78 verified cases from Karnataka, newest first.
Bengaluru City Police arrested 16 individuals and seized narcotics valued at ₹36.67 crore following a crackdown on a drug network operating across multiple locations.
Law enforcement agencies have conducted a series of raids across multiple Indian states targeting the production and distribution of counterfeit consumer goods and adulterated food products. The operations uncovered illicit activities involving the relabelling of products, the use of substandard ingredients in items such as paneer, tea, honey, and cooking oil, and the manufacturing of fake branded personal care and pharmaceutical products.
An 81-year-old businessman from Belagavi, Ajit Gopalkrishna Saraf, was defrauded of Rs 15.45 crore over a six-week digital arrest scam between February and March 2026. Police arrested one accused in connection with the case.
The Karnataka High Court granted bail to a 30-year-old man accused in a POCSO case. The court noted the survivor's statements regarding the nature of the relationship and her understanding of the consequences.
The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru City Police registered a case against four persons based on a complaint that an educational institution was cheated of Rs 14.5 crore in a fraudulent land transaction.
Eshwarappa Poojari, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, died by suicide while incarcerated at the Dharwad Central Jail. He had been in custody for approximately 14 years at the time of the incident.
A pregnant woman named Manya Patil was allegedly attacked and killed by her father in Hubballi following her marriage to a Dalit youth named Vivekananda.
Former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar challenged the chargesheet filed in the 2023 Aland 'vote theft' case. The Karnataka High Court rejected his plea to scrap the chargesheet.
The family of 22-year-old Darshan Singamalai and the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) have alleged that he died due to custodial torture by police at the Viveknagar police station. They have demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident.
Bengaluru police are investigating an incident where a woman was allegedly dragged and sexually assaulted in front of her husband by a gang that also robbed the couple near ITC.
The Karnataka government, through the Forest Minister, denied permission for the filming of the 'Bigg Boss' television show at Jollywood Studio due to alleged violations of environmental regulations. The studio has faced repeated scrutiny regarding its compliance with environmental norms.
Following a communal flare-up in Maddur, the Karnataka government transferred the Additional Superintendent of Police of Mandya district.
Multiple rape and murder cases in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, spanning from 1986 onwards, have come to light following allegations by a former sanitation worker that he was coerced into burying victims' bodies over two decades. The most documented case involves 17-year-old Soujanya (also spelled Sowjanya), whose 2012 rape and murder remains unsolved. A Karnataka High Court has issued notice on a petition seeking fresh investigation, and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the allegations of mass burials and secret graves.
Nagaraj, 34, was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in December 2025. The Lingadahalli police registered the case under the POCSO Act and filed a chargesheet.
A case involving the suicide of a Bengaluru police officer's wife, where a death note and digital evidence raised allegations of abuse. The original chargesheet dropped the murder charge but retained other offences. The officer approached the Karnataka High Court in connection with the case.
A mob-lynching case was identified during investigation in Karnataka. An FIR was registered on April 28, 2025, and chargesheet was filed on July 25, 2025. The Karnataka High Court ordered drafting of a victim compensation scheme in response to the incident.
A local court in Koppal sentenced three men to death for the gang rape of an Israeli tourist and an Indian woman, and the murder of a guide in Hampi.
Kannada actress Harshavardini Ranya, also known as Ranya Rao, was arrested in March 2025 by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in connection with the alleged smuggling of 100 kg of gold. Following a year of detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA), the actress and her associates have been released on bail, while the Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet in the matter.
Prajwal Revanna, suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP, is accused of rape and sexual assault involving a maid who worked at a farmhouse belonging to the Revanna family. Multiple criminal cases involving over 2,900 videos depicting sexual assaults allegedly by Revanna were registered following a Special Investigation Team probe. A trial court in Bengaluru convicted Revanna in the first rape case in August 2025 and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The Karnataka High Court ruled that criminal proceedings cannot be utilized to secure an advantage in a pending partition suit. The court cancelled the criminal property case, emphasizing that such disputes are civil in nature and must be resolved in civil courts.