A man facing an attempt-to-murder trial in Saket district court in south Delhi was murdered in a lockup on the judicial premises by two undertrials, an official said on Thursday, confirming the incident that has sparked a debate over breach of security and safety of undertrials.

“Aman was strangled after the accused – Jaidev and Jitender -- hit his head on a wall over an old enmity,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ankit Chauhan.

Aman, 24, a resident of Govindpuri, was facing trial in a 2024 attempt to murder case in which Jitender and his brother were complainants, the police said.

A three-year-old girl was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and is in critical condition, the police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred in the Alambagh area of Lucknow. The minor was kidnapped by some miscreants, who sexually assaulted her and left her in critical condition.

As soon as the information about the incident was received, the GCP Central and other senior officials inspected the spot. A case has been registered under the relevant sections at the Alambagh police station.

The girl used to live near the Chandanagar Metro Station with her parents. After the parents were not able to find the girl in the morning, people started searching for the minor. After a while, the innocent girl was found in an unconscious state under the metro bridge.

A case of violent assault due to a love affair has come to light in the Hussainganj police station area of Siwan district, Bihar, where 19-year-old Sanjay Kumar Mahato was allegedly beaten by the family members of his girlfriend in Rafipur village.

The victim eventually succumbed due to multiple injuries during the treatment in the hospital.

According to an official, Sanjay had gone to meet the girl late Tuesday night, when the girl’s family caught him.

A medical aspirant reportedly took his own life upon realising that his exam marks were insufficient to secure admission. The tragic incident occurred in the Maharajpura police station area of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

The 18-year-old student, preparing for the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) exam, was found dead after using his father’s licensed firearm, police said on Wednesday.

“He had been awaiting the release of the exam’s answer key, and when it became available around 7 p.m., his father asked him about his marks. The student appeared visibly distressed and withdrawn. When his father did not receive an answer, he went downstairs to check the results himself. In the meantime, the student entered his father's room and shot himself with the licensed revolver. His father, a retired serviceman, later identified the student as Nikhil Pratap Singh,” said Dharmendra Yadav, investigation officer.

A shooter of the Himanshu @Bhau gang was arrested after a brief exchange of fire with a team of Delhi Police's special cell in the Rohini area.

The accused was identified as Deepak Dhankar, 23, a resident of the village Madina Gindhran, Rohtak, Haryana.

Dhankar was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of 47-year-old Anil Kumar (uncle of rival gangster Sunny @ Baba Gang).

On June 3, acting on a tip-off that Dhankar would come near UER-II, Rohini Sector 35 area to meet his associates, a police team led by Inspector Sandeep Dabas laid a trap.

At around 10.30 p.m., the police team spotted the accused and asked him to surrender. However, he fired three rounds at the police team, which retaliated, and the accused sustained a bullet wound in his right knee.

A late-night police raid at Hotel SM Inn, located in the Jakkanpur police station area of Patna, busted an illegal gathering held under the pretext of a birthday celebration, an official said on Tuesday.

The raid led to the detention of 15 individuals, including four minors, and the seizure of one country-made pistol, magazine and four live cartridges.

According to Sadar Range-1 SDPO Abhinav, who briefed the media on Tuesday, said that the raid was conducted following a tip-off from an unidentified source. Upon arrival, police discovered that alcohol was being consumed, and youths were seen dancing while waving a pistol inside the hotel rooms.

In a shocking case of cyber fraud, a 75-year-old Jaipur resident was duped of Rs 23.56 lakh by cybercriminals using a fake ‘digital arrest’ ploy.

However, the Cyber Crime Police Station, Jaipur, acted swiftly and arrested the main bank account holder, Suresh Kumar Jat alias Surendra, from Rohini, New Delhi.

An official said that the accused hails from Alsisar in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan. The arrest marks a breakthrough in the police’s ongoing campaign against cybercrime.

According to SP Cyber Crime Shantanu Kumar, the elderly victim lodged a complaint on May 27, 2025, stating that on May 23, he received calls from two unknown numbers.

One caller introduced himself as Sanjay Kumar, allegedly from Colaba Police Station, Mumbai. The caller falsely claimed that a mobile number registered in the victim’s name was being used for money laundering and for sending objectionable messages.

Delhi's South East District's Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS/SED) successfully apprehended habitual offender named Asif, after exchange of gunfire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The accused, a habitual offender, had earlier assaulted a police constable and was wanted in multiple criminal cases, including attempted murder and motor vehicle theft.

The dramatic encounter followed an investigation into an incident that took place on the night of May 27, 2025.

According to a statement issued by the Delhi Police, "HC Pawan and HC Karan were on patrol duty at JD Musafir Marg when they noticed two suspicious individuals on a bike. As they approached, one of the suspects fled the scene, abandoning the bike, while the other was caught by HC Karan. However, the suspect suddenly drew a knife and assaulted HC Karan on his wrist, allowing him to escape."

The Karnataka Police on Tuesday arrested the father of a Maulvi on charges of raping a six-year-old girl within the premises of a mosque in Chikkaballapura city, located close to Bengaluru.

The Chikkaballapura Women's police filed an FIR against the accused following a complaint by the victim's mother and subsequently arrested him. The accused has since been remanded to judicial custody.

According to the police, the accused, who is the father of a Maulvi, was given a room to stay on the mosque premises by the jamat out of respect. Misusing this trust, the accused allegedly lured the victim under the pretext of buying her a chocolate and then raped her.

A preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused's son works as a Maulvi at another mosque. The accused, originally from Uttar Pradesh, settled in Chikkaballapura 20 years ago and also sells clothes on the footpath.

In a major breakthrough against organised cybercrime, the Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police has arrested seven individuals from across the country under a nationwide operation titled ‘Operation Hydra’.

In a statement, cyberpolice said that the suspects were found to be involved in a range of frauds, including matrimonial scams, phishing, digital loan frauds, and fake scholarship schemes.

Police teams were dispatched to various states -- Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Assam, and New Delhi -- to apprehend the accused.

According to officials, the arrests are part of an intensified drive to dismantle interstate cybercrime syndicates.