Crime News

The Amboli police on Saturday night arrested the driver of the security agency who allegedly stole the cash that was being transported for automated teller machines.

Thane, Nov. 23 -- About 100 investors were allegedly cheated by a Thane-based finance company of over Rs 1 crore. The investors, who came from as far as Chembur, Govandi and Nashik, had gathered outside the locked office of 786 Sales and Services Company near Gaondevi maidan on Sunday demanding their money back.

A 32-year-old casualty medical officer of KEM hospital, who was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting a patient, was granted bail by the holiday magistrate?s court at Bhoiwada on Sunday.

Ghaziabad, Nov. 23 -- The private parts of a 35-year-old father of three was chopped off allegedly by an acquaintance. Police sent Mohammmed Javed (name changed) for medical examination after he approached the SSP's office on Saturday. An FIR has been lodged at a Sihani-Gate police station, but no arrests have been made so far, Circle Officer (II) Kalyan Singh said.

The US investigators have zeroed in on a Pakistani national who is suspected to be a key link between LeT operatives David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana about whom India is expected to know in a week whether they were involved in Mumbai attacks.

Tracing new links to the Mumbai carnage, a Pakistani father-son duo were today arrested from Italy for allegedly managing money transfer to finance phone communications of the attackers following leads from Indian and US investigators.

Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, that killed 166 people.

Maoists abducted 14 members of a village peace committee in West Singbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday night, barely three hours after blowing up a passenger train in the same district.

From her home near the shores of Uttan, this Class 10 dropout managed an extortion empire in the city on behalf of her gang leader based in faraway Hong Kong.

A 12 year old girl was set on fire in Patna by her neighbours for allegedly stealing Rs 14,000. The accused are two boys and a girl in the age group of 14-16 years.

Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- A mouse click would soon land a smuggler trying to take the air route behind bars. The Customs department is developing a software system that would alert it with the travel information of suspected passengers who are either flying to or coming in from sensitive smuggling destinations.

Taking exception to the way parole was granted to Jessica Lall murder case convict Manu Sharma, the Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the city government for giving preferential treatment to convicts having high connections.

New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- They gave a new meaning to social networking. A gang of high-profile bootleggers delivered high-end duty free liquor labels to customers created through social networking sites - Facebook and Orkut.

It is all about a science teacher taking lessons in Maoism and subsequently turning into a major arms supplier to Naxal outfits operating in Bihar and Jharkhand.

After actress Kangna Ranaut, it is actress Aarti Chhabria's turn to wash her hands off any links with terror-accused David Coleman Headley.

The Andheri police on Wednesday arrested four men for running an Ayurvedic clinic and claiming to have a cure for all skin problems.

What should have been a leisurely siesta for the senior citizen turned out to be a nightmarish experience.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to one of the accused ? Dev Colabawala ? who had claimed that he did not even touch the victim.

Suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) men David Headley (49) and Tahawwur Hussain Rana (48), now in US custody for planning terror attacks in India and Denmark, used satellite phone during their visits to Mumbai and Kochi last year before 26/11, Indian investigators have found.