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Mumbai crime branch busts fake ID racket for Bangladeshi immigrants, couple arrested
Maharashtra | Aug 04, 2025, 06:33 AM ISTThe Mumbai crime branch arrests a couple for running a fake document racket aiding illegal Bangladeshi immigrants with forged Indian IDs.
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Assam Police busts Pakistan-linked fake SIM racket in 'Operation GHOST SIM', seven arrested
Assam | May 17, 2025, 05:37 PM ISTFollowing strategic coordination, joint teams were dispatched to Dhubri and Morigaon (Assam), Sangareddy (Telangana), and Bharatpur & Alwar (Rajasthan). On 16 May 2025, a coordinated operation led to the arrest of 7 individuals.
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Punjab Police busts Pakistan-backed drug racket, arrests two accused with 7 kg heroin, 5 pistols
India | Jul 17, 2024, 10:25 PM ISTThe Punjab Police, acting on secret information, nabbed two accused who were involved in cross-border drug and arms smuggling. They were in contact with smugglers in Pakistan.
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Haryana: Gurugram Police arrests two members of interstate vehicle lifting gang | DETAILS
India | Mar 14, 2024, 11:41 AM ISTActing on a tipoff, the police arrested the duo from New Palam Vihar and Kherki Daula areas on March 7. During police interrogation, the duo revealed that they used an electronic device that could make duplicate keys and also kept jammers with them.
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Hyderabad police busted hawala racket, recovered one crore 27 lakh rupees
News | Nov 03, 2022, 12:13 PM ISTहैदराबाद पुलिस ने एक हवाला रैकेट का भंडाफोड़ करके एक करोड़ सत्ताइस लाख रुपए बरामद किए हैं। हैदराबाद में मुनगोड़े में विधानसभा उपचुनाव से पहले पुलिस ने ये बड़ी रकम पकड़ी है। हैदराबाद के हिमायत नगर में पुलिस की टास्क फोर्स ने एक दोपहिया वाहन पर जा रहे एक शख्स को पकड़ा तो उसके हवाला की ये रकम बरामद हुई
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Odisha: Foetus sex detection racket busted in Berhampur, 13 held
Crime | May 28, 2022, 08:19 AM IST"13 arrested for running interstate ultrasound racket to determine whether foetus of pregnant women was male or female. On detecting a foetus as female, they would arrange for an abortion. Prime accused running this centre for past few years," said Berhampur SP.
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Punjabi singer Harbir Singh Sohal caught for running extortion racket, guns found in possession
Celebrities | Apr 08, 2022, 09:18 PM ISTHarbir Singh Sohal, who has recorded some songs, was allegedly involved in an extortion racket run from Australia and Canada, Police said. When arrested, he was found in possession of guns.
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Aligarh hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to 22, more still critical
India | May 29, 2021, 01:27 PM ISTThe death toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy went up to 22 on Saturday, while 28 more people are still in critical condition, an official said here.
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Amritsar: SHO suspended in illegal mining racket busted
India | May 02, 2021, 01:50 PM ISTAn illegal mining racket was unearthed in Amritsar's Kassowal village in which two persons were arrested, and SHO was suspended.
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Aligarh boy is suspect in Chinese hawala racket
India | Aug 17, 2020, 12:58 PM ISTWhen a team of officials belonging to different government agencies reached Peepal village in Khair area in Aligarh on Friday to meet one Rahul, they were shocked, to put it rather mildly.
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3 arrested as police bust fake currency racket in Uttar Pradesh
Crime | Dec 05, 2019, 06:46 AM ISTActing on a tip-off, police raided the house in the Mehmoodnagar area and arrested the accused and also seized a printer-scanner along with fake currency notes.
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Police bust illegal racket of habit-forming drugs with arrest of Ludhiana-based chemist
India | Jul 16, 2019, 09:50 PM ISTPunjab Police and the Special Task Force (STF) have busted a racket of habit-forming drugs operating across the state with the arrest of a Ludhiana-based chemist, who was its kingpin, the STF chief said on Tuesday.
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Indore fake call centre racket: FBI to help Madhya Pradesh police in probe
India | Jun 21, 2019, 05:41 PM ISTFake call centre employees in Indore used to pose as officers of US Social Security unit and threaten American citizens to either pay the penalty or face threat. They managed to dupe thousands of people. An FBI team will now reach Indore to conduct the probe.
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Marriage racket busted in Hyderabad
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After BSSC paper leak, sting exposes racket in fourth grade recruitment for courts in Bihar
India | Feb 10, 2017, 06:15 PM ISTThere seems to be no end to scams bringing disrepute to the state and embarrassment to the ruling JD(U)-RJD-Congress ‘Grand Alliance’ in Bihar. Days after the a paper leak led to the cancellation of the
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Child selling racket busted in Telangana; woman, couple arrested
India | Apr 23, 2015, 10:40 AM ISTHyderabad: A child selling racket was busted in Telangana's Nalgonda district on Wednesday with the arrest of a woman, who allegedly sold an 18-month-old girl, and a couple who bought the baby, police said.The woman,
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2-handled racket creates stir at US Open
Tennis | Sep 01, 2012, 03:04 PM ISTNew York, Sep1: Armed with a two-handled racket that resembles a pair of hedge clippers, Brian Battistone headed to the U.S. Open to play mixed doubles this week.Never mind that he and partner Nicole Melichar
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Operation Charles Sobhraj, India TV busts fake parole documents racket
India | Jun 29, 2012, 11:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 29: India TV sting operation revealed on Friday that any prisoner can flee the capital's high security Tihar Jail after producing fake documents for parole. It was revealed that touts use their
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Two More Arrested In Fake Pilot Licence Racket
India | Apr 05, 2011, 03:36 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 5: Two more persons, including a pilot, were arrested in Ahmedabad by Delhi Police for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure licence from the country's airline regulator DGCA, taking the total number