The Assam Police have arrested five individuals and suspended three police personnel following the collapse of a newly repaired bridge over the Harang River in Cachar district.

The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, disrupted a crucial link connecting the Barak Valley region with the neighbouring states of Tripura, Mizoram, and Manipur. The bridge, located on the Silchar-Kalain Road, gave way under the weight of two overloaded trucks that plunged into the river, leaving both drivers injured.

In a major clampdown on the supply and trade of contrabands, including psychotropic drugs, the Anti-Narcotics Squad on Thursday nabbed three drug peddlers from a hotel in Laxmi Nagar area and also recovered a significant amount of narcotics from their possession.

“4.63 grams of MDMA and 3.32 grams of cocaine were recovered from their custody,” said an official.

Three individuals who were arrested for supplying contraband were identified as Tarun Kumar, Mohammad Arif, and Dharmesh. They were in the business of selling psychotropic substances for quick monetary gains, and their targets were primarily the young college students as well as working professionals.

These narco-peddlers were accustomed to the idea of quick money generation and would lure young consumers in the area to supply drugs, including MDMA and cocaine.

Financial cybercrimes are on the rise in Chennai, with residents losing a staggering Rs 218.5 crore to fraudsters between January and May 2025.

According to Greater Chennai Police, the number of cybercrime complaints during this period stood at 4,357 -- nearly 500 more than the 3,888 cases recorded in the same period last year.

Despite the growing number of incidents, city police managed to freeze Rs 48 crore from the stolen amount and successfully returned Rs 10.45 crore to victims after completing the legal process. In comparison, Rs 182 crore was lost during the same period in 2024, of which only Rs 6.52 crore was recovered.

Police said the improved recovery this year was possible due to a July 2024 directive from the Madras High Court, which clarified that registration of a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) alone is sufficient for initiating the reversal of frozen funds.

In a major breakthrough, Baran Cyber Police have arrested Chandramohan Vaishnav (40), son of Babulal, resident of Ganeshpura from the Hathoj area on Sirsi Road, Jaipur on Wednesday.

Vaishnav, the mastermind behind a massive pan-India cyber fraud racket worth over Rs 3 crore, had been absconding for the past three years, said officials.

Baran SP Rajkumar Chaudhary, briefing the media, said that the case first came to light on May 17, 2023, following a complaint by Pintu Rathore, a resident of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a massive illegal land compensation scam involving the fraudulent transfer of forest land and wrongful compensation claims, after searches conducted across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

On June 17, the ED’s Mumbai Zonal Office carried out coordinated search operations at multiple premises linked to the accused.

A youth accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in Bankura district of West Bengal, was reportedly lynched by the local people in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The cops of Patrasayar Police Station have opened two separate investigations in the matter, the first on the alleged case of rape and murder and the second on the lynching of the accused.

The youth reportedly lynched by the local people has been identified as Lalu Prasad Lohar. The reported victim, a minor girl, was just eight years old.

According to statements given by the local people to the Investigating Officer, the youth called the minor girl to a secluded place in the wee hours of Wednesday. Thereafter, he dragged the victim to a nearby forest area and raped her.

Authorities in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri district have uncovered at least six cases in which families of underage girls allegedly tampered with Aadhaar card details to hide child marriages and avoid legal consequences.

The incidents were reported over the last six months from the Kelamangalam block.

The fraud came to light through the Pregnancy and Infant Cohort Monitoring and Evaluation (PICME) system -- a digital tracking platform used by the state health department to monitor pregnant women.

During routine data entry, health officials noticed discrepancies between the girls’ Aadhaar-linked PICME records and the physical Aadhaar cards they carried.

The Berhampur Police have arrested six people and detained four juveniles in connection with the horrific gang-rape of a college student at the popular Gopalpur sea beach in Odisha on Sunday evening, Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M said on Tuesday.

The six accused persons were identified as Pramod Nayak, 23 of Purushottampur area, Kunal Pradhan, 24, of Bellagam Police limits and Baburam Dalai, 19, Lakman Pradhan, 24, Om Pradhan, 19, and Deepak Tarai, of Hinjili police station area.

In two separate incidents reported within 24 hours, two police personnel in Bihar allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances, raising concerns over their safety, mental health, and working conditions.

Both incidents are now under high-level investigation.

A 33-year-old Home Guard jawan, identified as Rajkumar God, shot himself in his head around 11:50 p.m. on Monday inside the Asav police station premises in Siwan district.

Originally from Tikulia village under Darauli police station, Rajkumar was on active duty when the incident occurred.

Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Gauri Kumari of Mairwa Sadar-2 rushed to the spot with her team upon being informed.

Three people, including an 8-month-old baby, were killed and two others injured in a mass shooting during the final night of WestFest, a cultural festival in West Valley City -- US' Utah's second-largest city.

According to the West Valley City Police Department, the deceased victims include a 41-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man, and an infant. Two teenagers also sustained gunshot injuries, while a pregnant woman was hurt while attempting to jump a fence to escape the gunfire.

Police have taken a 16-year-old male into custody in connection with the incident.

West Valley City police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku confirmed that no other suspects are being sought at this time.