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Man booked in 30 theft cases attacks cop with knife, police officer opens fire at him

June 24, 2026 3:39 pm

A suspected serial thief allegedly attacked a police officer with a knife during a chase in Pune's Ramtekdi area, prompting the officer to open fire and injure him. The accused's accomplice escaped, while police have registered a case and launched an investigation.

The Calcutta High Court was dealing with a plea of a labourer, who was seeking quash of criminal proceedings against him in theft case

Rs 15.96 lakh seized from daily labourer: Why Calcutta High Court just quashed case

February 06, 2026 10:13 pm

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case: The Calcutta High Court emphasised that, for a charge of theft under Section 379 IPC to be maintainable, the essential criterion is taking out movable property from someone’s possession without consent.

Labourer held over thefts from south Mumbai shops

March 18, 2025 10:54 pm

An officer said, “Last week, we received a complaint from a businessman that an unknown person had broken the shutter of his closed shop and stolen Rs 2.46 lakh cash"

IPS officer’s wedding gifts worth Rs 1 lakh stolen during Bengaluru reception

January 27, 2023 8:52 pm

Dr Melvyn Varghese, who is undergoing police training, has blamed an employee of a decorator hired for the event.

Three sisters arrested for breaking into Mumbai home, fleeing with valuables worth Rs 4.5 lakh

December 28, 2022 2:08 pm

An officer said the siblings turned to a life of crime after initially stealing footwear kept outside houses. The three women would often go looking for buildings in Mumbai that did not have security.

Pune cops arrest youths who stole Maruti Eeco silencers to extract valuable metal dust

April 20, 2022 7:28 am

The police said that the mixed dust of the three metals is sold at Rs 3,000 per gram in the illegal market. Similar thefts of silencers have been reported in the past from various places in Mumbai and Gujarat.

Chennai: Man who stole cameras, lenses at weddings over six-year period arrested

January 31, 2022 3:52 pm

According to the police, the accused identified as Samsudeen, a resident of Villivakkam who used to shuttle between Chennai and Tiruchirapalli, has been stealing equipment since 2016.

Pune: Two medical college students arrested for theft at jewellery store

December 15, 2021 7:57 am

The two accused have been identified as Aniket Rokde (23) of Latur and Vaibhav Jagtap (22) of Washim.

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Ahmedabad: Three arrested for loot of 1.8 kg gold worth Rs 63 lakh

November 25, 2019 12:46 am

According to police, the three accused looted the gold ornaments from two city-based persons on Anjali bridge in Vasna area of Ahmedabad on last Thursday.