Crime Crackdown
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Hubballi-Dharwad
Hubballi Police Bust Gang in Honey Trap Extortion Case, Five Arrested
Hubli, EXPRESS News: The Ashok Nagar police have arrested five members of a gang involved in an attempt to “honey trap” a city-based businessman and extort money by threatening to release his obscene photos and videos on social media. The victim, 36-year-old businessman Chagganlal Choudhary, who runs a utensils shop in Hubballi, reported the incident to the police. According to…
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Hubballi-Dharwad
23 Booked in Hubballi-Dharwad for High-Interest Lending as Police Intensify Crackdown
Hubballi: The police in the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad have intensified their crackdown on illegal money lenders who charge exorbitant interest rates. Recently, the police uncovered a syndicate involved in “meter baddi,” a colloquial term for lending money at excessively high interest rates. As a result, 23 individuals have been booked across 13 different police stations in seven cases. Speaking…
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World News
LAPD’s Holiday Blitz: Organized Retail Crime Task Force Nabs Flash-Rob Culprits
Los Angeles, CA-USA – In a bid to tackle the surge in organized retail crime, the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Commercial Crimes Division launched the Organized Retail Crime Task Force (ORCT) on August 21, 2023. This initiative, aimed at resolving the issue of “Flash-Rob” method retail crimes conducted by multiple suspects across the Los Angeles region, involves collaboration between…
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