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ED searches CoinDCX and Delta over cross-border crypto trades
The Enforcement Directorate searched three premises in Bengaluru linked to CoinDCX and Delta Exchange India on November 4 and 5, alleging customer funds were routed abroad in breach of FEMA. Both companies deny wrongdoing.
A rickshaw wheel, a burst cracker and a knife: Pune police book a group in Nana Peth attack
Samarth police station has registered an attempted murder case after a rickshaw driver was beaten and his 21-year-old daughter struck on the head with a sharp weapon in Nana Peth, in a dispute that began over a firecracker damaging the rickshaw's wheel. Two men are in custody and the main accused is absconding.
A 'CBI officer' on WhatsApp, a 69-year-old in Mulund, and ₹15 lakh gone
Mumbai's East Cyber police have registered a case after a 69-year-old Mulund resident was put under 'digital arrest' and cheated of ₹15 lakh. The caller posed as a CBI officer from Bengaluru and threatened him and his son with arrest over terror and money-laundering links.
ED charge-sheets former MP in Andaman cooperative bank fraud, taking the accused count to 52
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary charge sheet against former Andaman and Nicobar MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma and 13 others in the state cooperative bank fraud. The Special Court at Port Blair now has 52 accused in the case, with ₹121.35 crore of property attached.
Mahadev case: Chandrakar in judicial custody till November 19, and a ₹94,000-crore paper trail
A special CBI court in Raipur sent Saurabh Chandrakar, the alleged kingpin of the Mahadev betting app case, to judicial custody till November 19 and dismissed the ED's plea to execute a non-bailable warrant. The ED has pegged proceeds of crime at about ₹94,000 crore.
A man shot dead at noon in Kurla, six months after his brother was killed in the same lane
Vinod Mallapa Pawar, 40, was shot outside a public toilet near Halav Bridge in Kurla West on Wednesday afternoon. The V.B. Nagar police have registered a murder case and formed 12 teams. His brother was killed in the same area six months ago.
Juhu firing case: MCOCA court keeps five accused in police custody till 16 November
A special MCOCA court has extended the police custody of Phool Singh and four other accused in the firing on actor Tiger Shroff's car in Juhu till 16 November. The Mumbai Crime Branch is investigating the 18 October incident, in which 13 people have been arrested so far.
Two Special Police Officers found shot dead in Kishtwar, weapons missing
Two Special Police Officers who went missing on Wednesday from the Marwah-Dachhan border area of Kishtwar district have been found shot dead. Their weapons were missing. Hours earlier, three CRPF personnel were injured when suspected terrorists fired at a checkpoint in Kulgam.
₹35 lakh seized as the probe into a murdered SHO reaches ₹40 crore liquor contracts
Madhya Pradesh police have seized ₹35 lakh they say came from the illegal liquor trade while investigating the death of Khategaon SHO Dilip Puri, and have arrested eight people. The probe has also uncovered contracts worth ₹40 crore in Harda district.
Eight years of unpaid salaries, ₹400 crore in dues: Bombay HC freezes Sinhgad society's accounts and calls in the CBI
The Bombay High Court has ordered the CBI, ED and Income Tax department to investigate the Sinhgad Technical Education Society and its trustees after it broke a November 6 undertaking to pay ₹60.65 crore to staff. Dues across 44 institutions exceed ₹400 crore.
His own sickle turned on him: Kothrud killing caught on CCTV, three arrested
Prakash alias Lalya Yewale, 27, a history-sheeter, was attacked by a group at Sutardara in Pune's Kothrud on Saturday night and declared dead before treatment. Kothrud police have arrested Akshay Sathe, Vicky More and Aniket Malpote and sent them to five days of police custody. Footage of the attack has circulated widely.
A 21-year-old died after delivery; 16 relatives booked for attacking MGM Hospital staff
Cidco police in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar have booked 16 people after relatives of a 21-year-old woman who died following delivery allegedly assaulted doctors and security staff and damaged hospital property on 2 November. Doctors and guards were injured, an MLC register was snatched, and damage is estimated at Rs 75,000.
27 FIRs and a ban till 2 December: Mumbai's crackdown on illegal cracker sales
Mumbai Police registered 27 FIRs between 4 and 9 November over the alleged unauthorised sale, storage, display and transport of firecrackers. A prohibitory order by the police commissioner runs from 3 November to 2 December. Separately, 29 FIRs were filed against more than 40 people for bursting crackers on public roads in violation of a Bombay High Court order.
Under-construction gate crashes down on workers, four injured; two contractors booked
A concrete beam over an under-construction gateway in Amravati's Rampuri Camp collapsed with its centering on Tuesday evening, injuring four workers. Police booked contractors Pankaj Sharma and Aditya Gupta on a complaint by corporator Manish Bajaj at Gadge Nagar police station. All four are stable.
₹8.72 crore a day: Maharashtra's cyber fraud bill, and the 27 paise in the rupee it got back
Maharashtra recorded cyber fraud complaints worth ₹2,119.69 crore between January and August, Maharashtra Cyber figures show, and could save only ₹587.40 crore, or 27.71 per cent. Investigators blame mule accounts, money that moves in minutes and banks that take 12 to 24 hours to share transaction details.
A gang kingpin is flown home from Ethiopia, ten months and four countries later
Punjab's Anti-Gangster Task Force has brought Gurwinder alias Afridi, described as a kingpin of the Doni Bal-Prabh Dassuwal gang, back from Ethiopia after a ten-month manhunt. He landed in Delhi on Sunday morning.
A blast by a police outpost, a claim from an outfit nobody has heard of, and four agencies asking why
An explosion by the Vasundhara police outpost in Ghaziabad injured a food delivery worker on Friday night. A social media account attributed it to a group calling itself Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan, a claim police have not verified.
Iron rod in a yellow bag: woman attacks magistrate, prosecutor and court constable in Odisha
A 31-year-old woman attacked three people with an iron rod inside the Jharigaon JMFC court premises in Odisha's Nabarangpur district. A judicial magistrate, a senior public prosecutor and a court ASI were injured. The accused is in judicial custody.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
Two more bodies found in Tamil Nadu in Rajajinagar murders case
Bengaluru police recovered two more bodies near the Yercaud forest in Tamil Nadu's Salem district on Saturday, believed to be those of the prime accused's wife and mother-in-law. Three of the seven victims have now been found.
A note in the toilet, 178 passengers, and a 90-minute search that ended in 'hoax'
A note threatening to hijack IndiGo flight 6E 451 to Lucknow was found in an aircraft toilet about 30 minutes after take-off. The plane returned to Bengaluru, a full emergency was declared, and police declared it a hoax after a 90-minute search.
A rifle on video, a mother in custody: 21 arrests in Tripura BSF attack
Twenty-one people, including four women, have now been arrested over the 2 November attack on BSF personnel at Ashabari in Tripura's Sepahijala district. The two men seen on video snatching a rifle and beating a jawan were picked up on Saturday.
Deepfake videos and a ₹5 crore demand: six arrested for extorting a Telangana MLC
Narsingi police have arrested six people for allegedly threatening Telangana Legislative Council member Mirza Rahmath Baig with morphed photographs and deepfake videos. The gang demanded ₹5 crore and collected ₹4.7 lakh.
CBI books Biyanis and Future Retail over Rs 904 crore bank fraud, ED raids Mumbai
The CBI has registered a Rs 904 crore bank fraud case against Future Retail Ltd and its promoters Kishore Biyani and Rakesh Biyani, alleging funds were diverted and siphoned through associate companies. The case, filed on November 4 on a State Bank of India complaint, was followed by coordinated ED searches in Mumbai.
Crypto cash going abroad? ED searches CoinDCX and Delta Exchange over FEMA breach
The Enforcement Directorate has searched three premises in Bengaluru linked to Neblio Technologies, which runs CoinDCX, and Excelium Technologies, which runs Delta Exchange India. It alleges rupees deposited with the platforms were converted to USDT and moved to overseas exchanges in transactions running into thousands of crores.
Two planes, six plots, ₹510 crore: ED widens its attach order against the Anil Ambani group
The Enforcement Directorate attached ₹510 crore of assets linked to the Reliance Anil Ambani Group, including two chartered aircraft, six land parcels and an office in Maharashtra. Cumulative attachments in cases against the group have reached about ₹23,100 crore. Anil Ambani denies wrongdoing.
Blast on rail track near Pakistan border puts Sri Ganganagar on alert; ATS takes over probe
An explosion on the Anupgarh-Suratgarh railway line near village 50 GB in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district destroyed two concrete sleepers late on Tuesday. The ATS, CID and a bomb disposal squad are at the site and two passenger trains have been cancelled.
Mahadev app accused reaches Raipur court, and a fight over what Oman agreed to
Saurabh Chandrakar, alleged kingpin of the Mahadev online betting network, was brought to Raipur on Tuesday evening and will be produced before a special CBI court on Wednesday. His lawyers argue Oman cleared extradition only for the money-laundering case, not the CBI's. The agency says the two are linked.
ED team at AAP MLA's Moga home before dawn; neighbours locked out of the lane
An Enforcement Directorate team reached the Moga residence of AAP MLA and Punjab Mahila Wing president Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora early on Wednesday. Moga's Senior Deputy Mayor Rakesh Kumar Bajaj said the team arrived around 3 am, sealed the area and allowed no one inside. The case behind the search has not been made public.
₹10.24 crore gone from Greater Noida PNB accounts; CBI arrests clerk and her associate
The CBI has arrested a PNB office assistant, Deepanshi, and her associate Ashutosh Kumar Pathak over the disappearance of ₹10.24 crore from accounts at the bank's Greater Noida branch. Pathak was picked up in Pune and granted transit remand. Complainants say the money taken from savings accounts and FDs was far higher.