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Two booked for creating fake Instagram account of couple, extorting money
FIR has named one accused as Jitendra Rajpurohit and another as unknown; the accused extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from the victim; they also posted morphed obscene photos of of the couple and began blackmailing the man
21 April,2025 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Mumbai: 2 runaway minors raped near Mahim dargah
The 15- and 17-year-olds had run away from their homes in Gujarat and Bihar and were living near the dargah; the accused work there and claimed their interactions were consensual
20 April,2025 02:29 PM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Baba Siddique murder case: Court allows wife to intervene in trial
Special court allows Shezeen Siddique’s intervention plea
20 April,2025 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai: Rs 77-lakh agro-trading scam busted, one held, kingpin still on the run
While the matter took place last year between January and June, a formal complaint was registered at the Matunga police station on March 31 this year
20 April,2025 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Mumbai: Ulhasnagar priest attacked by friends over alleged affair allegations
He told one of them that his wife was having an affair with the other, but the husband instead suspected the priest
20 April,2025 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Mumbai: Assam-based gang arrested for defrauding city bank of Rs 1.26 cr
Fraudsters had obtained credit cards using forged documents and data of customers with good CIBIL scores
18 April,2025 08:36 AM IST | Assam | Agencies
Mumbai: Two chain-snatching incidents in 20 mins in Powai; thieves held
Crimes occurred on morning of April 5; after analysing footage from 200 CCTV cameras, cops cracked cases, recovered stolen jewellery weighing 30 grams
18 April,2025 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
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Mumbai: Dentist held for buying kids, assaulting them
Doctor from Odisha arrested after police bust child trafficking gang in Wadala from whom she had bought two children
18 April,2025 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
Maharashtra: Rs 5 lakh compensation for death behind bars
Govt clears jail death compensation policy; families to get aid for unnatural deaths; action against guilty staff; the move follows a recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
16 April,2025 08:13 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Mumbai: Financial services firm employee booked for fraud
Accused had manipulated details of dormant Demat account to transfer funds to himself
16 April,2025 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer