Three minors have been detained for allegedly killing their 14-year-old friend and dumping his body in Vihar Lake in an attempt to make the crime appear as an accidental drowning, Mumbai Police said on Monday.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) seized Rs 1.75 crore in cash allegedly being transported illegally during a checking drive at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, officials said on Saturday.

Continuing the drive against illegal immigration and violations of immigration laws, authorities have deported six Bangladeshi nationals who were found living in Goa without valid travel or immigration documents, officials said on Thursday.

Two persons, including a father and his son, have been arrested in connection with the recent shootout in Kolkata’s Tiljala area, police said on Wednesday.

The accused -- Mohammad Salman and his father Mohammad Anwar -- were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday while allegedly attempting to flee the city. Police seized a firearm, a magazine and two live cartridges from their possession.

In a major crackdown, Hyderabad Police dismantled a pan-India cyber fraud syndicate with the arrest of 104 fraudsters across 16 states.

At least 32 special teams carried out ‘Operation Octopus’ over a span of 10 days, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said on Tuesday.

Under the leadership of DCP (Cybercrimes) V. Aravind Babu, the police executed a coordinated operation against cybercrime syndicates operating across the country.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) have successfully apprehended a wanted criminal who had been consistently committing thefts on trains while posing as a policeman, according to sources on Monday.

In major crackdown against illicit liquor, the Excise Department destroyed over 12,000 litres of alcohol in Bihar's Gopalganj area.

Indian and foreign liquor worth crores of rupees was destroyed using bulldozers in a high-security operation.

A man has been arrested from Haryana on charges of online fraud, Kolkata Police said on Thursday.

According to police sources, fraud was committed using an APK file called 'M Paribahan'. The accused was traced based on the server and multiple IP addresses of this file.

According to police sources, the name of the arrested person is Deepak Kumar. He is originally a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana.

In a gruesome incident that has sent shockwaves across Jharkhand, a woman and her minor son were burnt alive by a group of villagers on suspicion of practising witchcraft in West Singhbhum district, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred late Tuesday night under the Kumardungi police station limits.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Malappuram native who had been absconding for nearly four years in connection with an alleged arms training case linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

A SIM box racket was busted with the arrest of one person in connection with over Rs 3 crore cyber fraud case in Kolkata, the police said on Tuesday.

The arrest was made for duping a Kolkata couple of over Rs 3 crore by threatening them with digital arrest.

The accused, identified as Mohammad Amjad (38), was arrested on Monday after the police conducted a raid in Amherst Street in central Kolkata.

Kolkata Police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals from a hotel in central Kolkata for overstaying in India after their visas expired, the police said on Tuesday.

Officers from Park Street police station raided the hotel in Collin Street, after receiving information that six Bangladeshis were hiding in the city in fear of returning to their country, as their visas had expired a long time back.

A male passenger was arrested at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Saturday for allegedly molesting a woman co-passenger onboard a Hanoi-Kolkata flight, police said.

A shopkeeper was stabbed to death and a labourer injured following a dispute over charging a mobile phone in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area, police said on Tuesday. Two of the three accused have been arrested, while one is absconding.

The incident occurred at an auto repair shop run by Veer Singh in the Trilokpuri area under Kalyanpuri police station limits. According to police, three youths approached the shop and asked to charge their mobile phone. When Singh refused, an argument broke out, which soon escalated into violence.

A domestic help was arrested for stealing cash and jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh from the owner's house in Delhi's Dwarka, said police on Monday.

The accused, identified as Jyoti, was apprehended by a team from Police Station Dwarka Sector-23, and the stolen property was recovered from her possession.

Police said 190 grams of gold jewellery valued at around Rs 30 lakh, two silver coins worth about Rs 4,000, and Rs 18,000 in cash were recovered during the operation.

The Cyber Crime branch of Kolkata Police on Saturday busted an international cybercrime racket targeting American citizens, which was operating from the Maheshtala area of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, and arrested eight people in this connection.

A large amount of digital data, incriminating documents and several electronic devices were seized.

According to police sources, five laptops, 12 mobile phones and two routers were seized from the arrested individuals.

The South West District Police have arrested two thieves involved in multiple incidents of alloy wheel theft, following a meticulous investigation aided by CCTV footage and technical surveillance.

 Five people have been arrested by the police in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla and Pulwama districts during their continued action against drug smuggling and drug peddling, said police on Friday.

A police statement said, “In a follow-up action in an ongoing NDPS case, Sopore Police in Baramulla district has achieved a major breakthrough by arresting additional accused persons and effecting further recovery of contraband, indicating the presence of a wider drug peddling network."

The Delhi Police on Friday arrested three men and solved two robbery attempt cases along with three other criminal cases, officials said. The arrests were made after an extensive investigation involving analysis of over 100 CCTV cameras installed in and around the crime scenes.

Amritsar Rural Police have busted a major cross-border narco-terror network with the support of Village Defence Committee (VDC) and recovered 42.9 kg heroin, four hand grenades and one Star-mark pistol along with 46 cartridges, said Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.

This operation is a direct outcome of actionable and credible intelligence generated through the VDCs, a flagship initiative of the state government aimed at institutionalising community participation in internal security and anti-drug efforts.

A major breakthrough has been achieved by the Cyber Police Station, South-West District, Delhi, with the busting of an organised multi-state cyber fraud syndicate involved in duping bank customers on the pretext of KYC updation.

According to the official press note, four key accused—Shiv Kumar Ravidas (22), Sanjay Ravidas (33), Dinesh Ravidas (29), and Shubham Kumar Barnwal (25)—have been arrested from Jharkhand and West Bengal. The syndicate was operating primarily from the Jamtara region of Jharkhand and nearby areas, impersonating bank officials and targeting unsuspecting victims across the country.

A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in Delhi’s Mangolpuri area, police said on Thursday, marking yet another violent incident reported from the national capital in recent days.

The incident took place on Wednesday, and the victim has been identified as Akash. Police officials said the accused has been identified, and teams are making sustained efforts to trace and apprehend him.

An investigation is currently underway, and further details are awaited.

Five more people have been arrested in connection with the violent protest that broke out in Murshidabad district's Beldanga last week, said the police on Tuesday.

According to police sources, these five were arrested based on social media videos and after monitoring CCTV footage.

This brings the total number of arrests to 36.

Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district said on Saturday that they have recovered 4 kg charas (marijuana) in two separate operations during which three peddlers were arrested.

A police statement said, "Budgam Police today arrested three drug peddlers in two separate operations conducted in Magam and Hardpanzoo areas of the district, leading to the recovery of a substantial quantity of contraband substances."

A robber was arrested during an encounter with cops in Patna, police said on Friday.

The encounter occurred late Thursday night while attempting to apprehend the accused persons involved in a robbery case.

During the operation, one criminal sustained a gunshot injury to his leg and was arrested.

Assam Rifles troops have seized drugs worth Rs 29.4 crore and arrested a drug peddler in Mizoram, officials said on Thursday.

A defence spokesman said that acting on credible Intelligence inputs related to narcotics trafficking, Assam Rifles conducted an operation in the Zemabawk area of Aizawl district on Wednesday afternoon.

During the operation, the paramilitary troops intercepted a suspicious vehicle. A swift and thorough search led to the recovery of 9.8 kg of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 29.4 crore.

Police in J&K’s Jammu district said on Monday that they have arrested a drug peddler from whose possession heroin was recovered.

A police statement said, “Continuing firm actions against the drug menace, Police Station City Jammu achieved a breakthrough by arresting a notorious drug peddler and seizing heroin during a targeted operation in the city. On 10.01.2026, acting on specific and credible inputs and under sustained surveillance to curb drug abuse, a police team from IC P.P. Residency Road, led by PSI Aaqib Lateef, along with IC Hari Market GC Thappa and PSI Imran Hameed of Police Station City, apprehended one individual identified as Chanchal Singh, son of Thakur Anar Singh, resident of H. No. 149, near Ram Mandir, Shastri Nagar, Jammu."

Three more accused have been arrested in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting case, bringing the total number of arrests to 16, Delhi Police said on Saturday.

The accused have been identified as Mohammad Naved, Mohammad Faiz and Mohammad Ubaidullah. All three are residents of Turkman Gate.

Earlier on Friday, two people were arrested in connection with the case.

The case dates back to January 7, when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out a demolition drive against the encroachments near the Faiz-e-Elahi Mosque in Turkman Gate. The authorities claimed that the demolition drive was carried out as per the orders of the court.

Delhi Police on Friday arrested one more accused in connection with the violence that erupted during the municipal corporation’s demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area of the national capital.

With this latest arrest, the total number of people apprehended in the case has risen to 12.

According to Delhi Police, the accused has been identified as Mohammad Imran, also known as Raju, aged 36.

Two more people have been arrested in connection with the trafficking case in West Bengal's Nadia, the police said on Wednesday.

The duo was arrested from a cafe in Kalyani of Nadia district on Tuesday.

The arrested individuals were identified as Sathi Biswas, alias Tina, and Tanmoy Das.

According to sources at Kolkata Police headquarters, Sathi and Tanmoy were arrested while they were inside a cafe in Kalyani.

Jharkhand’s Chatra police have arrested five people involved in the smuggling of banned brown sugar, officials said.

Narcotics worth approximately Rs 6 lakh were seized during the operation, along with a car used in the crime and five mobile phones, the police added.

The arrests were made following a tip-off received by Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar Agrawal. Acting swiftly on the information, the SP constituted a special team from the Sadar police station under the supervision of Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO–Sadar) Sandeep Suman.

Delhi Police on Saturday arrested two accused allegedly involved in ATM fraud in the South-West District. The arrests were made by the staff of Kishangarh Police Station as part of intensified patrolling and surveillance to curb crime and ensure the safety and security of residents.

According to a statement released by the South-West District police, the arrested accused have been identified as Salman, son of Kabir, and Salman, son of Usman. With their arrest, the police recovered one country-made pistol (desi katta), two live cartridges, Rs 12,700 in cash, four ATM jamming devices, and one screwdriver allegedly used for breaking or opening ATM shutters.

Delhi Police on Tuesday busted a Rs 22.7 lakh cyber scam and arrested two accused from Haryana. A fake stock trading app gang was nabbed in the operation.

According to Shahdara District Police, Delhi, on November 13, complainant Amita Garg filed an online complaint regarding a cyber fraud amounting to Rs 22,70,000. In her complaint, she alleged that she was added to a WhatsApp group named “Stan Chart Dialogue Forum L7”.

Two people were killed and two others seriously injured in a violent clash that led to firing between two rival groups in the Gendra village under the Kunda police station area of Jharkhand’s Chatra district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Sunday night and has created an atmosphere of panic and tension in the village. The deceased have been identified as Devendra Ganjhu and Churaman Ganjhu.

Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch said on Saturday that it has filed the chargesheet against the accused in the livestock fraud case involving lakhs of Rupees.

A statement by Crime Branch Kashmir said, "The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has submitted a chargesheet before the Hon’ble Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, in case FIR No. 17/2023 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) against accused Muneer Ahmad Kataria son of Noor-ud-Din Kataria resident of Uri Salamabad, at present Shutrloo Rohama, District Baramulla."