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Surgeon duped of Rs.95 L in elaborate cyber scam

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- A 35-year-old orthopedic surgeon working at a leading hospital in the city was cheated of Rs.95 lakh in an elaborate cyber fraud. Early in 2025 a woman befriended him online then la... Read More


Police bust cable theft racket in Sion, arrest 15 posing as MTNL workers

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- It looked like routine repair work. A JCB machine at the site, men in reflective safety jackets digging up the road in the dead of night, even documents to show they were contractor... Read More


BEST credit society fraud probe: EOW begins inquiry into rRs.r12.41-crore Lonavala property deal; Sena (UBT)-MNS calls it political vendetta

India, Aug. 16 -- With less than a week to go before the keenly watched BEST Employees' Credit Society elections, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has launched a preliminary enqui... Read More


Arrested B'deshi flees from JJ Hosp

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- A 21-year-old pregnant Bangladeshi woman, who had been arrested for illegally staying in India, fled on August 14 from the JJ Hospital's Warn No. 10 where she had been taken for tre... Read More


EOW begins inquiry into BEST credit society fraud

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- With less than a week to go before the keenly watched BEST Employees' Credit Society elections, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has launched a preliminary enqu... Read More


Hackers encrypt data of Mahim company, demand money for restoring access

India, Aug. 15 -- The computer systems of a paintbrush manufacturing company in Mahim were allegedly hacked by unidentified individuals, leading to the loss of the company's confidential data. When on... Read More


Watchman booked in Malabar Hill bus accident

India, Aug. 15 -- The Malabar Hill police have booked the watchman of the posh Ashford Apartments on B G Kher Road, Malabar Hill, for parking a sedan (Skoda) in a no parking zone, which led to the acc... Read More


Hackers encrypt Mahim firm's data, demand money to restore access

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- The computer systems of a paintbrush manufacturing company in Mahim were allegedly hacked by some unidentified individuals, leading to the loss of the company's confidential data. W... Read More


MCOCA invoked in kidnapping of alleged drug trafficker linked to D Company

India, Aug. 14 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has invoked stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the kidnapping case of alleged drug trafficker Sajid Electricwal... Read More


Office boy siphons off rRs.r85L using stolen cheque books and debit cards

India, Aug. 14 -- A 40-year-old man from Badlapur was booked for allegedly siphoning off Rs.84.58 lakh from a firm, where he worked as an office boy, between 2018 and 2021. The accused, Avinash Prabha... Read More