State vs Unknown — Extortion threat to Himanshi Khurana

Police arrested 20 individuals following a raid on a villa in Lonavala, Maharashtra, where an illegal call centre was allegedly operating. The accused are suspected of impersonating representatives of companies to defraud citizens of the US and Canada by threatening them with fake drug-related criminal cases.

Police in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, arrested four individuals belonging to an interstate gang allegedly involved in a cyber-fraud scheme related to online gaming and betting. The authorities reported recovering 42 ATM and debit cards during the operation, which was conducted by a joint team comprising the Special Operations Group (SOG), surveillance units, and the Civil Line police station.

Arif Shaikh, a 22-year-old gym trainer from Nalasopara, has been arrested following allegations by a 23-year-old woman of rape, coerced religious conversion, and the unauthorized recording of intimate videos. The complainant alleges the accused used a false promise of marriage to exploit her and several other women.