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A preliminary SIT report has named clerk Avinash Shukla as the prime accused in a 40-day donation theft racket at Ayodhya's Ram Temple. Investigators cited viral CCTV footage, financial irregularities, and over ₹79 lakh in total recoveries

VHP International President Alok Kumar has supported the 15-day extension granted to the UP SIT probing the alleged ₹7.5-crore Ram Temple donation embezzlement, stating that police are investigating transparently and a CBI probe is unwarranted

Ayodhya Police raided the homes of eight people arrested in the alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement case, collecting documents and examining assets. Investigators have recovered ₹79.85 lakh so far, with police expected to seek custodial remand of the accused

Twelve bonded labourers, including minors, were rescued from a factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar after allegedly enduring months of confinement, torture, starvation and forced labour. Workers claimed they were lured with job promises, denied wages, beaten regularly and threatened with dogs and weapons

A 25-year-old man, accused of raping a one-year-old toddler in Shahjahanpur, was arrested following a police encounter. The suspect, who fled after the mother intervened, was shot in both legs during a retaliatory firing incident near the Mailani border

Police arrested a man, his brother-in-law and nephew after a woman died in a house fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district. Investigators alleged the woman and her husband set the blaze to implicate relatives in a property dispute, but she suffered fatal burn injuries during the incident

Supreme Court of India directed continued judicial custody of two men arrested over violence during the Noida workers’ protest while hearing allegations of custodial torture by Uttar Pradesh Police. The court also sought responses on journalist Satyam Verma’s preventive detention related to the case

Delhi Police Special Cell detained Rizwan Ahmad from Kushinagar over suspected terror links, seizing electronic devices and incriminating material. Authorities are probing his past alleged connections with ISIS and monitoring contacts amid heightened vigilance

In a horrific incident in Lucknow, 19-year-old Akshat Pratap Singh allegedly shot and dismembered his father, Manvendra, following a dispute over NEET exam pressure. The accused hid the torso in a drum and discarded other remains before confessing to police

In Kushinagar, a 22-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife of four months by slitting her throat with a sickle following an argument. He subsequently died by suicide. Police and forensic teams are investigating the motive behind the tragic incident

A 48-year-old teacher, Praveen Jha, was beaten to death in Varanasi after a parking dispute with Adarsh Singh and two accomplices. The trio allegedly attacked him with bricks and a rod. Police arrested all three and registered a case

Uttar Pradesh Police dismantled a large-scale illegal conversion racket, arresting 10 individuals from six states. The investigation began after two sisters were allegedly coerced into religious conversion and radicalization

UP ATS arrested Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba and his aide for leading a religious conversion gang targeting vulnerable individuals. They allegedly lured people through marriage and money, violating the state’s conversion law. Two other accused are already in custody.

Naina Sharma and her lover Ashish Mishra, who were having an extra-marital affair, considered her husband and the children obstacles in their relationship. So, they conspired to kill them

The accused, identified as Shahzad, was arrested in Moradabad after the STF received intelligence regarding his involvement in cross-border smuggling and espionage activities for Pakistan

An FIR was lodged against him at Bhiwani City Police Station in Maharashtra’s Thane district under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 302 (murder), 363 (kidnapping), 387 (extortion), 397 (robbery), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and 34 (common intention).

Two missing girls have also been rescued from the gang, they said. According to the police, two teenage girls had gone missing from the Maniyar police station area within a month

A bench, headed by Justice B.R. Gavai, issued notice on a writ petition filed by Mamta Tripathi seeking quashing of the criminal cases and in the meantime, asked the UP Police to not take any coercive step against the petitioner

Madhukar, the 'Mukhya Sevadar', was named the main accused in the FIR. A Rs 1 lakh reward was previously announced for information on his whereabouts.

2.5 lakh people gathered for religious event, but permission accorded only for 80,000; 'satsang' conductor Jagat Guru Saakar Vishwahari not named in FIR