Delhi Crime

Delhi police on Friday busted two gay sextortion rackets active in South-East Delhi and arrested four persons who allegedly used to trap victims through a gay dating app.

A man who had posted a property for rent on a website has been allegedly duped of more than Rs 5 lakh by a person in the guise of an army officer, police said on Friday.

A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as an Army officer and duping people on the pretext of purchasing goods for army school, police said on Wednesday.

A 16-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly killing a person inside a car during a robbery bid in northeast Delhi's Jafrabad area, police said on Wednesday.

A 35-year-old Delhi Police head constable and his pregnant wife were shot at in north Delhi's Burari area by two people and robbed of a mobile phone and Rs 7,000 cash, police said on Saturday.

Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi police unit has registered a case against a cyber crime con for allegedly cheating a woman doctor of Rs 4.5 crore in the national capital, officials said on Saturday.

A 35-year-old head constable of Delhi Police and his wife were shot at by some unknown persons in north Delhi's Burari area, police said on Saturday.

A 35-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death on Wednesday by two contract killers hired by her 71-year-old husband, police said. The incident took place in West Delhi's Rajouri Garden area around 2.30 pm, they said.

In a case of sextortion, a 75-year-old resident of Delhi's Vasant Kunj was cheated of Rs 7.34 lakh by a group of cybercriminals, one of whom posed as former Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.

Police say the man, 45-year-old Sushil, his wife, 40-year-old Anuradha, and six-year-old daughter Aditi, died, while the son, Yuvaraj, is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

A teenager has been arrested here for allegedly circulating obscene pictures of his former girlfriend after she ended her relationship with him, police said on Monday.

A 37-year-old woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house in south Delhi's Tigri area on Monday, police said. The victim has been identified as Laxmi Gupta, they said.

Delhi's Rohini Court granted bail to accused Deepak Khanna in Kanjhawala hit-and-run case.

A 40-year-old man died early on Saturday after he was allegedly hit on the head with a blunt object in northeast Delhi's Welcome area, police said.

A 40-year-old freelance journalist has claimed a person "hypnotised" him over the phone and duped him of Rs 40,000, but police and experts said this is one of the "most normal kinds of cyber fraud" and not a case of hypnosis.

Delhi police on Friday busted two gay sextortion rackets active in South-East Delhi and arrested four persons who allegedly used to trap victims through a gay dating app.

A man who had posted a property for rent on a website has been allegedly duped of more than Rs 5 lakh by a person in the guise of an army officer, police said on Friday.

A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly posing as an Army officer and duping people on the pretext of purchasing goods for army school, police said on Wednesday.

A 16-year-old boy was apprehended for allegedly killing a person inside a car during a robbery bid in northeast Delhi's Jafrabad area, police said on Wednesday.

A 35-year-old Delhi Police head constable and his pregnant wife were shot at in north Delhi's Burari area by two people and robbed of a mobile phone and Rs 7,000 cash, police said on Saturday.

Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi police unit has registered a case against a cyber crime con for allegedly cheating a woman doctor of Rs 4.5 crore in the national capital, officials said on Saturday.

A 35-year-old head constable of Delhi Police and his wife were shot at by some unknown persons in north Delhi's Burari area, police said on Saturday.

A 35-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death on Wednesday by two contract killers hired by her 71-year-old husband, police said. The incident took place in West Delhi's Rajouri Garden area around 2.30 pm, they said.

In a case of sextortion, a 75-year-old resident of Delhi's Vasant Kunj was cheated of Rs 7.34 lakh by a group of cybercriminals, one of whom posed as former Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.

Police say the man, 45-year-old Sushil, his wife, 40-year-old Anuradha, and six-year-old daughter Aditi, died, while the son, Yuvaraj, is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

A teenager has been arrested here for allegedly circulating obscene pictures of his former girlfriend after she ended her relationship with him, police said on Monday.

A 37-year-old woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house in south Delhi's Tigri area on Monday, police said. The victim has been identified as Laxmi Gupta, they said.

Delhi's Rohini Court granted bail to accused Deepak Khanna in Kanjhawala hit-and-run case.

A 40-year-old man died early on Saturday after he was allegedly hit on the head with a blunt object in northeast Delhi's Welcome area, police said.

A 40-year-old freelance journalist has claimed a person "hypnotised" him over the phone and duped him of Rs 40,000, but police and experts said this is one of the "most normal kinds of cyber fraud" and not a case of hypnosis.