25 verified cases from Tamil Nadu, newest first.
The Coimbatore city cybercrime police arrested five members of an online fraud gang and seized more than 250 SIM cards allegedly used to facilitate cyber financial crimes.
The death of S. Rajasekar in police custody in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, led to the suspension of five police personnel and the transfer of the investigation to the Crime Branch-CID. The State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident.
The Economic Offences Wing of Chennai police arrested Ravi Parthasarathy, the former chairman of the IL&FS Group, in connection with an alleged financial fraud and money laundering case that caused a liquidity crisis.
The Election Commission of India filed a petition seeking to restrain the media from reporting on oral observations made by the Madras High Court during proceedings. The Supreme Court rejected the petition, affirming the media's right to report on judicial proceedings.
Gangster Chhota Rajan was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment after a 22-year legal battle in a fake passport case. The CBI alleged that Rajan applied for and obtained a passport by submitting forged documents to the Regional Passport Office in Chennai.