Man held with fake currency in DelhiOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old man has been arrested here with fake Indian currency with nominal value of Rs.44,350, police said Thursday. Alok Kumar Singh, who hails from Bihar, was arrested Wednesday from near an ice cream booth in Patparganj in east Delhi, and the fake currency notes in the denomination of Rs.50 and Rs.100 were seized from him.
Fake ghee factory busted in Uttar PradeshSeptember 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The crime branch of the Lucknow police Monday busted a fake ghee manufacturing unit in posh Gomtinagar locality and arrested two people, including the owner of the factory, officials said. "We raided the Amrita Dairy Private Limited and recovered over 50 quintals of manufactured fake and adulterated ghee," Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Rajesh Singh told reporters.
Drug racket busted in Punjab, four arrestedAugust 14th, 2009 NAWANSHAHR - Punjab Police claimed to have busted a drug racket with the arrest of three Punjab residents and a non-resident Indian (NRI) here Friday. Police also seized 1.8 kg of heroin from their possession.
Chandigarh police bust fake currency racket, arrest a widowAugust 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Chandigarh city police Sunday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of fake currency smugglers, allegedly linked to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Police arrested a widow from Punjab's Amritsar town early Sunday and seized fake currency notes with the total face value of Rs.480,000 from her possession.
4 girls held in Chhattisgarh for running sex racketJuly 31st, 2009 RAIPUR - Eight people, including four girls, were arrested here Friday for their alleged involvement in a sex racket, police said. Acting on a tip off, a police team led by Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashimohan Singh, raided a house in Raipur's posh Devendra Nagar, and arrested eight people, including four girls, on charges of operating a sex racket.
Sex racket busted in ChandigarhJuly 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Five women and a man were arrested here for allegedly running a sex racket targeting high end customers, police said Saturday. "We had got a tip-off about this racket.
Delhi police busts fake visa racketJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The special cell of Delhi police has arrested four people, allegedly running a racket of preparing fake foreign visas and work permits. "Three accused - Nand Kishore, Dhruv Kumar and Mohammad Hussain - were arrested from New Friends Colony area Thursday on the basis of information from intelligence agencies.
Two held over fake currency racketJuly 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A man and a woman have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district for alleged involvement in a fake currency racket linked to Pakistan, police said Monday. Acting on a tip off by the Intelligence Bureau, the police raided a hideout in Tajpur village and nabbed the two Sunday night with counterfeit currency totalling over Rs.11 lakh (Rs.1.1 million).
Auto lifters' gang busted in GhaziabadJune 2nd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Ghaziabad police Tuesday said they have busted a major auto lifting racket in this Uttar Pradesh district after arresting three members of the gang who were active in Delhi and the national capital region and were involved in stealing over 100 vehicles. Ten motor cycles and three scooters were recovered from them.
Four children drown in Ghaziabad pondMay 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - As many as four children aged between eight-10 years drowned in a pond here Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred in the Bahadurgarh area of Ghaziabad around 2.30 p.m.
Prostitution racket using minor girls bustedApril 28th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Ghaziabad police Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang allegedly purchasing minor girls, lured to the capital, and forcing them into prostitution, after a customer helped one of the girls contact her parents and inform them of her plight. Three people were arrested and the girl rescued, while two others escaped taking away two other girls, the police said.
Delhi Police constable's son shot at in GhaziabadApril 22nd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The son of a Delhi Police constable was shot at by four men here, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred around 7 p.m.
Ghaziabad police rescue child, nab kidnappersApril 1st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Three people were arrested here Wednesday after a kidnapped child was recovered from one of them, the Ghaziabad police said, adding efforts were on to find out if they were running a large-scale racket of abducting children and forcing them to beg. The police traced Priya, a four-year-old child abducted March 6, and recovered her from Muskan, in her in 20s, and arrested her as well as her accomplices Roshni and a male who was yet to be identified.
Factory making fake wrappers of branded goods bustedMarch 20th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Ghaziabad police Thursday busted a factory manufacturing fake wrappers and packing materials of leading, branded consumer items, recovering a large quantity of the counterfeit material. Acting on a tip-off by a private detective agency - Pinkerton Consultants & Investigating (India) Private Limited - the police raided the Noble Packaging Factory at plot 30 of the Rajendra Nagar Industrial Area.
Four arrested for circulating fake currency in NCRJanuary 18th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Four people were arrested Monday for smuggling and circulating counterfeit currency in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district and the adjoining towns in the national capital region (NCR), the police said. The police arrested Lalit Kumar, Ram Madan Chaudhary, Mustakim and Mohammad Umar from Masuri in Ghaziabad district and recovered from them counterfeit currency worth about Rs.150,000.