In a shocking incident, a woman and her teenage son were found dead in their house in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar, police said on Thursday.

The deceased were identified as 42-year-old Ruchika Sewani and her 14-year-old son Krish Sewani, a Class 10 student, police said in a statement.

Ruchika used to run a garment shop at Lajpat Nagar market along with her husband, Kuldeep Sewani. As his call to Ruchika and Krish went unanswered and the house door was locked from inside with blood stains on the gate and chairs, Kuldeep called up the police.

Acting on the information received at 9.43 p.m. on Wednesday, a police team led by a Station House Officer rushed to the spot and broke open the flat's door.

After entering the flat, the police found the bodies of Ruchika and Krish.

In a chilling case, a 22-year-old woman sustained severe burn injuries after her childhood friend allegedly hurled acid on her face out of jealousy and personal vendetta.

The incident occurred on the night of June 29 in Awadhpuri Colony under the jurisdiction of the Gwarighat police station in Jabalpur.

The accused, identified as 21-year-old engineering graduate Ishita Sahu, was arrested shortly after the attack.

A 19-year-old Pakistani national was arrested in Greece on charges of providing accommodation to three illegal migrants.

The arrest was made during a police operation in Sykies, Thessaloniki, according to local media reports.

The Greek media outlet Newsbeast reported that the migrants identified as one Afghan and two Eritrean nationals, believed to have entered Greece illegally after each paid $3,000, in a smuggling network operating in Turkey.

According to the local police statement, the investigation revealed that the migrants were without travel documents and their final destination was Athens.

The accused reportedly has been taken to the prosecutor of the first instance in connection with the charges filed against him.

Noida Cyber Police have apprehended three members of a gang involved in a massive cyber fraud case where a businessman from Noida was cheated out of Rs 3.26 crore.

All three individuals allegedly lured the victim by promising five times the profit through investments in the stock market. However, it turned out to be a scam.

The three accused — Puneet, Himanshu, and Vijay Chaudhary — were arrested near Noida Stadium. According to the police investigation, Puneet had rented out his bank account to Himanshu.

The Indore police have busted a gang involved in incidents of theft and arrested four members, including a minor, a senior police official said on Saturday.

The accused persons have been identified as Lekhraj, Shubham and Rahul and a minor from a residential colony when they were trying to lure passersby on the main road by offering gold and silver jewellery at cheap rates.

The busted gang was under police radar after a case of theft incident was registered at the Dwarakapuri police station in the city.

The complainant had told the police that jewellery and cash were stolen from his house.

An incident of robbery has been reported from the Vidyaranyapura police station limits in Bengaluru, where a gang of six assailants attacked a businessman with a knife and robbed him of Rs 2 crore in cash.

The incident occurred on June 25 but has come to light recently. Police have detained two suspects in connection with the case and are currently questioning them.

Sriharsha V., a 33-year-old businessman from Kengeri New Town, has filed a police complaint regarding the matter.

In a major breakthrough against cyber-enabled financial crimes, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a key member of a transnational cyber extortion syndicate during coordinated raids in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a statement said.

The arrest, part of the ongoing Operation Chakra-V, was made on June 26 following searches conducted a day earlier.

The accused, identified as Prince Jashvantlal Anand, is allegedly the mastermind behind a sophisticated international racket targeting foreign nationals, especially in the United States and Canada.

In a gruesome double murder, an elderly woman and her 17-year-old grandson were found murdered in their home under mysterious circumstances in Lohardaga town of Jharkhand, officials said.

The incident occurred in Bhakso Doomar Toli locality, under the jurisdiction of the Sadar police station, Lohardaga.

The victims have been identified as 60-year-old Baria Oraon and her grandson Ritesh Oraon.

Kolkata Police arrested three youths for raping a young woman within the premises of a reputed law college in the city, police said on Friday. The victim and two of the accused are all students of the South Kolkata Law College (New Campus), while the third accused is a former student.

Insiders from the city police said that one of the three men was arrested late on Thursday evening, while the other two were held in the wee hours of Friday.

All will be presented at a city court in South Kolkata on Friday afternoon and the public prosecutor will seek their police custody.

In a powerful display of zero tolerance against narcotics, the Delhi Police on Thursday marked the culmination of the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Pakhwada’ with the destruction of over 1,629.4 kg of illicit drugs worth Rs 3,274.5 crore in the international market.

The event was timed to coincide with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.