TCS suspends six of its employees following arrests in sexual harassment case in Nashik; CM praises cops

TCS employees suspended Nashik: IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has suspended six of its employees who were recently arrested by the Nashik police in connection with cases pertaining to sexual harassment, rape, abuse and jurting religious sentiments. The company issued an official statement to confirm the development, adding that action would remain in place pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation.  TCS reiterates Zero-tolerance against misconduct In…

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Digital arrest in Gujarat: Retired woman duped of Rs 78L in 10-day cyber scam ordeal

Gujarat woman digitally arrested: Amid a string of digital arrest frauds, another case has emerged from Gujarat’s Rajkot on Friday, where a retired woman was defrauded of Rs 78 lakh by scammers posing as law enforcement agency officials, the police said. According to police, the scammers kept the woman under digital siege for 10 days. Crook posing as telecom official frightens woman Officials aware of the case said…

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Operation Prahar: Uttarakhand STF, police nab man for sharing Dehradun’s sensitive locations with Pak-based handlers

Dehradun man held: A 29-year-old man was arrested in Dehradun on Friday for allegedly sharing sensitive information about the key locations in the city with handlers based in Pakistan, the police said. As per police, the action was carried out under ‘Operation Prahar’ by the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) and Dehradun police. Illegal arms, spray can recovered Officials said that the arrested accused has been identified as…

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‘You’re dark, I deserve better’: MP woman, her paramour kill husband; disguise the murder as robbery, held

MP husband killed by wife: What initially appeared to be a late-night robbery in MP’s Dhar district later unravelled into a chilling murder conspiracy. A married woman killed her husband by conspiring with her lover and one of his aides, and disguised the crime as a robbery to evade police action. However, the cops cracked the case soon, and took the accused duo into custody. Incident reported from…

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Gujarat: Man kills friend over monetary dispute, tries to pass it off as suicide; arrested after brother approaches police

UP man murdered in Dwarka: A 22-year-old man in Gujarat’s Dwarka allegedly murdered his friend over a monetary dispute, and then attempted to pass it off as suicide, the police reported on Thursday. As per police, the accused has been arrested after they received a complaint from the victim’s kin.  Accused calls up victim’s kin after murder The police said that the victim, Santosh Gwala, hailed from Sonbhadra…

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Punjab anti-terror operation: Cops bust BKI-linked terror module in Gurdaspur, seize grenades and IED materials

Punjab anti-terror operation Gurdaspur: The Punjab Police on Thursday dismantled a terror module linked to the banned outfit, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), which was backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), officials said. The officials added that two operatives fell into the police dragnet, following which a potential major terror attack in the state was foiled.  The accused, identified as Akash Masih and Jablaun, are native residents of the…

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Double your money in 11 days: Pune doctor, 75, loses Rs 12 crore to sophisticated cyber fraud over 3 months

Pune doctor Rs 12 crore scam: A man said to be in his mid-70s from Maharashtra’s Pune fell prey to an elaborate cyber fraud and ended up losing a whopping Rs 12.31 crore. Unidentified cyber cheats lured him on the pretext of doubling his investment within 11 days, and the scam unfolded for three months. Eventually, the crooks exploited the victim’s trust in high-return stock market schemes.  As…

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Internally displaced Manipur girl, 7, raped and killed; body disposed under bridge, accused arrested

Manipur girl rape murder: A seven-year-old internally displaced (IPD) girl aged 7 was allegedly raped and killed in Imphal East district of Manipur on Monday, less than 24 hours after she was reported missing. The police said they have arrested the accused in connection with the incident, and the court has remanded him to police custody for further interrogation and probe.  As per police, the victim hailed from…

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Sathankulam father-son custodial deaths: Madurai Court awards death sentence to 9 TN cops in landmark verdict

Sathankulam father-son custodial deaths: A court in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district on Monday handed over death sentence to nine police personnel for their role in the 2020 custodial deaths of P Jayaraj and his son, J Benicks in Thoothukudi’s Sathankulam. The verdict came nearly six years after the incident that triggered nationwide outrage and demands for accountability during police custody.  Court terms case the ‘Rarest of rare’ crime…

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Son of Chhattisgarh’s former CM gets life term in 2003 murder case, HC overturns acquittal

Amit Jogi gets life term: The Chhattisgarh High Court (HC) on Monday sentenced Amit Jogi, son of state’s former Chief Minister (CM) Ajit Jogi to lifetime imprisonment in a murder case that dates back to 2003. Notably, Amit was accused of murdering a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Ramavatar Jaggi, and was earlier acquitted by a court in Raipur in 2007.  HC finds trial court’s verdict…

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