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MUMBAI: An official reported that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted a raid on a gold melting facility and a jewelry shop in Mumbai, leading to the seizure of smuggled gold valued at Rs 3.62 crore, along with Rs 2.95 crore in cash and 2.1 kilograms of gold. This operation took place on Thursday.According to a release from the DRI, eight individuals have been apprehended in...

NAGPUR: A male flyer seated next to a 40-year-old woman travelling from Pune to Nagpur for her father's funeral allegedly masturbated and made a lewd gesture at her mid-flight, leading to his arrest after the plane landed at the city airport on Monday.Feroze Shaikh attempted to sneak away while the flyers were alighting, only to be chased by the woman he had allegedly targeted.Her screams alerted...

COIMBATORE/MADURAI: A 35-year-old woman, who was arrested for kidnapping an 18-month-old boy from Tiruchendur, died in the custody of the Alandurai police in Coimbatore district on Monday afternoon.Police had picked up Thilagavathi and her husband, Pandian, 43, from Poondi in Coimbatore district and brought them to the Alandurai station earlier in the day.A senior police officer said, "The couple were...

CHENNAI: A Chennai-based businessman was arrested on Monday for cheating a Sudanese businessman of Rs 54 lakh by promising to send white rice.According to police, Sahul Hameed, who runs Starwings General Trading LLC in Sudan, approached Mohammad Zaheer Hussain Bahadur, who runs Ayesha Exports in Thousand Lights, for 502 metric tonne of white rice.As per the deal, Hameed transferred Rs 54,99,300 to...

KALYAN: A 36-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Vijay Jadhav, has been arrested by the Kolsewadi police in Kalyan for allegedly stabbing his live-in partner to death. The police investigation revealed that the accused suspected his girlfriend of having an illicit relationship with someone else, leading to the fatal attack.Rashmi (name changed for privacy reasons), had been in a relationship...

KOLKATA: Two more persons have been arrested by Kolkata Police for running a fake call centre at Chowringhee and duping elderly Australians.Produced in a city court, one of those arrested was granted bail on medical grounds; the other was remanded in police custody till October 13 for further probe.The fresh arrests came after over 40 people were arrested in a recent raid at this illegal call centre...

KALYAN: The Kalyan crime unit of Thane police arrested a 28-year-old under attempt to murder charges on Thursday for shooting his 19-year-old friend a day before. The police have arrested Umesh Khanvilkar (28) from Shahad railway station when he was trying to escape towards Mumbai. Khanvilkar misfired a bullet which hit Sushil Mahanto (19) on Wednesday. TNN!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function...

AHMEDABAD: Tarun Jinaraj — a murder suspect who allegedly killed his wife Sajni Nair in 2003 — was nabbed by the Gujarat's Ahmedabad Cyber Crime team at a paying guest facility in Delhi's Najafgarh area on Thursday.Jinaraj had jumped the interim bail and failed to report back. He is accused of killing Sajni by choking her on Valentine’s Day in 2003, three months after their wedding in...

NEW DELHI/GURGAON: The Gurgaon Police has arrested an employee of a private company providing ticketing and customer services to Air India for allegedly committing a fraud of about Rs 1 crore by transferring the money to his own account. Roshan Mishra alias Radhe Mohan alias Raja, a native of Gopalganj district in Bihar, was arrested on Wednesday. Another accused in the case was arrested...

BANGKOK: A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, and sent hundreds of panicked shoppers running in terror into the streets.Witnesses told AFP of chaotic scenes as shots rang out at the upmarket Siam Paragon mall in the heart of the Thai capital around 4:30 pm (0930 GMT).The shooting comes just days before the first...