A case was registered under sections related to cheating and criminal conspiracy and the IT Act by the special cell of Delhi police for alleged cheating of Rs 50 lakh with a person on the pretext of getting him a Lok Sabha election ticket.
According to the police, the travel agent fled with their cash and passports on the pretext of providing them with a travel package to Australia via Indonesia.
"The woman is a resident of Gola Ka Mandir locality in the district. The accused is a soldier in the Indian Army and he is one of her relatives. The accused also lives in the same locality. Both of them have been in contact since 2019," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajesh Dan
A revenue officer in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district was booked for allegedly molesting a minor girl as well as a woman on the pretext of preparing their income as well as caste certificate, the police said on Monday.
Eight persons who have been involved in cheating people on the pretext of offering them to earn money through investment and online gaming were nabbed from Delhi's Rohini on May 10, the police said.
"The accused had come to his in-laws house here in the village and he took the girl on the pretext of giving her an ice cream. When the minor was not found for a long time, the family members searched her in nearby areas and informed dial 100 about the matter," Superintendent of Police (SP)
The woman, a resident of Barwani district, had reached MY Hospital in the city along with her lover and children on Sunday. She left her sons aged 2 years and 4 years and daughters aged 6 years and 8 years in front of the hospital on the pretext of bringing food and did not return.
Two persons have been arrested for duping a woman on the pretext of offering an attractive travel package to Gujarat on the social media page, the Delhi Police informed on Sunday.
Giving details, officials said, "On April 21, a woman booked a bike to Indiranagar and the driver took her phone on the pretext of checking OTP and started driving in the wrong direction."
The Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of Special Cell arrested six people from Bihar's Begusarai and busted an inter-state racket that used to target innocent people on the pretext of fake insurance policies and get back the money stuck in the policies
Mumbai's Borivali Police has arrested a student who brought drugs from Himachal Pradesh's Manali to the capital city of Maharashtra on the pretext of trekking.