Day: July 17, 2025

In a Chilling Crime, Mother Kills 5-Year-Old Daughter to Frame Ex-Husband and Live with Lover in Lucknow Lucknow, July 15: In a disturbing incident that has shocked the city, a mother strangled her five-year-old daughter to death in a twisted plan to frame her estranged husband and continue living with her lover. The horrifying act unfolded in the Khundari Bazaar area under the Kaiserbagh police station, where the woman, identified as Roshni Khan, killed her own child late Monday night, leaving residents and the police stunned. According to the police,…

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Lucknow: The Lucknow Police have arrested three members of an interstate gang involved in a high-value theft from a locked residence in the PGI police station area. The accused, all residents of Kaimur district in Bihar and temporarily living in Lucknow, had recently carried out a major burglary at the vacant home of a doctor, making off with an Accent car, gold jewellery, electronics, and other valuables. Acting swiftly, the PGI police station team, in coordination with the surveillance cell, tracked and apprehended the suspects near the Dalauna Railway Underpass…

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Lucknow Police Busts Inter-State Cyber Fraud Racket Operating Through Telegram, Eight Arrested Lucknow: In a major crackdown on cybercrime, Lucknow Police has arrested eight members of an inter-state cyber fraud gang that was operating through the Telegram app and allegedly working in coordination with Chinese cybercriminal networks. The gang had been involved in duping people across India out of crores of rupees through elaborate scams including digital arrest frauds, fake work-from-home tasks, online crypto trading rackets, and impersonation-based task frauds. During the raid, police recovered ₹1.75 lakh in cash, 12…

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Lucknow: In yet another shocking case of street-level fraud in Uttar Pradesh’s capital, a fruit vendor was conned out of ₹50,000 in broad daylight in a manner that seemed straight out of a Bollywood film. The incident took place in the bustling Gomtinagar area of Lucknow, where Rajkumar, a young man who earns his living by selling fruits at a pushcart near the 1090 crossing, fell victim to an elaborate scam. According to Rajkumar, the con began when he was approached by a man who introduced himself simply as “Singh…

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Lucknow: In a joint operation, the Lucknow Police Crime Team and Gomtinagar Police have arrested four members of a gang that posed as Special Operations Group (SOG) officials and defrauded unsuspecting citizens by luring them with fake investment schemes. The arrests were made late Wednesday night near IILM Road in Vinit Khand. Acting on a complaint filed by Rajkumar, a resident of Prayagraj, the police registered an FIR (No. 300/2025) under sections 316(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The victim had alleged that the accused duped him of…

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