Pune Police: News
28 Oct 2024
SuratHow an 8-member gang pulled off a ₹8,000cr GST scam
Pune Police have busted a massive Goods and Services Tax (GST) fraud, worth an estimated ₹5,000-₹8,000 crore. The elaborate scheme was masterminded by eight people who set up 246 fake firms across 13 states.
18 Jul 2024
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)Trainee IAS Pooja Khedkar's gun-toting mother detained
Manorama Khedkar, the absconding mother of trainee Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pooja Khedkar, was detained by Pune Police on charges of illegal firearm possession.
14 Jul 2024
AhmednagarIAS probationer officer's family has ties with BJP leader: Report
The parents of trainee Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pooja Khedkar have close ties with Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pankaja Munde, India Today reported.
28 Jun 2024
Devendra FadnavisPune becoming 'Udta Punjab' claims opposition, Fadnavis counters charge
The Porsche accident in Pune, in which two 24-year-old engineers were killed when an underage, drunk teen driving the luxury car hit their bike, sparked a heated debate in the Maharashtra Assembly on Friday.
03 Jun 2024
Juvenile Justice Board'Was drunk, can't remember accident...': Pune teen told cops
The 17-year-old Pune boy accused in the Porsche accident case has told police that he was drunk and does not remember the incident, NDTV reported.
01 Jun 2024
Juvenile Justice BoardPune Porsche crash: After father, grandfather, teen's mother arrested
The mother of the 17-year-old boy involved in the fatal Porsche crash has been arrested for allegedly swapping her blood sample with that of her son, who was driving the luxury car, inebriated, on May 19.
30 May 2024
PorschePune Porsche crash: Hospital dean's big claim against minister, MLA
The dean of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, Vinayak Kale, has alleged that one of the doctors accused of manipulating the blood samples of the 17-year-old boy behind the Porsche accident was appointed despite being accused in two cases.
29 May 2024
Juvenile Justice BoardPune Porsche crash: Doctor who 'changed' teen's blood sample sacked
The chief medical officer of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, Dr. Shrihari Halnor, has been fired for allegedly manipulating blood samples of the 17-year-old boy involved in the Porsche car accident.
27 May 2024
Juvenile Justice ActPorsche accident: Forgery, criminal conspiracy charges added against teen's father
The father of a 17-year-old Pune teenager who drove a Porsche into a bike in a drunk state, killing two people last week is now facing additional charges.
27 May 2024
Juvenile Justice BoardPorsche accident: 2 doctors arrested for manipulating teen's blood report
Two doctors have been arrested for allegedly tampering with the blood test report of the Pune teenager who drove a Porsche into a bike in a drunk state, killing two people last week.
24 May 2024
Juvenile Justice ActParents tried to frame family driver for Porsche accident: Police
The parents of a 17-year-old boy, who is accused of running over two people with a Porsche in a drunk state, allegedly tried to frame their driver for the accident.
24 May 2024
PorschePune accident: Porsche's GPS, cameras examined; teen's grandfather, friend questioned
The Pune Police questioned the grandfather and a friend of the teenager who drove a Porsche into a bike in a drunk state, killing two people last week.
22 May 2024
Juvenile Justice ActMultiple cars, new SIM: Teen's father's plan to evade arrest
The father of the Pune teenager who drove a Porsche into a bike—killing two people—had made an intricate escape plan involving multiple cars and a new SIM card to mislead the police.
22 May 2024
Juvenile Justice BoardPorsche accident: Teen spent ₹48,000 at first pub, says police
The Pune teenager who drove a Porsche into a bike, killing two people, spent ₹48,000 in a span of 90 minutes at one of the two pubs he visited before the accident, Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar has said.
21 May 2024
Sanjay RautTeen served pizza at police station after Porsche crash: Opposition
Amid outrage over bail to the 17-year-old boy—driving the Porsche that killed two engineers in Pune on Sunday—the opposition has alleged that the teenager was fed pizza, burger, and biryani at the police station after being detained.
21 May 2024
Juvenile Justice ActPorsche accident: Bar's owner, manager arrested for serving minor liquor
The owner and the manager of a bar in Pune were taken into custody on Tuesday for allegedly serving alcohol to a minor who later caused an accident and killed two people.
21 May 2024
Juvenile Justice ActPune Porsche accident: Teen's father arrested from Aurangabad
The father of the 17-year-old boy allegedly driving the Porsche that collided with a bike in Pune on Sunday—killing a man and a woman—was arrested on Tuesday.
20 May 2024
PunePune Porsche accident's teen accused gets bail in 15 hours
The 17-year-old boy allegedly driving the Porsche that collided with a bike in Pune on Saturday—killing a man and a woman—was released on bail 15 hours after his arrest.
10 Apr 2024
PunePune: Frozen rat embedded in ice supplied to hotels, vendors
A dead rat was found encased within an ice block reportedly sourced from an ice-manufacturing factory located in Junnar.
30 Sep 2023
National Investigation Agency (NIA)NIA launches manhunt for 3 ISIS terror suspects in Delhi
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reportedly launched a manhunt for three men believed to be part of the "Pune ISIS module" and sleeper cell in Delhi, NDTV reported
26 Nov 2022
Serum Institute of IndiaCovishield manufacturer SII duped of Rs. 1 crore, 7 arrested
In a major cheating and cyber fraud case, the Serum Institute of India (SII) has been duped of Rs. 1 crore.
17 Nov 2022
Sexual AssaultPune: 17-year-old girl raped by father, grandfather for 6 years
Pune Police has initiated an investigation into a sexual abuse case where a 17-year-old girl alleged that she was raped and abused numerous times by her grandfather, father, and uncle over the past six years.
23 Aug 2022
PuneWoman forced to bathe publicly to 'conceive son', case filed
In a horrific incident, a woman from Pune, Maharashtra, was compelled by her husband and in-laws to bathe naked in public as part of a "ritual" recommended by a local occultist in order to conceive a son.
13 Jun 2022
Delhi PoliceMoose Wala murder: Pune Police arrests 2 suspects from Gujarat
The Pune police on Monday arrested two persons from Gujarat suspected to be involved in the murder of Punjabi singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala in May.
28 Oct 2021
MumbaiKiran Gosavi, witness in Aryan Khan case, detained in Pune
The Pune Police have detained Kiran Gosavi, a private detective cited as an independent witness by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs case involving Aryan Khan.
14 Oct 2021
Narcotics Control BureauLookout notice against Kiran Gosavi, 'witness' in Aryan Khan case
The Pune Police has issued a lookout circular for Kiran Gosavi, the man who recently made headlines after clicking a selfie with Aryan Khan.
04 Aug 2021
PuneDrunk woman blocks traffic by lying on road in Pune
A young woman, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, blocked traffic by creating a ruckus on a road in Pune last night.
17 Jun 2021
PuneMissing father a suspect in Pune double murder case
A day after a 35-year-old woman and her eight-year-old son were found murdered in different areas of Pune, police has formed multiple teams to probe the case.
03 Jun 2021
PuneCops walk four kilometers carrying injured woman on makeshift stretcher
A team of policemen walked four km carrying a woman on a makeshift stretcher to a hospital after she was found injured near rail tracks in the Western Ghats section between Khandala and Karjat stations in Maharashtra.
24 May 2021
PunePune woman kills mother-in-law, tries to dispose of body
A 22-year-old woman allegedly killed her mother-in-law by strangling her with a blouse and later tried to dispose of the body in a gunny sack with the help of her husband, Pune Police said on Monday.
07 May 2021
PunePolice Commissioner poses as common man to test police staff
Disguised as a common man, Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner Krishna Prakash paid surprise visits to three police stations under his jurisdiction to check the promptness and efficiency of the police personnel on duty at these police stations.
27 Sep 2020
X#CoupleChallenge: What is it and why you should be careful?
The latest trend to fascinate the netizens is the Couple Challenge, wherein people are participating to celebrate their relationships online through various social media platforms.
25 Jan 2020
MaharashtraBhima Koregaon case: NIA takes over investigation, Maha government fumes
On Friday, Centre tasked National Investigative Agency (NIA) with the Bhima Koregaon case of 2018, sparking another battle with the Maharashtra government, that was formed after Shiv Sena, Congress, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) joined hands last year.
02 Feb 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaPune court terms Anand Teltumbde's arrest 'illegal', orders release
Hours after he was arrested by police, a Pune Court on Saturday ordered the release of scholar Anand Teltumbde, calling it illegal.
14 Jan 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaKoregaon-Bhima case: SC refuses to quash FIR against activist Teltumbde
The Supreme Court today refused to quash Pune Police's FIR against civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde for his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima violence and for his alleged Maoist links.
06 Nov 2018
Supreme Court Of India#BhimaKoregaon: Activists Bhardwaj, Ferreira, Gonsalves sent to judicial custody
A little more than a week after the Pune Sessions Court rejected their bail applications, activists Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves have been sent to 14 days of judicial custody.
29 Oct 2018
Supreme Court Of India#BhimaKoregaon: SC stays HC-order refusing extension of time for charge-sheet
The Supreme Court today stayed the Bombay High Court order refusing extension of time to the Maharashtra Police for filing charge sheet in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.
26 Oct 2018
Pune#BhimaKoregaon: Pune court rejects bail pleas of three activists
The Pune Sessions court on Friday rejected the bail applications of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, and Arun Ferreira, who were arrested for their alleged Maoist links.
01 Sep 2018
MumbaiArrested activist's son says charges against his father are false
The son of Vernon Gonsalves, one of the five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links, on Saturday has rejected the police charges against his father.
31 Aug 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaPune Police claim Bhima Koregaon violence was pre-planned
In a new development in the Bhima Koregaon violence, the Pune police have now claimed that it was pre-planned.
30 Aug 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaBhima-Koregaon case: Rao says fight against fascist policies not conspiracy
Dubbing the case against him and other activists over Maharashtra's Koregaon-Bhima violence as false, Leftist poet-writer Varavara Rao insisted today their fight against "fascist policies" cannot be called a conspiracy.
29 Aug 2018
IndiaBhima-Koregaon case: Varavara Rao's arrest operation 'illegal', claims Rao's family
The arrest of Left-leaning poet and writer Varavara Rao and searches at his two daughters' residences were "illegal", claims Rao's nephew, N Venugopal.
10 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiNitin Gadkari threatens legal action over PM's assassination allegations
BJP leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari has threatened "legal action" against "anti-social elements" following former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid's tweet which alleged that RSS/Gadkari "is planning to assassinate" PM Modi.
18 May 2018
Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)Bitcoin scam: Delhi businessmen lost Rs. 7cr+
In what is already suspected to be a massive scam involving thousands of crores, two Delhi-based businessmen said that they were scammed off Rs. 4.4cr and Rs. 3cr respectively by in-custody ace conman Amit Bhardwaj.
09 May 2018
ChandigarhBitcoin scam: Director of GainBitcoin firm booked by Chandigarh police
The cyber cell of Chandigarh police has booked six people, including the director of GainBitcoin, an online multi-level marketing company, Amit Bhardwaj, who was arrested from Delhi by the Pune police last month in connection with an alleged multi-crore Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
23 Apr 2018
Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)IIT entrepreneurs arrested in Rs. 2,000cr bitcoin scam
Serial entrepreneurs Sahil Baghla and Nikunj Jain, co-founders of the Guguram-based Darwin Labs, were arrested today for their alleged links to Amit Bhardwaj.
16 Apr 2018
IndiaUnnao, Kathua rapes are post-independent India's "darkest hour", say ex-bureaucrats
In an open letter to PM Narendra Modi, a group of 49 retired civil servants said this is India's "darkest hour" post-independence.
31 Aug 2016
KathmanduIndian Police Couple banned for 'fake climbing' Everest
A 10-year mountaineering ban has been imposed on a Maharashtra Police couple, after they falsely claimed to be the first Indian couple to scale Everest, on 23rd May 2016.
