East Midnapore district of West Bengal in May 2023.

The NIA in a statement said Mohan Mondal had been arrested in Pune in Maharashtra. He has been absconding since the murder of Bhunia in May last year,

“Mohan Mondal was nabbed by the NIA on Thursday in connection with the May 2023 case, in which Bijoy Krishna Bhunia was kidnapped and killed in Goramahal village in Moyna in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal. Mohan Mandal had non-bailable warrants issued against him after he had absconded,” the NIA statement read.

As per the NIA statement, Mondal is the third accused to be nabbed in the case, the other two being Naba Kumar Mondal and Suvendu Bhowmick, who were arrested earlier. Naba Kumar Mondal was arrested in November last year.

A car, in which Ganja was being allegedly smuggled, ran over policemen at a toll plaza in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district. Two police constables were injured in the incident that occurred at Krishnavaram toll plaza in Kirlampudi mandal in the early hours of Thursday.

As the car approached the toll plaza, police personnel deployed there for checking signalled the vehicle to stop.

The policemen were gathering details from the driver of the vehicle coming from Visakhapatnam and heading towards Rajamahendravaram. The driver pretended to cooperate but suddenly accelerated, hitting two police constables.

Lovaraju, a constable of Kirlampudi Police Station and another constable who were in front of the vehicle were injured in the incident. They were rushed to a hospital. Alert policemen then chased the car.

After travelling some distance the accused left the car at Rajanagaram and escaped.