Crime Branch: News
25 Nov 2024
Andheri WestFraudsters target Indore crime chief, panic during video call
Scammers targeted Rajesh Dandotiya, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) of the Indore Crime Branch, on Sunday.
21 Nov 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Crime Branch inquiry ordered against minister over remark against Constitution
The Kerala High Court has ordered a Crime Branch probe into allegations of derogatory remarks against the Indian Constitution made by Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian in 2022.
17 Nov 2024
Amravati'Lewd gestures..hooting': Mob attacks BJP's Navneet Rana's rally
A rally led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Navneet Rana was disrupted by a mob in Khallar village, Amravati district, Maharashtra on Saturday night.
09 Nov 2024
JharkhandAfter Baba Siddique, Bishnoi gang targeted another Pune leader: Police
The Mumbai Crime Branch has unearthed a plan by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to kill a high-ranking unnamed political leader from Pune.
02 Oct 2024
Arbaaz KhanGovinda's wife issues major update in accidental gun firing incident
Bollywood actor and Shiv Sena leader Govinda is reportedly on the road to recovery following an accidental gunshot wound to his leg. The incident occurred while he was handling his licensed revolver at home, as per reports.
04 Sep 2024
Dawood IbrahimSalman's house firing: Accused allege death threats from Dawood gang
The family members of the two accused in the firing outside actor Salman Khan's residence have written to the Maharashtra and Bihar governments, alleging a conspiracy by underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim's henchmen to kill them.
02 Sep 2024
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)Pune ex-corporator shot dead by bike-borne assailants, captured on CCTV
Vanraj Andekar, a former corporator of the Pune Municipal Corporation and a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was shot dead by a group of bike-borne men in the city's Nana Peth area on Sunday night.
06 May 2024
Ahmedabad6 Ahmedabad schools get bomb threat
Several schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat have reported receiving bomb threat emails, mirroring recent events in Delhi.
03 May 2024
Delhi PoliceDelhi Police chief gets bomb threat email, minor picked up
A teenager was picked up by the Delhi Police for allegedly sending a threatening email to the Delhi Police headquarters on Thursday.
18 Apr 2023
Prostitution RacketWho is Aarti Mittal, actor arrested in alleged sex scandal
A 27-year-old actor-casting director, Aarti Mittal was arrested by Mumbai Police's crime branch on Monday for allegedly running a sex racket.
17 Apr 2022
DelhiDelhi: Minors involved in Jahangirpuri violence? Child rights body takes cognizance
In a shocking turn of events on Sunday, the alleged involvement of kids and minors in Saturday's Hanuman Jayanti communal violence in Northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri came to the fore.
04 Mar 2022
HyderabadHyderabad: Caretaker blinds woman with toxic eye-drops, robs her; arrested
The Hyderabad Police has arrested a 32-year-old caretaker, P Bhargavi, for blinding an elderly woman by administering a toxic concoction to her eyes and robbing her, India Today reported.
29 Sep 2021
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Security tightened after intelligence input regarding jailbreak plan
Security has been tightened in jails across Delhi after an intelligence input was received that five inmates were planning to flee from custody, sources said on Tuesday.
10 Sep 2021
Delhi PoliceNational Conference leader found dead in west Delhi flat
Former Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council member and National Conference leader Trilochan Singh Wazir was found dead in a flat in West Delhi's Moti Nagar on Thursday morning, police said.
12 Aug 2021
DelhiDalit girl rape: SDM seeks protection of victim's parents, witnesses
The Delhi Police said the district authorities have sought protection for the parents of the Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and killed in southwest Delhi's Old Nangal area last week.
11 Aug 2021
BiharMissing Bihar journalist killed; eyes gouged out, body mutilated
The decomposed body of a young journalist was found in Bihar's East Champaran district on Tuesday, three days after his disappearance.
28 Jul 2021
Raj KundraBail of Raj Kundra, aide denied; investigation gains pace
Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty's husband, who was arrested last week for being the "key conspirator" in a pornographic racket, has been denied bail.
27 Jul 2021
Raj KundraRaj Kundra sent to judicial custody till August 10
Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty's husband, who was arrested last week for apparently being the "key conspirator" in a pornographic case, has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
22 Jul 2021
Raj KundraDid Raj Kundra bribe Crime Branch officers to evade arrest?
Raj Kundra was arrested on Monday by Mumbai Police for being a "key conspirator" in a pornography racket that spanned across borders.
21 Jul 2021
Raj KundraRaj Kundra listed 'director' in nine companies: Check details here
New pieces of information about businessman Raj Kundra are emerging ever since he was arrested by the Mumbai Police late on Monday in relation to a pornographic content creation and publication racket.
06 Mar 2021
Jammu And KashmirJammu: Three booked for duping man of Rs. 1.92 crore
Three persons, including a woman, were booked on Saturday by the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police for allegedly duping a man of Rs. 1.92 crore on the pretext of selling him a house in a posh area in Jammu, officials said.
11 Feb 2021
Road AccidentsDelhi woman falls off scooter; crushed to death by truck
In a tragic incident, a 22-year-old woman died after being crushed to death in Delhi on Thursday.
03 Jan 2021
KarnatakaLoan app case: Chennai Police arrests 2 Chinese nationals
Four people, including two Chinese nationals, have been arrested by the Chennai Police in connection with the loan apps case.
18 Dec 2020
IndiaSinger, who robbed purses of women in malls, arrested
A Bengaluru-based orchestra singer has been arrested for robbing women at malls and beauty parlors multiple times.
15 Dec 2020
Bollywood'Stop crying about a little affair,' Kangana tells Hrithik
Actor Kangana Ranaut has reacted to the transfer of Hrithik Roshan's FIR involving her from the Cyber Cell to CIU (Crime Intelligence Unit) of the Crime Branch.
15 Oct 2020
KarnatakaVivek Oberoi's home searched in drugs case involving relative
Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi's home was today searched by the Bengaluru Police in connection with a high-profile drugs case involving his brother-in-law, Aditya Alva.
31 Jul 2020
IndiaMumbai: Man blackmails Bollywood actor's daughter; arrested
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly blackmailing and trying to extort money from a Bollywood actor's daughter.
06 Apr 2020
IndiaIgnoring suggestions of clerics, Tablighi Jamaat chief organized 'super-spreader' event
An event of Tablighi Jamaat held in March 2020 became the reason India's coronavirus numbers spiked and now it has been learned that clerics advised Maulana Mohd. Saad Kandhalvi, the chief of the Islamic sect, to not hold the meet but he ignored their suggestions.
03 Mar 2020
Delhi Police#DelhiRiots: Shahrukh, who fired bullets, pointed gun at cop, arrested
Days after he fired multiple rounds of bullets at Delhi Police, Shahrukh was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Tuesday. On February 24, he pointed a gun at a constable, who faced him with a lathi.
08 Oct 2019
Delhi PoliceMan disappeared in 2011; wife's lover arrested for murder now
On Monday, the Delhi Police announced that they have solved an eight-year-old murder mystery.
24 Sep 2019
GoaGoa Police launches probe after posters for 'nude party' emerge
Recently, two racy posters about a "nude party" in North Goa emerged on social media.
24 Apr 2019
Delhi PoliceWife murdered ND Tiwari's son Rohit, erased evidence: Police
Late Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister ND Tiwari's son Rohit Shekhar was murdered by his wife Apoorva Shukla Tiwari, Delhi police said on Wednesday.
19 Apr 2019
Delhi PoliceND Tiwari's son Rohit's death not natural: Delhi Police
Former UP Chief Minister and Congress leader ND Tiwari's son, Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, was probably smothered to death with a pillow, Delhi Police sources said after the post-mortem.
25 Mar 2019
MumbaiEx-aide of gangster Dawood, Lambu Shakeel, dies of heart ailment
A former aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim died in Jaslok Hospital in south Mumbai, medical authorities said today.
30 Dec 2018
Delhi PoliceDelhi: Nepal Embassy, NGOs' help sought to find shelter-home inmates
Delhi Police has sought the assistance of the Nepal Embassy and the NGOs of Nepalese origin for investigation in the case of the disappearance of eight women and a minor from a Shahdara shelter home earlier this month.
16 Dec 2018
Rajkot#LoveKeLiye: To fund boyfriend's training, girl robs own house
In what makes for a bizarre incident, a girl in Rajkot robbed her own house to fund the pilot training program of her boyfriend.
15 Nov 2018
Delhi Police31 boys reunited with families in November, says Delhi Police
About 31 boys have been reunited with their families in the past two weeks, Delhi Police said yesterday.
14 Nov 2018
Delhi PoliceSelf-styled preacher Daati Maharaj's review petition dismissed by Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court today dismissed self-styled preacher Daati Maharaj's plea for review of its decision transferring the probe in the rape case against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
11 Nov 2018
BengaluruFormer Karnataka-minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy arrested in bribery-case
Janardhan Reddy, the mining baron from Bellari, was arrested in Bengaluru on Sunday in connection to an alleged bribery case.
28 Sep 2018
IndiaDelhi: Thieves are now stealing sperms from IVF centers
While child trafficking is already an abominable menace in the society, information about an even worse operation has come to light.
17 Sep 2018
GujaratGujarat: Police bust fake currency printing racket; one arrested
Police in Gujarat's Jamnagar city busted a fake currency note printing racket last Tuesday and arrested a person in this connection from his residence in Shastrinagar.
