By Qamar ZJ Mobile phone snatching is more common than two wheeler thefts today. They are…
Category: Crime
Fraudsters promise job at IndiGo; take Rs 1.16 lakh as refundable company expenses in eight instalments
 By Zahid H Javali Scamsters are getting brainier by the day and using names of well-established…
Crime in the IT corridor: Whitefield tops, followed by Bellandur and Koramangala
By Zahid H Javali Whitefield tops the number of crimes recorded this year in the IT…
COVID-19 affected veteran activist wants RTI cells to reopen at BDA & BBMP!
By Zahid H Javali Ever since the Right to Information (RTI) cell shut down at the…
Beware of ‘mobile tower’ scams
By Qamar ZJ Despite a public notice three years ago by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT),…
Beware of the WhatsApp chain link scam
By Zahid H Javali Beware of the WhatsApp chain link scam. It appears to be a…
Police auctions abandoned vehicles; onlookers violate social distancing norms
By Ritika Srivatsan On September 6, huge crowds gathered for hours on 27th Main, near HSR…
Lockdown 1.0 Roundup: Self Service and Serving Others!
In the time of Corona, trends are a fascinating feature that define society. Here is…
Crime in the time of Coronavirus: Fake masks, sanitisers, and forehead thermometers
While the cops are busy enforcing curfew and feeding the poor, the Central Crime Branch (CCB)…
Spotted a person in public place with home quarantine stamp? Call 100
The Bangalore police is hunting down people violating the home quarantine rules to combat COVID-19. Such…
Restaurant booked for defacing public space, and other crime stories
A restaurant in Indiranagar gets fined for using flex; food delivery boy loses scooter; laptop/smartphone lost…
Whitefield resident falls for QR code scam; loses Rs 43,500
QR code scams have risen in Bangalore and this case in Whitefield is the latest.