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20 police personal injured in stone pelting by 'miscreants' in Haryana
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hisar (Haryana) [India], May 16 (ANI): At least 20 police personal including five women sustained injuries when "miscreants attacked and pelted stones" at them on the pretext of protest outside Chaudhary Devi Lal Sanjivani Hospital here in Hisar.
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2 foreign nationals held for duping people on pretext of supplying oxygen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Crime Branch has arrested two foreign nationals for duping over 1,000 people across the country in the pretext of providing oxygen cylinders and COVID medicines amounting to Rs 2 crores.
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One held for duping people seeking oxygen cylinders in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell on Sunday held one person for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing oxygen cylinders.
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Nigerian national held for cheating senior police officer of Rs 97,000
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Friday arrested a Nigerian national who cheated a senior police officer of Rs 97,000 on the pretext of sending money to his close friend in the United States.
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Woman raped in Lucknow by 2 men who lured her with modelling assignment
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 26 (ANI): A woman was allegedly raped by two men at a guesthouse in Lucknow. The duo lured her under the pretext of giving her modelling assignment police said.
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Thirty-four held in Delhi for running fake call centres, extortion
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Thirty-four people have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from foreign nationals under the pretext of them being from the US Drug Enforcement Agency, apple technical support and McAfee antivirus support, said Delhi Police on Saturday.
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'Rice puller' scam busted, three arrested for duping Delhi businessman
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Three members of a Kolkata-based group have been arrested for cheating a 53-year-old Delhi-based businessman of Rs 11 lakhs on the pretext of selling a "rice pulling" rare metal, which they claimed was certified by ISRO/DRDO/NASA, police said on Thursday.
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Jail guard, cleaning staff held for taking bribe in MP's Mhow
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 1 (ANI): The Indore Lokayukta Police on Monday arrested a guard and a cleaning staff of Mhow sub-jail for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a prisoner on the pretext of providing him with certain facilities.
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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Kanpur: One held for printing fake receipts, seeking donation for Ayodhya
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 12 (ANI): One person was arrested by Kanpur police on charges of allegedly duping people using fake donation receipts on the pretext of raising funds for Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya.
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Haryana Police cautions people of cyber fraud on pretext of COVID-19 vacci
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], February 6 (ANI): Haryana Police on Saturday cautioned citizens against fraudsters who could dupe them on the pretext of registration for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Mumbai: TV actor accuses pilot of rape, case registered
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 19 (ANI): A case was registered at Oshiwara police station here on Monday after a TV actor filed a complaint against a pilot accusing him of raping her on the pretext of marriage.
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