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Three foreigners among 15 arrested with 'Rs 21-crore' illegal drugs in Bengaluru
February 17, 2026 5:38 pm
The coordinated operations were carried out within the limits of the Amruthahalli, Hebbagodi, JB Nagar, Sheshadripuram, Mahalakshmi Layout, and Govindapura police stations in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru police file chargesheet against 9 in Rs 7-crore cash-van robbery case
February 12, 2026 8:08 pm
On November 19, 2025, a group of people in an Innova car posed as RBI officials, overpowered the security personnel of a cash logistics firm, and forced the van’s driver to hand over the cash.
UP man held for helping Bengaluru techie murder his wife by sharing live location
February 10, 2026 12:11 pm
On December 23, 2025, Bhuvaneshwari, an assistant manager at Union Bank of India, was shot dead allegedly by her techie husband Balamurugan near Bengaluru’s Magadi Road police station.
Caught scaling compound wall, Bengaluru man files assault complaint against residents; gets arrested for theft bid, attack
February 06, 2026 4:29 pm
As per the FIR lodged on February 1, the accused scaled the compound’s wall allegedly to steal scrap metal and electrical items kept outside a house on Chokkanahalli Main Road.
How a Rs 5,000 debt led to graveyard extortion and ‘drug video’ trap in Bengaluru
February 03, 2026 10:08 pm
Four men were arrested for kidnapping a Bengaluru man and stealing money and gold chain from him.
Solving Crime: The scarred finger that led to the cracking of the 2002 Bengaluru double murder case
February 01, 2026 12:39 am
The double murders were committed in an era before CCTV cameras became commonplace, before mobile phones routinely generated call data records, and long before location tracking or digital footprints became investigative staples.
Cannabis and MDMA worth Rs 4 cr seized; 10 peddlers arrested in Bengaluru: police
January 28, 2026 9:38 pm
The Bengaluru police said the illegal drugs were sourced from foreign countries and routed through multiple channels.
Karnataka HC asks why no action taken against cops who protected murder suspects linked to BJP MLA Basavaraj
January 28, 2026 9:23 pm
The Karnataka High Court made the oral observation while hearing an anticipatory bail plea filed by BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj, who is among the accused in the murder of Bikla Shiva in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru police to invoke stringent KCOCA against 11 accused in Syed Shabbir murder case
January 27, 2026 4:08 pm
Clauses under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) allow the police to hold arrested individuals in custody for up to 30 days and in judicial custody for up to 180 days before filing a chargesheet.
Bengaluru man injured during drinking session, friends kill him and dump body in well 'to avoid consequences'
January 22, 2026 10:10 pm
Over two weeks after his disappearance, Vinod Kumar, 26, was found dead with his body tied to a stone and dumped in a well at Vajarahalli in Magadi taluk of Bengaluru South district.
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