Online sex racket spread over 150 WhatsApp groups busted in Delhi, 4 held
3 years, 9 months ago

Online sex racket spread over 150 WhatsApp groups busted in Delhi, 4 held

India TV News  

The Delhi police has busted an online sex racket which was operated through 150 WhatsApp groups in Delhi and NCR. Four pimps including two women have been arrested and a minor kidnapped girl rescued from Delhi's Majnu ka Tila. Working on a kidnapping case of a minor girl who was abducted on January 22, the Delhi police busted the online sex racket after it rescued the girl. "The examination of the rescued girl has unearthed a wide prostitution syndicate which was being operated by the accused persons on several WhatsApp groups where they used to circulate her photographs.

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Disturbing Trend Of Exploiting Social Media Platforms To Commit Sexual Crimes Against Minors: Delhi High Court
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Disturbing Trend Of Exploiting Social Media Platforms To Commit Sexual Crimes Against Minors: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

While denying anticipatory bail to a man in a POCSO case, the Delhi High Court has taken note of the “disturbing trend” of exploiting the anonymity and reach of social media platforms to perpetrate sexual crimes against minors.“This Court cannot ignore the broader societal implications of such acts and the urgent need to send a strong message against the misuse …

Woman cyber fraudster extorts Rs 20k from engg. student
1 month ago

Woman cyber fraudster extorts Rs 20k from engg. student

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 22-year-old engineering student fell prey to a cyber extortion gang and lost Rs 20,000, trapped through social media and blackmailed. On November 21, late at night, he received messages from a woman who made a WhatsApp video call showing nude videos of a girl and instigated him. The fraudsters recorded the victim's nude videos using another mobile, threatened …

Delhi: Woman held for kidnapping girl in 2020, helping 2 men rape her for 4 months
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi: Woman held for kidnapping girl in 2020, helping 2 men rape her for 4 months

Hindustan Times  

A 23-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday for kidnapping and sexually trafficking a 15-year-old girl in 2020 and helping two men sexually assault her over four months, police said. The accused held the victim captive for four months, drugged and tortured her, and took money from two men so they could rape the victim, police said. Police said that the …

Three persons, including two women, held for operating sex racket in Kochi
3 months ago

Three persons, including two women, held for operating sex racket in Kochi

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The Kochi city police on Friday arrested three individuals, including two women, for operating a sex racket using a Bangladeshi woman in Elamakkara, Kochi. “The sex racket was uncovered, and the suspects were apprehended following a missing person complaint filed by the suspects themselves. This initial complaint triggered the investigation that ultimately uncovered the sex racket,” said Harikrishnan. Commenting …

Sex racket busted, 39 held in Haryana’s Bhiwani
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sex racket busted, 39 held in Haryana’s Bhiwani

Hindustan Times  

As many as 22 women and 17 men were arrested from various hotels in Bhiwani on Saturday evening for their alleged involvement in a sex racket. 39 persons, including 22 women, were arrested for allegedly being part of the sex racket. Two women were running the racket and they brought 20 women from Delhi and other cities to indulge in …

Sex racket busted in Virar; Bangladeshi arrested, 3 girls rescued
1 year ago

Sex racket busted in Virar; Bangladeshi arrested, 3 girls rescued

Op India  

In Maharashtra’s Palghar, police busted a sex racket whose network spans across Mumbai and other parts of India. Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police busted this sex racket being run by a Bangladeshi national in the Virar area in the Palghar district on Friday. Police received a tip-off that Ashok Harnu Das, a Bangladeshi national, was running a sex racket at his …

Delhi man trapped in sextortion, looted for Rs 12.8 lakh rupees
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi man trapped in sextortion, looted for Rs 12.8 lakh rupees

Op India  

On Thursday, two individuals in Delhi were arrested for extorting Rs 12.8 lakh from an elderly man by threatening to share obscene screenshots of his video call with a woman on the internet. According to police, by the time the man could understand anything, she had taken a screenshot of the call with the victim’s face. “The accused threatened him …

Fake Profiles, Naked Videos Shot on Dates: Sextortion Racket Running On Gay Dating App Busted in UP
1 year, 4 months ago

Fake Profiles, Naked Videos Shot on Dates: Sextortion Racket Running On Gay Dating App Busted in UP

News 18  

With the arrest of six men, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a ”sextortion” racket being run through a gay dating app in Kanpur, officials said. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Lakhan Singh Yadav said the accused created fake profiles on the gay dating app ’Blued’. Talking to PTI over the phone, Yadav said one of …

Kolkata Police busts child trafficking racket involving around 100 surrogate mothers
1 year, 4 months ago

Kolkata Police busts child trafficking racket involving around 100 surrogate mothers

India TV News  

The Kolkata Police on Saturday allegedly busted a child trafficking racket that involved around 100 surrogate mothers, along with hundreds of agents and sub-agents. The police took one of the principal brains behind this racket, Mamata Patra, into custody and also identified the involvement of a popular In Vitro Fertilization centre in the racket. Once any couple unable to bear …

Delhi cyber police busts sextortion racket, 5 arrested
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi cyber police busts sextortion racket, 5 arrested

India Today  

Five men have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a businessman on the pretext of blocking the victim’s obscene video on social media. A businessman registered a complaint alleging that he received a phone call from a person posing as inspector Vikram Rathore from Delhi Police’s Crime Branch and extorted money on the pretext to block the complainant’s obscene …

Top hotel staffers too involved in prostitution racket
2 years ago

Top hotel staffers too involved in prostitution racket

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad police, who uncovered a major sex racket involving over 14,000 victims, said top hotel staffers in Cyberabad were making quick money through commission from their involvement in the flesh trade. On Tuesday, the Cyberabad Police arrested 18 people who were part of a large interstate and international human trafficking network. According to top officials, a hotel receptionist …

Sextortion racket runs deep in this Rajasthan village
2 years, 1 month ago

Sextortion racket runs deep in this Rajasthan village

India Today  

'Surprise for you', read the fraudsters' online invitation to a 61-year-old man in Maharashtra's Pune. HOW THE SEXTORTION WAS CARRIED OUT Cyber fraudsters trapped potential victims via conversations or video calls on online platforms. Senior Police Inspector Meenal Patil of Cyber Crime explained the modus operandi of online racketeers. SEXTORTION RAMPANT IN RAJASTHAN A 29-year-old man in Rajasthan was arrested …

Woman brutally gangraped in Ghaziabad, five persons booked
2 years, 2 months ago

Woman brutally gangraped in Ghaziabad, five persons booked

Op India  

Five men allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped, and tortured a woman from Delhi for two days in the Uttar Pradesh district of Ghaziabad. The victim, a resident of Nandnagari in Delhi, was found lying near Ashram Road in Ghaziabad on October 18 and was taken to the GTB hospital. Nipun Agarwal, Superintendent of Police in Ghaziabad, stated, “On October 18, Nandgram Police …

Delhi cyber police busts sextortion racket, arrests Rajasthan man
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi cyber police busts sextortion racket, arrests Rajasthan man

India Today  

Dwarka cyber police busted a sextortion gang that was blackmailing victims by posing as law enforcement officials after making obscene video calls. A case of forgery was registered at Cyber police station, Dwarka, where the complainant alleged that he had received a video call from an unknown number which was obscene. On August 1, the complainant received a call from …

Interstate gang duping people on pretext of escort jobs busted in Delhi, 6 held
2 years, 4 months ago

Interstate gang duping people on pretext of escort jobs busted in Delhi, 6 held

India Today  

Delhi Police has busted an interstate gang of cyber fraudsters and arrested six people, including four women, for duping people on the pretext of giving them escort jobs such as gigolo. Police also seized nine mobile phones, nine SIM cards and nine debit cards linked with the accused. Probe revealed that the accused had created two websites for offering jobs …

Sex racket running under guise of spa busted in Delhi; 2 held
2 years, 5 months ago

Sex racket running under guise of spa busted in Delhi; 2 held

India Today  

Delhi Police has busted a sex racket running under the guise of a spa and massage centre in Dayanand Vihar and also arrested two people in connection with the case. On July 21, police received information that a prostitution racket was being run in the guise of a spa and massage centre under the name of 'Venez Thai SPA' in …

Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe
2 years, 6 months ago

Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have busted a fake call centre that was operating in Sector-1 Avantika, Rohini, by the name ‘Indian Gigolo’ that offered escort services, apart from selling pills and sprays to enhance sexual vitality. Police said that the call centre was busted following an investigation carried out by the cyber cell police station of outer-north district based …

Delhi: 22-year-old circulates woman's mobile number for sexual chats, arrested
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: 22-year-old circulates woman's mobile number for sexual chats, arrested

India Today  

Delhi Police has arrested a 22-year-old man for using WhatsApp through virtual numbers and circulating the mobile number of a woman for sexual chats. The matter came to light on May 10, when the victim approached police, alleging that she had been receiving multiple messages and calls for sexual chat from unknown numbers. After a detailed investigation, suspected mobile numbers …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 8 arrested
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 8 arrested

India Today  

Eight people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in running fake call centre that used to dupe innocent people on the pretext of providing private jobs in telecom companies of Rajasthan. During interrogation, Dheeraj disclosed that he ran a fake call center in Khoda Colony, in UP’s Ghaziabad, where he hired some employees and they cheated innocents on pretext …

Sex racket busted in south-west Delhi hotel
2 years, 7 months ago

Sex racket busted in south-west Delhi hotel

The Hindu  

The Delhi police busted a sex racket being run from a hotel in south-west Delhi’s Mahipalpur and arrested 14 persons, said officers on Saturday. DCP Manoj C said the Vasant Kunj north police station received a tip-off on Friday and sent a decoy customer to the hotel to verify the information. On the signal of the decoy customer, a police …

Sex racket running under guise of spa busted in Delhi; 7 arrested
2 years, 7 months ago

Sex racket running under guise of spa busted in Delhi; 7 arrested

India Today  

Delhi Police has busted a sex racket running under the guise of a spa in East Patel Nagar and also arrested seven people, including the spa owner. SEX RACKET BUSTED, 7 ARRESTED Police had received information that a sex racket was being run in a SPA massage parlour under the name of “The Space Spa” at 6/13, East Patel Nagar. …

Delhi police busts high-profile prostitution racket, three arrested
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi police busts high-profile prostitution racket, three arrested

India Today  

The Delhi Police's Indira Gandhi International Airport wing busted a high-profile prostitution racket and arrested three people, including the kingpin and a girl. Police said Naveen sent a girl to the hotel where the decoy customer was waiting. At the direction of the decoy customer, the raiding team entered the hotel room and the girl was apprehended with the help …

Prostitution racket in Mumbai: Minor detained, 3 arrested for luring girls from poor families into flesh trade
2 years, 8 months ago

Prostitution racket in Mumbai: Minor detained, 3 arrested for luring girls from poor families into flesh trade

India Today  

The police in Mumbai have busted a prostitution racket where girls from poor families were lured into the flesh trade. The report revealed that around four minor girls were pushed into the flesh trade. The police got to know about the racket when a 16-year-old girl, who had been pushed into the flesh trade, became pregnant. Later, when the girls …

11-year-old girl rescued by Delhi Police within 2 hours of getting kidnapped
2 years, 9 months ago

11-year-old girl rescued by Delhi Police within 2 hours of getting kidnapped

India Today  

New Delhi District Police has solved a kidnapping case of a minor girl within two hours. The police acted swiftly and arrested the accused before he could escape from Delhi along with the victim. The team of police led by Inspector Mausam Ghani and SI Umesh Yadav managed to find and apprehend the accused near Pacific Mall in East Delhi …

Sex racket running in guise of spa in Delhi's Malviya Nagar busted, owner held
3 years ago

Sex racket running in guise of spa in Delhi's Malviya Nagar busted, owner held

India Today  

The anti-human trafficking Unit, Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a sex racket operating in Malviya Nagar area under the garb of a spa centre, officials said. Delhi Police said that acting on an input about ongoing sex racket in a spa centre in Malviya Nagar, a team of AHTU visited the spa portraying themselves as customers. A Delhi Police …

Delhi Police busts prostitution racket, arrests woman for forcing over 50 girls into sex trade
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi Police busts prostitution racket, arrests woman for forcing over 50 girls into sex trade

India Today  

The Delhi Police has busted a prostitution gang operating in the Delhi-NCR area and arrested the kingpin — a woman. East Delhi DCP Priyanka Kashyap said: "A case of two missing minor sisters was registered on November 23, 2019. She disclosed that they had met a man named ‘Raja Bhaiya’ who, along with his brother-in-law ‘Raj’, trapped them in a …

Delhi Police busts sextortion racket, arrests mastermind from Rajasthan
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police busts sextortion racket, arrests mastermind from Rajasthan

India Today  

The Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a sextortion racket on Saturday and arrested the mastermind from Rajasthan's Bharatpur district. According to police, one of the victims alleged that he was receiving extortion calls from people posing as YouTube employees. Police seized an SUV purchased by the accused with extortion proceeds, as well as the accused's mobile phone, which was used …

Delhi Police busts ‘sextortion’ racket that blackmailed people using Social media
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police busts ‘sextortion’ racket that blackmailed people using Social media

Op India  

Delhi Police has reportedly busted a case of sextortion and blackmail where the members of a gang sent Facebook requests and lured men and young people by posing as women. According to the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police, the members of the gang operated from Bharatpur Rajasthan using phone numbers issued from Assam and sent friend requests to people all …

Delhi Police Cyber Cell busts Rajasthan-based 'sextortion' racket, one arrested
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police Cyber Cell busts Rajasthan-based 'sextortion' racket, one arrested

India Today  

Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime Cell has busted a Rajasthan-based ‘sextortion’ racket that used morphed videos of victims and extorted them for money. The matter came to light after CyPAD of Delhi Police received a complaint in which the victim alleged he had got a friend request on Facebook from a person who also sought his WhatsApp number. After technical analysis …

Delhi: Two men arrested for blackmailing, extortion, posting nude pictures on social media
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: Two men arrested for blackmailing, extortion, posting nude pictures on social media

India Today  

Two men have been arrested for extorting money and blackmailing people into posting their nude pictures and morphed videos on social media platforms. Deputy Commissioner of Police Pranav Tayal said that 25-year-old Jahul and 23-year-old Minaj have extorted money from more than 250 people till date An FIR had been lodged against the accused at the Begampur Ploce Station in …

Twin Success for Delhi Police, Bust Cybercrime Rackets in Jamtara, Rohini
3 years, 3 months ago

Twin Success for Delhi Police, Bust Cybercrime Rackets in Jamtara, Rohini

News 18  

The Cyber Crime Cell of Delhi Police has arrested 14 people from the area of Jamtara, along the border of Bengal and Jharkhand. According to senior officials of the Cyber Crime branch, these cybercriminals used to operate throughout Jamtara and alert the entire gang upon seeing any new or unrecognized face in the area. Besides, sources also said that the …

Delhi man arrested for blackmailing women for nude pics on app for depressed people
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi man arrested for blackmailing women for nude pics on app for depressed people

India Today  

The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a 21-year-old man who allegedly befriended poor and depressed women from South Asian countries through an online app and blackmailed them for nude photos and videos. The matter came to the fore after the Shahdara Police registered a case based on the complaint of an Indonesian girl, who claimed that she …

UP Police Busts Sex Racket Operating From Spa at Noida's Wave Mall, 14 Girls Rescued
3 years, 10 months ago

UP Police Busts Sex Racket Operating From Spa at Noida's Wave Mall, 14 Girls Rescued

News 18  

UP Police on Thursday busted an allege sex racket at a shopping mall in Nodia Sector 18 and rescued 14 girls. We conducted raids following that and arrested the owners and customers,” said DCP Police Commissionerate Rajesh S, ANI reported. Police bust sex racket in Wave mall, Noida Sector 18"We got info of spas luring customers by prostitution. The girls …

Delhi Police Busts Online Sex Racket, 6 Arrested from Mewat
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Police Busts Online Sex Racket, 6 Arrested from Mewat

News 18  

Delhi Police arrested six accused from Mewat district, Haryana for allegedly running an online sex racket on Tuesday. The accused used to befriend victims on social media, primarily males, and would pretend to be female. Meanwhile, during the video call, the accused would switch on a porn video on another device, creating an impression that he or she is acting …

Kerala: 41, including IT professionals, arrested for creating, sharing child porn over WhatsApp, Telegram
4 years, 2 months ago

Kerala: 41, including IT professionals, arrested for creating, sharing child porn over WhatsApp, Telegram

India Today  

Forty-one people have been arrested for circulating child pornography videos and photos online in Kerala amid the lockdown. The accused would exploit children by creating pornographic photos and videos using online platforms like Darknet. ACCUSED INCLUDE IT PROFESSIONALS, WOULD USE WHATSAPP TO SHARE CHILD PORN According to the Kerala Police, those arrested include youth working in good professional jobs and …

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