The ED arrested a foreign currency businessman and one of the masterminds in a Chinese App investment fraud case involving over Rs 903 crore and seized incriminating documents during searches at his five premises in Delhi, an official said on Friday.

Rohit Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex, was arrested on June 30 for his links to a fake investment app named ‘LOXAM’, claiming to be related to a reputed French MNC Group of the same name.

The business entities and associates of Vij were searched under the provisions of PMLA, 2002, said an official.

The bodies of a young couple were found hanging from a tree in a forested area of Pirtand block in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Friday, police officials said.

The discovery has sparked tension and speculation in the area.

The deceased have been identified as Imamul Hansda, a resident of Panchrukhi village under Mufassil police station limits, and Rani Kumari, a resident of Kulkhi village.

Delhi Police recently busted a gang of mobile phone thieves and 'traders', recovering as many as 44 premium phones, of which 43 were stolen iPhones, an official said.

Two accused Navdeep Kaur (26) and Ramandeep Bhangu (33) were apprehended by the police during the operation.

The two accused, part of a mobile phone theft syndicate, used to receive stolen phones from thieves and then dismantle them into pieces. The broken pieces of mobile phones were then sold in open markets.

Gujarat witnessed widespread monsoon showers in the past 24 hours, with rain recorded in all 33 districts and 199 talukas, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar.

The heaviest rainfall was reported in Jamkandorna (Rajkot), Idar (Sabarkantha), and Dhanera (Banaskantha), each receiving over 5 inches of rain.

Dhoraji in Rajkot and Jodia in Jamnagar also recorded more than 4 inches. Several other talukas, including Mundra and Gandhidham in Kutch, Lalpur in Jamnagar, Jetpur in Rajkot, and Wadhwan and Chuda in Surendranagar, as well as Vadgam and Dantiwada in Banaskantha, saw rainfall crossing the 3-inch mark. In total, 21 talukas reported over 2 inches of rain, 32 received over 1 inch, while the remaining 133 talukas recorded less than an inch.

As of 6.00 a.m. on Friday, Gujarat has received 39 per cent of its seasonal average rainfall. Between 6.00 and 10.00 a.m. this morning, Vav taluka in Banaskantha saw the highest rainfall in the state at 3 inches.

Acting on a complaint filed by a parent regarding his son’s drug addiction, the Karnataka Police have busted a gang of drug peddlers in Mangaluru district, officials said on Friday.

The Cyber Crime, Economic Offences and Narcotics (CEN) Police in Mangaluru, acting on the complaint, arrested a five-member gang involved in peddling drugs, targeting students and employees in the coastal region.

The arrested individuals have been identified as 21-year-old Tushar, 20-year-old Dhanvi Shetty, 19-year-old Sagar Karkera, 23-year-old Vikas Thapa, and 24-year-old Vignesh Kamat. All the accused are residents of Mangaluru. The police have seized narcotic substances worth Rs 5.20 lakh from them.

The police raided the gang's hideout and apprehended the accused while they were preparing to package and sell the narcotics.

The death toll in the fire and explosion at Sigachi Industries Ltd's manufacturing unit in Pashamylaram near Hyderabad rose to 39 on Friday as one of the injured succumbed at a hospital.

Bheem Rao, one of the injured workers undergoing treatment at Dhruva Hospital at Patancheru, died on Friday. He was a native of Maharashtra.

Sigachi Industries on Thursday revised the number of dead to 38 from 40 it had announced.

The company also stated that out of the 33 injured team members, 12 have been discharged, each provided with Rs 1 lakh as interim relief. It has already announced that it will provide full medical and rehabilitation support to the injured employees.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its probe into the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) land scam, conducting fresh search operations at 16 locations across Mumbai on July 1 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The searches, linked to the case involving Jayesh Mehta and others, resulted in the freezing of assets worth approximately Rs 12.71 crore in bank accounts, fixed deposits, and mutual funds, along with the seizure of Rs 26 lakh in cash and a trove of incriminating documents and digital devices, a statement issued by the agency said on Thursday.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Ahmedabad Zonal Office, has arrested Bharatkumar Rambhai Patel, alias Bobby Patel, under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a large-scale human trafficking racket.

Patel was produced before the Special PMLA Court in Mirzapur, Ahmedabad, which granted four days of ED custody for further interrogation.

The ED action follows an FIR registered by the Shola High Court Police Station in Ahmedabad, where Patel and others were accused of illegally sending Indian nationals abroad since 2015.

जम्मू-कश्मीर पुलिस की राज्य जांच एजेंसी (एसआईए) ने गुरुवार को गैर-स्थानीय हत्या मामले में अनंतनाग जिले में दो संदिग्धों के परिसरों की तलाशी ली।

एसआईए की ओर से जारी बयान में कहा गया है कि ये तलाशी 17 अप्रैल, 2024 को बिजबेहरा में राजा साह की नृशंस हत्या की चल रही जांच के तहत की गई।

इस तलाशी का उद्देश्य इस जघन्य अपराध के पीछे की साजिश को उजागर करने के लिए महत्वपूर्ण सबूतों को उजागर करना और पुलिस स्टेशन बिजबेहरा में आईपीसी की धारा 302, 7/27 आर्म्स एक्ट और गैरकानूनी गतिविधि (रोकथाम) अधिनियम की धारा 13, 16 और 20 के तहत दर्ज मामले में शामिल सहयोगियों की पहचान करना था।

State Investigation Agency (SIA) of J&K Police on Thursday carried out searches at the premises of two suspects in Anantnag district in connection with the non-local killing case.

A statement by SIA said that these searches were carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into the brutal killing of Raja Sah on April 17, 2024, in Bijbehara.

The searches aimed to uncover critical evidence to unravel the conspiracy behind this heinous crime and identify accomplices involved in the case registered under FIR No. 87/2024 under Section 302 IPC, 7/27 Arms Act, and 13, 16, and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of Police Station Bijbehara.