Maharashtra Cyber books comic Pranit More, others over viral ‘obscene’ stand-up clipsMaharashtra Cyber has filed a case against comedian Pranit More and others. The FIR concerns allegedly obscene and objectionable content sh...
12 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeksA 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as of...
26 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
'They said it was for tax and fees': Senior citizen spends Rs 64 lakh to 'recover' old insurance funds, ends up with a police notice for criminal activity insteadA 62-year-old senior citizen from Navi Mumbai was cheated of Rs 64 lakh over four years by cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the...
26 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Financial frauds top list of cyber crimes; we need tech-savvy police: Maharashtra CM Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis highlighted the rise in financial frauds as a major cyber crime, followed by threats and sexua...
07 Apr, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
Sachin deepfake video case: Mumbai Cyber Police register FIRMumbai Cyber Police registered an FIR against a gaming app for morphing Sachin Tendulkar's old video for a false promotional campaign. Sach...
18 Jan, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
Ways not to impress your wife; Engineer hacks Mumbai police's passport verification system, arrestedAccording to the complaint, three passport applications were pending for clearance. Passport files are sent from the Regional Passport Offi...
16 Feb, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
Police beef up security outside Fadnavis' home ahead of recording of his statement in alleged phone tapping caseThe Mumbai cyber police had issued a notice to former Maharashtra chief minister Fadnavis, asking him to appear before them on Sunday in co...
13 Mar, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
'Bulli Bai' app case complainant receives threat calls on her phone, Mumbai cops launch probeThe complainant told the police that the caller threatened her over the phone and asked why she revealed their names and filed FIR against ...
10 Jan, 2022, 11.31 PM IST
'Bulli Bai' app case: Mumbai police arrest one more studentThe cyber cell of Mumbai police had earlier arrested Shweta Singh (19), alleged to be the main culprit, from Uttarakhand, and engineering s...
05 Jan, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
'Bulli Bai' app row: Mumbai police detain woman from Uttarakhand, arrest student from BengaluruWhile there was no actual `auction' or `sale', the purpose of the app seemed to be to humiliate and intimidate the targeted women, many of ...
04 Jan, 2022, 08.01 PM IST
'Bulli Bai' app row: Woman detained from Uttarakhand, engineering student held in BengaluruHundreds of Muslim women were listed for ‘auction' on the ‘Bulli Bai' app with photographs sourced without permission and doctored. It has ...
04 Jan, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
All stake-holders must unite to tackle cyber crime: Ahmad Javed, Mumbai Police CommissionerMumbai Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed today said that all the stake-holders should join hands with police to make the city free of cyber c...
17 Dec, 2015, 11.28 PM IST
Cyber cell to get more manpower; CERT centre proposed in MumbaiFadnavis said that in the first tranche, 1000 police personnel will be specially trained to deal with cyber crimes.
14 Jan, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
Mumbai Police awarded for effective fight against cyber crimesMumbai Police have bagged an award for initiating proactive steps to tackle cyber crime and building capacities to address investigation ne...
26 Dec, 2014, 08.15 PM IST
- Mumbai cops to invade cyberspace
The 7/11 blasts have spooked the Mumbai police into tightening the noose around cyber crime.
22 Sep, 2006, 03.24 AM IST