The CBI arrested an accountant of Border Security Force (BSF) in Delhi while accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a colleague for releasing the latter’s pay arrears of Rs 18.73 lakh, an official said on Saturday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered the case on Friday against Dharmendra Kumar, Assistant Accounts Officer, Pay and Accounts Office, BSF, Delhi, and another unknown person on the complaint of pharmacist Mahesh Singh of 16 Battalion, NDRF, Dwarka.

Ranchi police on Friday busted an illegal online gaming and betting racket being operated out of a rented house in the Bariatu Housing Colony of the city, officials said.

The police arrested 14 youths involved in the operation.

In a major haul of drugs, the Assam Rifles, along with Tripura Police, have seized drugs worth Rs 30 crore on Wednesday, officials said.

A defence spokesman said that during a routine check, the Assam Rifles troops and Tripura Police personnel intercepted a truck at Khayerpur in west Tripura, and during a subsequent search, three lakh highly addictive banned methamphetamine tablets were recovered from the vehicle.

The cyber cell of Delhi Police nabbed a stalker from Maharashtra on Wednesday, for harassing and defaming a woman by posting her photographs with offensive comments on social media platforms and also writing her phone numbers on public places, including toilet walls.

The accused, identified as Yasin Sheikh, was nabbed from Pune, based on the complaint of a 38-year-old woman at North District police station.

According to the victim, the accused was harassing and torturing her by uploading her pictures on social media and writing derogatory comments.

She also claimed that the accused took out her mobile number from her Instagram account and inscribed it at various public places, including the walls of toilets, railway platforms in Pune.

She also alleged that the accused was creating multiple Instagram accounts with her name and uploading videos with her mobile number, along with derogatory remarks like "Call girl service".

A team from the Surendranagar Mines and Minerals Department in Gujarat carried out a major raid on the outskirts of Chorvira village in Sayla taluka, uncovering large-scale illegal mining of carbocell.

Acting on specific intelligence, officials seized minerals and equipment worth an estimated Rs 55 lakh.

Carbocell is a carbonaceous mineral substance typically found in regions with lignite or low-grade coal deposits. In Gujarat, particularly in districts like Surendranagar and Bhavnagar, it occurs naturally in the subsurface and is often mined for its use as a fuel substitute in local industries and brick kilns due to its combustible properties.

In two separate operations carried out by Delhi Police, seven Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in the national capital have been apprehended and handed over to immigration authorities for deportation.

The coordinated efforts by Dwarka and South West District police reflect an intensified crackdown on illegal immigration as part of ongoing surveillance and enforcement drives.

In the first case, the Bindapur Police Station team from Dwarka District traced two Bangladeshi nationals who had been living illegally in the area.

Acting under the direction of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dwarka District, a special drive was launched to identify and take strict action against undocumented foreign nationals.

The Crack team of the Bindapur police station traced two illegally staying Bangladeshi migrants. They were deported as per procedure, the official press release stated.

Patna Police have cracked the broad daylight murder case of advocate Jitendra Kumar, who was shot on July 13 in Sultanganj locality of Patna City, by arresting eight accused in the case, Patna SSP Kartikeya Sharma said on Tuesday.

Advocate Jitendra Kumar, a resident of Mohammadpur, Sultanganj, and practising at Patna Civil Court, was shot dead near a tea stall on Ashok Raj Path around 2 PM on July 13 while he had gone for tea.

“The criminals were waiting at a tea stall for the advocate to arrive. After the advance payment, they executed the crime in broad daylight and tried to go underground but were tracked by Patna Police,” said SSP Kartikeya Sharma.

Jitendra sustained serious injuries and was admitted to PMCH, where he succumbed during treatment.

In a series of joint operations in Manipur, the Army and other Central and state security forces have arrested ten hardcore militants of different outfits and recovered 35 different types of arms, 11 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), a large cache of ammunition and other war-like stores from five districts, officials said on Tuesday.

Manipur Police also arrested six more militants of different outfits during the past 24 hours from Bishnupur, Thoubal and Imphal West districts.

A Defence spokesman said that the intelligence-based, coordinated joint operations resulted in the arrest of ten militants of various hill and Valley-based banned extremist outfits.

He said joint operations were conducted during the past few days in the five valley and hill districts of Kangpokpi, Bishnupur, Tengnoupal, Imphal West and Imphal East. The majority of the arms -- 18 weapons comprising one 5.56 mm Insas Rifle, one .303 Rifle, five Bolt Action Rifles, three Single Barrel Rifles, two Pull Mech Rifles and six Improvised Mortars, ammunition and war-like stores -- were recovered from the mountainous Kangpokpi district.

The Cyber Police Station of North District has busted an inter-state cyber fraud gang that cheated a Delhi woman of Rs 11 lakh by luring her with fake online “paid tasks” on Telegram.

The operation led to the arrest of five accused from Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

A second-year student of the iconic Indian Institute of Management –Calcutta (IIM-C) was allegedly raped in the boys' hostel of the educational facility.

The IIM student filed a rape complaint at Haridevpur Police Station on Friday night, stating that she was called to a boy's hostel for a discussion on the job counselling and offered pizza and cold drinks, after which she fell unconscious.

"After regaining consciousness, she had a feeling of being sexually assaulted. She immediately rushed out of the institute campus, contacted a friend, reached the local Haridevpur Police Station, and filed the complaint accusing a fellow student of raping her at the boys' hostel," according to the complaint.