Page 4 - Crimes
3 illegal arms factories busted in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, 18 arrested
Days ahead of the panchayat elections, the Ghaziabad police has claimed to have busted three illegal arms manufacturing factories and allegedly seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
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FATF to evaluate India's mechanism to deal with financial crimes this year
The FATF, the global body against money laundering and terror financing, is likely to carry out an evaluation of India's established mechanism to deal with such financial crimes later this year.
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Maharashtra water resources dept engineer held for taking Rs 90,000 bribe
An assistant engineer of the Maharashtra Water Resources department was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 90,000 from a farmer, an ACB official said
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Nearly 150% surge in anti-Asian hate crimes across major US cities: Report
New York City saw the highest jump, rising from 3 to 28, Boston and Los Angeles followed, with increases from 6 to 14, and 7 to 15 respectively
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Crime and reformation
Book review of Gangster on the Run: The True Story of a Reformed Criminal
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Police arrest suspect after stabbing rampage in Quebec City kill two
They say a man in his mid-20s has been arrested in connection with the Halloween night attacks and taken to a hospital
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No rise in complaints of crimes against children during lockdown: NCPCR
There has been no increase in the number of complaints of crimes against children during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson said.
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Nearly 300,000 arrested in South Africa for violating lockdown in Covid era
Minister of Police Bheki Cele announced the quarterly crime statistics on Friday
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US lifts Covid-19 travel advisory; urges citizens not to visit India, China
India remains on the Level 4 of the travel advisory along with more than 50 countries, including China
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Bihar police seeks help from Mumbai cops in Sushant Singh Rajput case
Mumbai police who are already investigating the alleged suicide by the actor have questioned several people from the film industry
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Dawood Ibrahim aide nabbed in Delhi with Brazilian pistol worth Rs 22 lakh
The criminal, out on parole, was arrested by the Delhi Crime Branch from the Chand Bagh area of the national capital
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Jungle raj in UP, says Priyanka; Cong to launch e-campaign against crime
She said the state's law and order situation has been demolished due to the nexus of ruling party leaders and government officials with criminals
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Killings down, gangsters stay away: Coronavirus gives crime a beating
Part of that decrease, some criminal lawyers say, is that drug dealers have no choice but to wait out the economic slump
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White-collar crime: Losses from frauds rise 80% from last year, says survey
The survey pointed that 3,766 cases of fraud were detected in FY19, a 15 per cent spike from a year ago
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Story in numbers: As many as 100 custodial deaths in 2017, shows NCRB data
In 62 cases pertaining to custodial deaths, 33 policepersons were arrested, 27 were chargesheeted, four were acquitted or discharged, and none were convicted
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Hyderabad: Two held for trying to bury baby alive
The two persons who were residents of Karimnagar District explained that the baby was their granddaughter who had died due to an operation failure recently
SC transfers all 5 Unnao cases to Delhi, orders Rs 25 lakh compensation
It also directed the CBI to complete within 7 days the investigation of the fifth case relating to the accident in which the woman and her lawyer have been critically injured
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Why pop culture can't get enough of criminal-cult leader Charles Manson
What is the big deal about the Manson family?
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I don't have words: Boss of torched Japan animation studio mourns staff
Thursday's attack on Kyoto Animation, well known for its television series and movies, was the worst mass killing in two decades in a country with one of the world's lowest crime rates
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Is Delhi safer? From riot to rape, here's what data says about crime rates
Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik blamed inequalities in society for crime
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