Crime

26 Jul

West Bengal: Health worker was arrested for organizing fake COVID-19 vaccination camp

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Staff Reporter: A health worker from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was arrested on Saturday on suspicions of running illegal Covid-19 vaccination camps in the state, according to a police officer. The arrest came a month after a person was arrested for allegedly faking an IAS officer and organising a vaccination camp in Kolkata's Kasba area, where actor and Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty also had her vaccination. Ms Chakraborty, who was invited to the camp, said she became suspicious about the vaccination process after not getting the standard SMS issued to everyone after they are given a shot,…

24 Jul

West Bengal: In Nadia, a fake SSKM doctor is caught by police

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On Friday afternoon, a fake doctor was arrested from a private chamber near Kalyani station in Nadia for allegedly posing as a professor at SSKM Hospital. Albert Russell Faruki, a resident of Kalyani, has worked as consultant gastroenterology there for the past ten years. “Following information from the West Bengal Doctors' Forum, we have arrested the accused who was allegedly practicing medicine without an MBBS degree,” a police officer said. He didn't have a doctor's registration number. The fraudulent doctor and his collaborators will face legal consequences.” According to sources, Faruki's prescription raised concerns among some physicians, who wrote a…

23 Jul

Former CBI Chief Alok Verma added to Pegasus list after being sacked

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The Pegasus leaked list contains numbers of former CBI Director Alok Verma and his family, and of Rakesh Asthana, against whom the CBI had filed a case, The Wire reported. Eight of those phones were forensically confirmed by Amnesty International’s tech lab to have been successfully compromised by the military-grade spyware that its Israeli vendor, NSO Group, says it sells only to “vetted governments”. Two other phones showed signs of targeting. Along with Verma, the personal telephone numbers of his wife, daughter and son-in-law would eventually get placed on the list too, making it a total of 8 numbers from…

23 Jul

2 terrorists killed in Sopore encounter

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Two terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security at Warpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Friday. “One more terrorist killed (Total 2) in Sopore encounter. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered. Search going on,” police said. Earlier the firefight between terrorists and security forces took place on Thursday evening after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists. As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where…

21 Jul

Leopard skin, arms seized in Odisha: One arrested

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In the latest interception of wildlife offence, the Special Task Force (STF) wing of Odisha police on Wednesday arrested a poacher and seized leopard skin, arm and ammunition from his possession in Manmunda police station jurisdiction of Boudh district. The arrested person identified as Hara Rana was nabbed while he was planning to strike a deal to sell the leopard skin. Besides the leopard skin, a country made SBML gun, 12 ammunitions, besides gun powder and other incriminating materials were seized from his possession, STF officials said. The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the…

19 Jul

Two ministers, three opposition leaders, journalists, industrialists, bureaucrats . everyone is trapped by Pegasus

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Modi government has two ministers. Three important leaders of the opposition camp. A person holding a constitutional position. More than forty journalists. A group of businessmen and industrialists. Current and former heads of security agencies. In addition, social workers, government bureaucrats, lawyers. All of them allege that their phones were eavesdropped on by Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO. An investigation report called 'Pegasus Project' claims that the Modi government tried to eavesdrop on more than 300 phones in India before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Media representatives from 16 countries, including India, conducted the investigation. However, the government claims that allegations of government surveillance against certain individuals…

05 Jul

Man kills stepmother to grab land

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A man in Jharkhand's Sahibganj district heartlessly killed his 80-year- old stepmother to grab her land. Sahibganj, Superintendent of Police, Anuranjan Kispotta told PTI that Gautam Munda of Soti Chowki Pangdo village under the official power to make legal decisions and judgements of Borio Jirwabari police station killed his stepmother Sansari Devi, last month and buried her body by digging a pit near a pond. The SP said that the daughter of Sansari Devi gave a written complaint to the police on July 2 that her mother was missing since June 13 and she suspected that her half-brother Gautam Munda…

03 Jul

Pracheen Chauhan, a famous TV actor, has been arrested for allegedly molesting a young girl

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Pracheen Chauhan of 'Kasauti Zindagi Kay' fame was detained by Mumbai Police on Saturday for allegedly abusing a girl. Pracheen Chauhan of 'Kasauti Zindagi Kay' fame was arrested by Mumbai Police on Saturday for allegedly abusing a girl, according to ANI. According to Mumbai Police, the arrest was made after the victim filed a complaint at Karur Police Station. A case has been filed under sections 354, 323, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Pracheen is popular for working in television shows including Kasautii Zindagii Kay season 1, Ssshhhh… Koi Hai, Kyun Hota Hai Pyarr, Kya Hadsaa Kya…