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DELHI: Delhi Police arrested two men for creating a fake Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) website and cheating job aspirants by advertising non-existent vacancies across various posts.The accused were identified as Kuldeep (30), a B.Com graduate currently pursuing a second-year LL.B., and his associate Piyush (25), a B.Tech graduate in Computer Science, who developed the fake website.The accused...

New Delhi: A 49-year-old man was arrested for impersonating as a police officer with his associates and conducting a fake raid at a jewellery-making workshop in central Delhi's Karol Bagh, fleeing with over 1 kg of gold.The accused was identified as Sheikh Akram. On Nov 27, police received a complaint from the workshop owner, who reported that six unidentified persons entered the premises. One of them...

Family Business’ of Fraud NEW DELHI: Delhi Police busted a fake call centre in South Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, operated by members of a family, which was cheating people by offering instant online loans.Police received a complaint on September 3 from Shuaib, a resident of North Delhi’s Sadar Bazar. He said that while looking for a loan and approaching various banks, he received a WhatsApp call on...

New Delhi: A Ugandan national was arrested for duping men online using fake female profiles and fraudulent investment schemes. The accused used to create fake identities using photographs of his girlfriend to emotionally manipulate victims and lure them into bogus schemes, police said. He was also found to be residing illegally in Delhi. He was identified as Micheal Iga, 38, a resident of Burari. The...

MUMBAI: Observing that the prosecution utterly failed to establish that the fake currency notes were in his possession and recovered from him which led to his arrest four years ago, a sessions court on Friday acquitted a 35-year-old man. Acquitting Nimesh Choutaliya, the judge said,"... the prosecution has utterly failed to establish the fact that he was possessing counterfeit currency notesand he had...

MUMBAI: A man from Bangladesh was caught when he landed at the Mumbai International Airport from Bangkok on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Jiku Bablu Das (30), was caught on his arrival in Mumbai when his Indian passport was put in the system by the immigration officials.It was learned that a look-out circular (LOC) had been issued against him by the Goa Police after learning that he had traveled...

NEW DELHI: The investigation into the fake "ED raid" which culminated in a robbery of Rs3 crore in Dwarka has revealed that the conspiracy was hatched two weeks ago when the victim had received the final instalment of the pay-out in a land deal.While four people have been arrested, a manhunt has been launched for at least four others who were suspected to be key players in the conspiracy, police said,...

NEW DELHI: Hours after a social media post went viral purportedly showing his resignation letter from the Congress, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday accused the BJP of "indulging in fake works" and said he has reported the matter to the police."I have reported this to the police ... the BJP indulges in fake works. I entered Congress in 1971 and I will be with the party till my last breath,"...

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...

KOLKATA: The detective department recently raided a fake call centre that was spread over three floors at Chowringhee - in the heart of the city - which targeted senior citizens from Australia. A total of 40 employees, five of them women, have been arrested by the Anti-Rowdy Section. Fifty desktops, six hard disks, 12 mobile phones, three routers, two servers and 50 IP phones have been seized from the...