2024.12.21 Assam Police arrests 8 terror suspects in multi-state operation
The accused were arrested from Assam, West Bengal and Kerala under ‘Operation Praghat’ on the intervening night of December 17-18.
In Short
Assam Police says accused planned to target Hindu, RSS leaders
Special Task Force arrests 5 in Assam, 2 in West Bengal, 1 in Kerala
Seizes documents showing links to Pak, Bangladesh
Assam Police have arrested eight people, including a Bangladeshi citizen, and thwarted an attempt to carry out terrorist activities across the country, officials said.
The accused were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) from Assam, West Bengal, and Kerala under ‘Operation Praghat’ on the intervening night of December 17-18, Senior Police Officer Harmeet Singh said.
According to the police, the arrested men had handlers in Pakistan and Bangladesh and claimed that they were planning to assassinate Hindu and RSS leaders.
The operation was launched after a detailed examination of intelligence inputs “regarding the anti-national activities being carried out by a group of individuals,” under the direction of one Md Farhan Israk, Singh told news agency PTI.
Israk is a close associate of Jasimuddin Rahmani, chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an affiliate of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), he said.
The official further stated that a Bangladeshi citizen, Md Shab Seikh alias Md Sad Radi, was sent to India in November to spread their ideology and create sleeper cells among like-minded individuals across India to initiate violent and subversive actions.
Radi visited Assam and West Bengal to meet sleeper cell members of the banned ABT organisation before moving to Kerala to meet other sleeper cell members.
“The STF, under the direct supervision of its chief Partha Sarathi Mahanta, launched the operation and teams were dispatched to various parts of the country to identify the jihadi elements. During simultaneous operations in Kerala, West Bengal and Assam, the arrests were made,” the SDGP said.
Five arrests were made in Assam, two in West Bengal, and one in Kerala, he said, adding that four others were detained from Kokrajhar district but were released after questioning, as there was no evidence of their involvement in the incident.
Several documents and mobile phones were seized from the accused, which indicate their ongoing communication with Bangladesh- and Pakistan-based entities over the past few months, Singh said.
“Texts with distorted religious beliefs relating to Jihad, religious books with distorted narratives, printed and published in Bangladesh, four pen drives and various Bangladeshi certificates issued in the name of Md Sad Radi were also seized from the accused,” he said.
Singh said they were working to establish sleeper cells across the country, particularly in Assam and West Bengal.
Two of the arrested suspects had visited several locations across West Bengal in an attempt to recruit more people to join the terrorist organisations.
The official stated that their motive was to incite religious tensions and disrupt communal harmony in the region.
“These individuals were actively involved in the procurement of arms and ammunition, as a part of the larger conspiracy to wage war against the Indian government,” he said, adding that further investigation was on.
2024.12.21 Somaiya college admission racket: One more clerk held
MUMBAI: The Tilak Nagar police on Friday arrested the fourth accused, Pandit Karanke, 42, a junior clerk in the state education department, in connection with the Somaiya College admission racket. The police said Karanke was assigned to verify documents online at the verification centre during the admission process of class 11, in the academic year 2024-25.
Karanke was arrested on Friday. Earlier, police had arrested three persons, including two clerks of Somaiya college, Mahendra Patil and Arjun Rathod, and another person named Devendra Saide, who fabricated bogus marksheets and leaving certificates (LC) of around 50 students to facilitate their admission, after taking ₹2-3 lakh from each.
Karanke was assigned the duty for document verification at the Ghatkopar East admission centre. During interrogation, it was learnt that he approved the fake documents allegedly sent by arrested accused Rathod. He was produced in court and remanded in police custody till December 25.
The FIR was registered on December 16, based on a complaint filed by principal Dr. Kishan Pawar of K.J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, who alleged that students, who were ineligible for admission, got their percentage fraudulently increased with help from the suspects in lieu of monetary benefits, and some students were found to have obtained admission with fake certificates.
The case was registered under charges of cheating, forgery, breach of trust and other acts of criminal conspiracy, against five individuals, including two staff members of the college.
The incident came to light after the parents of a student approached the principal when he did not get admission despite good percentage. The principal then started checking and found out about the scam. The college authorities set up a scrutiny committee, which contacted the students and their parents through email and also on phone asking them to visit the college with original documents. On verification of the documents, it was found that 50 students got in illegally, said inspector Dilip Mane of Tilak Nagar police station.
The clerks were running a cash-for-admission racket across colleges of Somaiya Vidyavihar University. The scam was busted in K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Vidyavihar, Shri S K Somaiyya Vinay Mandir Secondary School and Junior College, and K J Somaiyya College of Science and Commerce, said the police officer.
The accused clerks, Mahendra Patil and Arjun Rathod, along with three of their associates, Kamleshbhai, Jitubhai and Babubhai, also generated login IDs and passwords for the students to help secure their admissions, the officer said.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed under an assistant commissioner of police rank officer for further probe.
2024.12.18 Repeated attacks on Guru Mandirs in Kerala capital: Suspect arrested, charged with theft, vandalism
A 46-year-old man has been arrested for vandalising and stealing from Guru Mandirs in Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram: One person has been arrested in connection with the recent repeated attacks on Guru Mandirs at the Naruvamoodu area in Balaramapuram here. The accused, identified as Anil Kumar (46), a resident of Pallichal here, has admitted to have carried out the attacks with an intent of theft, according to the Naruvamoodu Police.
As per the police reports, the accused confessed to have vandalised the Guru Mandirs using a shovel. The Guru Mandirs at Mukkampalamoodu and Nadukkadu were destroyed on last Saturday and during the early hours of Wednesday. The suspect also allegedly stole temple offerings barrels, ‘kanikka vanchis’, from the premises.
The police conducted evidence collection along with the suspect at the vandalised sites. They recovered the abandoned shovel and ‘kanikka vanchis’ from a canal located about a kilometer away from the crime scene. The police also revealed that the accused has a prior theft case registered against him at Naruvamoodu.
Anil Kumar will be presented before the court later in the evening, as confirmed by the police. The investigation is ongoing to determine if he was involved in other similar incidents.
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2024.12.18 Police bust cross-border bike lifting gang, arrest 4
Guwahati: Officers from Garchuk police station have once again busted a bike lifting gang that operated across state borders and arrested four persons on Tuesday night following covert intelligence.
Garchuk OC Mayurjit Gogoi said the culprits had been involved in numerous bike lifting incidents across the city for a long time, subsequently transferring the stolen bikes to another party in Meghalaya, which facilitated their further transfer to the borders of Bangladesh.
“We nabbed both Gumsar Basumatary, who hails from Baksa district, and Ankur Rabha from Udalguri district, from the Khanapara area as a result of laying a trap. Both of them were involved in various bike-lifting incidents in the city,” the OC said.
The OC added that both of them used to sell the stolen vehicles for a sum of approximately Rs 30,000 or more, somewhere near Jorabat, located on the outskirts of the city. Additionally, they often dealt in areas near the Meghalaya border as well. “We subsequently laid another trap by placing old bikes in Meghalaya’s 13th mile along with the Meghalaya police, and a group of stolen bike receivers who got lured into it were caught.”
The apprehended culprits are Sanjay Singh and Ishan Mawnai, both hailing from Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district. According to the police, all of them were produced before the CJM court of Kamrup (Metropolitan) on Wednesday and remanded in five days of judicial custody.
Additionally, the crime branch of Guwahati Police also nabbed five persons who were involved in a statewide vehicle theft racket, based on specific inputs. The five persons have been identified as Junmoni Deka from the state’s Baksa district, Raju Das and Montu Barman both from Nalbari district, and Raju Deka and Jayanta Haloi both from Kamrup (Metro) district.
According to a post on social media platform ‘X’, the Guwahati police stated that they had been actively stealing vehicles from the city.
2024.12.16 Nigerian man arrested for breaking promise to marry Indian woman
According to the police, the suspect reached out to the victim through an associate.
The Rajnandgaon police have arrested a Nigerian national, simply identified as Johnson, in India over an alleged marriage scam, Etvbharat has reported.
The suspect, said to be around 40 years old, allegedly wooed a Chhattisgarh woman using a fake profile he uploaded on a matrimonial website and duped her of Rs 15,72,000 after promising to marry her.
The police stated that the suspect, who had been secretly living in Delhi after the validity of his visa and passport expired, lured the victim through her profile and lied to her about being a UK-based businessman planning to move his business to India.
According to the police, the suspect reached out to the victim through an associate, falsely claiming he was stopped at Delhi airport and needed money to exchange UK currency in his possession.
The Additional Superintendent of Police of Rajnandgaon police station, Rahul Dev Sharma, said the suspect blackmailed and cheated the victim with the help of his accomplice.
Mr Sharma said the victim’s attempts to call the suspect afterwards failed as his phone was switched off, prompting her to realise she had been cheated and to lodge a fraud case against him at Dongargarh Police Cyber Cell.
“We started an investigation on the complaint of the applicant. With the help of a cyber cell, it was found that the accused lives in Delhi. Our team raided his Delhi accommodation and arrested him. Accused Johnson is a resident of Nigeria. He has cheated many girls so far. We are trying to gather further information through interrogation,” said Mr Sharma.
A laptop and four mobile phones have been recovered from the suspect, and his bank account has also been frozen.
2024.12.16 Nine years on, immigration agent held in fraud case
An immigration agent from Jalandhar, Amandeep Singh, was arrested in connection with a nine-year-old case of defrauding visa seekers of lakhs of rupees under the pretext of sending them abroad. The police had announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for his arrest.
According to Sriganganagar Superintendent of Police Gaurav Yadav, the fraud case was initially registered at the Padampur police station in 2016. Amandeep Singh, a resident of Pandori Nijra village in Adampur, who later moved to Farm Royal Society in Jalandhar, had been on the run since the case was filed. During his time absconding, he reportedly hid in several cities, including those in Gujarat, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.
Yadav confirmed that the police were able to track him down using technical evidence and information.
He further revealed that Amandeep was wanted in several other fraud cases registered across multiple police stations in Punjab, including Adampur, Phillaur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, and Nawanshahr.
Padampur Police Station In-Charge Surinder Rana stated that the case dated back to 2016 when Amandeep and another suspect were accused of duping several people by promising them jobs in foreign countries. The second suspect had already been arrested by the police.
2024.12.15 Bhopal man outsmarts ‘digital arrest’ scammer, video of fake police call goes viral
Bhopal man outsmarts ‘digital arrest’ scammer, video of fake police call goes viral
A vigilant graphics designer from Bhopal thwarted a ‘digital arrest’ scam attempt by cleverly confronting a fraudster impersonating a police officer on a video call, exposing the scam.
In Short
Scammer posing as police seeks Aadhaar details
Anirudh confronts fake police officer during video call
Fraudster ask ‘what went wrong’ in scamming attempt
Scores of people across the country have fallen prey to fraudsters through the so-called “digital arrest scam,” losing substantial amounts of money. However, a vigilant young man from Bhopal thwarted an attempt by scammers who tried to target him. A video call with the fake police officer involved in the incident has since gone viral.
Anirudh, a graphics designer from Bhopal, received a call on Friday from someone claiming to be an officer of a private telecom company. The caller alleged that Anirudh’s phone number was being used to extort people, including celebrities, and that an FIR had been registered against him with the Mumbai Crime Branch.
Suspecting it was a scam, Anirudh decided to play along while staying alert. The caller warned him that he would soon receive a video call from the Mumbai Crime Branch, where senior officers would seek further details.
Shortly after, Anirudh received a video call on his mobile phone. On the call was a young man dressed as a police officer, who introduced himself as an officer of the Mumbai Crime Branch.
The impersonator asked Anirudh for his mobile number and the complaint number related to the alleged FIR. He then requested to see Anirudh’s Aadhaar card, claiming it was necessary to verify whether his Aadhaar details were being misused or if he was involved in any wrongdoing.
At this point, Anirudh decided to confront the scammer. He asked the man in uniform, “How do you set up something like this? It must take a lot of effort!”
Surprisingly, the fraudster replied, “It takes hard work. We are here to help you”. Suddenly, apparently realising that Anirudh wasn’t falling for it, the scammer abruptly disconnected the call.
What happened next was even more intriguing. After disconnecting the video call, the fraudster sent a message to Anirudh, asking, “Tell me, where did we go wrong?” Amused, Anirudh responded with an emoji and ended the chat.
On Saturday, Anirudh lodged a formal complaint with the Bhopal police about the incident.
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The Indian Embassy said here on Saturday announced that six Indian nationals trapped in a job scam were released for deportation back to India, taking the total of such repatriations since July to over 100.
There has been an increase in the incidents of Indian nationals falling victim to the international crime syndicates active in the Myawaddy region on the Myanmar-Thailand border, according to the Embassy. They are lured for jobs in fraudulent, scam-based companies for cyber slavery.
“6 more Indian nationals trapped at scam-compounds in Myawaddy reached the local police station, for further deportation to India, y’day. 101 Indians repatriated to India since July 2024. We reiterate our advice against job offers in the area without consulting Missions,” it said in a post on X.
Myawaddy, a town in southeastern Myanmar, is a major trading point between Myanmar and Thailand.
The Indian Embassy’s advisory – which is prominently advertised on its website – says it re-emphasises the importance of adhering to the advisories on the subject for not taking any such job offers, especially advertised through social media, without consulting the respective Indian Embassies.
“A new location at Hpa Lu area, south of Myawaddy town is reported to have emerged recently where most of the Indian victims are being trafficked into, via Thailand, after being recruited from India as well as from countries like Malaysia, UAE etc.,” it said.
കെഎസ്ആർടിസി ബസിൽ നിന്നാണ് പിടികൂടിയത്. ആലപ്പുഴ നോർത്തിൽ മാത്രം മൂന്നു കേസുകൾ രജിസ്റ്റർ ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട്. കോടതിയിൽ ഹാജരാക്കിയ പ്രതിയെ റിമാൻഡ് ചെയ്തു.
അമ്പലപ്പുഴ: ആലപ്പുഴ ടൗണിലെ നിരവധി പള്ളികളിലും ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളിലും മോഷണം നടത്തിയ പ്രതിയെ ആലപ്പുഴ നോർത്ത് പോലീസ് പിടികൂടി. പുന്നപ്ര വടക്ക് പഞ്ചായത്ത് പത്താം വാർഡിൽ സനാതനപുരം പേരൂർ കോളനിയിൽ സുമേഷ് (38) നെയാണ് ആലപ്പുഴ നോർത്ത് പോലീസ് ദിവസങ്ങളായുള്ള അന്വേഷണത്തിലൂടെ പിടികൂടിയത്. തുമ്പോളി പള്ളിയിൽ രണ്ടുമാസം മുമ്പ് നടന്ന മോഷണ കേസിൽ റിമാൻഡിൽ കഴിഞ്ഞിരുന്ന പ്രതി കഴിഞ്ഞ മാസം 29നാണ് ജയിൽ മോചിതനായത്.
ജയിൽ മോചിതനായ ശേഷം ആലപ്പുഴ നോർത്ത്, ആലപ്പുഴ സൗത്ത്, പുന്നപ്ര എന്നീ സ്റ്റേഷൻ പരിധികളിൽ മോഷണം നടത്തി. പ്രതിയെ പിടികൂടുന്നതിനായി നിരന്തരമായി പരിശ്രമിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കവെയാണ് പ്രതിയെ ഇന്നലെ രാവിലെയോടു കൂടി പിടികൂടാനായത്. ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ലയിൽ മാത്രം 23 ഓളം മോഷണക്കേസുകളിൽ പ്രതിയാണ് സുമേഷ്.
കൊല്ലം ജില്ലയിൽ നീണ്ടകരയിൽ മത്സ്യബന്ധത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടു കൊണ്ടിരുന്ന പ്രതി രാത്രികാലങ്ങളിൽ കെ. എസ്. ആർ. ടി. സി ബസ്സിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ച് ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ലയിലെത്തി ആരാധനാലയങ്ങളിൽ മോഷണം നടത്തി അതിരാവിലെ തിരികെ കൊല്ലത്തേക്ക് പോകുകയാണ് പതിവ്. മോഷണം നടത്തി തിരികെ പോകുന്ന വഴി വണ്ടാനം ഭാഗത്ത് വെച്ച് കെഎസ്ആർടിസി ബസിൽ നിന്നാണ് പിടികൂടിയത്. ആലപ്പുഴ നോർത്തിൽ മാത്രം മൂന്നു കേസുകൾ രജിസ്റ്റർ ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട്. കോടതിയിൽ ഹാജരാക്കിയ പ്രതിയെ റിമാൻഡ് ചെയ്തു.
(白天在 Neendakara 钓鱼，晚上在 Alappuzha 偷窃；多起盗窃案被告人被捕)
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