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NEW DELHI: Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested three people and recovered opium worth around Rs 40 crore in the international market, police said on Friday. Those arrested have been identified as Amra Ram (34), Bhana Ram Choudhary (33) and Bhalla Ram (31).The opium was smuggled from the northeastern states and was meant to supply in Delhi and other nearby states, police said.The accused — all...

THANE: Two armed robbers, including an externed criminal, were arrested after they sneaked inside a bar to steal cash, said the police on Thursday.A case was registered against Nagendra Maurya (30) and Manoj Gupta (23), under the relevant sections of the IPC. The duo, armed with a knife, entered the bar from its kitchen and stole Rs 4,000. The staff alerted the police, who rushed to the spot and caught...

THANE: A man was held on Thursday from North Dinajpur area of West Bengal for allegedly murdering a woman in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said. The decomposed body of the 36-year-old woman, identified as Madhu Prajapati, was found in Ganesh Nagar and a murder case was filed due to the presence of multiple wounds, Senior Inspector Rajendra Pawar of Kongaon police station...

CHENNAI: The Kancheepuram police on Tuesday arrested YouTuber and motorcycle racer TTF Vasan, who was injured after his bike stunt on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway went wrong on Sunday.Earlier on Monday the Baluchetty Chatiram police registered a case under two sections including rash and negligent driving against Vasan. On Tuesday, cases under five more sections for performing bike stunts on...

BHIWANDI: Two days after the decomposed body of a six-year-old girl was found dunked in a plastic bucket, with its lid on, in Bhiwandi, a 33-year-old man who lived as a tenant in the locality was nabbed from Bihar in connection with the crime on Sunday.The child's body was found in a makeshift tenement on Friday. The accused had been staying in the makeshift tenement since a month, the police said. The...

BHIWANDI: Two days after the decomposed body of a six-year-old girl was found dunked in a plastic bucket, with its lid on, in Bhiwandi, a 33-year-old man who lived as a tenant in the locality was nabbed from Bihar in connection with the crime on Sunday.The child's body was found in a makeshift tenement on Friday. The accused had been staying in the makeshift tenement since a month, the police said. The...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police apprehended six members of a family, who were on their way to Union home minister Amit Shah's residence on Krishna Menon Marg, on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Pranav Tayal said information was received that six members of a family were proceeding towards Krishna Menon Marg without proper authorisation. "A police team, on receiving the information, reached...

CHENNAI: With the Karnataka government refusing to release water, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has convened an emergency meeting on September 18.The Tamil Nadu government was informed about the meeting on Friday. “The authority’s last meeting (on August 29) was also an emergency one with a single-point agenda on sharing water,” said an official.The Cauvery Water Regulation...

NEW DELHI: Two men were arrested in connection with the robbery of Rs 1 crore from two victims in the Gulabi Bagh area of north Delhi. The victims, Suresh and his associate Rakesh, were responsible for transporting money for Kamlesh Shah, their employer.On Wednesday around 3.30pm, Shah entrusted them with Rs 1 crore to be delivered to someone in Chandni Chowk. The two individuals embarked on their...

RAIGAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has taken a treasury officer into custody for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a retired government employee in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The accused, identified as Maruti Ramchandra Pawar, is said to have solicited the bribe from the complainant, Kashibai Tukaram Mahabale, a retired health department worker aged 62. The bribe was allegedly...